Kitakata Ramen Ban Nai - Irvine

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The broth on the Miso Ramen was watered down and missing quality taste. I ask them to fix it and it was the same thing.

I had high expectations before coming here. Ramen looks so good and Kiakata is a bit salty but delicious. The broth has no umami. Noodle was like between udon and ramen. You will know what I am talking about when you eat this Broth needs to be cooked longer to extract more umami from pork bone.

Friendly service and good food.

Curly chewy noodles are great. The broth is just right and not too salty/oily. Pork is decent.

I have never had such awful service. I had a digital gift card that I was trying to use to pay for my food. They proceeded to tell me on the phone and in person that they cancelled gift cards. I explained that they can’t just do that when it’s our money they are stealing. I waited for 20 minutes while he tried to figure out how to use a gift card. He then proceeded to tell me I had to pay with a different form of payment. So essentially they wouldn’t honor the gift card ever. This is theft. Absolutely not. The guy made me feel like I was the one attacking him when he finally said ok take the meal. And I said yep, I will. That should have been done at the beginning when you didn’t know how to process a Kitikata gift card. I even had an email stating the money left on the gift card. I’m so disappointed and have never been treated like that ever. My husband and I used to dine there EVERY week and since the pandemic and more locations opened, the quality and the service is a disappointment and disaster every time. I’ve had countless to go meals messed up over and over. That’s the end of our Kitikata era.

Yummy ramen place. Since the place we initially wanted to go to had 1+ hour wait we came across this ramen place. So glad we ate here - staff was very accommodating with our two little ones. They have super cute kid bowls and plates. My daughter’s favorite color is blue and they even switched her bowl and plate to the blue one. My daughter has an egg allergy - the noodles do not have egg. Miso ramen was yummy but it does have a little kick to it especially near the end. Definitely recommend adding sides for more veggies. Boiled cabbage was good addition, same as tofu. Our girls loved the fried chicken (no eggs in batter). Would definitely come back!

This place has the best spicy miso ramen and I eat it once, or twice every month! This was also a nice spot for a date I went on with a girl friend (two words) of mine.