Mu Ramen

Small place but very warm and well-decorated. Worth the wait. The soup of the ramen is just perfect. Even when you finish all the soup, you won’t feel heavy or greasy. The appetizers are very special also.

We were very lucky to be the first ones in the restaurant... I had made reservations on open table just in case though. Let me tell you... I think this is the best ramen I've had in NYC so far. Even though this is a ramen shop. Many of the dishes have a heavy French influence. For appetizers we had tuna carpaccio, the okonomiyaki, the dry aged Wagyu making hand roll (served raw), and 4 tebasaki gyoza. We had two bowls of the tonkotsu ramen and one of the I'll shoyu ramen. We had nitamago (seasoned egg) for each bowl. I had extra serving of noodles for my bowl. The tuna carpaccio had a nice clean flavor with straight forward taste. The dry aged Wagyu hand roll was good but you are making the rolls yourself. Okonomiyaki was fantastic and highly recommended. The tebasaki gyoza is something else. I loved it. This is not a transitional gyoza... It's a chicken wing that has been mostly deboned inside and the meat stuffed with fois gras. I believe the wing is cooked sous vide style because the chicken meat had a bit of pink. The whole wing is then quickly deep fried for a crispy outer texture. I haven't had a better tonkotsu ramen bowl in the city. Deep flavored porky broth. The pork is ever so tender. The seasoned egg is cooked perfectly with that nice soft liquid yolk. Some may consider the bowl small but with the seasoned egg and extra noodles... It's about $21.50. $17.00 for the tonkotsu, $2 for the egg, and $2.50 for the extra noodles. The shoyu ramen was good although I expected a stronger duck taste. For me the tonkotsu was a much better choice. For some reason, the mu ramen wasn't available. This is a cash only place. ATM is available in the restaurant. Regardless I'll come back here for more.

Cash only. Recommend reservations. People do start lining up 10 to 15 min before opening. Sit at the bar if you want to see the chefs work. I didn't have the ramen so this is an appetizer only review. The uni app was delicious and refreshing. Uni flown in from Hokkaido. Mussels were cooked perfectly with a delicious broth. Didn't care for the bread as it's not the kind to sopp up the broth. The raw/rare steak of sushi rice was really, really good as a self tataki. I didn't love the gyoza. It's good but just not my cup of tea. Its serves or is fried chicken? Weird concept. Wish they had some dessert options. UPDATE: Service felt a bit rushed this time. Had the shoyu ramen and it was winning! Also had a bite of the burger. Delicious and juicy! Really, great flavors. Bathroom is a bit of a mess and we were seated with the first wave so not sure what the problem is.

Tried to come here on a Saturday night and the place was overly crowded. The wait was an hour and half long and this was about 8:45pm! We gave up. Came back on Sunday night and the wait was 45 minutes to an hour long. This time we waited. Well worth the wait. It's a really tiny space but well designed to serve it's purpose. We were lucky enough to be seated at the bar facing directly into the kitchen. We watched the chef's work the magic throughout our meal. They were friendly and playful. Something about watching your meal getting made seems just so much more satisfying..lol. we had ordered the fried chicken wing stuffed with foie gras. It was heaven! Highly recommend! Then we ordered the tonkotsu and the spicy miso with eggs on each bowl. The tonkotsu was rich and bold with flavors. Every slurp of noodles brings a good amount of soup with it! The egg had the perfect amount of runniness and flavor. The char sui was melt in your mouth. The spicy miso was at a good level of spice. The broth alone was rich and bold itself. The thick udon noodles helped soaked up the broth to each strand. The minced meat was soft and flavorful. Highly recommend this place but come in small groups cause the wait is no joke. We really wanted to try the okonomiyaki but we were full. Next time we will try it and hopefully their famous Mu ramen (which was sold out when we got there).

Finally got a chance to eat here and it was amazing! We got to Mu Ramen around 7 in the evening on a Tuesday night and we had to wait about 15 minutes but there was a lot of seating to comfortably do so. There was practically no wait when we left about an hour later. My sister and I both got the Tebasaki Gyoza (to share) and Tonkotsu Ramen (Mu Ramen was already and understandably sold out) and both were delicious. Definitely one of those moments where it was heartbreaking to have reached the bottom of the bowl. Also, my sister was recommended an apple juice that went perfectly well with the delicious pork broth of the Tonkotsu (mind pretty much blown). Overall, great atmosphere and remember cash only!