Gu Ramen Taps & Tapas

Hit the spot today since it was raining Notes: -Spicy is a good spice. -Chasu and spicy ground pork are both good. -Always get the egg and the corn

This spot was conveniently located in the downtown district and close to the theatre where we were going . Parking was easy as there is a lot next door.Place is cute inside, however during a busy time, i can see it would be busy because the main room doesn't have a ton of seats - but most ramen places are this way.My husband and I ordered the spicy pork dumplings and the gu (house) ramen with chashu. The spicy pork dumplings were very tasty, not very spicy at all, and came with a nice salad - but was extremely oily. The salad underneath was dripping in oil. Taste was good, but as you are eating, the oil goes all over. Enjoyable, but needs much less oil. So much was leftover that we were able to use it as a condiment down for rhe ramen.The Gu Ramen is their house ramen made with pork broth. Very tasty, the broth is very flavorful, not oily, and very delicious. Portion sizes is good. The thing with this ramen place is that each topping is an add on. So while other ramen places offer a bowl already included with some toppings, you have to pay extra for each thing you want on it, so it gets expensive. They also don't make the traditional ramen egg (marinated). Service was decent and pleasant. Our table was sticky on arrival despite the restaurant wasn't. Skimpy on the napkins, which were needed from the oily salad.Overall, while the ramen broth itself was delicious, there was nothing exemplary that would encourage me to choose this place over another ramen spot.

Had dinner with a big group of friends (party of 9) last Thursday during the Anime Los Angeles convention. This was our second year eating here. The service was great for a busy night. They did their best to accommodate us, and checked in on us throughout our meal. For this visit I ordered their Chasu Yaki Bowl and La Cheese Wonton. The Chasu Yaki Bowl has Chasu meat drizzled with teriyaki sauce on top of fried rice. The serving of fried rice is quite large. The La Cheese Wontons were all cream cheese on the inside, drizzled with hot & sour sauce, and also provided with a dipping sauce. My friends enjoyed their ramen orders. I'm sure we will be back again next year.

This is my go-to ramen spot. I try to go at least once a month. If it wasn't a bit out of my way I would definitely be there every weekend. I normally order their spicy ramen with shrimp tempura spinach, and corn. The broth is delicious with lots of flavor. The spice level always has me sweating but all worth it.

**If looking for an authentic ramen place, this may not be the place for you.**Coming here super hungry and seeing all the great reviews, I left super disappointed in almost every aspect - the service, the food, and even having to pay for parking in DTLB.The place was almost empty when we arrived, however we didn't feel very welcomed. The waitresses were not very friendly and didn't really check on us throughout the meal.My fiancé and I both had a gu ramen, mild and spicy, and the chashu bowl. Both ramens were not authentic ramen flavors (maybe it was on us for not knowing this beforehand), yet even then, the Thai flavors didn't seem to really work well with the tonkatsu broth. The chashu was incredibly chewy and rubbery, and we received hard boiled eggs on top rather than the usual runny egg.The chashu bowl was probably the highlight of the meal - the fried rice was great, but... it's just fried rice. The chashu was again very chewy and rubbery and we only got TWO pieces, and for almost $20, we were expecting a little bit more, both quality and quantity wise.For a $60 meal, you can imagine how disappointed we felt afterwards.

First time trying this place and it was great. I did the make your own ramen with spicy, port belly, corn and an egg. Everything was flavorful, even more adding the garlic sauce into the broth. Only thing I didn't like was when ordering online I couldn't add another egg because I wanted two instead of just one. When my co worker picked it up, it was well organized with everyone's name on the containers making very easy to separate.

Great spot a few blocks away from the convention centerNice ambianceGood serviceGood selection of drinks and food

Place is hella expensive and the flavors aren't even there. The ambiance is cool but other than that, you'd have to spend extra money just so your food could taste like anything

One of the best Ramen spots in DTLB! A must try! We came here solely because it was open late, and it has now become a regular for us.First off, their customer service is excellent. It is always pretty quiet, even on a busy night. Secondly, their ramen is absolutely amazing. I always get the lollipop chicken ramen with Udon noddles, and the broth is always on point. Never too salty or greasy. Their prices are also very fair. Two ramen bowls with no additional toppings was less than $30. Parking can be tricky, but there are a couple of parking garages with free 2 hr parking. This place is definitely worth a visit!

The food was so delicious and so yummy. We came in early in the night so we had great service with two waitress's checking up on us.Ambiance is great, college games were on and the environment felt very pleasing. 10/10 will be coming back here so glad they are here