Nikki's Korean Barbecue & Ramen — Restaurant in Waynesboro

Excellent place for ramen! A few things to note. The portions only LOOK small in the pictures due to forced perspective. Meaning that because the ramen doesn't fill half the bowl it looks like you don't get much. In reality, this bowl is HUGE! It's about the size of a 12" frying pan and about 5-6" deep. You are getting a meal and-a-half in a bowl. Also, this is not thin soup. The broth is super rich and hence very cloudy. The pictures only give you an idea of what you are getting. It's got a lot of noodles and meat in it.

The staff was friendly and most importantly quick. The bubble tea was very good. I believe they use an fairly common commercial machine to make their bubble tea. This is the sort of equipment and ingredients most dedicated bubble tea houses use. Hopefully they intend to expand their flavor offerings. As far as I am aware, this may be one of the only places you can grab a large cup of bubble tea.

Something else to note, for 5 dollars extra, they are happy to add beef to any dish they have.

One point of criticism. Their take out bowls are styrofoam. You must be extra careful how you handle your soup on the way home or you are going to have a bad time. If they switched to the large plastic deli cups that Chinese restaurants use, this would be a major improvement.

Overall an excellent place to eat, I would...

Definaly a great place if you love ramen! This place has such wonderful food. The ramen was pretty good and actually pretty spicy if it says spicy. They make everything in house and fresh! A little pricy I will warn you but the owner is so nice. If you know Nikki you definatly need to stop in. She's so kind and says hello to everyone who comes in. She prides herself in her work and it really shows. I'm so glad she opened this place up. My mom got the donburi bowl and really liked it. It wasn't ramen so for people who want rice instead of noodles it's definitely a delicious option. And most definaly get the appetizers the owner highly recommends it and you will not be disappointed. Also the bubble tea was very very good. The only reason for the 4 stars is that our food took a lot longer than most places I've been too about 45 mins for our food to arrive. Granted they were pretty busy that night every table was full and a good handful of people came in for take out. Excited to go...

My daughter and I went on a nine-state ramen tour and this was our favorite place. The ramen was great. But the atmosphere, setting, and service put this easily at the top of our list. There was a great feel from the moment we walked in. The string lights, sticky notes on the wall, and polaroids (all which would have sounded cheesy if you'd told me about them beforehand) gave the place a comfortable and easy going atmosphere. And our hostess/server was great and very friendly.

One downside is that they advertise as authentic Japanese ramen, but their menu (when we were there) didn't have shoyu, miso, or shio. There is a tonkatsu , but the other choices are chicken, creamy spicy, chili spicy, and seafood, which aren't really traditional Japanese styles. Just be advised that if you're looking for a traditional, you're pretty much going to have to get the Pork Ramen.

That didn't really detract from the place much for us. If Nikki's weren't 350 miles from my house, I'd be...