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ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 10/19/2013 | Matthew D. | Westfield, NJ | 3 star rating | Ordered the teriyaki chicken ramen . It's was good but the chicken was fatty. I will eat mostly anything ... Except fatty chicken. Kinda gross.
But otherwise the noodles and the broth were fabulous. Decent fast service .
Would probably try a different ramen place before coming back . | ['order', 'teriyaki', 'chicken', 'ramen', 'good', 'chicken', 'fatty', 'eat', 'mostly', 'anything', '...', 'except', 'fatty', 'chicken', 'kind', 'gross', 'otherwise', 'noodle', 'broth', 'fabulous', 'decent', 'fast', 'service', 'would', 'probably', 'try', 'different', 'ramen', 'place', 'come', 'back'] | order teriyaki chicken ramen good chicken fatty eat mostly anything ... except fatty chicken kind gross otherwise noodle broth fabulous decent fast service would probably try different ramen place come back | 0.13 | 0.07 | 0.8 | 0.43 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 10/18/2013 | Ina G. | Boston, MA | 3 star rating | I was excited to learn that there's a ramen spot close to my work, so I gave it a shot. When it comes to ramen, I am definitely a purist. So, I went with the original Ajisen ramen (the first ramen on the menu). Verdict: just average. Not the savory amazing deliciousness I expect from my ramen, but certainly edible. There is more delicious ramen out there and I'm not sure I'll be back. | ['excite', 'learn', 'ramen', 'spot', 'close', 'work', 'give', 'shot', 'come', 'ramen', 'definitely', 'purist', 'original', 'ajisen', 'ramen', 'first', 'ramen', 'menu', 'verdict', 'average', 'savory', 'amazing', 'deliciousness', 'expect', 'ramen', 'certainly', 'edible', 'delicious', 'ramen', 'sure', 'back'] | excite learn ramen spot close work give shot come ramen definitely purist original ajisen ramen first ramen menu verdict average savory amazing deliciousness expect ramen certainly edible delicious ramen sure back | 0.22 | 0.06 | 0.73 | 0.89 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 9/21/2013 | Traveler Z. | Boston, MA | 5 star rating | Stopped in while exploring the neighborhood. Great attentive service. Even the clientele is friendly on a Saturday. Placed my order and the waiter can back to see if I wanted the mild or spicy version. The ramen aren't the kind you had in college. It's like comparing pasta in a can to handmade pasta that is cooked to perfection with a sauce. Try the short rib ramen....try the spicy pork friend rice (no greasy). Enjoy! | ['stop', 'explore', 'neighborhood', 'great', 'attentive', 'service', 'even', 'clientele', 'friendly', 'saturday', 'placed', 'order', 'waiter', 'back', 'see', 'want', 'mild', 'spicy', 'version', 'ramen', 'kind', 'college', 'like', 'compare', 'pasta', 'handmade', 'pasta', 'cook', 'perfection', 'sauce', 'try', 'short', 'rib', 'ramen', '....', 'try', 'spicy', 'pork', 'friend', 'rice', 'greasy', 'enjoy'] | stop explore neighborhood great attentive service even clientele friendly saturday placed order waiter back see want mild spicy version ramen kind college like compare pasta handmade pasta cook perfection sauce try short rib ramen .... try spicy pork friend rice greasy enjoy | 0.23 | 0.05 | 0.72 | 0.95 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 9/1/2013 | Diana L. | Pine Brook, NJ | 5 star rating | I come here all the time with my boyfriend. They have quality ramen without the ridiculous wait that makes us come here time and time again whenever we crave ramen. They have several varieties to choose from and the broth that it comes in is surprisingly delicious and tasty in each of them. It has a slight creamy flavor that is very savory.
They also have very fresh sashimi that I love to have along with my ramen. I'm into salmon so that's what I always get. I've had lots of salmon sashimi before elsewhere with some places that I may have complaints about but this place has it just the way I like it. The cut, freshness, tenderness, everything. It's good quality sashimi.
Their service is great. Friendly, timely, and courteous. The restaurant has a clean contemporary look and provides a great ambience to take your family or a date.
There are a tremendous variety of delicious appetizers all with a uniqueness of its own and other Japanese style rice dishes that give you a wide array of options if you want to come here as a regular.
All of the food here... Hits the spot! | ['come', 'time', 'boyfriend', 'quality', 'ramen', 'without', 'ridiculous', 'wait', 'make', 'come', 'time', 'time', 'whenever', 'crave', 'ramen', 'several', 'variety', 'choose', 'broth', 'come', 'surprisingly', 'delicious', 'tasty', 'slight', 'creamy', 'flavor', 'savory', 'also', 'fresh', 'sashimi', 'love', 'along', 'ramen', 'salmon', 'always', 'get', 'lot', 'salmon', 'sashimi', 'elsewhere', 'place', 'may', 'complaint', 'place', 'way', 'like', 'cut', 'freshness', 'tenderness', 'everything', 'good', 'quality', 'sashimi', 'service', 'great', 'friendly', 'timely', 'courteous', 'restaurant', 'clean', 'contemporary', 'look', 'provide', 'great', 'ambience', 'take', 'family', 'date', 'tremendous', 'variety', 'delicious', 'appetizer', 'uniqueness', 'japanese', 'style', 'rice', 'dish', 'give', 'wide', 'array', 'option', 'want', 'come', 'regular', 'food', '...', 'hit', 'spot'] | come time boyfriend quality ramen without ridiculous wait make come time time whenever crave ramen several variety choose broth come surprisingly delicious tasty slight creamy flavor savory also fresh sashimi love along ramen salmon always get lot salmon sashimi elsewhere place may complaint place way like cut freshness tenderness everything good quality sashimi service great friendly timely courteous restaurant clean contemporary look provide great ambience take family date tremendous variety delicious appetizer uniqueness japanese style rice dish give wide array option want come regular food ... hit spot | 0.23 | 0.02 | 0.75 | 0.99 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 8/30/2013 | Esther T. | New York, NY | 3 star rating | I'm not big on ramen. I came because they had fried green tea ice cream. What's the big deal, you ask? Well, everyone has fried ice cream, but most don't have green tea flavor. I'm a green tea fanatic. So I came here for lunch today. Not per se in the mood for ramen, but didn't want a big heavy meal to get in my way of dessert. I ordered the Ajisen Ramen. I wasn't expecting much from it, but to my surprise, it was super good. The noodles were cooked to perfection, the broth was tasty and not too salty, the pork, egg, and veggies all complemented the noodles well. After I finished my noodles, I ordered the fried green tea ice cream. Unfortunately they were sold out on green tea ice cream. Major disappointment. So I got the check and went on my way.
The only con is service is strange. When I was done with my noodles, and pushed the bowl to the side, the waitress didn't come to get it. I had to flag her down to order dessert even though she passed by multiple times. When I asked for the check, and paid, I waited a pretty long time to get my change. I had to ask for it. Other than that, it was a good experience. I'd come back next time with my fingers crossed that they will have my fried green tea ice cream. | ['big', 'ramen', 'come', 'fry', 'green', 'ice', 'cream', 'big', 'deal', 'ask', 'well', 'everyone', 'fry', 'ice', 'cream', 'green', 'flavor', 'green', 'fanatic', 'come', 'lunch', 'today', 'per', 'mood', 'ramen', 'want', 'big', 'heavy', 'meal', 'get', 'way', 'dessert', 'order', 'ajisen', 'ramen', 'expect', 'much', 'surprise', 'super', 'good', 'noodle', 'cook', 'perfection', 'broth', 'tasty', 'salty', 'pork', 'egg', 'veggie', 'complement', 'noodle', 'well', 'finish', 'noodle', 'order', 'fried', 'green', 'ice', 'cream', 'unfortunately', 'sell', 'green', 'ice', 'cream', 'major', 'disappointment', 'get', 'check', 'way', 'con', 'service', 'strange', 'noodle', 'push', 'bowl', 'side', 'waitress', 'come', 'get', 'flag', 'order', 'dessert', 'even', 'though', 'pass', 'multiple', 'time', 'ask', 'check', 'pay', 'wait', 'pretty', 'long', 'time', 'get', 'change', 'ask', 'good', 'experience', 'would', 'come', 'back', 'next', 'time', 'finger', 'cross', 'fry', 'green', 'ice', 'cream'] | big ramen come fry green ice cream big deal ask well everyone fry ice cream green flavor green fanatic come lunch today per mood ramen want big heavy meal get way dessert order ajisen ramen expect much surprise super good noodle cook perfection broth tasty salty pork egg veggie complement noodle well finish noodle order fried green ice cream unfortunately sell green ice cream major disappointment get check way con service strange noodle push bowl side waitress come get flag order dessert even though pass multiple time ask check pay wait pretty long time get change ask good experience would come back next time finger cross fry green ice cream | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.84 | 0.96 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 8/30/2013 | Cameron B. | New Orleans, LA | 2 star rating | I had the shredded chicken ramen and my friend had a bento box. We liked the food, but I became very ill (nausea and vomiting) less than an hour after eating here. Maybe I just had a bad chicken or something.
The staff was very friendly, portions seemed right for the price, and the restaurant looked pretty clean from what I could tell. Wish I hadn't gotten sick, I might have come back. | ['shred', 'chicken', 'ramen', 'friend', 'bento', 'box', 'like', 'food', 'become', 'ill', 'nausea', 'vomit', 'less', 'hour', 'eat', 'maybe', 'bad', 'chicken', 'something', 'staff', 'friendly', 'portion', 'seem', 'right', 'price', 'restaurant', 'look', 'pretty', 'clean', 'could', 'tell', 'wish', 'get', 'sick', 'might', 'come', 'back'] | shred chicken ramen friend bento box like food become ill nausea vomit less hour eat maybe bad chicken something staff friendly portion seem right price restaurant look pretty clean could tell wish get sick might come back | 0.27 | 0.1 | 0.63 | 0.93 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 8/24/2013 | Kirsten C. | Brooklyn, NY | 5 star rating | A co-worker and I stumbled across this gem a few months ago and I am so glad we did! They have GREAT ramen. The food has been consistenly good every time I've gone as has the service. I don't remember the girls name she has super curly, cute hair but she is super nice! I admit I can be a very picky, attention-needing customer so I appreciated her patience. Definitely a great spot. | ['co-worker', 'stumble', 'across', 'gem', 'month', 'ago', 'glad', 'great', 'ramen', 'food', 'consistenly', 'good', 'every', 'time', 'service', 'remember', 'girl', 'name', 'super', 'curly', 'cute', 'hair', 'super', 'nice', 'admit', 'picky', 'attention-needing', 'customer', 'appreciate', 'patience', 'definitely', 'great', 'spot'] | co-worker stumble across gem month ago glad great ramen food consistenly good every time service remember girl name super curly cute hair super nice admit picky attention-needing customer appreciate patience definitely great spot | 0.43 | 0 | 0.57 | 0.99 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 8/23/2013 | Robert G. | Brooklyn, NY | 5 star rating | I love this place! I come here about once a week. The restaurant is really clean and has a great atmosphere. The food is awesome and I'm never waiting long. The staff is the best. They're always super attentive and always smiling. My favorite dish is the grilled squid balls. Definitely one of my favorite places to come to after a long day at work. | ['love', 'place', 'come', 'week', 'restaurant', 'really', 'clean', 'great', 'atmosphere', 'food', 'awesome', 'never', 'wait', 'long', 'staff', 'best', 'always', 'super', 'attentive', 'always', 'smile', 'favorite', 'dish', 'grilled', 'squid', 'ball', 'definitely', 'one', 'favorite', 'place', 'come', 'long', 'day', 'work'] | love place come week restaurant really clean great atmosphere food awesome never wait long staff best always super attentive always smile favorite dish grilled squid ball definitely one favorite place come long day work | 0.41 | 0 | 0.58 | 0.99 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 8/21/2013 | Betty C. | Manhattan, NY | 4 star rating | I really like their #2. I forgot what it was but that was the ramen that i liked best. I am not really a fan of ramen but i do like this place! their broth is really good.
The only other things i have ordered from this place are their fried tofu, which i didn't really like because it was huge blocks of tofu which didn't have much taste. And i LOVE tofu.
Their salad isn't that good either. They put a lot of mayo on it as dressing.
But i would definitely recommend this place! Just make sure you order their ramen! | ['really', 'like', 'forget', 'ramen', 'like', 'best', 'really', 'fan', 'ramen', 'like', 'place', 'broth', 'really', 'good', 'thing', 'order', 'place', 'fried', 'tofu', 'really', 'like', 'huge', 'block', 'tofu', 'much', 'taste', 'love', 'tofu', 'salad', 'good', 'either', 'put', 'lot', 'mayo', 'dress', 'would', 'definitely', 'recommend', 'place', 'make', 'sure', 'order', 'ramen'] | really like forget ramen like best really fan ramen like place broth really good thing order place fried tofu really like huge block tofu much taste love tofu salad good either put lot mayo dress would definitely recommend place make sure order ramen | 0.36 | 0.04 | 0.6 | 0.99 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 8/7/2013 | dulcinea t. | Brooklyn, NY | 4 star rating | I only order takeout from this place and cannot attest to the restaurant itself. I love their food : the ramen, the dumplings, sushi. But beware of the very angry elderly delivery guy - delivery takes at least 45 mins (not an issue for me personally), but the guy who delivers is visibly angry, doesn't understand english and yells at people. It is becoming embarrassing to order to my office. | ['order', 'takeout', 'place', 'attest', 'restaurant', 'love', 'food', 'ramen', 'dumpling', 'sushi', 'beware', 'angry', 'elderly', 'delivery', 'guy', 'delivery', 'take', 'least', 'min', 'issue', 'personally', 'guy', 'deliver', 'visibly', 'angry', 'understand', 'english', 'yell', 'people', 'become', 'embarrass', 'order', 'office'] | order takeout place attest restaurant love food ramen dumpling sushi beware angry elderly delivery guy delivery take least min issue personally guy deliver visibly angry understand english yell people become embarrass order office | 0.03 | 0.18 | 0.78 | -0.91 | negative |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 7/22/2013 | Nick G. | Rochester, NY | 3 star rating | Ajisen is actually an international, Japan based ramen chain. I think that's a good way to sum it up. The Ramen was pretty good but there was nothing inspiring about the place. There are so many Ramen places in NYC these days that if you're making a trip just for Ramen go somewhere else.
With all of that said I will admit the Ramen was pretty good. I got the Ajisen Deluxe Ramen. It was their house pork broth wih standard Chashu Pork and Slow cooked rib. The rib was served with the tendon and was actually well cooked it might creep some people out though.
I was there around 1 pm on a Saturday and is was totally dead. The two nice things about this place: they deliver and they are located right around the corner from the Mega Bus stop. | ['ajisen', 'actually', 'international', 'japan', 'base', 'ramen', 'chain', 'think', 'good', 'way', 'sum', 'ramen', 'pretty', 'good', 'nothing', 'inspire', 'place', 'many', 'ramen', 'place', 'nyc', 'day', 'make', 'trip', 'ramen', 'somewhere', 'else', 'say', 'admit', 'ramen', 'pretty', 'good', 'get', 'ajisen', 'deluxe', 'ramen', 'house', 'pork', 'broth', 'wih', 'standard', 'chashu', 'pork', 'slow', 'cook', 'rib', 'rib', 'serve', 'tendon', 'actually', 'well', 'cook', 'might', 'creep', 'people', 'though', 'around', 'saturday', 'totally', 'dead', 'two', 'nice', 'thing', 'place', 'deliver', 'locate', 'right', 'around', 'corner', 'mega', 'bus', 'stop'] | ajisen actually international japan base ramen chain think good way sum ramen pretty good nothing inspire place many ramen place nyc day make trip ramen somewhere else say admit ramen pretty good get ajisen deluxe ramen house pork broth wih standard chashu pork slow cook rib rib serve tendon actually well cook might creep people though around saturday totally dead two nice thing place deliver locate right around corner mega bus stop | 0.14 | 0.08 | 0.78 | 0.82 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 6/16/2013 | Josh D. | Denver, CO | 2 star rating | They deliver! Ramen delivery is one of the best things ever created! Better than sliced toast, or shoes.
That said: Their ramen is bland and just not that good... I think I've been spoiled by some of the better places? But, when I'm feeling lazy, this place can fill the void... | ['deliver', 'ramen', 'delivery', 'one', 'best', 'thing', 'ever', 'create', 'good', 'slice', 'toast', 'shoe', 'say', 'ramen', 'bland', 'good', '...', 'think', 'spoil', 'good', 'place', 'feel', 'lazy', 'place', 'fill', 'void', '...'] | deliver ramen delivery one best thing ever create good slice toast shoe say ramen bland good ... think spoil good place feel lazy place fill void ... | 0.18 | 0.06 | 0.76 | 0.62 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 5/24/2013 | Denise L. | Stamford, CT | 1 star rating | The ramen here is not worth $9+. Noodles are more like spaghetti (and cooked al dente). The broth is decent with some flavor. The meat - dry and overcooked, and sometimes loaded with fat. Shoulda listened to the other Yelpers. | ['ramen', 'worth', 'noodle', 'like', 'spaghetti', 'cook', 'dente', 'broth', 'decent', 'flavor', 'meat', 'dry', 'overcook', 'sometimes', 'load', 'fat', 'shoulda', 'listen', 'yelpers'] | ramen worth noodle like spaghetti cook dente broth decent flavor meat dry overcook sometimes load fat shoulda listen yelpers | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.89 | 0.28 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 5/7/2013 | XiaoHwa N. | Long Island City, NY | 3 star rating | If I were local to Ajisen I would surely be a regular. Came here with some family for a casual lunch. We got placed in the "awkward" back room that everyone talks about but we weren't ignored. Our servers kept up with us very well. Our waters were refilled and, after a massive soup incident involving my baby boy and his grandpa's lap, we were quickly assisted to.
I definitely recommend the cuttlefish balls. I've always been a fan of these chewy fish balls since my youth so this may/may not be up everyone's alley. Also, LOVED the fried squid with sweet/spicy dipping sauce. The gyoza was pretty good too. I ordered a sushi lunch special because I was with baby and didn't feel like a run to our local burn unit. The rest of my family ordered soup noodles and seemed to be thoroughly pleased. My sushi was pretty standard and good as well. I scarfed it all down.
My only complaint, besides the lack of decor in the back of the restaurant, is that the sushi entrees came out way after the soup entrees. This seems to be a running theme at this restaurant. The only reason I didn't mind was because we had ordered so many appetizers and there was plenty to chow down on while I waited.
It's pretty casual but, because of the hot soup situation, I would be cautious with children. Also, the high chair strap was busted.
Overall, a better-than-fast-food Japanese quick lunch. | ['local', 'ajisen', 'would', 'surely', 'regular', 'came', 'family', 'casual', 'lunch', 'get', 'place', 'awkward', 'back', 'room', 'everyone', 'talk', 'ignore', 'server', 'keep', 'well', 'water', 'refill', 'massive', 'soup', 'incident', 'involve', 'baby', 'boy', 'grandpa', 'lap', 'quickly', 'assist', 'definitely', 'recommend', 'cuttlefish', 'ball', 'always', 'fan', 'chewy', 'fish', 'ball', 'since', 'youth', 'may/may', 'everyone', 'alley', 'also', 'loved', 'fried', 'squid', 'sweet/spicy', 'dip', 'sauce', 'gyoza', 'pretty', 'good', 'order', 'sushi', 'lunch', 'special', 'baby', 'feel', 'like', 'run', 'local', 'burn', 'unit', 'rest', 'family', 'order', 'soup', 'noodle', 'seem', 'thoroughly', 'pleased', 'sushi', 'pretty', 'standard', 'good', 'well', 'scarf', 'complaint', 'besides', 'lack', 'decor', 'back', 'restaurant', 'sushi', 'entree', 'come', 'way', 'soup', 'entrees', 'seem', 'running', 'theme', 'restaurant', 'reason', 'mind', 'order', 'many', 'appetizer', 'plenty', 'chow', 'wait', 'pretty', 'casual', 'hot', 'soup', 'situation', 'would', 'cautious', 'child', 'also', 'high', 'chair', 'strap', 'bust', 'overall', 'better-than-fast-food', 'japanese', 'quick', 'lunch'] | local ajisen would surely regular came family casual lunch get place awkward back room everyone talk ignore server keep well water refill massive soup incident involve baby boy grandpa lap quickly assist definitely recommend cuttlefish ball always fan chewy fish ball since youth may/may everyone alley also loved fried squid sweet/spicy dip sauce gyoza pretty good order sushi lunch special baby feel like run local burn unit rest family order soup noodle seem thoroughly pleased sushi pretty standard good well scarf complaint besides lack decor back restaurant sushi entree come way soup entrees seem running theme restaurant reason mind order many appetizer plenty chow wait pretty casual hot soup situation would cautious child also high chair strap bust overall better-than-fast-food japanese quick lunch | 0.21 | 0.04 | 0.76 | 0.99 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 5/2/2013 | Raphael D. | Brooklyn, NY | 3 star rating | Pretty nice little place for Ramen snobs to get their fix while in the Chelsea area without spending big fru fru bucks. Twelve bucks got me a big bowl of roasted pork deliciousness and the space is pretty big overall. | ['pretty', 'nice', 'little', 'place', 'ramen', 'snob', 'get', 'fix', 'chelsea', 'area', 'without', 'spending', 'big', 'fru', 'fru', 'buck', 'twelve', 'buck', 'get', 'big', 'bowl', 'roasted', 'pork', 'deliciousness', 'space', 'pretty', 'big', 'overall'] | pretty nice little place ramen snob get fix chelsea area without spending big fru fru buck twelve buck get big bowl roasted pork deliciousness space pretty big overall | 0.25 | 0.05 | 0.7 | 0.86 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 4/3/2013 | Kevin Y. | Washington, DC | 1 star rating | totally fake ramen house. run by chinese instead of japanese. ramen quality: noodles: crap, soup is all msg, not really creamy but just white broth. would never come back. | ['totally', 'fake', 'ramen', 'house', 'run', 'chinese', 'instead', 'japanese', 'ramen', 'quality', 'noodle', 'crap', 'soup', 'message', 'really', 'creamy', 'white', 'broth', 'would', 'never', 'come', 'back'] | totally fake ramen house run chinese instead japanese ramen quality noodle crap soup message really creamy white broth would never come back | 0 | 0.13 | 0.87 | -0.46 | negative |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 4/2/2013 | Kate P. | Brooklyn, NY | 1 star rating | This place is just BAD. You can do better. Hey, there's a McDonalds just around the corner!!
Seriously, though. Just came back from lunch here and I'm writing this before my stomach has time to process the terrible food I just ate. Sorry, stomach. Please forgive me for the abuse.
First of all, wish we hadn't been seated in the weird back room with no windows and a loud TV. Also, a nearby customer had placed her coat on the back of one of the chairs at our table, and our waitress seated us at the table anyway without asking the other customer to take her coat. It remained there while we ate which just seemed weird.
I ordered Miso Ramen, my lunch buddy ordered the lunch special Bento box. He wanted the sushi option and asked what specifically the sushi was. Our server said she didn't know, that it was always different, so we asked if she could find out what fish he would include...NO. That was apparently impossible, and if we wanted to specify what fish we wanted, that would be an extra $3 (this is on top of the price of the dish which is only $8.50). Alright, FINE. We ordered it anyway.
My ramen showed up in what seemed like 30 seconds.
--Pork slices: gross. Tasted like dog food. Not tender.
--Broth: bland and one-note, mixed miso paste in and it was SLIGHTLY better.
--noodles: boring, didn't really eat them.
--Overall, not worth the $10.50 that it costed since I added a few pieces of overcooked broccoli.
My friend's food DID NOT ARRIVE UNTIL I WAS FINISHED. We also did not get water until halfway through our meal because we called after another waiter and asked for it. There was no explanation of why the food came out at such drastically different times, and no apology.
My friend's bento box looked kinda gross, honestly.
--Boring salad that didn't appear to have dressing.
--Standard California roll
--some shu mai that looked like last week's scallops
--four pieces of sushi that APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN CUT WITH A PLASTIC TAKEOUT KNIFE and looked really dry and unappetizing
--white rice that looked very Uncle-Ben's-esque. NOT sushi rice.
Do your life a favor and don't waste 30 minutes of it eating here. This place is miserable. BAD SERVICE, BAD FOOD, BAD ATMOSPHERE, BAD ATTITUDE. | ['place', 'bad', 'good', 'hey', 'mcdonalds', 'around', 'corner', 'seriously', 'though', 'come', 'back', 'lunch', 'write', 'stomach', 'time', 'process', 'terrible', 'food', 'ate', 'sorry', 'stomach', 'please', 'forgive', 'abuse', 'first', 'wish', 'seat', 'weird', 'back', 'room', 'window', 'loud', 'also', 'nearby', 'customer', 'place', 'coat', 'back', 'one', 'chair', 'table', 'waitress', 'seat', 'table', 'anyway', 'without', 'ask', 'customer', 'take', 'coat', 'remain', 'eat', 'seem', 'weird', 'order', 'miso', 'ramen', 'lunch', 'buddy', 'order', 'lunch', 'special', 'bento', 'box', 'want', 'sushi', 'option', 'ask', 'specifically', 'sushi', 'server', 'say', 'know', 'always', 'different', 'ask', 'could', 'find', 'fish', 'would', 'include', '...', 'apparently', 'impossible', 'want', 'specify', 'fish', 'want', 'would', 'extra', 'top', 'price', 'dish', 'alright', 'fine', 'order', 'anyway', 'ramen', 'show', 'seem', 'like', 'second', 'pork', 'slice', 'gross', 'taste', 'like', 'dog', 'food', 'tender', 'broth', 'bland', 'one-note', 'mixed', 'miso', 'paste', 'slightly', 'good', 'noodle', 'boring', 'really', 'eat', 'overall', 'worth', 'cost', 'since', 'add', 'piece', 'overcooked', 'broccoli', 'friend', 'food', 'arrive', 'finished', 'also', 'get', 'water', 'halfway', 'meal', 'call', 'another', 'waiter', 'ask', 'explanation', 'food', 'come', 'drastically', 'different', 'time', 'apology', 'friend', 'bento', 'box', 'look', 'kind', 'gross', 'honestly', 'boring', 'salad', 'appear', 'dressing', 'standard', 'california', 'roll', 'shu', 'mai', 'look', 'like', 'last', 'week', 'scallop', 'four', 'piece', 'sushi', 'appear', 'cut', 'plastic', 'takeout', 'knife', 'look', 'really', 'dry', 'unappetizing', 'white', 'rice', 'look', "uncle-ben's-esque", 'sushi', 'rice', 'life', 'favor', 'waste', 'minute', 'eat', 'place', 'miserable', 'bad', 'service', 'bad', 'food', 'bad', 'atmosphere', 'bad', 'attitude'] | place bad good hey mcdonalds around corner seriously though come back lunch write stomach time process terrible food ate sorry stomach please forgive abuse first wish seat weird back room window loud also nearby customer place coat back one chair table waitress seat table anyway without ask customer take coat remain eat seem weird order miso ramen lunch buddy order lunch special bento box want sushi option ask specifically sushi server say know always different ask could find fish would include ... apparently impossible want specify fish want would extra top price dish alright fine order anyway ramen show seem like second pork slice gross taste like dog food tender broth bland one-note mixed miso paste slightly good noodle boring really eat overall worth cost since add piece overcooked broccoli friend food arrive finished also get water halfway meal call another waiter ask explanation food come drastically different time apology friend bento box look kind gross honestly boring salad appear dressing standard california roll shu mai look like last week scallop four piece sushi appear cut plastic takeout knife look really dry unappetizing white rice look uncle-ben's-esque sushi rice life favor waste minute eat place miserable bad service bad food bad atmosphere bad attitude | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.78 | -0.97 | negative |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 3/28/2013 | Fuk Y. | Orlando, FL | 3 star rating | Not sure if this is a fair review. I finished rib steak at Peter Luger around 130pm and I was still a bit full when I got to Ajisen.
spicy pork ramen - ok
squid ball - ok
regular sashimi - ok | ['sure', 'fair', 'review', 'finish', 'rib', 'steak', 'peter', 'luger', 'around', 'still', 'bit', 'full', 'get', 'ajisen', 'spicy', 'pork', 'ramen', 'squid', 'ball', 'regular', 'sashimi'] | sure fair review finish rib steak peter luger around still bit full get ajisen spicy pork ramen squid ball regular sashimi | 0.22 | 0.05 | 0.73 | 0.71 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 3/2/2013 | Lori N. | Astoria, NY | 5 star rating | Excellent Sushi - Ordered a couple of rolls a few times to try it out. The rolls are a nice size and you can taste how fresh the sushi is. I really love the shrimp tempura roll because this is the first place that I have had a shrimp tempura roll that is not the size of a round slice of lemon that falls apart when you eat it. The Japanese fried rice is very good as well. Nice to have a place the delivers fast and tastes great :) | ['excellent', 'sushi', 'order', 'couple', 'roll', 'time', 'try', 'roll', 'nice', 'size', 'taste', 'fresh', 'sushi', 'really', 'love', 'shrimp', 'tempura', 'roll', 'first', 'place', 'shrimp', 'tempura', 'roll', 'size', 'round', 'slice', 'lemon', 'fall', 'apart', 'eat', 'japanese', 'fried', 'rice', 'good', 'well', 'nice', 'place', 'delivers', 'fast', 'taste', 'great'] | excellent sushi order couple roll time try roll nice size taste fresh sushi really love shrimp tempura roll first place shrimp tempura roll size round slice lemon fall apart eat japanese fried rice good well nice place delivers fast taste great | 0.28 | 0 | 0.71 | 0.98 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 5/16/2012 | Jason P. | Forest Hills, NY | 4 star rating | My colleagues and I started to order lunch from here on average twice a week not too long ago. The delivery is pretty quick - we call in the order and get it in about 15-25 minutes at most.
We have had various bowls of the ramen and so far so good. They are all very flavorful but the spicy ramen is not spicy at all so they could work on that. The spring rolls are crisp and tasty. and their dumplings are loaded with flavor.
I am going to try the fried rice next time as it looked and smelled delicious when someone in my office ordered it. | ['colleague', 'start', 'order', 'lunch', 'average', 'twice', 'week', 'long', 'ago', 'delivery', 'pretty', 'quick', 'call', 'order', 'get', 'minute', 'various', 'bowl', 'ramen', 'far', 'good', 'flavorful', 'spicy', 'ramen', 'spicy', 'could', 'work', 'spring', 'roll', 'crisp', 'tasty', 'dumpling', 'load', 'flavor', 'try', 'fried', 'rice', 'next', 'time', 'look', 'smell', 'delicious', 'someone', 'office', 'order'] | colleague start order lunch average twice week long ago delivery pretty quick call order get minute various bowl ramen far good flavorful spicy ramen spicy could work spring roll crisp tasty dumpling load flavor try fried rice next time look smell delicious someone office order | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.9 | 0.85 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 2/21/2013 | Priti K. | Jersey City, NJ | 3 star rating | With over 37 Ajisen locations in Japan, you'd expect fame and glory for their quality ingredients. A fast-food chain does not get that big without gaining at least some popularity.
With high hopes, I ordered the much talked about Ajisen Deluxe Ramen Noodles ($9.50) for takeout. I was happy to see that they separated the broth in a plastic pint container and put the rest of the food in another container. A definite plus, because I'd hate to see the noodles get all bloated and the broth muddled. As for the broth, it was erring borderline thick with a creamy consistency. I couldn't put my palate to it, but my guess is that it is simmered with pork bones and fat complimented with some sort of milk or cheese. And do I also taste bonito flakes?? The broth was clean for the most part, but it didn't have that savory profile that one would come to appreciate from a broth all on its own. It's an art form that takes years to master the perfect broth, and Ajisen was far from it. In the second container were the 3 pieces of thinly sliced pork, a fatty and gelatinous chunk of pork, half a tea egg, scallions, and a piece of nori seaweed, all sitting on top of a plentiful bed of noodles and chopped cabbage. The sliced pork was slightly dry and did not carry a lot of flavor. However, when the broth was combined, it did help make it somewhat more tender and edible. The real highlight of the dish was that chunk of gelatinous pork. Tender and falling apart, the pork was full of flavor, and the fatty pieces were sooooo delicious!! Oh, I have to keep reminding myself of my fatty cholesterol intake. I'm no longer the youthful invincible kid where I could once eat anything and everything, but it was sooo good! The cabbage was also a nice plus to give it some texture. But combined all together with the broth, it didn't really seem to excel and meld the flavors together. Everything just seemed somewhat randomly concocted and thrown together without real thought. On first take, the noodles did not travel well, as they were slightly dried out and clumped together. But combined with the broth, they loosened up a bit but not completely. Something to think about when ordering ramen for takeout from here. The noodles were springy and bouncy, making for a decently good ramen noodle, but it didn't truly absorb the flavors of the broth. That is one thing that I always look forward to. Small details can sometimes propel from average to extraordinary, but in this case, I felt like it was lacking.
Overall, I was somewhat let down by their signature dish, Ajisen Deluxe Ramen Noodles. Ajisen, I expected a lot more from you guys!!! I was really cheering for you. Satisfying and full, but definitely nothing to rave about. It was just, for lack of a better word, ordinary. When it comes to ramen, Totto Ramen still reigns supreme! | ['ajisen', 'location', 'japan', 'would', 'expect', 'fame', 'glory', 'quality', 'ingredient', 'fast-food', 'chain', 'get', 'big', 'without', 'gain', 'least', 'popularity', 'high', 'hope', 'order', 'much', 'talk', 'ajisen', 'deluxe', 'ramen', 'noodle', 'takeout', 'happy', 'see', 'separate', 'broth', 'plastic', 'pint', 'container', 'put', 'rest', 'food', 'another', 'container', 'definite', 'plus', 'would', 'hate', 'see', 'noodle', 'get', 'bloat', 'broth', 'muddle', 'broth', 'err', 'borderline', 'thick', 'creamy', 'consistency', 'could', 'put', 'palate', 'guess', 'simmer', 'pork', 'bone', 'fat', 'compliment', 'sort', 'milk', 'cheese', 'also', 'taste', 'bonito', 'flake', 'broth', 'clean', 'part', 'savory', 'profile', 'one', 'would', 'come', 'appreciate', 'broth', 'art', 'form', 'take', 'year', 'master', 'perfect', 'broth', 'ajisen', 'far', 'second', 'container', 'piece', 'thinly', 'slice', 'pork', 'fatty', 'gelatinous', 'chunk', 'pork', 'half', 'egg', 'scallion', 'piece', 'nori', 'seaweed', 'sit', 'top', 'plentiful', 'bed', 'noodle', 'chopped', 'cabbage', 'sliced', 'pork', 'slightly', 'dry', 'carry', 'lot', 'flavor', 'however', 'broth', 'combine', 'help', 'make', 'somewhat', 'tender', 'edible', 'real', 'highlight', 'dish', 'chunk', 'gelatinous', 'pork', 'tender', 'fall', 'apart', 'pork', 'full', 'flavor', 'fatty', 'piece', 'sooooo', 'delicious', 'keep', 'remind', 'fatty', 'cholesterol', 'intake', 'long', 'youthful', 'invincible', 'kid', 'could', 'eat', 'anything', 'everything', 'sooo', 'good', 'cabbage', 'also', 'nice', 'plus', 'give', 'texture', 'combine', 'together', 'broth', 'really', 'seem', 'excel', 'meld', 'flavor', 'together', 'everything', 'seem', 'somewhat', 'randomly', 'concoct', 'throw', 'together', 'without', 'real', 'thought', 'first', 'take', 'noodle', 'travel', 'well', 'slightly', 'dry', 'clump', 'together', 'combine', 'broth', 'loosen', 'bit', 'completely', 'something', 'think', 'order', 'ramen', 'takeout', 'noodle', 'springy', 'bouncy', 'make', 'decently', 'good', 'ramen', 'noodle', 'truly', 'absorb', 'flavor', 'broth', 'one', 'thing', 'always', 'look', 'forward', 'small', 'detail', 'sometimes', 'propel', 'average', 'extraordinary', 'case', 'felt', 'like', 'lack', 'overall', 'somewhat', 'let', 'signature', 'dish', 'ajisen', 'deluxe', 'ramen', 'noodle', 'ajisen', 'expect', 'lot', 'guy', 'really', 'cheer', 'satisfy', 'full', 'definitely', 'nothing', 'rave', 'lack', 'good', 'word', 'ordinary', 'come', 'ramen', 'totto', 'ramen', 'still', 'reign', 'supreme'] | ajisen location japan would expect fame glory quality ingredient fast-food chain get big without gain least popularity high hope order much talk ajisen deluxe ramen noodle takeout happy see separate broth plastic pint container put rest food another container definite plus would hate see noodle get bloat broth muddle broth err borderline thick creamy consistency could put palate guess simmer pork bone fat compliment sort milk cheese also taste bonito flake broth clean part savory profile one would come appreciate broth art form take year master perfect broth ajisen far second container piece thinly slice pork fatty gelatinous chunk pork half egg scallion piece nori seaweed sit top plentiful bed noodle chopped cabbage sliced pork slightly dry carry lot flavor however broth combine help make somewhat tender edible real highlight dish chunk gelatinous pork tender fall apart pork full flavor fatty piece sooooo delicious keep remind fatty cholesterol intake long youthful invincible kid could eat anything everything sooo good cabbage also nice plus give texture combine together broth really seem excel meld flavor together everything seem somewhat randomly concoct throw together without real thought first take noodle travel well slightly dry clump together combine broth loosen bit completely something think order ramen takeout noodle springy bouncy make decently good ramen noodle truly absorb flavor broth one thing always look forward small detail sometimes propel average extraordinary case felt like lack overall somewhat let signature dish ajisen deluxe ramen noodle ajisen expect lot guy really cheer satisfy full definitely nothing rave lack good word ordinary come ramen totto ramen still reign supreme | 0.16 | 0.03 | 0.81 | 1 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 2/17/2013 | Ching H. | San Francisco, CA | 4 star rating | I'm on this block frequently and the last time I had a serious sushi craving. My friend recommended this spot as opposed to the one I had eyed across the street. She called that one dumpy (lolz). Anyway, that's when my roommate and I discovered some cheap, fresh, and delicious sushi!
The service was really nice. A sweet young woman threw in a free miso when I asked her if my rolls would come with it. My roommate got a sashimi with a variety of different fish, one of which is was just outstanding. We weren't sure what kind, but i was a melt-in-your mouth kinda white fish.
The restaurant is very plain, no frillies, affordable and it's got good sushi! | ['block', 'frequently', 'last', 'time', 'serious', 'sushi', 'craving', 'friend', 'recommend', 'spot', 'oppose', 'one', 'eye', 'across', 'street', 'call', 'one', 'dumpy', 'lolz', 'anyway', 'roommate', 'discover', 'cheap', 'fresh', 'delicious', 'sushi', 'service', 'really', 'nice', 'sweet', 'young', 'woman', 'throw', 'free', 'miso', 'ask', 'roll', 'would', 'come', 'roommate', 'get', 'sashimi', 'variety', 'different', 'fish', 'one', 'outstanding', 'sure', 'kind', 'melt-in-your', 'mouth', 'kind', 'white', 'fish', 'restaurant', 'plain', 'frillies', 'affordable', 'get', 'good', 'sushi'] | block frequently last time serious sushi craving friend recommend spot oppose one eye across street call one dumpy lolz anyway roommate discover cheap fresh delicious sushi service really nice sweet young woman throw free miso ask roll would come roommate get sashimi variety different fish one outstanding sure kind melt-in-your mouth kind white fish restaurant plain frillies affordable get good sushi | 0.16 | 0.09 | 0.74 | 0.84 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 1/2/2013 | Franklin G. | Brooklyn, NY | 2 star rating | Is Ajisen actually good in Asia? 'Cause it sure ain't so good here...
Really wanted to like this place when they opened up two blocks from work. Unfortunately, the ramen just isn't special enough for the $9+ price tag. You're better off getting the ramen at Kobeyaki around the corner on 7th Ave for cheaper. Neither will satisfy your ramen craving though. | ['ajisen', 'actually', 'good', 'asia', 'sure', 'good', '...', 'really', 'want', 'like', 'place', 'open', 'two', 'block', 'work', 'unfortunately', 'ramen', 'special', 'enough', 'price', 'tag', 'good', 'get', 'ramen', 'kobeyaki', 'around', 'corner', 'ave', 'cheap', 'neither', 'satisfy', 'ramen', 'crave', 'though'] | ajisen actually good asia sure good ... really want like place open two block work unfortunately ramen special enough price tag good get ramen kobeyaki around corner ave cheap neither satisfy ramen crave though | 0.18 | 0.12 | 0.7 | 0.69 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 12/22/2012 | Eva H. | Chinatown, Manhattan, NY | 4 star rating | A little too much MSG in the ramen. I drank the ramen broth and had the broth flavor in my mouth for the rest of the day. | ['little', 'much', 'message', 'ramen', 'drink', 'ramen', 'broth', 'broth', 'flavor', 'mouth', 'rest', 'day'] | little much message ramen drink ramen broth broth flavor mouth rest day | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | neutral |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 12/8/2012 | Eric T. | New York, NY | 5 star rating | Awesome ramen! I had the Ajisen deluxe ramen and it was very tasty for $9.50. They have many different types of ramen and sushi. Moderately priced, very good tasting, in the not so hip area of midtown gives Ajisen 5 stars. | ['awesome', 'ramen', 'ajisen', 'deluxe', 'ramen', 'tasty', 'many', 'different', 'type', 'ramen', 'sushi', 'moderately', 'price', 'good', 'tasting', 'hip', 'area', 'midtown', 'give', 'ajisen', 'star'] | awesome ramen ajisen deluxe ramen tasty many different type ramen sushi moderately price good tasting hip area midtown give ajisen star | 0.17 | 0 | 0.83 | 0.82 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 11/23/2012 | Erik S. | Manhattan, NY | 5 star rating | This place was clean, fast and not expensive. I would definitely come again the next time I'm in the area. The food was really awesome and so was the service, we ordered like 3 appetizers and it was sooo good and of course the ramen was awesome as well. LOVE THIS PLACE! | ['place', 'clean', 'fast', 'expensive', 'would', 'definitely', 'come', 'next', 'time', 'area', 'food', 'really', 'awesome', 'service', 'order', 'like', 'appetizer', 'sooo', 'good', 'course', 'ramen', 'awesome', 'well', 'love', 'place'] | place clean fast expensive would definitely come next time area food really awesome service order like appetizer sooo good course ramen awesome well love place | 0.35 | 0.03 | 0.61 | 0.97 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 10/21/2012 | Justin W. | Manhattan, NY | 2 star rating | I love ramen and I live only two blocks from this place ... yet I've only gone here once and haven't gone back. It wasn't horrible, and it was pretty cheap, but it's hard to justify going to this place when there's options like Totto Ramen and Ippudo available (and it's not like either of those places are expensive). Noodles were just marginally better than what I could do at home with a package of instant noodles, and the broth was pretty single note in terms of flavor.
Full disclosure, I have admittedly ethnically-profiled Chinese-run non-Chinese restaurants in the past, but this place is definitely in line with what I would expect for ramen made by my people. | ['love', 'ramen', 'live', 'two', 'block', 'place', '...', 'yet', 'back', 'horrible', 'pretty', 'cheap', 'hard', 'justify', 'place', 'option', 'like', 'totto', 'ramen', 'ippudo', 'available', 'like', 'either', 'place', 'expensive', 'noodle', 'marginally', 'good', 'could', 'home', 'package', 'instant', 'noodle', 'broth', 'pretty', 'single', 'note', 'term', 'flavor', 'full', 'disclosure', 'admittedly', 'ethnically-profiled', 'chinese-run', 'non-chinese', 'restaurant', 'past', 'place', 'definitely', 'line', 'would', 'expect', 'ramen', 'make', 'people'] | love ramen live two block place ... yet back horrible pretty cheap hard justify place option like totto ramen ippudo available like either place expensive noodle marginally good could home package instant noodle broth pretty single note term flavor full disclosure admittedly ethnically-profiled chinese-run non-chinese restaurant past place definitely line would expect ramen make people | 0.19 | 0.02 | 0.79 | 0.97 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 9/14/2012 | Mark D. | Chelsea, Manhattan, NY | 4 star rating | Good food. Good service. Good price. The Bento Box is a great deal at $8.95. | ['good', 'food', 'good', 'service', 'good', 'price', 'bento', 'box', 'great', 'deal'] | good food good service good price bento box great deal | 0.56 | 0 | 0.44 | 0.92 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 9/6/2012 | Randy S. | Manhattan, NY | 2 star rating | I simply don't get this place.
No, wait. I don't get their noodles.
They aren't the slightly curly, chewy ramen noodles I've grown to love. They almost seem like angel hair pasta in broth.
If you are accustomed to authentic ramen noodles, then this place will be a total let down.
The broth, etc. is good, its too bad they don't have the noodle thing down. I guess people are content with that type of noodle. Surprised I didn't see any obvious reviews about the noodles they use and how inferior they are to genuine ramen noodles. | ['simply', 'get', 'place', 'wait', 'get', 'noodle', 'slightly', 'curly', 'chewy', 'ramen', 'noodle', 'grow', 'love', 'almost', 'seem', 'like', 'angel', 'hair', 'pasta', 'broth', 'accustom', 'authentic', 'ramen', 'noodle', 'place', 'total', 'let', 'broth', 'etc', 'good', 'bad', 'noodle', 'thing', 'guess', 'people', 'content', 'type', 'noodle', 'surprised', 'see', 'obvious', 'review', 'noodle', 'use', 'inferior', 'genuine', 'ramen', 'noodle'] | simply get place wait get noodle slightly curly chewy ramen noodle grow love almost seem like angel hair pasta broth accustom authentic ramen noodle place total let broth etc good bad noodle thing guess people content type noodle surprised see obvious review noodle use inferior genuine ramen noodle | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.81 | 0.43 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 9/2/2012 | Allan K. | Hillsboro, OR | 3 star rating | I've been to several locations in China, Los Angeles and Singapore. This New York location was hidden on w 28th street, I was a bit early so it wasn't terribly busy. I ordered the Ajisen Ramen, Side salad and Kim chee. The noodles and toppings were good, but the broth outstanding! The service and interior of this location was small but so well designed. I would definitely come again and I recommend you all give it a try. | ['several', 'location', 'china', 'los', 'angeles', 'singapore', 'new', 'york', 'location', 'hide', 'street', 'bit', 'early', 'terribly', 'busy', 'order', 'ajisen', 'ramen', 'side', 'salad', 'kim', 'chee', 'noodle', 'topping', 'good', 'broth', 'outstanding', 'service', 'interior', 'location', 'small', 'well', 'design', 'would', 'definitely', 'come', 'recommend', 'give', 'try'] | several location china los angeles singapore new york location hide street bit early terribly busy order ajisen ramen side salad kim chee noodle topping good broth outstanding service interior location small well design would definitely come recommend give try | 0.24 | 0 | 0.76 | 0.96 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 7/20/2012 | Carol B. | Ridgewood, Queens, NY | 4 star rating | Wow, I am still full from the Bento Box I had here for lunch today.
And for $9...you can't really beat it.
I chose the shrimp teriyaki and Rus got the shrimp tempura. And you get to pick between steamed or fried shumai (dumplings).
The meal starts off with a small bowl of miso soup, of course. Not too salty here. Small, but tasty portion. Dried tofu?
The bento box was huge. It came with a giant portion of rice, salad with ginger dressing, three pieces of shumai, three pieces of shrimp teriyaki and a California roll. The shumai and the shrimp were both very good. I tried Russell's tempura and that was tasty as well.
I think that next time, I would probably go with the tempura, because they threw in some extra vegetables with it. I didn't see any low sodium soy sauce around, but I guess I could have asked for some.
This place also had pretty good service and just as we were leaving it started filling up, so I am guessing they are pretty popular for their ramen.
Lunch special is until 3 p.m...and it's worth it. | ['wow', 'still', 'full', 'bento', 'box', 'lunch', 'today', '...', 'really', 'beat', 'choose', 'shrimp', 'teriyaki', 'get', 'shrimp', 'tempura', 'get', 'pick', 'steam', 'fry', 'shumai', 'dumpling', 'meal', 'start', 'small', 'bowl', 'miso', 'soup', 'course', 'salty', 'small', 'tasty', 'portion', 'dry', 'tofu', 'bento', 'box', 'huge', 'come', 'giant', 'portion', 'rice', 'salad', 'ginger', 'dressing', 'three', 'piece', 'shumai', 'three', 'piece', 'shrimp', 'teriyaki', 'california', 'roll', 'shumai', 'shrimp', 'good', 'try', 'russell', 'tempura', 'tasty', 'well', 'think', 'next', 'time', 'would', 'probably', 'tempura', 'throw', 'extra', 'vegetable', 'see', 'low', 'sodium', 'soy', 'sauce', 'around', 'guess', 'could', 'ask', 'place', 'also', 'pretty', 'good', 'service', 'leave', 'start', 'fill', 'guess', 'pretty', 'popular', 'ramen', 'lunch', 'special', 'p.m', '...', 'worth'] | wow still full bento box lunch today ... really beat choose shrimp teriyaki get shrimp tempura get pick steam fry shumai dumpling meal start small bowl miso soup course salty small tasty portion dry tofu bento box huge come giant portion rice salad ginger dressing three piece shumai three piece shrimp teriyaki california roll shumai shrimp good try russell tempura tasty well think next time would probably tempura throw extra vegetable see low sodium soy sauce around guess could ask place also pretty good service leave start fill guess pretty popular ramen lunch special p.m ... worth | 0.18 | 0 | 0.82 | 0.99 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 6/16/2012 | Daniel D. | Flushing, NY | 4 star rating | I came for ramen and hot sake left........drunk good times............. | ['come', 'ramen', 'hot', 'sake', 'leave', '........', 'drunk', 'good', 'time', '.............'] | come ramen hot sake leave ........ drunk good time ............. | 0.27 | 0 | 0.73 | 0.44 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 6/15/2012 | Shannon D. | New York, NY | 3 star rating | Decent for a quick and cheap lunch. Friendly service | ['decent', 'quick', 'cheap', 'lunch', 'friendly', 'service'] | decent quick cheap lunch friendly service | 0.31 | 0 | 0.69 | 0.49 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 6/12/2012 | Paul B. | Manhattan, NY | 2 star rating | a little over-priced for the flavor you get; also closed by Dept. of Health recently | ['little', 'over-priced', 'flavor', 'get', 'also', 'close', 'dept', 'health', 'recently'] | little over-priced flavor get also close dept health recently | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | neutral |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 6/12/2012 | Brad N. | New York, NY | 3 star rating | Menu could use a bit more clarification and newer, less pixelated pics. I had the beef ramen bowl. It's an excellent starting point if you're not familiar with ramen outside of those $0.25 sodium bricks in the supermarket. It can get kinda noisy in there. | ['menu', 'could', 'use', 'bit', 'clarification', 'new', 'less', 'pixelated', 'pic', 'beef', 'ramen', 'bowl', 'excellent', 'starting', 'point', 'familiar', 'ramen', 'outside', 'sodium', 'brick', 'supermarket', 'get', 'kind', 'noisy'] | menu could use bit clarification new less pixelated pic beef ramen bowl excellent starting point familiar ramen outside sodium brick supermarket get kind noisy | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.89 | 0.51 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 6/8/2012 | Tiffany L. | Queens, NY | 2 star rating | Completely exhausted and jet lagged, I didn't feel like thinking or going anywhere farther than a block to grab lunch. It literally took me 3 seconds to walk into Ajisen from my job.
For $20, my seafood ramen was completely tasteless. The shrimp and the half sliced egg tasted like candy. It was just strange, man. But my squid balls appetizer was yummy.
Definitely not worth going back...not even for the squid balls.
Also, the AC at this restaurant is soooo strong. I might've caught a cold. | ['completely', 'exhaust', 'jet', 'lag', 'feel', 'like', 'thinking', 'anywhere', 'farther', 'block', 'grab', 'lunch', 'literally', 'take', 'second', 'walk', 'ajisen', 'job', 'seafood', 'ramen', 'completely', 'tasteless', 'shrimp', 'half', 'slice', 'egg', 'taste', 'like', 'candy', 'strange', 'man', 'squid', 'ball', 'appetizer', 'yummy', 'definitely', 'worth', 'back', '...', 'even', 'squid', 'ball', 'also', 'restaurant', 'soooo', 'strong', 'might', 'catch', 'cold'] | completely exhaust jet lag feel like thinking anywhere farther block grab lunch literally take second walk ajisen job seafood ramen completely tasteless shrimp half slice egg taste like candy strange man squid ball appetizer yummy definitely worth back ... even squid ball also restaurant soooo strong might catch cold | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.75 | 0.77 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 6/6/2012 | Mike G. | Gig Harbor, WA | 5 star rating | This place was great! Got the teriyaki ramen and fried squid. Flavor was great and so was the service! Definitely a win! I can't wait to come back here! | ['place', 'great', 'get', 'teriyaki', 'ramen', 'fried', 'squid', 'flavor', 'great', 'service', 'definitely', 'win', 'wait', 'come', 'back'] | place great get teriyaki ramen fried squid flavor great service definitely win wait come back | 0.41 | 0 | 0.59 | 0.95 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 6/4/2012 | Luke H. | New York, NY | 3 star rating | Came here with a couple of friends.
Left Satisfied with a belly full of fat and sodium .
It's nothing special but If i were in the area and needed a quick bite I'd eat here.... But only because eating ramen makes me feel like I'm Naruto. | ['came', 'couple', 'friend', 'left', 'satisfied', 'belly', 'full', 'fat', 'sodium', 'nothing', 'special', 'area', 'need', 'quick', 'bite', 'would', 'eat', '....', 'eat', 'ramen', 'make', 'feel', 'like', 'naruto'] | came couple friend left satisfied belly full fat sodium nothing special area need quick bite would eat .... eat ramen make feel like naruto | 0.15 | 0.04 | 0.81 | 0.68 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 5/23/2012 | Tamer M. | Elmwood Park, NJ | 4 star rating | Absolutely love this place! The ramen is delicious and the Sushi is always fresh and tasty. The Hawaiian role is a must. The atmostphere could be better. I would definately reccomend this place | ['absolutely', 'love', 'place', 'ramen', 'delicious', 'sushi', 'always', 'fresh', 'tasty', 'hawaiian', 'role', 'must', 'atmostphere', 'could', 'good', 'would', 'definately', 'reccomend', 'place'] | absolutely love place ramen delicious sushi always fresh tasty hawaiian role must atmostphere could good would definately reccomend place | 0.34 | 0 | 0.66 | 0.93 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 5/12/2012 | Kiku C. | Manhattan, NY | 4 star rating | Despite the negative reviews, we decided to try this place out. 3 different bowls of Ramen - the eel was good, broth was a bit plain until I added hot peppers, and then it was fantastic! We also had a spicy ramen, which wasn't too spicy but pretty yummy. My daughter won with her choice of pork curry ramen! AMAZING. And I've been to Japan several times - we will definitely go back and probably all order the pork curry. Folks were nice working there, service was good. No complaints here! | ['despite', 'negative', 'review', 'decide', 'try', 'place', 'different', 'bowl', 'ramen', 'eel', 'good', 'broth', 'bit', 'plain', 'add', 'hot', 'pepper', 'fantastic', 'also', 'spicy', 'ramen', 'spicy', 'pretty', 'yummy', 'daughter', 'win', 'choice', 'pork', 'curry', 'ramen', 'amazing', 'japan', 'several', 'time', 'definitely', 'back', 'probably', 'order', 'pork', 'curry', 'folk', 'nice', 'work', 'service', 'good', 'complaint'] | despite negative review decide try place different bowl ramen eel good broth bit plain add hot pepper fantastic also spicy ramen spicy pretty yummy daughter win choice pork curry ramen amazing japan several time definitely back probably order pork curry folk nice work service good complaint | 0.33 | 0.05 | 0.62 | 0.99 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 4/25/2012 | Morgen B. | Brooklyn, NY | 3 star rating | The food here is really quite decent, but the service is more like "we don't care if you order, you can just stand there while we stare at you".
The fried rice is very good and so are the spring rolls...try to make it for lunch otherwise you'll pay significantly more. Nothing super special about this place...I'd suggest you keep looking if you want a spectacular meal. | ['food', 'really', 'quite', 'decent', 'service', 'like', 'care', 'order', 'stand', 'stare', 'fried', 'rice', 'good', 'spring', 'roll', '...', 'try', 'make', 'lunch', 'otherwise', 'pay', 'significantly', 'nothing', 'super', 'special', 'place', '...', 'would', 'suggest', 'keep', 'look', 'want', 'spectacular', 'meal'] | food really quite decent service like care order stand stare fried rice good spring roll ... try make lunch otherwise pay significantly nothing super special place ... would suggest keep look want spectacular meal | 0.12 | 0.16 | 0.72 | -0.55 | negative |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 4/18/2012 | Katie I. | Brooklyn, NY | 4 star rating | In New York City you can find some high class fancy ramen joints. This is not it. Ajisen is not a high class ramen shop by any means, but I love it anyway. The pork is super tender and melts in your mouth and the noodles are nice and soft. The broth is kinda funky but I like it. Sorry to be vague there but I can't explain it? Sort of milky, though no milk in it, I dunno. I eat there on my lunch break and you are in and out in 20 minutes, so can't complain about the speed. . The spicy ramen is not very spicy though, which is disappointing. It is also pricey for what you get. Should be $6! None the less I find myself craving this place and continue to go | ['new', 'york', 'city', 'find', 'high', 'class', 'fancy', 'ramen', 'joint', 'ajisen', 'high', 'class', 'ramen', 'shop', 'mean', 'love', 'anyway', 'pork', 'super', 'tender', 'melt', 'mouth', 'noodle', 'nice', 'soft', 'broth', 'kind', 'funky', 'like', 'sorry', 'vague', 'explain', 'sort', 'milky', 'though', 'milk', 'know', 'eat', 'lunch', 'break', 'minute', 'complain', 'speed.', 'spicy', 'ramen', 'spicy', 'though', 'disappoint', 'also', 'pricey', 'get', 'none', 'less', 'find', 'crave', 'place', 'continue'] | new york city find high class fancy ramen joint ajisen high class ramen shop mean love anyway pork super tender melt mouth noodle nice soft broth kind funky like sorry vague explain sort milky though milk know eat lunch break minute complain speed. spicy ramen spicy though disappoint also pricey get none less find crave place continue | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.79 | 0.93 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 4/8/2012 | Tim C. | Oakland Gardens, NY | 1 star rating | WILL NEVER EAT THERE AGAIN!!!!!!
The delivery took 1.5 hours to get to my apt when I live 6 blocks away. The food was cold and soggy and they didnt even offer a discount. The guy on the phone wasnt even nice about it, told me to "just wait".
Anyway the food was bland, dry and cold, on top of that the service sucks..
NEVER AGAIN.... | ['never', 'eat', 'delivery', 'take', 'hour', 'get', 'apt', 'live', 'block', 'away', 'food', 'cold', 'soggy', 'even', 'offer', 'discount', 'guy', 'phone', 'even', 'nice', 'tell', 'wait', 'anyway', 'food', 'bland', 'dry', 'cold', 'top', 'service', 'suck', 'never', '....'] | never eat delivery take hour get apt live block away food cold soggy even offer discount guy phone even nice tell wait anyway food bland dry cold top service suck never .... | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.89 | -0.56 | negative |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 4/3/2012 | Ann L. | San Francisco Bay Area, CA | 3 star rating | We ate at Ajisen Ramen for lunch Sun 4/1/12 because it's close to Hotel Indigo where we stayed.
We've been to Ajisen Ramen in Fremont, SF, Beijing, & now NYC! It's a growing chain, that's pretty standard food, nothing special, but ok price & decent.
Chinese waitstaff, I heard Cantonese being spoken.
Since we were that hungry we got Japanese dumpling $4.5 which were pan-fried, 6 came in an order.
Ajisen Deluxe Ramen $9.5 - we shared. It had one tender rib piece, a few pork slices, noodles, broth. We liked it ok.
Credit cards accepted. Bathrooms available.
Open daily Mon - Sun 7am-2AM. Locations also in Chinatown & Flushing. | ['eat', 'ajisen', 'ramen', 'lunch', 'sun', 'close', 'hotel', 'indigo', 'stay', 'ajisen', 'ramen', 'fremont', 'beijing', 'nyc', 'grow', 'chain', 'pretty', 'standard', 'food', 'nothing', 'special', 'price', 'decent', 'chinese', 'waitstaff', 'hear', 'cantonese', 'speak', 'since', 'hungry', 'get', 'japanese', 'dumpling', 'pan-fried', 'come', 'order', 'ajisen', 'deluxe', 'ramen', 'share', 'one', 'tender', 'rib', 'piece', 'pork', 'slice', 'noodle', 'broth', 'like', 'ok.', 'credit', 'card', 'accept', 'bathroom', 'available', 'open', 'daily', 'mon', 'sun', 'am-am', 'location', 'also', 'chinatown', 'flushing'] | eat ajisen ramen lunch sun close hotel indigo stay ajisen ramen fremont beijing nyc grow chain pretty standard food nothing special price decent chinese waitstaff hear cantonese speak since hungry get japanese dumpling pan-fried come order ajisen deluxe ramen share one tender rib piece pork slice noodle broth like ok. credit card accept bathroom available open daily mon sun am-am location also chinatown flushing | 0.16 | 0.05 | 0.79 | 0.9 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 3/30/2012 | Dave G. | New York, NY | 2 star rating | Wanted to like the place as it's near my office and I love ramen. With ramen in the name, expectations were high.
I got the deluxe ramen with combined standard pork with short rib all in one. Unfortunately, the pork was dry and the short rib was super fatty. The broth was bland and the noodles were nothing special.
Maybe my expectations are high from eating at the likes of Ippudo and Hide Chan, but the two stars are for good service and a relatively clean environment - not the ramen. | ['want', 'like', 'place', 'near', 'office', 'love', 'ramen', 'ramen', 'name', 'expectation', 'high', 'get', 'deluxe', 'ramen', 'combined', 'standard', 'pork', 'short', 'rib', 'one', 'unfortunately', 'pork', 'dry', 'short', 'rib', 'super', 'fatty', 'broth', 'bland', 'noodle', 'nothing', 'special', 'maybe', 'expectation', 'high', 'eat', 'like', 'ippudo', 'hide', 'chan', 'two', 'star', 'good', 'service', 'relatively', 'clean', 'environment', 'ramen'] | want like place near office love ramen ramen name expectation high get deluxe ramen combined standard pork short rib one unfortunately pork dry short rib super fatty broth bland noodle nothing special maybe expectation high eat like ippudo hide chan two star good service relatively clean environment ramen | 0.16 | 0.05 | 0.79 | 0.91 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 3/28/2012 | Hank M. | Nassau County, NY | 2 star rating | I was hoping this would be a great noodle joint in this bleak neighborhood. Unfortunately, I was wrong. I had the gyoza (which the server didn't know what gyoza were) and the Ajisen Deluxe Ramen. The noodles were fair. The pork was cold and had the odd option of toppings. Raw cabbage? That's a new one to me. I should have gone to Ronin on 37th instead. Now I know better. | ['hop', 'would', 'great', 'noodle', 'joint', 'bleak', 'neighborhood', 'unfortunately', 'wrong', 'gyoza', 'server', 'know', 'gyoza', 'ajisen', 'deluxe', 'ramen', 'noodle', 'fair', 'pork', 'cold', 'odd', 'option', 'topping', 'raw', 'cabbage', 'new', 'one', 'ronin', 'instead', 'know', 'good'] | hop would great noodle joint bleak neighborhood unfortunately wrong gyoza server know gyoza ajisen deluxe ramen noodle fair pork cold odd option topping raw cabbage new one ronin instead know good | 0.16 | 0.1 | 0.74 | 0.65 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 3/25/2012 | Caroline K. | East Los Angeles, CA | 3 star rating | Came here for lunch with my co-workers. I got the lunch special (bento box) with sushi, cali rolls, shumai, soup and salad. It sounded like a lot, but the portions are fairly small. I was still hungry afterwards. But my coworker ordered the ramen, which looked really good. I'd recommend that you order the ramen and get sushi somewhere else - it is a ramen place after all. | ['came', 'lunch', 'co-worker', 'get', 'lunch', 'special', 'bento', 'box', 'sushi', 'cali', 'roll', 'shumai', 'soup', 'salad', 'sound', 'like', 'lot', 'portion', 'fairly', 'small', 'still', 'hungry', 'afterwards', 'coworker', 'order', 'ramen', 'look', 'really', 'good', 'would', 'recommend', 'order', 'ramen', 'get', 'sushi', 'somewhere', 'else', 'ramen', 'place'] | came lunch co-worker get lunch special bento box sushi cali roll shumai soup salad sound like lot portion fairly small still hungry afterwards coworker order ramen look really good would recommend order ramen get sushi somewhere else ramen place | 0.16 | 0 | 0.84 | 0.89 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 3/9/2012 | Pia S. | New York, NY | 3 star rating | Good place for ramen on those cold, rainy days when you're just craving a bowl of hot noodle soup. | ['good', 'place', 'ramen', 'cold', 'rainy', 'day', 'crave', 'bowl', 'hot', 'noodle', 'soup'] | good place ramen cold rainy day crave bowl hot noodle soup | 0.14 | 0.06 | 0.79 | 0.38 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 3/5/2012 | Tommy N. | Forest Hills, NY | 3 star rating | Came here for lunch. Order their ramen which was good. We also ordered the fried chicken appetizer which was also good, but way overpriced at $6.50. Should be $4.50. Overall would rate this place 4 stars if prices were 20% cheaper. | ['came', 'lunch', 'order', 'ramen', 'good', 'also', 'order', 'fried', 'chicken', 'appetizer', 'also', 'good', 'way', 'overprice', 'overall', 'would', 'rate', 'place', 'star', 'price', 'cheap'] | came lunch order ramen good also order fried chicken appetizer also good way overprice overall would rate place star price cheap | 0.09 | 0 | 0.91 | 0.44 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 2/24/2012 | Darcey H. | Eugene, OR | 2 star rating | i am giving it one star for cleanliness and one star for friendliness. but as far as ramen goes, eh, not worth a trip there if you are a ramen addict like me. I didn't try sushi since i went specifically for it's namesake. maybe they have other items that do better, which they may want to drop the word 'ramen' from their name. | ['give', 'one', 'star', 'cleanliness', 'one', 'star', 'friendliness', 'far', 'ramen', 'worth', 'trip', 'ramen', 'addict', 'like', 'try', 'sushi', 'since', 'specifically', 'namesake', 'maybe', 'item', 'good', 'may', 'want', 'drop', 'word', "'ramen", 'name'] | give one star cleanliness one star friendliness far ramen worth trip ramen addict like try sushi since specifically namesake maybe item good may want drop word 'ramen name | 0.18 | 0.07 | 0.76 | 0.77 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 2/16/2012 | Monica G. | Manhattan, NY | 1 star rating | Taro bubble tea- The bubbles were chewy, not soft and pliable. I think Ajisen used some jasmine or green tea in there; something tastes soapy.
Sumo ramen- The fish cakes tasted overly fishy.
Ajisen ramen (spicy)- The Ajisen broth had oil covering the top layer.
The ramen had noodles that were more like korean jajangmyeon. You can get more traditional, better noodles in a pack of instant ramen. The boiled egg seemed to be soaked in something brown, maybe soy. To me, that defeats the purpose of a healthy egg.
The noodles really got me. That is what makes the dish, and they got it entirely wrong. If that was the first time I ever ate ramen, I would never eat it again. | ['taro', 'tea-', 'chewy', 'soft', 'pliable', 'think', 'ajisen', 'use', 'jasmine', 'green', 'something', 'taste', 'soapy', 'sumo', 'ramen-', 'fish', 'cake', 'taste', 'overly', 'fishy', 'ajisen', 'ramen', 'spicy', 'ajisen', 'broth', 'oil', 'cover', 'top', 'layer', 'ramen', 'noodle', 'like', 'korean', 'jajangmyeon', 'get', 'traditional', 'good', 'noodle', 'pack', 'instant', 'ramen', 'boiled', 'egg', 'seem', 'soak', 'something', 'brown', 'maybe', 'soy', 'defeat', 'purpose', 'healthy', 'egg', 'noodle', 'really', 'get', 'make', 'dish', 'get', 'entirely', 'wrong', 'first', 'time', 'ever', 'eat', 'ramen', 'would', 'never', 'eat'] | taro tea- chewy soft pliable think ajisen use jasmine green something taste soapy sumo ramen- fish cake taste overly fishy ajisen ramen spicy ajisen broth oil cover top layer ramen noodle like korean jajangmyeon get traditional good noodle pack instant ramen boiled egg seem soak something brown maybe soy defeat purpose healthy egg noodle really get make dish get entirely wrong first time ever eat ramen would never eat | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.87 | 0.58 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 2/13/2012 | Elaine L. | Manhattan, NY | 3 star rating | The food was good, and the delivery man was super fast. and my co-workers loved it aswell. :) | ['food', 'good', 'delivery', 'man', 'super', 'fast', 'co-worker', 'love', 'aswell'] | food good delivery man super fast co-worker love aswell | 0.49 | 0 | 0.51 | 0.93 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 2/11/2012 | Dan L. | Manhattan, NY | 1 star rating | Service was rude and incompetent. I ordered the Ramen. My lunch companion ordered a non-soup noodle dish. The restaurant was nearly empty. After we ordered, a table for 2 was seated nearby - they ordered and their food arrived before ours. My soup eventually arrived and we were told that my companion's food would arrive soon. I waited for her food to arrive, but started after about 10 minutes. I finished my soup and my companion's food was still "being made" The waiter was not helpful and neither was the manager. At 1pm in the afternoon, in a nearly empty restaurant, they complained that they were busy preparing for dinner. I'm not coming back. | ['service', 'rude', 'incompetent', 'order', 'ramen', 'lunch', 'companion', 'order', 'non-soup', 'noodle', 'dish', 'restaurant', 'nearly', 'empty', 'order', 'table', 'seat', 'nearby', 'order', 'food', 'arrive', 'soup', 'eventually', 'arrive', 'tell', 'companion', 'food', 'would', 'arrive', 'soon', 'wait', 'food', 'arrive', 'start', 'minute', 'finish', 'soup', 'companion', 'food', 'still', 'make', 'waiter', 'helpful', 'neither', 'manager', 'afternoon', 'nearly', 'empty', 'restaurant', 'complain', 'busy', 'prepare', 'dinner', 'come', 'back'] | service rude incompetent order ramen lunch companion order non-soup noodle dish restaurant nearly empty order table seat nearby order food arrive soup eventually arrive tell companion food would arrive soon wait food arrive start minute finish soup companion food still make waiter helpful neither manager afternoon nearly empty restaurant complain busy prepare dinner come back | 0 | 0.12 | 0.88 | -0.9 | negative |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 2/3/2012 | B S. | Seattle, WA | 3 star rating | good solid place - dont hesitate at all going here.
was part of the lunch crowd: busy, efficient, friendly service.
The noodle bowls are what to get ... we had some sushi combo lunch deals. sushi was average - the price was insanely inexpensive. | ['good', 'solid', 'place', 'hesitate', 'part', 'lunch', 'crowd', 'busy', 'efficient', 'friendly', 'service', 'noodle', 'bowl', 'get', '...', 'sushi', 'combo', 'lunch', 'deal', 'sushi', 'average', 'price', 'insanely', 'inexpensive'] | good solid place hesitate part lunch crowd busy efficient friendly service noodle bowl get ... sushi combo lunch deal sushi average price insanely inexpensive | 0.25 | 0 | 0.75 | 0.88 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 1/8/2012 | Jarett L. | Calgary, Canada | 4 star rating | Walking around the chinatown area, I got pretty hungry and just wanted to grab a quick bite as I had dinner reso's later on that night but a couple hours from that time. Saw the ramen bowls displayed in the glass casing and decided to give it a shot.
Had some sort of spicy beef ramen, usually when I have ramen here at home, the beef is always tough and dry and the broth sucks which is why I usually prefer pho over ramen. So I wasn't expecting anything to out of the ordinary, but to my surprise the beef was soo tender, the broth was really good and tasty, with a hint of spiciness to it and had the hard boiled egg and all that jazz. All in all, the ramen here was in a league of its own compared to stuff I get here at home. | ['walk', 'around', 'chinatown', 'area', 'get', 'pretty', 'hungry', 'want', 'grab', 'quick', 'bite', 'dinner', 'reso', 'later', 'night', 'couple', 'hour', 'time', 'saw', 'ramen', 'bowl', 'display', 'glass', 'casing', 'decide', 'give', 'shot', 'sort', 'spicy', 'beef', 'ramen', 'usually', 'ramen', 'home', 'beef', 'always', 'tough', 'dry', 'broth', 'suck', 'usually', 'prefer', 'pho', 'ramen', 'expect', 'anything', 'ordinary', 'surprise', 'beef', 'soo', 'tender', 'broth', 'really', 'good', 'tasty', 'hint', 'spiciness', 'hard', 'boil', 'egg', 'jazz', 'ramen', 'league', 'compare', 'stuff', 'get', 'home'] | walk around chinatown area get pretty hungry want grab quick bite dinner reso later night couple hour time saw ramen bowl display glass casing decide give shot sort spicy beef ramen usually ramen home beef always tough dry broth suck usually prefer pho ramen expect anything ordinary surprise beef soo tender broth really good tasty hint spiciness hard boil egg jazz ramen league compare stuff get home | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.89 | 0.53 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 12/17/2011 | jeff t. | Lutz, FL | 5 star rating | All I have to say about this place is...."Sooooo delicious!" I ate here twice because the noodles were so good and at a relatively good price. The service was up to speed and running and did I mention how delicious it was? ;) | ['say', 'place', '....', 'sooooo', 'delicious', 'eat', 'twice', 'noodle', 'good', 'relatively', 'good', 'price', 'service', 'speed', 'run', 'mention', 'delicious'] | say place .... sooooo delicious eat twice noodle good relatively good price service speed run mention delicious | 0.28 | 0 | 0.72 | 0.92 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 12/13/2011 | Jack C. | Tustin, CA | 2 star rating | When I heard that there was an Ajisen Ramen in town! I was very thrilled to try it out, but it disappointed me very much. When I went was in Nagoya, I had Ajisen Ramen! It was the best Ramen i had tasted it! But this was completely different! | ['hear', 'ajisen', 'ramen', 'town', 'thrilled', 'try', 'disappoint', 'much', 'nagoya', 'ajisen', 'ramen', 'best', 'ramen', 'taste', 'completely', 'different'] | hear ajisen ramen town thrilled try disappoint much nagoya ajisen ramen best ramen taste completely different | 0.17 | 0.08 | 0.76 | 0.71 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 12/3/2011 | Christian P. | Brooklyn, NY | 4 star rating | First Review. I joined so I could write about this place.
A friend and I went here after a short but cold day of working outside. When we entered the kid, I think he was 20, grunted and pointed at a table. After a reasonable amount of time the kid came to our table to take our order. Didn't say "may I take your order" he just stood there. Nice. My friend ordered tea and Japanese Deep Fried Chicken Ramen #5, I ordered Shredded Chicken #7 and some Dumplings A1.
Dumplings came out nice and crispy on one side not much longer after that our food came out. My Shredded Chicken was Amazing! My buddy liked his until he tried mine. Then he wanted to trade. After asking the kid halfway though our meal for the tea he brought it.
So food overall was amazing and the service was something to be desired. I will go back many times and, unless the kid's parents own the place, more than likely he wont be there next time.
Atmosphere was very nice and warm. Small bookshelf in the back with books you can read if your by yourself. Layout of the place works well only a few tables of people when we were there. So go and check it out. | ['first', 'review', 'join', 'could', 'write', 'place', 'friend', 'short', 'cold', 'day', 'work', 'outside', 'enter', 'kid', 'think', 'grunt', 'point', 'table', 'reasonable', 'amount', 'time', 'kid', 'come', 'table', 'take', 'order', 'say', 'may', 'take', 'order', 'stand', 'nice', 'friend', 'order', 'japanese', 'deep', 'fried', 'chicken', 'ramen', 'order', 'shredded', 'chicken', 'dumpling', 'dumpling', 'come', 'nice', 'crispy', 'one', 'side', 'much', 'long', 'food', 'come', 'shred', 'chicken', 'amaze', 'buddy', 'like', 'try', 'mine', 'want', 'trade', 'ask', 'kid', 'halfway', 'though', 'meal', 'bring', 'food', 'overall', 'amaze', 'service', 'something', 'desire', 'back', 'many', 'time', 'unless', 'kid', 'parent', 'place', 'likely', 'next', 'time', 'atmosphere', 'nice', 'warm', 'small', 'bookshelf', 'back', 'book', 'read', 'layout', 'place', 'work', 'well', 'table', 'people', 'check'] | first review join could write place friend short cold day work outside enter kid think grunt point table reasonable amount time kid come table take order say may take order stand nice friend order japanese deep fried chicken ramen order shredded chicken dumpling dumpling come nice crispy one side much long food come shred chicken amaze buddy like try mine want trade ask kid halfway though meal bring food overall amaze service something desire back many time unless kid parent place likely next time atmosphere nice warm small bookshelf back book read layout place work well table people check | 0.17 | 0.01 | 0.82 | 0.99 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 11/17/2011 | Dave B. | Astoria, NY | 1 star rating | I will start with the disclaimer that we did not have the ramen. We were in the mood for sushi and passed by and saw a big sign that said "Sushi" so we assumed it would be ok.
The service was inexcusably bad. Our server was at the bar with her back to us texting during our whole meal.
The sushi was paper thin slices of fish on overcooked rice. The shrimp tempura tasted like it was definitely made from frozen shrimp. It was also more batter than it was shrimp.
We also had the baby octopus appetizer, which should have been right up our alley, but again it seemed far from fresh and it was drowned in sauce.
The only upside is it was cheap, but you get what you pay for. If you have to dine here, judging by the other reviews, the only thing worthwhile is the ramen. I'm not willing to give them another chance. There are loads of better places. | ['start', 'disclaimer', 'ramen', 'mood', 'sushi', 'pass', 'saw', 'big', 'sign', 'say', 'sushi', 'assume', 'would', 'service', 'inexcusably', 'bad', 'server', 'bar', 'back', 'texting', 'whole', 'meal', 'sushi', 'paper', 'thin', 'slice', 'fish', 'overcooked', 'rice', 'shrimp', 'tempura', 'taste', 'like', 'definitely', 'make', 'frozen', 'shrimp', 'also', 'batter', 'shrimp', 'also', 'baby', 'octopus', 'appetizer', 'right', 'alley', 'seem', 'far', 'fresh', 'drown', 'sauce', 'upside', 'cheap', 'get', 'pay', 'dine', 'judge', 'review', 'thing', 'worthwhile', 'ramen', 'willing', 'give', 'another', 'chance', 'load', 'good', 'place'] | start disclaimer ramen mood sushi pass saw big sign say sushi assume would service inexcusably bad server bar back texting whole meal sushi paper thin slice fish overcooked rice shrimp tempura taste like definitely make frozen shrimp also batter shrimp also baby octopus appetizer right alley seem far fresh drown sauce upside cheap get pay dine judge review thing worthwhile ramen willing give another chance load good place | 0.1 | 0.05 | 0.85 | 0.75 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 11/14/2011 | Ally W. | New York, NY | 3 star rating | Bubble Tea. Bubble Tea. Bubble Tea.
Hang on... going off topic here... have tried several of their ramen bowls and they have all been pretty tasty, and filling.
Ajisen Ramen - simple, sliced beef, cabbage, seaweed, hard boiled egg and scallions. The kind of noodle soup that is good for the soul
Tenderous Rib Ramen - yummy parts of beef and full of flavor. Kinda wish it had more veggies.
Pork Chop Curry Ramen - mild, spicy curry broth and the pork chop is served on the side with a dipping sauce.
Miso Ramen - a little on the salty side, but you know its the miso and not MSG, cuz there isn't a headache afterwards.
Japanese Dumplings - crispy, greasy and fatty - just the way I like them.
Oh, and yes, they have bubble tea (although not all the time it seems). This is probably the closest place in my 'hood with bubble tea, so please go and get one so they will have to keep stock of it, then I can get them anytime.
Friendly service. Tasty noodle bowls. Great neighborhood spot. | ['hang', '...', 'topic', '...', 'try', 'several', 'ramen', 'bowl', 'pretty', 'tasty', 'fill', 'ajisen', 'ramen', 'simple', 'slice', 'beef', 'cabbage', 'seaweed', 'hard', 'boil', 'egg', 'scallion', 'kind', 'noodle', 'soup', 'good', 'soul', 'tenderous', 'rib', 'ramen', 'yummy', 'part', 'beef', 'full', 'flavor', 'kind', 'wish', 'veggie', 'pork', 'chop', 'curry', 'ramen', 'mild', 'spicy', 'curry', 'broth', 'pork', 'chop', 'serve', 'side', 'dipping', 'sauce', 'miso', 'ramen', 'little', 'salty', 'side', 'know', 'miso', 'message', 'cuz', 'headache', 'afterwards', 'japanese', 'dumpling', 'crispy', 'greasy', 'fatty', 'way', 'like', 'yes', 'although', 'time', 'seem', 'probably', 'close', 'place', "'hood", 'please', 'get', 'one', 'keep', 'stock', 'get', 'anytime', 'friendly', 'service', 'tasty', 'noodle', 'bowl', 'great', 'neighborhood', 'spot'] | hang ... topic ... try several ramen bowl pretty tasty fill ajisen ramen simple slice beef cabbage seaweed hard boil egg scallion kind noodle soup good soul tenderous rib ramen yummy part beef full flavor kind wish veggie pork chop curry ramen mild spicy curry broth pork chop serve side dipping sauce miso ramen little salty side know miso message cuz headache afterwards japanese dumpling crispy greasy fatty way like yes although time seem probably close place 'hood please get one keep stock get anytime friendly service tasty noodle bowl great neighborhood spot | 0.15 | 0.01 | 0.84 | 0.98 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 11/13/2011 | Ron C. | Brooklyn, NY | 3 star rating | This review is based on Delivery
Nothing warms you up or cures a nice hangover for you than soup. What also makes you feel better is Fried Chicken. I'm not gonna lie, but I love Fried Chicken. Who doesn't? They have a pairing of Fried Chicken and Ramen for about $10. They deliver it hot and fresh. This definitely hits the spot when your crunching numbers all morning.
This is definitely a place that cures my hangovers. Sorry Boss! | ['review', 'base', 'delivery', 'nothing', 'warms', 'cure', 'nice', 'hangover', 'soup', 'also', 'make', 'feel', 'good', 'fried', 'chicken', 'lie', 'love', 'fried', 'chicken', 'pairing', 'fried', 'chicken', 'ramen', 'deliver', 'hot', 'fresh', 'definitely', 'hit', 'spot', 'crunch', 'number', 'morning', 'definitely', 'place', 'cure', 'hangover', 'sorry', 'bos'] | review base delivery nothing warms cure nice hangover soup also make feel good fried chicken lie love fried chicken pairing fried chicken ramen deliver hot fresh definitely hit spot crunch number morning definitely place cure hangover sorry bos | 0.22 | 0.03 | 0.75 | 0.96 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 10/23/2011 | Vivian L. | Brooklyn, NY | 5 star rating | i frequent this spot for lunch, usually 2-3 times a week. really glad i found this restaurant because i love ramen/sushi and i have honestly tried most of the sushi spots in the area and to my surprise ajisen, a restaurant known as a ramen franchise also serves excellent sushi. highly recommend, esp if you want a very decent meal in this price range in this area. awesome food, good consistancy and friendly staff. :) sushi is delish and spicy ajisen and corn ramen are the best~ give it a try ;) | ['frequent', 'spot', 'lunch', 'usually', 'time', 'week', 'really', 'glad', 'find', 'restaurant', 'love', 'ramen/sushi', 'honestly', 'try', 'sushi', 'spot', 'area', 'surprise', 'ajisen', 'restaurant', 'know', 'ramen', 'franchise', 'also', 'serve', 'excellent', 'sushi', 'highly', 'recommend', 'esp', 'want', 'decent', 'meal', 'price', 'range', 'area', 'awesome', 'food', 'good', 'consistancy', 'friendly', 'staff', 'sushi', 'delish', 'spicy', 'ajisen', 'corn', 'ramen', 'best~', 'give', 'try'] | frequent spot lunch usually time week really glad find restaurant love ramen/sushi honestly try sushi spot area surprise ajisen restaurant know ramen franchise also serve excellent sushi highly recommend esp want decent meal price range area awesome food good consistancy friendly staff sushi delish spicy ajisen corn ramen best~ give try | 0.33 | 0 | 0.67 | 0.99 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 10/13/2011 | Kimling L. | San Francisco, CA | 1 star rating | NEVER AGAIN.
Me and 2 colleagues ate here yesterday and WE ALL GOT SICK.
1 colleague had the chicken teriyaki bento box lunch. She was the sickest of all of us. She had to leave work and was vomiting and had to run to the toilet all evening.
My other colleague and I have had upset stomachs starting last night and through today. We both had ramens. | ['never', 'colleague', 'eat', 'yesterday', 'got', 'sick', 'colleague', 'chicken', 'teriyaki', 'bento', 'box', 'lunch', 'sick', 'leave', 'work', 'vomit', 'run', 'toilet', 'evening', 'colleague', 'upset', 'stomach', 'start', 'last', 'night', 'today', 'ramens'] | never colleague eat yesterday got sick colleague chicken teriyaki bento box lunch sick leave work vomit run toilet evening colleague upset stomach start last night today ramens | 0 | 0.11 | 0.89 | -0.78 | negative |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 10/11/2011 | Bo D. | Brooklyn, NY | 4 star rating | I frequent this place often, and I thought it was about time I gave it a review.
I like the no hassle seating and fast service. The ramen comes out swiftly and the taste is definitely worth the money.
Ive also tried their rolls and rice dishes which are definitely on par with many sushi restaurants that ive been to around Saint Marks.
If you want fast, tasty, and inexpensive japanese food, then Ajisen Ramen is definitely worth checking out | ['frequent', 'place', 'often', 'think', 'time', 'give', 'review', 'like', 'hassle', 'seating', 'fast', 'service', 'ramen', 'come', 'swiftly', 'taste', 'definitely', 'worth', 'money', 'also', 'try', 'roll', 'rice', 'dish', 'definitely', 'par', 'many', 'sushi', 'restaurant', 'around', 'saint', 'mark', 'want', 'fast', 'tasty', 'inexpensive', 'japanese', 'food', 'ajisen', 'ramen', 'definitely', 'worth', 'check'] | frequent place often think time give review like hassle seating fast service ramen come swiftly taste definitely worth money also try roll rice dish definitely par many sushi restaurant around saint mark want fast tasty inexpensive japanese food ajisen ramen definitely worth check | 0.21 | 0.03 | 0.77 | 0.91 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 10/7/2011 | Suri L. | Brooklyn, NY | 2 star rating | it's not a traditional japanese ramen.
The delivery boy asked me more tips than $1.5. | ['traditional', 'japanese', 'ramen', 'delivery', 'boy', 'ask', 'tip'] | traditional japanese ramen delivery boy ask tip | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | neutral |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 10/6/2011 | Steve C. | ASTORIA, NY | 5 star rating | I always get the deluxe ramen! The meat is so tender and delicious!!!! There is no better ramen house that I know of. The sushi platter is Always a nice reward to a hard day as well. Mmm arisen ramen! | ['always', 'get', 'deluxe', 'ramen', 'meat', 'tender', 'delicious', 'good', 'ramen', 'house', 'know', 'sushi', 'platter', 'always', 'nice', 'reward', 'hard', 'day', 'well', 'mmm', 'arisen', 'ramen'] | always get deluxe ramen meat tender delicious good ramen house know sushi platter always nice reward hard day well mmm arisen ramen | 0.27 | 0.08 | 0.65 | 0.88 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 10/4/2011 | Eric L. | New York, NY | 4 star rating | from the name, obviously they serve delicious ramen. however, my favorite japanese food is the simple salmon sashimi. i was extremely surprised when i ordered it, along with various other special rolls, and it was fresh and delicious. i didn't expect it (being known for its ramen and all).
there are a lot of ramen dishes that you can pick from and the staff there is very friendly and caters to your desires. ^^ the food is served very quickly. i go to this place at least once or twice a week. | ['name', 'obviously', 'serve', 'delicious', 'ramen', 'however', 'favorite', 'japanese', 'food', 'simple', 'salmon', 'sashimi', 'extremely', 'surprised', 'order', 'along', 'various', 'special', 'roll', 'fresh', 'delicious', 'expect', 'know', 'ramen', 'lot', 'ramen', 'dish', 'pick', 'staff', 'friendly', 'caters', 'desire', 'food', 'serve', 'quickly', 'place', 'least', 'twice', 'week'] | name obviously serve delicious ramen however favorite japanese food simple salmon sashimi extremely surprised order along various special roll fresh delicious expect know ramen lot ramen dish pick staff friendly caters desire food serve quickly place least twice week | 0.21 | 0 | 0.79 | 0.96 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 9/23/2011 | Evey S. | New York, NY | 2 star rating | i ordered miso ramen and my husband had the tonkatsu (except they don't even call it that..they called it pork tenderloin rice). the ramen really wasn't anything special. i've had better instant make at home japanese ramen (not like instant noodles..but the ramen that you buy with fresh noodles and comes with a broth base). the tonkatsu was so overfried..tasted like just like oil. for what we got, i thought it was pretty over priced. | ['order', 'miso', 'ramen', 'husband', 'tonkatsu', 'except', 'even', 'call', 'call', 'pork', 'tenderloin', 'rice', 'ramen', 'really', 'anything', 'special', 'good', 'instant', 'make', 'home', 'japanese', 'ramen', 'like', 'instant', 'noodle', 'ramen', 'buy', 'fresh', 'noodle', 'come', 'broth', 'base', 'tonkatsu', 'overfried', 'taste', 'like', 'like', 'oil', 'get', 'think', 'pretty', 'price'] | order miso ramen husband tonkatsu except even call call pork tenderloin rice ramen really anything special good instant make home japanese ramen like instant noodle ramen buy fresh noodle come broth base tonkatsu overfried taste like like oil get think pretty price | 0.19 | 0.04 | 0.77 | 0.9 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 8/14/2011 | Brian A. | Chicago, IL | 4 star rating | The chicken teriyaki ramen was perfect for a rainy day in Manhattan. | ['chicken', 'teriyaki', 'ramen', 'perfect', 'rainy', 'day', 'manhattan'] | chicken teriyaki ramen perfect rainy day manhattan | 0.26 | 0.09 | 0.64 | 0.53 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 8/12/2011 | Julienne S. | New York, NY | 3 star rating | I went here last night. I'm Asian, I eat a lot of ramen, in fact, I consider ramen to be one of my major food groups. I ordered the spicy Ajisen Ramen with pork. The portion was a lot smaller than expected and the soup wasn't even hot! I do have to give this place three stars because the ramen was QQ, meaning, chewy and yummy, and not overcooked and soggy. It was worth the try and I'll definitely come back again to give it another try! | ['last', 'night', 'asian', 'eat', 'lot', 'ramen', 'fact', 'consider', 'ramen', 'one', 'major', 'food', 'group', 'order', 'spicy', 'ajisen', 'ramen', 'pork', 'portion', 'lot', 'small', 'expect', 'soup', 'even', 'hot', 'give', 'place', 'three', 'star', 'ramen', 'meaning', 'chewy', 'yummy', 'overcook', 'soggy', 'worth', 'try', 'definitely', 'come', 'back', 'give', 'another', 'try'] | last night asian eat lot ramen fact consider ramen one major food group order spicy ajisen ramen pork portion lot small expect soup even hot give place three star ramen meaning chewy yummy overcook soggy worth try definitely come back give another try | 0.1 | 0.04 | 0.86 | 0.56 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 8/10/2011 | Jonathan H. | San Francisco, CA | 3 star rating | Okay, so I didn't get the ramen. Come on, cut me some slack. It's friggin' hot outside.
I did however try the Tuna Hand Roll and the Eel Fried Rice.
The hand roll was packed with tuna and the rice was nice and sticky. The tuna seemed pretty fresh, a bright blood red, but it wasn't firm or crisp and took a few bites to cut through with my chompers. I was really please overall with the quality-to-price. $4.50 for small but overflowing handroll. Pretty good.
The Eel Rice is just good enough. It's not really oily or overly salty, but it's kind of lacking in the substance department. I like carrots and peas as much as the next infant, but for $9.00 I think I should get more eel and egg, as well as ratcheting up things in the veggie department.
The food came up quickly and the staff was cordial. I would come back for another tuna roll or eel roll during lunch, but probably better served going for dinner around the block at finer sushi establishments. | ['okay', 'get', 'ramen', 'come', 'cut', 'slack', 'friggin', 'hot', 'outside', 'however', 'try', 'tuna', 'hand', 'roll', 'eel', 'fried', 'rice', 'hand', 'roll', 'pack', 'tuna', 'rice', 'nice', 'sticky', 'tuna', 'seem', 'pretty', 'fresh', 'bright', 'blood', 'red', 'firm', 'crisp', 'take', 'bite', 'cut', 'chompers', 'really', 'please', 'overall', 'quality-to-price', 'small', 'overflow', 'handroll', 'pretty', 'good', 'eel', 'rice', 'good', 'enough', 'really', 'oily', 'overly', 'salty', 'kind', 'lacking', 'substance', 'department', 'like', 'carrot', 'pea', 'much', 'next', 'infant', 'think', 'get', 'eel', 'egg', 'well', 'ratchet', 'thing', 'veggie', 'department', 'food', 'come', 'quickly', 'staff', 'cordial', 'would', 'come', 'back', 'another', 'tuna', 'roll', 'eel', 'roll', 'lunch', 'probably', 'good', 'serve', 'dinner', 'around', 'block', 'finer', 'sushi', 'establishment'] | okay get ramen come cut slack friggin hot outside however try tuna hand roll eel fried rice hand roll pack tuna rice nice sticky tuna seem pretty fresh bright blood red firm crisp take bite cut chompers really please overall quality-to-price small overflow handroll pretty good eel rice good enough really oily overly salty kind lacking substance department like carrot pea much next infant think get eel egg well ratchet thing veggie department food come quickly staff cordial would come back another tuna roll eel roll lunch probably good serve dinner around block finer sushi establishment | 0.19 | 0.04 | 0.77 | 0.98 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 7/21/2011 | Helena Z. | Mt Laurel, NJ | 4 star rating | This place is really good if it is a cold day and you want a good, filling soup to fill you up. If you are looking for ambience or the best dining atmosphere, this is not necessarily the place, though the ambience is certainly decent and the wait staff are very friendly.
The spicy curry ramen and chicken teriyaki ramen are some of my favorites. They also have good appetizers--gioza is very good. I have been here about 4 times and have always left feeling like I had a great meal! | ['place', 'really', 'good', 'cold', 'day', 'want', 'good', 'fill', 'soup', 'fill', 'look', 'ambience', 'best', 'dining', 'atmosphere', 'necessarily', 'place', 'though', 'ambience', 'certainly', 'decent', 'wait', 'staff', 'friendly', 'spicy', 'curry', 'ramen', 'chicken', 'teriyaki', 'ramen', 'favorite', 'also', 'good', 'appetizer', 'gioza', 'good', 'time', 'always', 'leave', 'feeling', 'like', 'great', 'meal'] | place really good cold day want good fill soup fill look ambience best dining atmosphere necessarily place though ambience certainly decent wait staff friendly spicy curry ramen chicken teriyaki ramen favorite also good appetizer gioza good time always leave feeling like great meal | 0.33 | 0 | 0.67 | 0.99 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 7/13/2011 | Roxanne L. | New York, NY | 1 star rating | Eek! Methinks not.... may be the words on Yelp for 1 star but I couldn't have said it better myself.
A client in the neighborhood wanted to eat there. So we went. In a city so full of options, why anyone would ever consider eating here is so far beyond me I can't believe they have stayed in business for more than 5 minutes.
Go anywhere else. It doesn't matter how inexpensive this place is - it's not worth it. One other yelper called is disgusting, and yes, disgusting it is. | ['eek', 'methinks', '....', 'may', 'word', 'yelp', 'star', 'could', 'say', 'good', 'client', 'neighborhood', 'want', 'eat', 'city', 'full', 'option', 'anyone', 'would', 'ever', 'consider', 'eat', 'far', 'beyond', 'believe', 'stay', 'business', 'minute', 'anywhere', 'else', 'matter', 'inexpensive', 'place', 'worth', 'one', 'yelper', 'call', 'disgust', 'yes', 'disgust'] | eek methinks .... may word yelp star could say good client neighborhood want eat city full option anyone would ever consider eat far beyond believe stay business minute anywhere else matter inexpensive place worth one yelper call disgust yes disgust | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.8 | -0.64 | negative |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 7/2/2011 | Carmen P. | Manhattan, NY | 1 star rating | DISGUSTING! Don't get their rice dishes! It's just made wrong! The restaurant is not even run by Japanese people, all the workers there are Chinese... Ramen is also mediocre.... Visit my blog for more details and photos: takes2gluttons.com/2011/… | ['disgusting', 'get', 'rice', 'dish', 'make', 'wrong', 'restaurant', 'even', 'run', 'japanese', 'people', 'worker', 'chinese', '...', 'ramen', 'also', 'mediocre', '....', 'visit', 'blog', 'detail', 'photo', 'takesgluttons.com//…'] | disgusting get rice dish make wrong restaurant even run japanese people worker chinese ... ramen also mediocre .... visit blog detail photo takesgluttons.com//… | 0 | 0.18 | 0.82 | -0.84 | negative |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 6/28/2011 | sean c. | Manhattan, NY | 2 star rating | My American colleague recommended this place. I didn't expect much once i heard this place is a franchise. I ordered a ramen with karaage combo. The noodle and veg were ok but the broth~!!! The broth tastes like they added some heavy cream or milk to show the heavy white broth color, which was supposed to come from boiling the pork bones for a long time. What a disappointment~!!! I can't even imagine that I could have this quality of ramen in Manhattan~!!! Wow... Anyway, it was disappointing... Try other places... where Japanese chefs are. And karaage was the worst that I've ever had in Manhattan in last 7 yrs. | ['american', 'colleague', 'recommend', 'place', 'expect', 'much', 'hear', 'place', 'franchise', 'order', 'ramen', 'karaage', 'combo', 'noodle', 'veg', 'broth~', 'broth', 'taste', 'like', 'add', 'heavy', 'cream', 'milk', 'show', 'heavy', 'white', 'broth', 'color', 'suppose', 'come', 'boil', 'pork', 'bone', 'long', 'time', 'disappointment~', 'even', 'imagine', 'could', 'quality', 'ramen', 'manhattan~', 'wow', '...', 'anyway', 'disappoint', '...', 'try', 'place', '...', 'japanese', 'chef', 'karaage', 'bad', 'ever', 'manhattan', 'last'] | american colleague recommend place expect much hear place franchise order ramen karaage combo noodle veg broth~ broth taste like add heavy cream milk show heavy white broth color suppose come boil pork bone long time disappointment~ even imagine could quality ramen manhattan~ wow ... anyway disappoint ... try place ... japanese chef karaage bad ever manhattan last | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.88 | -0.55 | negative |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 6/15/2011 | Lili K. | Manhattan, NY | 2 star rating | Let's just say all Ajisens are no good, despite that cute girl statue where she holds a bowl of ramen that's larger than her entire body.
The broth is just very lacking and overall it's not very flavorful. Check out the tons of other great ramen spots nearby! | ['let', 'say', 'ajisens', 'good', 'despite', 'cute', 'girl', 'statue', 'hold', 'bowl', 'ramen', 'large', 'entire', 'body', 'broth', 'lacking', 'overall', 'flavorful', 'check', 'ton', 'great', 'ramen', 'spot', 'nearby'] | let say ajisens good despite cute girl statue hold bowl ramen large entire body broth lacking overall flavorful check ton great ramen spot nearby | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.78 | 0.56 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 6/14/2011 | Richard D. | New York, NY | 2 star rating | 2 stars is kinda harsh, but the broth was meh.
Most ramen joints serve noodles you can pick up at H mart, but the really unique thing usually is the broth.
The broth here really lacked the mouth feel and richness of better ramen places. It was more watery and didn't have the thick silky consistency that I've come to expect. | ['star', 'kind', 'harsh', 'broth', 'meh', 'ramen', 'joint', 'serve', 'noodle', 'pick', 'mart', 'really', 'unique', 'thing', 'usually', 'broth', 'broth', 'really', 'lack', 'mouth', 'feel', 'richness', 'good', 'ramen', 'place', 'watery', 'thick', 'silky', 'consistency', 'come', 'expect'] | star kind harsh broth meh ramen joint serve noodle pick mart really unique thing usually broth broth really lack mouth feel richness good ramen place watery thick silky consistency come expect | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.83 | 0.78 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 6/10/2011 | Dixon J. | New York, NY | 2 star rating | I was excited to see a ramen joint within walking distance. They serve ramen but certainly not Japanese ramen. I ordered the deluxe ramen. The noodles were fragile and had no texture. The broth was not like any broth I have seen and was cloudy. The egg was overcooked with the yolk mushy. Flushing institution perhaps and hence Chinese spoken here. | ['excite', 'see', 'ramen', 'joint', 'within', 'walk', 'distance', 'serve', 'ramen', 'certainly', 'japanese', 'ramen', 'order', 'deluxe', 'ramen', 'noodle', 'fragile', 'texture', 'broth', 'like', 'broth', 'see', 'cloudy', 'egg', 'overcook', 'yolk', 'mushy', 'flush', 'institution', 'perhaps', 'hence', 'chinese', 'speak'] | excite see ramen joint within walk distance serve ramen certainly japanese ramen order deluxe ramen noodle fragile texture broth like broth see cloudy egg overcook yolk mushy flush institution perhaps hence chinese speak | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.84 | -0.17 | negative |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 6/7/2011 | Daniel C. | Jackson Heights, NY | 2 star rating | LAST AND FINAL UPDATE (please disregard all reviews below, although they are included for historic purposes): I'm no longer a fan. I no longer think the ramen here is any good. It's all just...blah. Mix-ins/toppings are flat. Noodles are pedestrian, at best. Broth is extremely one dimensional, like it came out of a packet. I can't really say this should be considered ramen.
UPDATE: Since posting my initial review about a month ago, I've been back to Ajisen at least 4 times. They've really improved and I have to say, their soup is seriously starting to grow on me. With tip, a lunch here pretty much always comes out to $12.34 for me.
The pork in the miso ramen is tender and flavorful, and the broth is heavenly: rich and buttery. The noodles arrive pretty firm and are satisfying.
Their curry pork chop ramen was pretty tasty. The broth was really nice and flavorful...not overwhelmingly curry but pretty addictive. They bring you a panko-fried pork chop on the side. It wasn't bad either.
I've also tried their cold noodles and their fishy ramen. I'm not really much of a fan of either.
The service has gotten much friendlier and less pushy, and the tea has improved as well :)
2 stars gets bumped up to 4 for my favorite regular neighborhood lunch place.
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Big sucker for ramen here. Even if the restaurant sucks on rounds 1 or 2, I'm willing to give them a 3rd, 4th and 5th shot.
Been to Ajisen several, SEVERAL times, and I just keep heading back for more of a beating.
Food: Less than good. I should admit first, the broth is some of the best I had, but it doesn't make up for mediocre noodles, poorly done mix-ins and a generally boring, uninspired and lackluster take on the ramen experience. A bowl of the Ajisen ramen ranks way below anything you can get at Sapporo (49th and 7th).
There were no condiments made available such as hot sesame oil, soy sauce, pepper flakes, vinegar, etc.
I'm a big tea person. I've been to Ajisen for lunch several times, and the stuff they passed off as tea has been nothing but hot water. At dinner, it was strong, but it just tasted cheap.
Service: Poor, poor poor. None of the hospitably you can expect at a Japanese establishment can be found here. The waitstaff is curt, unhelpful and seemingly very inexperienced. To say that they rush you out is a gross understatement.
But I'll be back. I'm never going to stop coming here, actually. It's close to my office and the only place in the area that you can get what would be technically considered here to be ramen. Even though the Ajisen franchise is established and well-worn, I have a feeling that the folks on Ajisen 28 are still working out the kinks. | ['last', 'final', 'update', 'please', 'disregard', 'review', 'although', 'include', 'historic', 'purpose', 'long', 'fan', 'long', 'think', 'ramen', 'good', '...', 'blah', 'mix-ins/toppings', 'flat', 'noodle', 'pedestrian', 'best', 'broth', 'extremely', 'one', 'dimensional', 'like', 'come', 'packet', 'really', 'say', 'consider', 'ramen', 'update', 'since', 'post', 'initial', 'review', 'month', 'ago', 'back', 'ajisen', 'least', 'time', 'really', 'improve', 'say', 'soup', 'seriously', 'start', 'grow', 'tip', 'lunch', 'pretty', 'much', 'always', 'come', 'pork', 'miso', 'ramen', 'tender', 'flavorful', 'broth', 'heavenly', 'rich', 'buttery', 'noodle', 'arrive', 'pretty', 'firm', 'satisfy', 'curry', 'pork', 'chop', 'ramen', 'pretty', 'tasty', 'broth', 'really', 'nice', 'flavorful', '...', 'overwhelmingly', 'curry', 'pretty', 'addictive', 'bring', 'panko-fried', 'pork', 'chop', 'side', 'bad', 'either', 'also', 'try', 'cold', 'noodle', 'fishy', 'ramen', 'really', 'much', 'fan', 'either', 'service', 'get', 'much', 'friendly', 'less', 'pushy', 'improve', 'well', 'star', 'get', 'bump', 'favorite', 'regular', 'neighborhood', 'lunch', 'place', '_____', 'big', 'sucker', 'ramen', 'even', 'restaurant', 'suck', 'round', 'willing', 'give', 'shot', 'ajisen', 'several', 'several', 'time', 'keep', 'head', 'back', 'beating', 'food', 'less', 'good', 'admit', 'first', 'broth', 'best', 'make', 'mediocre', 'noodle', 'poorly', 'mix-ins', 'generally', 'boring', 'uninspired', 'lackluster', 'take', 'ramen', 'experience', 'bowl', 'ajisen', 'ramen', 'rank', 'way', 'anything', 'get', 'sapporo', 'condiment', 'make', 'available', 'hot', 'sesame', 'oil', 'soy', 'sauce', 'pepper', 'flake', 'vinegar', 'etc', 'big', 'person', 'ajisen', 'lunch', 'several', 'time', 'stuff', 'pass', 'nothing', 'hot', 'water', 'dinner', 'strong', 'taste', 'cheap', 'service', 'poor', 'poor', 'poor', 'none', 'hospitably', 'expect', 'japanese', 'establishment', 'find', 'waitstaff', 'curt', 'unhelpful', 'seemingly', 'inexperienced', 'say', 'rush', 'gross', 'understatement', 'back', 'never', 'stop', 'come', 'actually', 'close', 'office', 'place', 'area', 'get', 'would', 'technically', 'consider', 'ramen', 'even', 'though', 'ajisen', 'franchise', 'establish', 'well-worn', 'feeling', 'folk', 'ajisen', 'still', 'work', 'kink'] | last final update please disregard review although include historic purpose long fan long think ramen good ... blah mix-ins/toppings flat noodle pedestrian best broth extremely one dimensional like come packet really say consider ramen update since post initial review month ago back ajisen least time really improve say soup seriously start grow tip lunch pretty much always come pork miso ramen tender flavorful broth heavenly rich buttery noodle arrive pretty firm satisfy curry pork chop ramen pretty tasty broth really nice flavorful ... overwhelmingly curry pretty addictive bring panko-fried pork chop side bad either also try cold noodle fishy ramen really much fan either service get much friendly less pushy improve well star get bump favorite regular neighborhood lunch place _____ big sucker ramen even restaurant suck round willing give shot ajisen several several time keep head back beating food less good admit first broth best make mediocre noodle poorly mix-ins generally boring uninspired lackluster take ramen experience bowl ajisen ramen rank way anything get sapporo condiment make available hot sesame oil soy sauce pepper flake vinegar etc big person ajisen lunch several time stuff pass nothing hot water dinner strong taste cheap service poor poor poor none hospitably expect japanese establishment find waitstaff curt unhelpful seemingly inexperienced say rush gross understatement back never stop come actually close office place area get would technically consider ramen even though ajisen franchise establish well-worn feeling folk ajisen still work kink | 0.14 | 0.08 | 0.78 | 0.98 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 6/5/2011 | Franny A. | New York, NY | 3 star rating | Ramen in the 'hood. Since I have not been able to get into Toto- I was excited to get my fix of ramen nearer to home.
Big selection and they are Japanese. I ordered tender rib ramen $9.5 and bf ordered chicken teriyaki over rice. Ribs were fatty, tender and tasty- ramen noodles were thinner almost soba like. I like a thick white noodle. Broth was pork with tasty cabbage and scallions and a half an egg. Funky.. Chicken teriyaki was small bits of chicken, again ok- nothing exceptional. Good to have ramen nearby.........and they deliver........ | ['ramen', "'hood", 'since', 'able', 'get', 'toto-', 'excite', 'get', 'fix', 'ramen', 'nearer', 'home', 'big', 'selection', 'japanese', 'order', 'tender', 'rib', 'ramen', 'order', 'chicken', 'teriyaki', 'rice', 'rib', 'fatty', 'tender', 'tasty-', 'ramen', 'noodle', 'thin', 'almost', 'soba', 'like', 'like', 'thick', 'white', 'noodle', 'broth', 'pork', 'tasty', 'cabbage', 'scallion', 'half', 'egg', 'funky', 'chicken', 'teriyaki', 'small', 'bit', 'chicken', 'ok-', 'nothing', 'exceptional', 'good', 'ramen', 'nearby', '.........', 'deliver', '........'] | ramen 'hood since able get toto- excite get fix ramen nearer home big selection japanese order tender rib ramen order chicken teriyaki rice rib fatty tender tasty- ramen noodle thin almost soba like like thick white noodle broth pork tasty cabbage scallion half egg funky chicken teriyaki small bit chicken ok- nothing exceptional good ramen nearby ......... deliver ........ | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.88 | 0.68 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 5/29/2011 | Steve F. | Long Beach, CA | 3 star rating | I ordered the Ajisen ramen. The broth was this weird pink color, but tasted all right. I can't really identify the broth, but I think it might have been tonkatsu based. This ramen came with char siu pork, half a brown egg, and green onions.
The toppings were nice. The pork was tender, and shredded nicely when bit into. The noodles, however, were not what I expected. I can't say they are authentic Japanese ramen noodles. It's a little thinner, and a bit chewier - it's not a type of noodle that is condusive to a ramen slurp. The texture is a little to hard for that type of slurping. Other than that, it was good.
The taste and texture are good and solid fare, but it's not special. But it across the street from the hotel I was staying at, and it's so convenient to that hotel, that in future stays at that hotel, I would probably have at least one meal here during my stays. Maybe I'll try the sushi threre next time. | ['order', 'ajisen', 'ramen', 'broth', 'weird', 'pink', 'color', 'taste', 'right', 'really', 'identify', 'broth', 'think', 'might', 'tonkatsu', 'base', 'ramen', 'come', 'char', 'siu', 'pork', 'half', 'brown', 'egg', 'green', 'onion', 'topping', 'nice', 'pork', 'tender', 'shred', 'nicely', 'bit', 'noodle', 'however', 'expect', 'say', 'authentic', 'japanese', 'ramen', 'noodle', 'little', 'thinner', 'bit', 'chewy', 'type', 'noodle', 'condusive', 'ramen', 'slurp', 'texture', 'little', 'hard', 'type', 'slurp', 'good', 'taste', 'texture', 'good', 'solid', 'fare', 'special', 'across', 'street', 'hotel', 'stay', 'convenient', 'hotel', 'future', 'stay', 'hotel', 'would', 'probably', 'least', 'one', 'meal', 'stay', 'maybe', 'try', 'sushi', 'threre', 'next', 'time'] | order ajisen ramen broth weird pink color taste right really identify broth think might tonkatsu base ramen come char siu pork half brown egg green onion topping nice pork tender shred nicely bit noodle however expect say authentic japanese ramen noodle little thinner bit chewy type noodle condusive ramen slurp texture little hard type slurp good taste texture good solid fare special across street hotel stay convenient hotel future stay hotel would probably least one meal stay maybe try sushi threre next time | 0.1 | 0.03 | 0.87 | 0.93 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 5/5/2011 | Umi F. | New York, NY | 3 star rating | This area was clearly in need of a ramen restaurant. Now my carboholic ways will be resurrected; seriously. Up until now, I had to go to the faux pho (HAHAHAHA - sorry) place, Pho 32 to get a noodle fix. It's close to my office, and I love that I have a ramen option.
The ramen is tasty enough. The noodles are a little soft, but chewy. The broth is thick enough (it's a pork/beef blend), not bland, and has tons of toppings. Just don't expect it to be an Ippudo.
For what it's suppose to be, a fast lunch place, it's great. For dinner, I would probably opt for Hide-Chan. For a nice occasion, I would go to Ippudo. I'd basically rate this place as right below Menkui-tei in Astor place (which is also a non-fancy cheaper ramen option). And much better than Minka ramen, that's for sure.
Prices are good. The ramens are around $10, depending on the toppings. The lunch boxes are a great deal for under $10.
A-Ok to me, as long as you know what it is and what to expect.
I had the lunchbox once for delivery and the sashimi was fine. Good salmon. It's a super good deal. The miso soup, like most other places, left more to be desired. It's a bland white miso blend. I'd get it again in a pinch / to satisfy a craving. | ['area', 'clearly', 'need', 'ramen', 'restaurant', 'carboholic', 'way', 'resurrect', 'seriously', 'faux', 'pho', 'hahahaha', 'sorry', 'place', 'pho', 'get', 'noodle', 'fix', 'close', 'office', 'love', 'ramen', 'option', 'ramen', 'tasty', 'enough', 'noodle', 'little', 'soft', 'chewy', 'broth', 'thick', 'enough', 'pork/beef', 'blend', 'bland', 'ton', 'topping', 'expect', 'ippudo', 'suppose', 'fast', 'lunch', 'place', 'great', 'dinner', 'would', 'probably', 'opt', 'hide-chan', 'nice', 'occasion', 'would', 'ippudo', 'would', 'basically', 'rate', 'place', 'right', 'menkui-tei', 'astor', 'place', 'also', 'non-fancy', 'cheap', 'ramen', 'option', 'much', 'good', 'minka', 'ramen', 'sure', 'price', 'good', 'ramens', 'around', 'depend', 'topping', 'lunch', 'box', 'great', 'deal', 'a-ok', 'long', 'know', 'expect', 'lunchbox', 'delivery', 'sashimi', 'fine', 'good', 'salmon', 'super', 'good', 'deal', 'miso', 'soup', 'like', 'place', 'leave', 'desire', 'bland', 'white', 'miso', 'blend', 'would', 'get', 'pinch', 'satisfy', 'craving'] | area clearly need ramen restaurant carboholic way resurrect seriously faux pho hahahaha sorry place pho get noodle fix close office love ramen option ramen tasty enough noodle little soft chewy broth thick enough pork/beef blend bland ton topping expect ippudo suppose fast lunch place great dinner would probably opt hide-chan nice occasion would ippudo would basically rate place right menkui-tei astor place also non-fancy cheap ramen option much good minka ramen sure price good ramens around depend topping lunch box great deal a-ok long know expect lunchbox delivery sashimi fine good salmon super good deal miso soup like place leave desire bland white miso blend would get pinch satisfy craving | 0.22 | 0.01 | 0.78 | 1 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 5/4/2011 | Madam B. | Manhattan, NY | 2 star rating | For fast-food ramen in this area it's about all that's available and that's about the only reason to review it. Haven't had the sushi, wouldn't bother. I'm sure it's mediocre and passable. The ramen is a poor imitation of good ramen. This is clearly a chain and they do it "THEIR" way, which is a shame because I wish it was better being so close to work. I'll still get it now and again, but well, I'm not writing home about it. Just on this silly site. | ['fast-food', 'ramen', 'area', 'available', 'reason', 'review', 'sushi', 'would', 'bother', 'sure', 'mediocre', 'passable', 'ramen', 'poor', 'imitation', 'good', 'ramen', 'clearly', 'chain', 'way', 'shame', 'wish', 'good', 'close', 'work', 'still', 'get', 'well', 'write', 'home', 'silly', 'site'] | fast-food ramen area available reason review sushi would bother sure mediocre passable ramen poor imitation good ramen clearly chain way shame wish good close work still get well write home silly site | 0.14 | 0.06 | 0.8 | 0.66 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 5/4/2011 | Crystine W. | New York, NY | 3 star rating | It was my first ramen experience and I did enjoy it, but it wasn't a memorable experience. I ordered the chicken teriyaki ramen. The broth wasn't too salty when they served it, but then when I reheated it later, I found it to be very salty and strong in flavor. The chicken teriyaki and ramen noodle with the base soup didn't mesh very well together although they were okay on their own.
I'm glad I tried Ajisen, but won't be making frequent returns. They were on the pricier side, paid $12 (tax + tip included) for my dish. | ['first', 'ramen', 'experience', 'enjoy', 'memorable', 'experience', 'order', 'chicken', 'teriyaki', 'ramen', 'broth', 'salty', 'serve', 'reheat', 'late', 'find', 'salty', 'strong', 'flavor', 'chicken', 'teriyaki', 'ramen', 'noodle', 'base', 'soup', 'mesh', 'well', 'together', 'although', 'okay', 'glad', 'try', 'ajisen', 'make', 'frequent', 'return', 'pricy', 'side', 'pay', 'tax', 'tip', 'include', 'dish'] | first ramen experience enjoy memorable experience order chicken teriyaki ramen broth salty serve reheat late find salty strong flavor chicken teriyaki ramen noodle base soup mesh well together although okay glad try ajisen make frequent return pricy side pay tax tip include dish | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.84 | 0.89 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 4/23/2011 | Margaret T. | Brooklyn, NY | 2 star rating | Maybe I was supposed to order the spicy ramen as that's what they're known for but I really wanted sushi so that's what I ordered. What I was actually served was a big plate of disappointment. I spent $15 on a roll that was worth about $7. Every other Volcano roll I've ever had has come with a mountain of tuna on top. That's what I get for drinking before dinner. Alcohol really does impair your decision making! | ['maybe', 'suppose', 'order', 'spicy', 'ramen', 'know', 'really', 'want', 'sushi', 'order', 'actually', 'serve', 'big', 'plate', 'disappointment', 'spend', 'roll', 'worth', 'every', 'volcano', 'roll', 'ever', 'come', 'mountain', 'tuna', 'top', 'get', 'drinking', 'dinner', 'alcohol', 'really', 'impair', 'decision', 'making'] | maybe suppose order spicy ramen know really want sushi order actually serve big plate disappointment spend roll worth every volcano roll ever come mountain tuna top get drinking dinner alcohol really impair decision making | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.88 | -0.29 | negative |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 4/9/2011 | Ro D. | Brooklyn, NY | 3 star rating | This place recently opened up near my work, and the cute logo caught my attention on my way to the bank, so I stopped by to try the ramen. I've been here twice and tried the house ramen and the ramen with all the different types of meat in it. Both were only ok. The broth was a bit on the too salty side and I felt the noodles were undercooked. Waiters were nice and attentive, thou. Ipuddo is still number one for me. | ['place', 'recently', 'open', 'near', 'work', 'cute', 'logo', 'catch', 'attention', 'way', 'bank', 'stop', 'try', 'ramen', 'twice', 'try', 'house', 'ramen', 'ramen', 'different', 'type', 'meat', 'broth', 'bit', 'salty', 'side', 'felt', 'noodle', 'undercooked', 'waiter', 'nice', 'attentive', 'thou', 'ipuddo', 'still', 'number', 'one'] | place recently open near work cute logo catch attention way bank stop try ramen twice try house ramen ramen different type meat broth bit salty side felt noodle undercooked waiter nice attentive thou ipuddo still number one | 0.11 | 0.03 | 0.87 | 0.7 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 4/2/2011 | Yusuke A. | New York, NY | 3 star rating | "ajisen ramen" is restaurant group which established in Japan. But this place looks like Chinese restaurant. Their menu is written in English & Chinese (and little bit of Japanese) they have sushi bar and sushi menu. (Japanese ramen place don't tend to have it)
Fortunately ramen tastes good for under 10$.I probably come back again. | ['ajisen', 'ramen', 'restaurant', 'group', 'establish', 'japan', 'place', 'look', 'like', 'chinese', 'restaurant', 'menu', 'write', 'english', 'chinese', 'little', 'bit', 'japanese', 'sushi', 'bar', 'sushi', 'menu', 'japanese', 'ramen', 'place', 'tend', 'fortunately', 'ramen', 'taste', 'good', 'probably', 'come', 'back'] | ajisen ramen restaurant group establish japan place look like chinese restaurant menu write english chinese little bit japanese sushi bar sushi menu japanese ramen place tend fortunately ramen taste good probably come back | 0.12 | 0 | 0.88 | 0.8 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 4/1/2011 | Joshua M. | Maplewood, NJ | 2 star rating | I was tempted to give this 3 stars but its only fair to compare it to other (Japanese) ramen restaurants in the city. The service was polite, prompt, and attentive. The quality of produce and meat are good. The prices are ok. So why not a better rating? The noodles and broth fall flat big time and those are the raison d'être. | ['tempt', 'give', 'star', 'fair', 'compare', 'japanese', 'ramen', 'restaurant', 'city', 'service', 'polite', 'prompt', 'attentive', 'quality', 'produce', 'meat', 'good', 'price', 'good', 'rating', 'noodle', 'broth', 'fall', 'flat', 'big', 'time', 'raison', "d'être"] | tempt give star fair compare japanese ramen restaurant city service polite prompt attentive quality produce meat good price good rating noodle broth fall flat big time raison d'être | 0.14 | 0.05 | 0.81 | 0.73 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 3/29/2011 | David N. | Manhattan, NY | 3 star rating | I've only tried one dish. The tender rib ramen. The soup was tasty and the ramen a bit al dente, but the tender rib was really good. Definitely a good place to go but it won't rock your world. They deliver!
Update: I just tried the regular Ajisen Ramen and the pork was dry and chewy. I still give it three stars for the tender rib though.... | ['try', 'one', 'dish', 'tender', 'rib', 'ramen', 'soup', 'tasty', 'ramen', 'bit', 'dente', 'tender', 'rib', 'really', 'good', 'definitely', 'good', 'place', 'rock', 'world', 'deliver', 'update', 'try', 'regular', 'ajisen', 'ramen', 'pork', 'dry', 'chewy', 'still', 'give', 'three', 'star', 'tender', 'rib', 'though', '....'] | try one dish tender rib ramen soup tasty ramen bit dente tender rib really good definitely good place rock world deliver update try regular ajisen ramen pork dry chewy still give three star tender rib though .... | 0.18 | 0 | 0.82 | 0.93 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 3/26/2011 | Morris C. | Manhattan, NY | 5 star rating | The ramen is very good. The spicy pork fried rice and japanese dumplings are delicious. Fast and efficient service. The inside of the restaurant seems a little small, but it's very clean. | ['ramen', 'good', 'spicy', 'pork', 'fry', 'rice', 'japanese', 'dumpling', 'delicious', 'fast', 'efficient', 'service', 'inside', 'restaurant', 'seem', 'little', 'small', 'clean'] | ramen good spicy pork fry rice japanese dumpling delicious fast efficient service inside restaurant seem little small clean | 0.28 | 0.03 | 0.69 | 0.85 | positive |
ajisen-ramen-new-york-2 | 3/10/2011 | Craige M. | Alexandria, VA | 4 star rating | We have a ramen place near work now -- hooray! 18 different varieties of ramen, in fact. I had the eel ramen, which had a good-sized piece of eel on top of a slightly spicy broth containing cabbage and a hard-boiled egg. My friend got the spicy Ajisen ramen, which had spicy ground beef on top of the same broth. He said it was not quite spicy enough, considering it had the word "spicy" in the name.
There are no descriptions of the various dishes on the menu, but there is a picture of almost every dish, which gives you somewhat of an idea.
Aside from ramen, they also have fried rice, chicken katsu, beef sukiyaki, as well as a selection of Japanese appetizers, such as dumplings, grilled squid balls (takoyaki), sesame octopus, etc. There is also a full sushi bar with similarly priced lunch deals to other places nearby (any 3 rolls for $10.50). My other friend had the chirashi and said it was decent.
I was excited to discover that they have bubble tea at Chinatown prices (not K-town prices) -- $3.50 for a large.
There is a room in the back where apparently karaoke happens after dark, but we were told that there aren't a ton of English songs available. They also don't have a liquor license yet. Could we bring our own? We asked our waiter, but he didn't know. | ['ramen', 'place', 'near', 'work', 'hooray', 'different', 'variety', 'ramen', 'fact', 'eel', 'ramen', 'good-sized', 'piece', 'eel', 'top', 'slightly', 'spicy', 'broth', 'contain', 'cabbage', 'hard-boiled', 'egg', 'friend', 'get', 'spicy', 'ajisen', 'ramen', 'spicy', 'ground', 'beef', 'top', 'broth', 'say', 'quite', 'spicy', 'enough', 'consider', 'word', 'spicy', 'name', 'description', 'various', 'dish', 'menu', 'picture', 'almost', 'every', 'dish', 'give', 'somewhat', 'idea', 'aside', 'ramen', 'also', 'fry', 'rice', 'chicken', 'katsu', 'beef', 'sukiyaki', 'well', 'selection', 'japanese', 'appetizer', 'dumpling', 'grill', 'squid', 'ball', 'takoyaki', 'sesame', 'octopus', 'etc', 'also', 'full', 'sushi', 'bar', 'similarly', 'price', 'lunch', 'deal', 'place', 'nearby', 'roll', 'friend', 'chirashi', 'say', 'decent', 'excite', 'discover', 'chinatown', 'price', 'k-town', 'price', 'large', 'room', 'back', 'apparently', 'karaoke', 'happens', 'dark', 'tell', 'ton', 'english', 'song', 'available', 'also', 'liquor', 'license', 'yet', 'could', 'bring', 'ask', 'waiter', 'know'] | ramen place near work hooray different variety ramen fact eel ramen good-sized piece eel top slightly spicy broth contain cabbage hard-boiled egg friend get spicy ajisen ramen spicy ground beef top broth say quite spicy enough consider word spicy name description various dish menu picture almost every dish give somewhat idea aside ramen also fry rice chicken katsu beef sukiyaki well selection japanese appetizer dumpling grill squid ball takoyaki sesame octopus etc also full sushi bar similarly price lunch deal place nearby roll friend chirashi say decent excite discover chinatown price k-town price large room back apparently karaoke happens dark tell ton english song available also liquor license yet could bring ask waiter know | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.91 | 0.92 | positive |
juicy-cube-new-york | 8/16/2022 | Carmen C. | Manhattan, NY | 5 star rating | The acai bowls are so delicious! They're reasonably priced for the size. I make it a point to get one whenever I'm in the neighborhood. | ['acai', 'bowl', 'delicious', 'reasonably', 'price', 'size', 'make', 'point', 'get', 'one', 'whenever', 'neighborhood'] | acai bowl delicious reasonably price size make point get one whenever neighborhood | 0.19 | 0 | 0.81 | 0.72 | positive |
juicy-cube-new-york | 8/9/2022 | Lauren D. | Miami, FL | 4 star rating | One of my go to breakfast spots. Love that they open early. They also are super efficient in terms of service. Lots of menu items! Would like less açaí and more variety in bowl bases. | ['one', 'breakfast', 'spot', 'love', 'open', 'early', 'also', 'super', 'efficient', 'term', 'service', 'lot', 'menu', 'item', 'would', 'like', 'less', 'açaí', 'variety', 'bowl', 'base'] | one breakfast spot love open early also super efficient term service lot menu item would like less açaí variety bowl base | 0.31 | 0 | 0.69 | 0.93 | positive |
juicy-cube-new-york | 7/12/2022 | Fi O. | NJ, NJ | 5 star rating | Had the protein supreme and enjoyed it Cute place but no seating inside, had to sit somewhere else | ['protein', 'supreme', 'enjoy', 'cute', 'place', 'seating', 'inside', 'sit', 'somewhere', 'else'] | protein supreme enjoy cute place seating inside sit somewhere else | 0.28 | 0.12 | 0.6 | 0.39 | positive |
juicy-cube-new-york | 7/11/2021 | Sasha G. | Jersey City, NJ | 5 star rating | Great smoothies.
Fresh ingredients.
Awesome acai bowls and smoothies.
The Brazilian beauty is one of my favorite.
I've also had their kale smoothie with blueberries instead of almond butter.
Healthy options are not very accessible in this neighborhood (believe it or not) so Juicy Cube is definitely appreciated! | ['great', 'smoothy', 'fresh', 'ingredient', 'awesome', 'acai', 'bowl', 'smoothy', 'brazilian', 'beauty', 'one', 'favorite', 'also', 'kale', 'smoothie', 'blueberry', 'instead', 'almond', 'butter', 'healthy', 'option', 'accessible', 'neighborhood', 'believe', 'juicy', 'cube', 'definitely', 'appreciated'] | great smoothy fresh ingredient awesome acai bowl smoothy brazilian beauty one favorite also kale smoothie blueberry instead almond butter healthy option accessible neighborhood believe juicy cube definitely appreciated | 0.4 | 0 | 0.6 | 0.98 | positive |
juicy-cube-new-york | 3/30/2021 | Steve A. | Aurora, IL | 3 star rating | Another place for açaí bowls. It's okay. Juicy Cube had good stuff. Kind of overpriced a bit. There's good options for vegans.
Best thing are the açaí bowls. It's tasty and a good source of nutrition. They have a few kinds of these. A lot of different toppings to put on. They also have juices and smoothies. I like the Açaí Berry Bowl. It's about $9 for a bowl of goodness. This isn't that bad of a price for how much they give you. It has the frozen açaí purée mixed with almond milk. This is topped with bananas, granola, and peanut butter so it has a good source of protein.
It has okay prices for the quality, which is rare around here. It has a decent amount of bowls and smoothies. They're still kind of expensive but that's a common thing. | ['another', 'place', 'açaí', 'bowl', 'okay', 'juicy', 'cube', 'good', 'stuff', 'kind', 'overprice', 'bit', 'good', 'option', 'vegan', 'best', 'thing', 'açaí', 'bowl', 'tasty', 'good', 'source', 'nutrition', 'kind', 'lot', 'different', 'topping', 'put', 'also', 'juice', 'smoothy', 'like', 'açaí', 'berry', 'bowl', 'bowl', 'goodness', 'bad', 'price', 'much', 'give', 'frozen', 'açaí', 'purée', 'mixed', 'almond', 'milk', 'top', 'banana', 'granola', 'peanut', 'butter', 'good', 'source', 'protein', 'okay', 'price', 'quality', 'rare', 'around', 'decent', 'amount', 'bowl', 'smoothy', 'still', 'kind', 'expensive', 'common', 'thing'] | another place açaí bowl okay juicy cube good stuff kind overprice bit good option vegan best thing açaí bowl tasty good source nutrition kind lot different topping put also juice smoothy like açaí berry bowl bowl goodness bad price much give frozen açaí purée mixed almond milk top banana granola peanut butter good source protein okay price quality rare around decent amount bowl smoothy still kind expensive common thing | 0.14 | 0 | 0.86 | 0.92 | positive |
juicy-cube-new-york | 3/13/2021 | Elizabeth H. | San Francisco, CA | 1 star rating | I was in there yesterday (Friday) and asked for cherry avocado drink. employee hands me a brown drink that tastes like grass. I told them it did not taste like cherries, and they remade it into fig drink. Then he said oh yea I never made you cherry avocado drink. I made you green drink. So all along you had cherry avocado and never apologize for not listening. He made the the fig drink after I returned the green tasting green drink. That tasted bad too. Waste of $11. | ['yesterday', 'friday', 'ask', 'cherry', 'avocado', 'drink', 'employee', 'hand', 'brown', 'drink', 'taste', 'like', 'grass', 'tell', 'taste', 'like', 'cherry', 'remake', 'fig', 'drink', 'say', 'yea', 'never', 'make', 'cherry', 'avocado', 'drink', 'make', 'green', 'drink', 'along', 'cherry', 'avocado', 'never', 'apologize', 'listen', 'make', 'fig', 'drink', 'return', 'green', 'taste', 'green', 'drink', 'taste', 'bad', 'waste'] | yesterday friday ask cherry avocado drink employee hand brown drink taste like grass tell taste like cherry remake fig drink say yea never make cherry avocado drink make green drink along cherry avocado never apologize listen make fig drink return green taste green drink taste bad waste | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.86 | -0.38 | negative |
juicy-cube-new-york | 11/19/2020 | Madelene E. | New York, NY | 2 star rating | Why bother to even put a temporary opening hours sign when you don't abide by it. Thanks for the pointless trip I made all the way here. | ['bother', 'even', 'put', 'temporary', 'opening', 'hour', 'sign', 'abide', 'thanks', 'pointless', 'trip', 'make', 'way'] | bother even put temporary opening hour sign abide thanks pointless trip make way | 0.1 | 0.09 | 0.81 | 0.13 | positive |
juicy-cube-new-york | 10/24/2020 | Dorothy L. | Manhattan, NY | 4 star rating | Juicy Cube is a great little spot for a quick smoothie or juice. They have many different options, and are flexible if you want to change an ingredient from what's on the menu or create your own concoction. Fruits always taste and look very fresh. Prices are a bit expensive but comparable with other places in the area. A large smoothie will run you just under $10. They also have some fresh bowl options as well as fruit, snacks, juice shots, and beverages pre-packaged in their refrigerator.
Social distancing is enforced well. There are stickers on the floor to keep distance from other customers. Staff wears masks and gloves. It's a small place so only about 3 people should be in there at a time and they seem to enforce that pretty well. | ['juicy', 'cube', 'great', 'little', 'spot', 'quick', 'smoothie', 'juice', 'many', 'different', 'option', 'flexible', 'want', 'change', 'ingredient', 'menu', 'create', 'concoction', 'fruit', 'always', 'taste', 'look', 'fresh', 'price', 'bit', 'expensive', 'comparable', 'place', 'area', 'large', 'smoothie', 'run', 'also', 'fresh', 'bowl', 'option', 'well', 'fruit', 'snack', 'juice', 'shot', 'beverages', 'pre-packaged', 'refrigerator', 'social', 'distancing', 'enforce', 'well', 'sticker', 'floor', 'keep', 'distance', 'customer', 'staff', 'wear', 'mask', 'glove', 'small', 'place', 'people', 'time', 'seem', 'enforce', 'pretty', 'well'] | juicy cube great little spot quick smoothie juice many different option flexible want change ingredient menu create concoction fruit always taste look fresh price bit expensive comparable place area large smoothie run also fresh bowl option well fruit snack juice shot beverages pre-packaged refrigerator social distancing enforce well sticker floor keep distance customer staff wear mask glove small place people time seem enforce pretty well | 0.17 | 0 | 0.83 | 0.96 | positive |
juicy-cube-new-york | 8/9/2020 | Luis R. | New York, NY | 5 star rating | Smoothies have an amazingly fresh taste. You can tell they use high quality ingredients. I appreciate the extra care they place in the product. The owner is wonderful. Will be coming back for more! | ['smoothy', 'amazingly', 'fresh', 'taste', 'tell', 'use', 'high', 'quality', 'ingredient', 'appreciate', 'extra', 'care', 'place', 'product', 'owner', 'wonderful', 'come', 'back'] | smoothy amazingly fresh taste tell use high quality ingredient appreciate extra care place product owner wonderful come back | 0.3 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.91 | positive |