Kyuramen x TBaar - Arcadia

It's a cool place. The food was very good and service was good. We will be coming back!

Flavorful ramen. Highly recommend this place. Everything we had was perfect. Very friendly wait staff.

The ramen is okay, not as great as I expected, but the omurice is so wonderful. Service is nice, and atmosphere/restaurant vibes are gorgeous for the aesthetics.
I'm not sure the Sakura jelly dessert is worth it, but it was nice to at least try once.

Everything was delicious and great service. We’ll definitely be back to try their other items.

Everything was yummy! The service was amazing! Everyone was so kinda even people that weren’t our waiter. Very kind and helpful.

Yummy food, good prices and great service. They have a button to order and pay. Perfect 👍

Place is gorgeous, service is impeccable and food so delightful. Servers never missed a beat and even predicted our next requests. Highly recommend!

Very horrible service, no staff is working. There are multiple empty spaces and they won’t call waitlist name and just have people waiting instead. They even let someone whose name behind us go before.

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 1

Finally I can dine in. I wish it is bigger and better parking space

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Tried this place out with some friends, and the restaurant is spacious and beautifully decorated. It's very unique. We didn't have to wait to be seated as we arrived when the restaurant wasn't at its busiest. The food was warm when served but not hot, and our server was attentive and friendly. There was a mix up with a few orders as we were missing items (maybe there was a mixup with their system as they've recently opened?) but our server along with other staff checked in with us before we realized the mishap. We stayed there for about 2 hours total and did not feel rushed, all 4 of us enjoyed our meals and drinks while enjoying the atmosphere. ☺️

The only downside is that parking is VERY limited since it's located next to other small restaurants and coffee shops, making it a busy area.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Spicy Miso Ramen, Yinyang Ramen and Katsu

!!! Be prepared to wait !!!
!!! Make sure your whole party is on time !!!
Delicious food
Clean

Staff looked stressed out / overworked. SOME staff just seemed lost and annoyed when you asked for help.

Terrible waiting area
Awful parking situation

That being said, I will go back!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 2

The worst thing is that the waiter rushed back and forth to pay the bill before we finished the meal. We originally ate slowly and chatted and ordered more, but we were not in the mood to come over and eat next time.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 2

The ramen here was great especially the desserts as well. I order the Combo A2 which came with the Tonkotsu Ramen, Thai iced tea, and a matcha pudding w/red bean. The ramen was great with the pork. The thai iced tea and desserts were all not too sweet which was good. The interior looks like you are in a Japan restaurant and the service here was pretty quick and we had a guy named Marco and his customer service was excellent.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Pros: interior feels like you’re transported to Japan aesthetically; excellent service; scallops; spicy miso
Cons: 2-3 hour wait time; difficult parking; bathroom was out of service; mediocre taste; gimmicky “prizes” at bottom of bowl when finished

Just wanted to give some criticism from the grand opening as someone had mentioned the taste was better than in Japan. I strongly disagree and not worth visiting out of the way. Definitely needs some improvement as I felt the tonkatsu broth wasn’t as flavourful as expected. Demi glaze for the omurice started jellifying for take out. Finally, pork cutlet tasted greasy and overcooked. Hard to recommend.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

Update (3/6/2025):
Had the katsuoboshi ramen this time with the pork belly bao and lemonade. The lemonade tasted very different this time and much more artificial. Also for the ramen, while the broth was good, everything else tasted mid. What was surprising was how cheap the pork belly bao tasted and how bad their pork belly was. The pork belly bao which is their take on gua bao is probably the worst I’ve tried. Meat is tough and tastes very cheap, the bun came out soggy and tastes like the worst quality one they could find from the supermarket. I’m downgrading the food from 4 to 3, especially with the poor quality meat and the change in lemonade. The service and atmosphere is still great though and adds a star for me.

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Visit: 2/9/2025
Great experience and ambience, solid food options with decent taste. Some of the seating was fun and unique. The tableware was high quality and presentation was good. I also appreciated the tables and chairs that feel solid and not rocky/flimsy.

My party ordered the Tonkatsu Omurice and Mega Ramen for entrees, yakitori and lobster chashu ball for apps and matcha tiramisu for dessert. For drinks we had thai tea, lemonade both very flavorful and not watered down. I brought a milk tea over from TBaar to my dine in table.

Tonkatsu Omurice - they had someone come out to cut the omelette, it was cooked well 5/5. The curry sauce did not have enough curry flavor and had too much salt 3/5. Overall 4/5

Mega Ramen - i only had a sip of the broth. It was very rich and had good depth of flavor. Felt like it could have used some acid (perhaps lime) and less salt. 4/5

Yakitori - the meat was juicy enough and tasted good quality. Sauce felt a little lacking, missing a smoky flavor and sauce not as sticky as I am used to. 4/5

Lobster chashu ball - There was a rich umami flavor that tasted like a pate (not sure what it was). Crispy on the outside with a combo of interesting flavors. It was a hit for our table. 5/5

Matcha Tiramisu - Nice presentation, nothing particularly wrong with it but I’ve had better. 4/5

Thai tea - not watered down, well made. 5/5

Lemonade - had some cucumber in it. Strong flavor and well made. 5/5

TBaar brown sugar boba milk tea - not terrible but in Arcadia it is difficult to compete with all the top tier boba spots. Boba quality was so-so and tea wasn’t particularly fragrant. 2.5/5

Overall the vibe and ambience is great with comfortable/spacious seating with good attention to details for the atmosphere. They had some small experiences that were fun - we won a free ramen for next time and there was a “tree” to write and hang omamori. Service was also on point, servers were all very friendly.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5