Kajiken

1640 11th Ave, Seattle
(206) 651-4967

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Nathan Geldner

Probably the best noodles in Seattle. Very rich though, so don't skimp on the vinegar!

Ami Lindsey

Best ramen and service we’ve ever had!! Restaurant was very clean, affordable, cozy and in a cute neighborhood. Walked to a great boba shop down the street after dinner. Great evening experience all around!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Aaron Wang

Not bad

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Tim

It's pretty much a weekly place for my wife and I
The homura with the egg yolk is my go-to order and it's consistently delicious. My wife orders the karamen and I always steal a few bites. It's nice and spicy!
The karaage and takoyaki are great appetizers.
The staff are friendly and always punctual. Great spot!
Weekend evenings and wild, if you don't want to wait, come on a weekday night at 6 or during lunch.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Melanie Meyer

Was skeptical, but excited, at first because I've never had dry ramen before. ABSOLUTELY SLAPS. LOVE THIS BUSINESS.

They are kind, fast, efficient, AND delicious!! I will tell everyone about this place and am always very excited to come back.

Proteins are bomb. Spice level is banging. Their extra crunchy chili oil you can order is AMAZING. Slightly sweet with incredible flavor. So much flavor in everything!! Great portion size.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Brandon Valencia

First time having noodles on this way! It is delicious. I'm looking forward to visiting this place again soon.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Travis Truong

The aburasoba with pork and beef chunks was pretty delicious. The chicken karrage was pretty good too, and the green tea lemonade was refreshing.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Harmony Chan

Honestly probably one of the best (soupless) ramen in Seattle. I sometimes crave this and get the beef roast aburasora that I highly recommend. It is creamy and so savory. It is very filling and a bit oily though, so save your stomach for this. It is a bit pricey as well, but if you never had soupless ramen before, this is the place to go.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Raghav Verma

There was a line outside, but it was worth it. Really incredible soupless noodles.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Sean Fu

This was on Saturday 6/21.

We were at the front of the line with a party of eight and told the server that we wanted to split into two tables of four to make things easier. He said okay but then proceeded to seat five white people at a four-person table, even though they were behind us in line. We complained, but he continued seating multiple parties behind us.

Eventually, he sat four of us down and said something along the lines of, “If y’all had more patience, I could’ve sat all eight of you over there.”

After the first group of four ordered and received their food, they ended up combining another table with ours and sat the remaining four next to us, instead of splitting us as we had requested. Is “we want to split into two tables of four” really that hard to understand? It genuinely felt like they wanted to seat us together just to avoid automatic gratuity.

On top of that, the service was horrible. The server (he was Black) didn’t provide any service to us—he only interacted with the white customers and ignored everyone else. Discrimination against Asians at an Asian restaurant? Wow. Please hire someone smarter and less discriminatory to do this job.

And the food was also pretty mediocre.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Kshitij Gupta

Good food but oddly rude service, the server treated us like we were wild animals the whole time we were there. Though the ramen is really good and the noodles are thick but not super chewy. The chashu and other toppings were also cooked well and went along nicely with the brothless ramen noodles

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 1

Nathan Christopher

Used to come here all the time and would always recommend this abura soba place to people. Today, i was more than disappointed. The roast beef was extremely tough, you can’t even chew it unless you swallow it. I tried talking to the manager and man was his attitude horrible. What kind of manager just retaliates and says he tried the beef and it was fine. Not to mention not doing anything about it or offering to replace the bowl. Super unprofessional and uncapable of being a restaurant manager. Like seriously, treat your customers with respect. When customers give inputs, you should actually appreciate feedback. The noodles by itself was still really good but the issue here are the beef and rude manager.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Roast Beef Aburasoba

Cari Bates

Sooooo goooood!!!! I definitely want to come back!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Narayan Kharel

Had aburashoba , also have vegan and veg option but need to ask them.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kay

Very pleasantly surprised with the soupless ramen. I grew up eating only ramen with soup but this opened up my eyes.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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