I had visited Ippudo twice before this time throughout my whole life, once in London and once in the East Village. This original post just had a comment of “Overrated and pricey. I’d skip here any day of the week. Daikokuya in LA is way better”. Because I didn’t take pics of my dinner nearly 4 years ago, I thought about revisiting this Midtown location to try to remember why I was underwhelmed. Let’s just say I now remember why, and it makes perfect sense why I didn’t care for it before.

This is an updated review for the Midtown / Times Square (Theater District) location for Ichiran. I had been to the original Bushwick location years ago, and I didn’t take pictures nor remembered much about it. The only thing I wrote down was it was a much better version of Shinsengumi. Shinsengumi was a popular Torrance (California) restaurant that served hakata style ramen. They also allowed you to select your flavor profiles, and it was far less busy than Ichiran.

It’s ok. Broth is not great, but tuna bowl is good. I think this restaurant is owned by Morimoto.

Not good at all. Was near WTC.

It’s just ok.

Recommended by Totto Ramen server for best thick noodle in NYC. Soup was bad and salty. But yeah the noodle was pretty good.

It’s similar to Shinsengumi. If in Chelsea and want ramen, Oramen is way better.

This place is pretty good for the area. I like the miso.

Ramen omakase. Really good. Everything is homemade. $130 per person.

It’s just ok. I’d go to other ramen places over this.