text: it makes me sad that pho is such a huge deal in az while there is barely any ramen shops at all do not get me wrongpho is awesome but i LOVE ramen so what is the deal arizona let us get some more ramen shops going nnso that brings me to republic if you have had ramen in japan and constantly crave it like i do do not come here expecting any of that deliciousnessyou will be sorely disappointed republics ramen is totally mediocre yet i keep coming back because it is the closest thing that i can get sad nnit does not really matter what you order all of the soups taste practically identical so i would recommend going with the chili pepper ramenit at least gives the super bland broth some zip nnother than that the place is cute the employees are friendly and they do have a good selection of drinksboba