RAMEN-SAN Lincoln Park

Pulang Luya a month ago

🍜 Had a great lunch at RAMEN-SAN Lincoln Park, a fun and lively noodle spot on Chicago’s North Side! The XOXO Shrimp & Pork Dumplings were so good! 🥟 I had the 10-Hour Tonkotsu Ramen—loved the tender meat and rich broth—while my love tried the special Mapo Doufu Mazemen. ❤️ Delicious food, cool vibe, and definitely worth a visit! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Ava Hansen 3 months ago

FANTASTIC! Recently got back from Japan last month and this far exceeded my expectations. I got the 10 Hour Tonkotsu—divine. I added an additional egg and it was perfect for me. I also had the chicken gyoza to start and donuts for dessert, both were good. Seth was an outstanding server, provided details about the menu and didn’t lead me astray with his recommendations. I will definitely be back!

Cal Vin 4 months ago

The food was ok. Ordered the vegetarian tantan san ramen. The soup was way too salty (had to get a cup of hot water from wait staff to make it editable). Also ordered the kimchi and friend chicken ramen. The fried chicken was over fried and very dry and the soup was average. The service was good when you can get someone's attention. Granted we went at peak dinner time and the place was busy, it should not take 10 minutes before they come by to offer you water and take your order. The atmosphere was humming with 2000's hip-hop and rap music playing, which is an odd choice when most of the patrons were mid to late 30's and up with their children in tow. They also had 2 projectors with game 7 of the Spurs and Thunders' game on the wall. The final note of the visit is that the menu tells you they only take cashless payments, which is fine, then when the check came with a QR code scan to pay, they tell you you can pay cash or scan the QR code to pay. I then scan the code to pay and decided to leave the tips in cash and the final amount was $.99 more then the check. I had to wave down the staff to show them and they told me that their QR code payment system adds $.99 to take the payment

Kem 4 months ago

I’ve never seen a ramen spot with so many reviews. The downtown location has 17K plus! With the beautiful Chicago winters, I can see why everyone’s go to is ramen. Ordered the 10 hour tonkatsu. The bowl itself is well dressed and portioned very well. I can tell the broth is not too thick either like how traditional tonkatsu is. First sip, the broth is lighter than tradition tonkatsu but the flavor is bold and deep. That is definitely a great change and requires a lot of skill. I can appreciate the lighter broth so is not too heavy. The pork is not chasu. It’s braised pork belly. Other ramen spots would charge extra for braised pork belly. The pork belly is so tender and flavorful. Well made. Ramen may present as a simple dish, but requires technical skill to execute these small details. Sun noodles were present in my bowl, and their signature bounce do not disappoint. Highly recommend Ramen-San. This location also features a great poster in the back of Mr Air himself, dunking a bow of ramen.

marilyn crowley 6 months ago

Service is great - everyone I interacted with was delightful! The food is very flavorful and the menu shows if a dish is spicy, but there are zero labels re: veg, vegan, gf, etc. The server was very helpful in deciphering the menu. Sadly the only veg ramen is very spicy (I'm a wimp about spice but this feels accurate for the masses, too! For a wimp like me it was unbearable and I could only have a few slurps) Would return for the Japanese ol' fashioned and kale and cashew salad.