Muto lzakaya Restaurant

Tonkotsu ramen was delicious the broth was very rich &flavorful & hit the spot.As a woman who grew up in Japan until 18 it’s good to know I can get a realistic & near authentic tasting bowl of ramen right here in Bellingham

We got the seaweed salad, grilled octopus, sashimi combo and a ramen bowl. All was ok and none was great. The seaweed salad was the best tasting but half of the dish was a cabbage mix. Seriously small portion of actual seaweed salad. The octopus was cooked ok but charred sugar in some spots made for quite a bit of bitterness. Ramen was decent - a little heavy on salt. Sashimi was not real fresh, except for the salmon which was great.

This location is awful. Manager is sad. Served us gelatinous gooey gyoza and he didn't blink, like that's how they are meant to look. Ordered 2 tonkotsu ramen, 1 spicy. Recieved a completely different ramen and they took my ramen back into the kitchen and switched the noodles into the right broth... I'm not joking.Do yourself a favor, go to the Lynnwood location, that place is amazing. Not sure why they're slacking so bad in Bellingham.

Very poor overall experience. Our party of 2 spent 2 hours in there waiting at our table only to end up with some cold, flavorless ramen. The service was poor, took forever despite not being all that busy and just didn’t even end up being worth the wait after all of that.Even got to a watch a party of 5 come in and have their food served within 15 minutes just before we were leaving.

This place has really gone down hill since the pandemic. The waitress seating people yelled across the restaurant instead of coming to the door to greet and seat people. We ordered appetizers and entrees which came out sporadically and in no particular order. The glass i was served plum wine in was dirty (had waxy grease marks on one side). They forgot to bring the miso soup that came with what I ordered and when I asked for it they have seemed to have moved to a very bland pre-made miso with a few pieces of tofu in it. I ordered a spicy chicken karage bowel which was missing the pickled garlic and sesame seeds. The only flavor in the dish was the chicken, which was great, but it was just dumped on white rice and cut up romaine lettuce....Basically it was a very disappointing experience to what we had pre-pandemic. I also have a suspicion that they had pre-made sushi rolls in the back and other food not cooked to order based on timing from the order to the kitchen to the table.Not worth the prices as they obviously just don't care anymore!

I had a much better experience last timeSunday 3/27 us and the people next to us both had our food come out at very different times. It was a good 15 minutes before my partner got his sushi roll and the group of people next to us were all done with their food before their friend got his dinner. I've worked in many kitchens and the food should be timed to come out together plus it'll help with the table turnaround so people aren't waiting for the other person who just got their food to finish.Also my egg was stone cold and would be very cool if the dried fish flakes were garnished on top of everything else, ours were buried and we didn't get to see em move with the heat :/

Flavors were not the best, everything was a bit bland. Here is what my wife and I orded and how it was.Gyoza: definitely needed some more ginger, salt and pepper. The sauce it came with it kinda saved it.Chicken ramen with a spice level of 3: wasnt spicy at all, needed more flavoringCurry ramen, spice level 3: very bland, the noodlea were over cooked, and alsonwasnt spicy at all.Dragon roll: it was pretty good, kinda over priced for a basic roll.Bubble milk tea: good, cant really complainIce grean tea: most disappointing thing i had. Straight from the can and unsweetened. I feel like they could have at least had fresh tea and put it in a pot like a pho shop would. At the very least put the tea in the cup already and dont tell me its from the can.Final price was $62.80+$5 tip. I went with a 7% tip and not 15% because one of the sauce tray they gave us was dirty and it was a bit unsettling.Overall the server and cashier there was very nice, just unfortunate that the food was lack luster. Wont come back unfortunately.

Beware citizens of California State!The food was anticlimactic, and the service was not bad. Unfortunately, they declined to serve me alcohol due to running my California ID through a machine that may show “something off” and “not seeing many California licenses come through.” When I asked what looked odd, their response was they have to “go with their gut feeling.” Being 25 and not being served alcohol due to “gut feelings” was pretty disappointing. I have never been to a restaurant that runs IDs through a machine let alone declines to serve alcohol due to intuition. After scanning the room, there were two other couples my age drinking sake and beer. I worked a 50 hour week and went out for food and wine to decompress on a Friday night and was bitterly disappointed. I could not have frequented any other restaurant in the area because every other business closes at 9pm in this off-brand Seattle hippie town that reminded me why I left. I went home to my saved bottle of sake that I purchased… with my California ID.

They were very fast! Open on Sunday after Christmas! A plus with the snow. Margarita,'s we're amazing! Chicken not dry in the enchiladas. Yum. Thank you

The ramen was good. The service was good as well. Probably the best one in Bellingham so far. I have tried a few places in town and there is nothing compared to this one. I will be back again for sure.

We enjoyed the dinner! Especially nigiri and squid! Husband loves the ramen.

I don’t like leaving negative posts, because mistakes happen we are all human. However, I would not recommending ordering online at Muto Ramen. After waiting 40 minutes they claimed our order never came through. We showed them a snapshot of the email order confirmation as well as our bank account where our card was charged. They said sorry there’s nothing we can do about it. After me pressing a bit they said we could put the n another order for your food, but you will wait another 40+ minutes and we will charge you again. We cannot refund you. Owner Fernando Rosales was there, but would not come out and talk to me. I felt for them because they were slammed, but there was zero offer to make it right in any way. I left quietly with no food and a task to do later to dispute the charge. Super disappointing and still have a hungry family I have to hunt food for. First world problem for sure, but I was taught to treat people differently than that. (Update 3 days later - Owner called and refunded us. We do appreciate that he took the initiative to do that.)

The service quality and atmosphere were both exceptional, however, the restaurant was a bit cramped. The food was pretty good, but It was hard to find a variety of choices given my distaste for imitation crab (most of the rolls have imitation crab, a money-saving move for typical sushi offered at grocery stores; noted as "Krab Salad" on the menu.) I only ordered sushi without imitation crab, but still ended up with imitation crab on my plate. Outside of that aspect, the food tasted excellent!

First off, probably some of the best gyoza I have ever had. Just absolutely scrumptious. Like I ordered from here for the ramen, but the gyoza… I don’t know if I could ever not order them with whatever else I am getting they are so good.The ramen as well was delicious! I asked for level 2 spicy and it was not super spicy at all. And I’m a big baby when it comes to spice, so take that as you will.Upon pickup those I interacted were super nice and kind. My only complaint is I placed my order for as soon as possible, and on my confirmation page I was told it would take 75 minutes. This was a little disheartening because I was so hungry? But it was worth the wait!

The food was amazing,as well as the atmosphere.The only thing I did not care for was the fact they dropped our bill on the table right after we got our food an then about 10 minutes later the waiter came back an asked if we were ready to pay.We were not even half way through our meal.I feel this is very rude practice...I don't know if this is their normal practice,but it made me feel like I was being rushed out the door