I noticed a Rising Sun flag in the decor. This symbol is offensive to many people, especially Koreans, due to Japan’s colonial and wartime actions. I’m uncomfortable supporting a business that displays such imagery and hope the management will consider removing it to create a more welcoming environment for all guests.
Stephanie D.
We tried Koro for the second time after trying them on opening week. The food was greatly improved this time- my partner really loved his ramen and I felt like mine was pretty decent. I love the atmosphere of the restaurant , it's so nice to have a place like this in Eastie. However, I found it really odd that they won't serve customers tap water to go along with their meal. For a sit down restaurant, I've never seen such a thing, and it left a weird impression, since the restaurant ambiance is so nice. At the least, it seems like they would have a water dispenser. I will most likely come back, but likely because there isnt much competition for food like this right now in E Boston.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 3
Roni Misano
best ramen in boston!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Foqsi
My girl and I tried this place last night. Got some ramen and fried chicken. They’ve got a build your own ramen thing. Never seen that before lol. Either way, the ramen soup was excellent. The chicken was excellent. The pork belly was a little drier than I like, but it was still good and soft.
Jacqueline 5000
Visiting New Hamshire from Florida. Stopped for a quick back on my way to Boston airport. OMG. Delicious. You will not be disappointed. I had the Short Rib Ramen Bowl; the broth was so flavorful, and the short rib was so tender and juicy.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
L Sigs
So good, amazing food, amazing service (staff was super friendly).
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Ricafrente Ivorylaragean
This ramen and sushi place is a gem! The ramen is flavorful and comforting, while the sushi is fresh and beautifully made. Great food, cozy atmosphere, and friendly service—definitely worth coming back to.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Blake Aiton
Came from Maine for a conference and wanted some sushi. Googled near me and found this restaurant. Great little joint. Immediately greeted with a friendly hello, and service was great. Had a dynamite roll, salmon and tuna nigiri and sushi. The place was clean and welcoming, and the sushi was awesome.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
maria fernanda zea cano
Had a wonderful experience! The sushi was amazing, and everyone was so friendly and welcoming.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Pearl Lee
Koro leaves much to be desired, food and service wise. We eat a lot of ramen and were excited to see a Japanese spot open in Eastie; I signed up for the weekly specials newsletter as a reminder to go. Won’t hold to Tokyo standard, but will hold it to other ramen that we’ve had in Boston (e.g., Santouka (our go-to), Yume Wo Katare, and the place in Chinatown across from Asana Sushi that rebranded recently)
Service/Ordering : • No wait to order and seat 4 around 7:30pm, though seating quickly ran out after. Would recommend for parties of 4 or less • Several of us had questions on type of wavy/straight noodles used. Descriptions or photos would be helpful, because the wavy noodles turned out to be a non-conventional recipe. • When I ordered miso ramen with wavy noodles, I was met with “oh I think they already come with wavy…nevermind it doesn’t say on the menu.” Staff should be more knowledgeable; I expect this from a student pop-up, less so from a restaurant that’s been open for more than a month. I’m just following the 1-2-3-4 ordering steps, it was choose your broth and then your noodles. • I doubt many folks know what kukirage mushrooms are. Might be clearer to say “wood ear”, if you ever do a display revamp • During ordering, it is unclear whether you still get a third free topping if you opt for a paid topping. Partner got the bok choy, mushrooms, and $1.50 egg, but should’ve been able to add a fourth. • Kitchen was out of pork chashu two hours before closing, not a great look. • Please offer your guests cups and/or a setup for free tap water • Lights were lowered about 40% halfway into our meal even though it was ~8:15pm, far from 10pm closing time—mildly disruptive to our table’s conversation but mostly just confusing for a second • Most people’s attention is on the main menu when ordering and the weekly special flyer is easily missed. Just an observation.
Food: • Chicken karaage was the highlight of the meal. Crispy batter without being too dry and good flavor on the chicken. The scallions don’t add anything when they’re underneath the chicken though, suggest leaving them out. • Miso ramen: the shiitake mushrooms were cold and watery (they should be marinated), the noodles were oddly spongey (instead of chewy & bouncy), and the miso broth was a disappointment—sharp but also lacked flavor and umami, as if the broth was thrown together 30 min ago and wasn’t given time to meld. Curious what kind of miso was used. Portions of corn and mushrooms were generous but only two leaves of bok choy? Chashu pork belly was reasonable—could be more tender, but the flavor was there. • Partner got the tonkatsu ramen. It was a thicker broth but still lacked flavor, as if flour was used to thicken it instead of aging pork bones properly. Was there any tare (seasoning sauce) added? He was similarly disappointed with the plain, cold mushrooms and $1.50 only netted half an egg. • I acknowledge this is subjective but the ramen spoons are comically large. I initially thought they were spoon rests. • I mean this in the nicest way possible, but perhaps consider lowering the frequency of your changing specials and focus on perfecting your mains.
tl;dr would come back for the chicken karaage, would not come back for the miso or tonkatsu ramen unless both noodles and broths are significantly improved. Recommend taking a couple pages from Santouka and reworking some of your recipes & processes if you want to build a following. I genuinely want the best for this shop; Eastie deserves to have good (East) Asian food!
Got sushi in May and all flavor was just hidden by above average-spicy mayo
Got Ramen in June and the chicken was as hard as a hockey puck
Got Ramen in August and the Pork was as hard as a hockey puck
Ramen broth is salty and I don’t want any spoonful of it
I like that someone monitors the reviews and hopefully adjusts. Best of luck
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
Melissa Mahecha
We had a wonderful time at Koro Ramen & Sushi. It's exciting to have a Japanese food option in East Boston. The food was delicious, fresh, and very flavorful. We tried the veggie and shrimp sushi, and we will definitely be coming back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jane Reilley
2nd time in & everything was great both times. Friendly staff, yummy food (seaweed salad, edamame, nigiri, veg ramen, Tokyo ramen & a ton of their specialty rolls)!
Brandon Stone
Beautiful quaint restaurant, great service, and above all, outstanding food. The ramen and their range of options are fantastic. Highly recommend!
Ashlie Keylon
Some of the best sushi I’ve ever had! I got the flower roll and another one (I forget the name) and they were both excellent. Gyoza were good, too! It got busy quick. Not a huge seating area but it looks like they do a lot of carry out.
I noticed a Rising Sun flag in the decor. This symbol is offensive to many people, especially Koreans, due to Japan’s colonial and wartime actions. I’m uncomfortable supporting a business that displays such imagery and hope the management will consider removing it to create a more welcoming environment for all guests.
We tried Koro for the second time after trying them on opening week. The food was greatly improved this time- my partner really loved his ramen and I felt like mine was pretty decent. I love the atmosphere of the restaurant , it's so nice to have a place like this in Eastie. However, I found it really odd that they won't serve customers tap water to go along with their meal. For a sit down restaurant, I've never seen such a thing, and it left a weird impression, since the restaurant ambiance is so nice. At the least, it seems like they would have a water dispenser. I will most likely come back, but likely because there isnt much competition for food like this right now in E Boston.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 3
best ramen in boston!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
My girl and I tried this place last night. Got some ramen and fried chicken. They’ve got a build your own ramen thing. Never seen that before lol. Either way, the ramen soup was excellent. The chicken was excellent. The pork belly was a little drier than I like, but it was still good and soft.
Visiting New Hamshire from Florida. Stopped for a quick back on my way to Boston airport. OMG. Delicious. You will not be disappointed. I had the Short Rib Ramen Bowl; the broth was so flavorful, and the short rib was so tender and juicy.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
So good, amazing food, amazing service (staff was super friendly).
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
This ramen and sushi place is a gem! The ramen is flavorful and comforting, while the sushi is fresh and beautifully made. Great food, cozy atmosphere, and friendly service—definitely worth coming back to.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Came from Maine for a conference and wanted some sushi. Googled near me and found this restaurant. Great little joint. Immediately greeted with a friendly hello, and service was great. Had a dynamite roll, salmon and tuna nigiri and sushi. The place was clean and welcoming, and the sushi was awesome.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Had a wonderful experience! The sushi was amazing, and everyone was so friendly and welcoming.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Koro leaves much to be desired, food and service wise. We eat a lot of ramen and were excited to see a Japanese spot open in Eastie; I signed up for the weekly specials newsletter as a reminder to go. Won’t hold to Tokyo standard, but will hold it to other ramen that we’ve had in Boston (e.g., Santouka (our go-to), Yume Wo Katare, and the place in Chinatown across from Asana Sushi that rebranded recently)
Service/Ordering :
• No wait to order and seat 4 around 7:30pm, though seating quickly ran out after. Would recommend for parties of 4 or less
• Several of us had questions on type of wavy/straight noodles used. Descriptions or photos would be helpful, because the wavy noodles turned out to be a non-conventional recipe.
• When I ordered miso ramen with wavy noodles, I was met with “oh I think they already come with wavy…nevermind it doesn’t say on the menu.” Staff should be more knowledgeable; I expect this from a student pop-up, less so from a restaurant that’s been open for more than a month. I’m just following the 1-2-3-4 ordering steps, it was choose your broth and then your noodles.
• I doubt many folks know what kukirage mushrooms are. Might be clearer to say “wood ear”, if you ever do a display revamp
• During ordering, it is unclear whether you still get a third free topping if you opt for a paid topping. Partner got the bok choy, mushrooms, and $1.50 egg, but should’ve been able to add a fourth.
• Kitchen was out of pork chashu two hours before closing, not a great look.
• Please offer your guests cups and/or a setup for free tap water
• Lights were lowered about 40% halfway into our meal even though it was ~8:15pm, far from 10pm closing time—mildly disruptive to our table’s conversation but mostly just confusing for a second
• Most people’s attention is on the main menu when ordering and the weekly special flyer is easily missed. Just an observation.
Food:
• Chicken karaage was the highlight of the meal. Crispy batter without being too dry and good flavor on the chicken. The scallions don’t add anything when they’re underneath the chicken though, suggest leaving them out.
• Miso ramen: the shiitake mushrooms were cold and watery (they should be marinated), the noodles were oddly spongey (instead of chewy & bouncy), and the miso broth was a disappointment—sharp but also lacked flavor and umami, as if the broth was thrown together 30 min ago and wasn’t given time to meld. Curious what kind of miso was used. Portions of corn and mushrooms were generous but only two leaves of bok choy? Chashu pork belly was reasonable—could be more tender, but the flavor was there.
• Partner got the tonkatsu ramen. It was a thicker broth but still lacked flavor, as if flour was used to thicken it instead of aging pork bones properly. Was there any tare (seasoning sauce) added? He was similarly disappointed with the plain, cold mushrooms and $1.50 only netted half an egg.
• I acknowledge this is subjective but the ramen spoons are comically large. I initially thought they were spoon rests.
• I mean this in the nicest way possible, but perhaps consider lowering the frequency of your changing specials and focus on perfecting your mains.
tl;dr would come back for the chicken karaage, would not come back for the miso or tonkatsu ramen unless both noodles and broths are significantly improved. Recommend taking a couple pages from Santouka and reworking some of your recipes & processes if you want to build a following. I genuinely want the best for this shop; Eastie deserves to have good (East) Asian food!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
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Got sushi in May and all flavor was just hidden by above average-spicy mayo
Got Ramen in June and the chicken was as hard as a hockey puck
Got Ramen in August and the Pork was as hard as a hockey puck
Ramen broth is salty and I don’t want any spoonful of it
I like that someone monitors the reviews and hopefully adjusts. Best of luck
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
We had a wonderful time at Koro Ramen & Sushi. It's exciting to have a Japanese food option in East Boston. The food was delicious, fresh, and very flavorful. We tried the veggie and shrimp sushi, and we will definitely be coming back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
2nd time in & everything was great both times. Friendly staff, yummy food (seaweed salad, edamame, nigiri, veg ramen, Tokyo ramen & a ton of their specialty rolls)!
Beautiful quaint restaurant, great service, and above all, outstanding food. The ramen and their range of options are fantastic. Highly recommend!
Some of the best sushi I’ve ever had! I got the flower roll and another one (I forget the name) and they were both excellent. Gyoza were good, too! It got busy quick. Not a huge seating area but it looks like they do a lot of carry out.
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