Kyuramen - Oak Park

"**parking is a bit hard to snag as street parking is hard to come by and closest parking "lot" isn't very large. Free parking on Sunday!!** Super cute place and was my first eat stop on my Chicago trip. I was quickly seated as it was just me and I was put at the bar which was nice and quiet away from the majority of parties in the front. This is like your traditional ramen place where you rely on a call button to bring service to you via the buttons for: order, pay, call in general, or cancel the call. It's nice to be left alone and not checked on or asked anything during your meal. The ramen was super delicious and very rich broth. Usually most places always feel like they're missing something, but this was very flavorful! Meat is super tender and fell apart when tried to pick up, which is great in my opinion, at how well it was cooked and quality. Egg was nicely cooked as well. Gyoza was pan fried and not too dry but not too chewy. Sauce wasn't too strong so I wish it was a bit more flavorful. I had to dip the whole thing in to try and get enough sauce to taste. They're very fast with the service despite all tables being taken except only me and one couple at the bar. Definitely will be back if I come through Chicago again!"

"As a person who loves Ramen, I was excited to try Kyuramen for the first time. Unfortunately my initial interaction with the restaurant staff was not the best. Due to the dinner rush, there was a waitlist to be seated. My friends and I joined the waitlist and received a text message saying that we will receive a text when our table is ready. We went outside to not crowd the small waiting area in front. Fast forward to 30 minutes later, my friends and I went into the restaurant to find out that we were removed from the list. No contact was made regarding this matter. When we approached the staff, they initially said we didn’t put our names on the list. After showing them that we had the initial text, they checked their system and said our name was “deleted”. Since THEIR system deleted us from the waitlist, they told us we had to put our name back on the waitlist. Which resulted us to wait an additional 25 minutes. Moving forward to finally being seated, the food was okay. The bao was good and the appetizers were okay. The ramen broth was good but the noodles didn’t take in much flavor. As we were finishing our dinner, the staff kept checking if we were done. Soon as they saw an empty plate, they started cleaning up our table. While all of this was happening, one of my friends were still eating their food. We informed the staff we were still working on our dinner. When we looked up, we saw they had the check ready to give us. All in all, our dinner felt rush and we weren’t able to fully enjoy the experience. When we were leaving, neither of the staff members at the front desk said anything to us. They didn’t even apologize for the error on their end. Wish the customer service was better, because it definitely killed the vibe."

"Kyuramen has the special spicy ramen that is actually spicy. The sauce they have is also very spicy, if you are up to the spicy challenge, order the spicy ramen. Another special item that we always order here is the omelet rice. My husband is a big fan of it and every time we order it, we still take a video of it."

"Nice private room. Gyoza was dense and not super flavorful. Ramen noodles did not soak in the flavor. Broth was not bland, but just not my favorite. Pork was tender and good."

"We come here often and we always enjoy the food, ren and appetizers as well as drink are prepared fresh and are all delicious, I do wish the staff, servers were more friendly and actually talk to guests not just take orders and take the bill right away when you are having the last bites of food. I don't like to eat in a rush so I appreciated it if they let you finish the food before coming to charge. Over all amazing flavor of ramen soup and appetizers are so delicious, we always enjoy it here."