Ramen broth is full of oil and doesn’t taste like any ramen I’ve ever had.
Aysha Khawaja
We ordered fried edamame, tuna poke, the black garlic ramen and one of the veggie ramen with cashews. The food was very mediocre. Everything lacked flavor. But the service was amazing and we got everything really fast. Will not be coming back, I’ve had SO much better ramen other places.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 5
Blair C.
Setagaya is a hidden gem in Williamsburg. If you like ramen, you will not wanna miss it. I found it randomly and was so surprised by the ramen quality and the cozy environment. The restaurant is not big and there are around ten tables for dining in. The server is gentle and nice and would cover every detail during the serving. She was so experienced and as if knew everything you needed while having the ramen. This restaurant doesn't provide dessert if I correctly remember.I ordered Chashu ramen, dipping ramen, tofu salad, and avocado salad. Chashu ramen contains mushrooms which makes the broth super tasty and fresh. Dipping ramen is amazing with its rich and tasty dipping broth. Every noodle will be covered by the dipping broth and becomes very yummy and in a rich flavor. One bowl with a salad is a very recommended combo I would like to mention. If you don't like salad, a draft beer can be a perfect alternative.Cold Tofu salad is very refreshing, and the side of pickled cucumber is impressive. It balances the taste and flavor so well. Avocado Salad is 10/10 for me. The lettuce and avocado combined with Japanese salad sauce are so fresh and increase my appetizer a lot.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: All Star Ramen
Samantha Aversano
Got the Original Ramen and the broth was so flavorful! The noodles were good too!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: All Star Ramen
Satyajeet Raje
Very ordinary ramen. The starters were also just OK.The service was the worst and frankly felt racist. Both the ladies didn't speak a word to me or my wife through the entire service. Not even to acknowledge what we ordered. Our requests for "water" and "fork" were met with irritated sighs. And all the while we saw same ladies serving with smiles and exchange pleasantries. Never felt more ignored at a restaurant.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 1
Carlos Zea
Jossi is
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Leslie Smith
Got the all star ramen. The soup was creamy with salt and umami. Chasu slices are paper thin and the egg was plain hard-boiled. Although, there was a proper amount of scallions (a large handful) and a lot of very al dente noodles.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Melody Hill
I’ve been returning to Setagaya for 7+ years for their Vegan Shoyu ramen (made vegetarian with soft-boiled eggs) and I’m not even a vegetarian. It’s one of the best dishes on the menu and in the neighborhood ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kevin F
Got the “All-star” ramen and it was not very flavorful at all. The “char shu” is super thin and didn’t have any “char” flavor. The broth did not taste like it came from any pork bones.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: All Star Ramen
Leedan
The food was okay, could be better but really needs something to the food. Also the ramen broth wasn't something I would want to finish compared to other ramen spots you just want to devour it all. Overall there are better places to go then here,
We had the Hiroshi Kara Age Bun for starter and that was really good. I the had the all star ramen and the broth was too fishy for a tonkotsu and extremely salty. Their "3 day marinated chashu" was not very tasteful and the eggs were not marinated and slightly overcooked (yolk was hard and not runny).If you know nothing about ramen I guess it can be good enough, but there are way better ramen out there.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Miranda Roberts
I ordered the vegan shoyumen and didn’t love it. It was just broth and noodles with some seared veggies on top, not what I expect from ramen. But I tried some of the miso ramen and all star my friends got which were excellent. I’ll definitely come back but will try another veg ramen. The seared edamame and veggie gyoza apps were good as well. Nice happy hour for drinks ($5 beer, cheap wine)Vegetarian options: Lots of spots just have one vegetarian ramen option but this one has 3!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Evie
My go-to ramen place! Their Black Garlic Ramen is the best I’ve ever had in NYC. Highly recommended! ???
Ramen broth is full of oil and doesn’t taste like any ramen I’ve ever had.
We ordered fried edamame, tuna poke, the black garlic ramen and one of the veggie ramen with cashews. The food was very mediocre. Everything lacked flavor. But the service was amazing and we got everything really fast. Will not be coming back, I’ve had SO much better ramen other places.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 5
Setagaya is a hidden gem in Williamsburg. If you like ramen, you will not wanna miss it. I found it randomly and was so surprised by the ramen quality and the cozy environment. The restaurant is not big and there are around ten tables for dining in. The server is gentle and nice and would cover every detail during the serving. She was so experienced and as if knew everything you needed while having the ramen. This restaurant doesn't provide dessert if I correctly remember.I ordered Chashu ramen, dipping ramen, tofu salad, and avocado salad. Chashu ramen contains mushrooms which makes the broth super tasty and fresh. Dipping ramen is amazing with its rich and tasty dipping broth. Every noodle will be covered by the dipping broth and becomes very yummy and in a rich flavor. One bowl with a salad is a very recommended combo I would like to mention. If you don't like salad, a draft beer can be a perfect alternative.Cold Tofu salad is very refreshing, and the side of pickled cucumber is impressive. It balances the taste and flavor so well. Avocado Salad is 10/10 for me. The lettuce and avocado combined with Japanese salad sauce are so fresh and increase my appetizer a lot.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: All Star Ramen
Got the Original Ramen and the broth was so flavorful! The noodles were good too!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: All Star Ramen
Very ordinary ramen. The starters were also just OK.The service was the worst and frankly felt racist. Both the ladies didn't speak a word to me or my wife through the entire service. Not even to acknowledge what we ordered. Our requests for "water" and "fork" were met with irritated sighs. And all the while we saw same ladies serving with smiles and exchange pleasantries. Never felt more ignored at a restaurant.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 1
Jossi is
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Got the all star ramen. The soup was creamy with salt and umami. Chasu slices are paper thin and the egg was plain hard-boiled. Although, there was a proper amount of scallions (a large handful) and a lot of very al dente noodles.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
I’ve been returning to Setagaya for 7+ years for their Vegan Shoyu ramen (made vegetarian with soft-boiled eggs) and I’m not even a vegetarian. It’s one of the best dishes on the menu and in the neighborhood ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Got the “All-star” ramen and it was not very flavorful at all. The “char shu” is super thin and didn’t have any “char” flavor. The broth did not taste like it came from any pork bones.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: All Star Ramen
The food was okay, could be better but really needs something to the food. Also the ramen broth wasn't something I would want to finish compared to other ramen spots you just want to devour it all. Overall there are better places to go then here,
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: All Star Ramen, Black Garlic
Restaurantji Recommends
Such a chill vibe and they had amazing food!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Everything was good . Good service , and food was
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: All Star Ramen
We had the Hiroshi Kara Age Bun for starter and that was really good. I the had the all star ramen and the broth was too fishy for a tonkotsu and extremely salty. Their "3 day marinated chashu" was not very tasteful and the eggs were not marinated and slightly overcooked (yolk was hard and not runny).If you know nothing about ramen I guess it can be good enough, but there are way better ramen out there.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
I ordered the vegan shoyumen and didn’t love it. It was just broth and noodles with some seared veggies on top, not what I expect from ramen. But I tried some of the miso ramen and all star my friends got which were excellent. I’ll definitely come back but will try another veg ramen. The seared edamame and veggie gyoza apps were good as well. Nice happy hour for drinks ($5 beer, cheap wine)Vegetarian options: Lots of spots just have one vegetarian ramen option but this one has 3!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
My go-to ramen place! Their Black Garlic Ramen is the best I’ve ever had in NYC. Highly recommended! ???
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Black Garlic