Marumen

3250 Old Pickett Rd, Fairfax
(703) 352-6278

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Kelly Latte

Bean sprouts should be white and glossy with yellowish or green tips. These were not fresh and had black tips in their specialty short rib ramen I ordered to go.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 4

Bryan Poulsen

Great ramen, sushi, and other dishes. Generous portions. Friendly staff.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

MJ B

No Sushi on Tuesday. Went there because friend had Sushi rolls craving but Tuesday Sushi chef is off.
The vegetarian Ramen was good. My friend had the Hot stone pot Spicy pork. He said that good and flavorful. Hope they could have a vegan/vegetarian menu with 5-8 items. they can attract a large plant based crowd.
Next time I go, will try to ask if they can do the hot stone pot or other dishes with Tofu.
The service was great. good atmosphere.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Vegetarian

Izzy mooney

The food was just ok. Nothing the write home about. The broth was flavorless and a the meats were bland. Everything was fishy tasting. Not bad. Just not amazing

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Austin Chang

Good miso ramen. Good portions and reasonable prices. It's a little too salty and one dimensional

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Nghi Doan

We had a quick lunch with our grandson who's a real fan of ramen.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Melody Ege

Really declined in quality. Broth is low, egg is not even marinated, items in ramen missing, pork smelled off. It’s a shame because I used to love this place!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 4

Helena Wu

Last time I’ve been to Marumen was a couple of years ago and it was great! However, upon returning, I was rather disappointed with the food. The egg was more hard boiled than soft boiled and there was very little broth (a cup). This was especially sad given it was a cold day and we really wanted some hot broth. We asked for more broth and it was an extra $3.50. Their ramen may have been great a couple of years ago but given the other fantastic ramen restaurants that have opened, I’m afraid marumen in comparison is not as good and falling behind.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 5

K.A

This can be cool little date spot - first or regular dates w/ your partner. Definitely recommend coming here for some sushi and ramen. Despite coming here by accident - it ended up being a blessing in disguise. I saved money and the food and customer service lived up to expectations.

The decor, layout and vibe of the restaurant was pretty laid back. It wasn't too loud so you can easily hear each other when you're talking. Quiet/comfy environment> loud obnoxious ones.

There are booth and open table seating arrangements - so choose (when not busy) to your heart's desires.

The servers were prompt, kind, and asked to refill our pitchers quite often, which I've noticed isn't as common in certain restaurants. If you need clarification regarding the menu, they seem likely to help and clarify.

Maybe after dinner you want to buy Pokemon cards and accessories, I believe towards the front (as of 12/29/2025) they had pokemon packs.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Paul Jackson

Great service even though they were short-handed. My server was friendly, smiling, and extremely helpful. The ramen was delicious. Highly recommend!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Spicy Miso Ramen with Pork Belly, Seafood

Jérôme Riel

Possibly the best ramen I've had in a restaurant, and good prices. Thanks!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

debi britt

Always great food and friendly staff.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Annie Boehm

Ordered the vegetarian ramen and it tasted good. However the food felt almost cold. It's supposed to be almost hot because that's how ramen is everywhere else that I had been to. It was hard to eat lukewarm ramen. Service was great. The restaurant didn't look japanese but it looked like an old pizzahut

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 5

Nathan Pierce

I’ve been going, what, like 13 years or something like that. I actually met my wife there on our first date too (it was her favorite as well). I haven’t been in a while but I realized recently when I was in the area that I never reviewed it. It honestly was the coziest and most delicious place I’ve been too and I’ve been all over Japan and the US having well known ramen. Love this place

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Radha Shah

To start off the service was mediocre but our biggest issue was the food. We ordered
Braised chicken ramen: broth was decent but pretty flavorless. The WORST part about the ramen was it genuinely had the most DISGUSTING chicken I have ever had in my life. One bite was enough to ruin my whole meal.
Shoyu ramen: the chashu was the worst chashu I have ever had from any ramen place. It didn’t even look like chashu. Broth was insanely mediocre with bland flavor.
Chicken karaage: all batter barely any chicken. The seasoning in the batter was not good and it wasn’t fried properly. The only thing that made it bareable was the spicy mayo sauce.
Shrimp tempura roll: mediocre roll. 5% shrimp and the biggest roll of sushi. More than half the roll was avocado.

I would not recommend this restaurant at all. There are much better ramen places around the area. The feeling after eating everything made us very nauseous and sick to our stomach.

Overall, we were highly disappointed and disgusted.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 2

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