Dohatsuten Ramen & Tapas

799 San Antonio Rd, Palo Alto
(650) 493-2878

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Gaurab Bose

The classic Dohatsuten ramen was good but not mind-blowing. I’ve had better elsewhere. This one is lighter flavored if that’s what you prefer.

The Oyako don was comforting and flavorful but lacked a punch.

Sitting outside when the weather is nice is a wonderfully pleasant experience which makes the trip here worth it.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

Yu zhang

I’m surprised how bad this place is. The Tsukemen dipping broth is a complete failure. The Gyutan Shio is so dry and overcooked. Please please please stop this evil recipe!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 2

Dong Xiao (Fire)

The ramen is great, except that every ramen comes with spicy bamboo shoots, which are really spicy to me. I even asked them to remove the bamboo shoots today but they still forgot.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

Hongkun Yu

Food is slow to serve even it is not full. Asked for hot tea twice but never got it. The meat is cold!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 2

C. L.

Service was really good. I liked my grilled unagi. The smoke was a bit bothering if you sit indoor.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

George Pamboris

Good Ramen and great to be able to sit indoors or outdoors.

The broth was a little bit too oily in both Ramen. The seafood ramen was more like a vegetable ramen with shrimp and squid added.

Noddles were perfectly cooked not too soft and not too hard. Their style they cut the spring onions is a nice change.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Taro Pork Ramen with Soy Broth

Zang Le

The food was great, we love it. The one problem was that the orders took too long to serve. It took about 15 minutes to be seated, not too bad. But then it took about 30 minutes for our orders to be taken. Then, it took almost like another 50 minutes for the food to come out.
Maybe they were short of people on a busy Saturday lunch.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 4

Ray G

I used to enjoy this place, but my recent experiences have been disappointing. I visited twice recently—once on a busy weekend and again on a quiet weekday—and both times the service was terrible.
The staff made no effort to hide their frustration, which was clear through their facial expressions, tone, and behavior.
I felt uncomfortable, as if I was inconveniencing them by being there. It’s hard to enjoy a meal when the atmosphere feels so negative.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 1

David Kucher

The ramen was a bit disappointing

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Chicken Karaage

One Of Us

I had such good memories from before Covid, so was excited to have an opportunity to visit again. Sadly, it wasn't as good as I remembered.

I shared the White Tuna appetizer which was bland, dumplings which tasted like straight from the frozen aisle section, and fried chicken appetizer which was a "kitchen accident" - large chunks of chicken , floured and fried with little flavor. A really disappointing lineup.
Then had the vegetarian ramen which was average.

Maybe it was simply a poor choice to items, but that was such an unsatisfying lunch, that I stopped for a scone on my way back.

Last point, in case management actually reads these reviews -
If a server sees that your guests left a plate untouched, and when asked they decline to take it home, you may want to ask what's wrong. Even if you will not hear an answer you like.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 5

Mario Ortiz Hernandez

I love going to eat there to be honest when they serve me well

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Sean Seungwon Jeong

Ok food with ok service. Not particularly authentic food.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 5

SongHong King

I ordered 2 ramens, dohatsuten ramen with pork flavor and veggie ramen.
They were both good. I noticed their prices on their website were higher than calling in ( when they picked up our calls). Plus, sometimes their website didn’t work ?

Food: 4

Service: 4

S J

Ok food with ok service. Not particularly authentic food.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 5

Alex Lopez

Delicious ramen and pretty nice space to enjoy either inside or out.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Spicy Miso Ramen

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