Yatai Ramen AZ Food Truck

Wow is all I can say! The new restaurant location on University is a small location, but packs such a great tasting and friendly environment to enjoy delicious ramen. The location is designed like a traditional ramen restaurant like in Japan and the taste really delivers to that delicious flavor of Japanese ramen. Of course you have to get the ramen,but there's plenty of choices outside of ramen. This time I had to go with the yatai ramen and the gyoza. The first thing I noticed walking in is the delicious smell of the broth which tells me that they put great care in the broth. Come to find out, the broth is made over 20 hours so you know it's going to have a great flavor. The Yatai ramen really delivers great flavor with a nice deep broth with a nice blend of noodles, pork belly and hard boiled egg. It's a nice portion and I couldn't get enough of it. The gyoza looked hand made and are pretty good. I did feel like the pork inside the gyoza is a little tough but all around good tasting. Yatai Ramen delivers great food and a great authentic ramen experience. Can't say enough on how great the ramen is and the broth is one of the best I've had in the valley. I will be back often!

Wow. Simply wow. I'm blown away by how delicious the ramen broth is. It's rich, hearty, and definitely made from love and dedication. Upon arrival I was a bit disappointed by the size and lack of air conditioning. I ordered the ramen combo with chicken and egg rice bowl. I never thought I would actually enjoy a bowl of white rice. The chicken with a slightly undercooked mixed egg made the dish delightful. My ramen (I ordered the Tokyo shoyu), but received the Yatai instead. I didn't complain since they're new and perhaps maybe the cashier misheard me. Nevertheless the delicious ramen made my experience amazing and Yatai Ramen is a winner for me.

Ramen at food trucks have been so disappointing for me. Either too expensive for what you get or "ma ma" (so-so in Japanese) quality. I ate the ramen of the Arizona Matsuri's other ramen truck last year and was disappointed. Enter Yatai Ramen AZ Food Truck. EXCELLENT!Quality and quantity were great. $8 per bowl is really reasonable for food truck fare. And you get a big bowl of ramen. It filled me up. There was hard boiled egg, sprouts, kombu, and maybe something else, too, but what really struck me was THE best pork I have ever had in a ramen! It was so tasty, perfectly tender, moist, and flavorful. Some pork slices you get in ramen seem almost dried out.The broth was really good, not overly salty. Noodles were just right.This is a wonderful food truck.5* = A top favorite. Mind-blowing good. I will definitely return and I will go out of my way to go here. Worth every dime of my money.4* = Outstanding. Top-tier. Some elements not quite as good as it gets, but it still is worthy of my regular business.3* = Good experience. I might do repeat business if it is convenient, the only option, the only one in its category, or on a whim, but would not be among the first thing to come to mind. Would definitely recommend you trying it to get your own take on it.2* = Not so good. Would not recommend at all. Waste of money.1* = How are they still in business? Stay away at all costs!

I like the concept of food trucks. I had some really good food from food trucks in the past, and it is a great way to get into the food business.I like ramen and always in search of really good ramen shops in US. Ramen I had in Arizona are so far just average. Since this is served in food trucks? I had high expectations.I've been following them on Facebook to see where they might show up, and every time they come to my area, either I was out of town or already had lunch appointment. Finally I had a chance to try today... Every time I missed them, my expectation grew...Noodle was very nice with good ramen noodle texture. Unfortunately broth was a bit weak for my preference. It could just be my personal preference as I just ate really good ramen in San Francisco a few days ago, and some reviewers said they were salty. Ramen came with boiled egg and it was just hard boiled egg, not soft egg I like for ramen. Perhaps it doesn't do good to serve soft egg from food trucks.My friend had yakisoba and i got to taste a little from her plate. It tasted like real yakisoba.The chef was very friendly and nice.

This is probably one of the few stops I crave so much. I have followed their food truck for a couple years and to have they're own location close by is just amazing for me! The Yatai Ramen Bowl and Teriyaki chicken combo was just delicious. It was so much food that came with a side salad which was great! Finding out it takes about 20+ hours to make the broth that was just so flavorful. The handmade pork gyoza were so filling! Such a welcoming place,Definitely recommend!

Well, I guess it is about time to update this review and add a star because you can tell that these guys have gotten a working system down. They continue to show up somewhat regularly on Thursdays at Hayden Ferry office complex and when they do I always get a bowl of Ramen. Hot and delicious, you can tell they put a lot of care into their product. The wait times are not as bad it used to be. And I appreciate the new bowls so that I don't burn my hands trying to carrying it back to my office.

Well I wanted to try this food truck because they have Teriyaki Bowls not much of a Ramen or Noodle guy Give me Chicken Veggies and Rice any day! The chicken is great with the perfect balance of veggies and rice. Id recommend the Teriyaki Chicken bowl any day!!!

My girlfriend and I love following this Ramen cart to the various Japanese festivals they cater. The tonkotsu ramen is to die for. The pickled ginger and other toppings compliment the broth beautifully. It is the most authentic bowl of ramen I have had in AZ. The price is very reasonable as well.The curry is not as satisfying as the ramen, but still worth trying.

Went to the new location on University, ordered the Yatai Ramen, that was the best Tonkatsu broth I've ever tasted, finally a Ramen spot that didn't disappoint, plus Naruto was chilling

I attended the Food Truck Festival at Salt River about 2 years ago. We arrived early enough before the insane long lines. We were all happy to see this food truck at the festival. The bowl of ramen was decent. Ingredients were on the smaller portion end tho for the price. Broth was just ok since I'm used to the richer taste. It wasn't too bad for a food truck.