Strings Ramen- Hyde Park

The broth was out of this world!!! Definately a must-go for ramen-lovers. Service was lovely & the vibe was good.

An extensive menu of ramen, chazuke, yakisoba noodles, poke bowls, and more! We tried their pork kurobata yakisoba noodles and the 2-topping poke bowl with spicy salmon and spicy scallop. The yakisoba was delicious was plenty of veggies, and it also came with a miso soup! The poke bowl was very refreshing, but a bit too salty. Our server was incredibly friendly and our food was brought out efficiently! They give you a water pitcher to refill your own water. I definitely want to try their boba next time, they serve it like it's from an actual boba shop with the sealed plastic cup! Plenty of seats inside, but most of them have no backing for back support. Cool plant decor!

RUDE and RACIST!My husband and I have gone here a few times, and we always get the same waiter. He is usually very short with us, not the friendliest, but the service is good enough. This time we went we got him again. As we were finishing up I asked him for a container for my leftovers. Usually, he would pack it up for me and bring it back in a bag. Today, he ignored my request for the container and asked if he could bring the check. Even though my husband was still eating, I agreed. He left and came back with the check and decided to tell my husband that the amount did not include the tip. My husband told him that he knew that already and gave him cash for the bill. He then had to then be reminded that I asked for a container. He brought it back, slammed it on the table, and didn't pack it up for me as he normally would. Then he stood by and watched me awkwardly pour noodles from a huge bowl into a deli container. I said all this to say that I've never felt welcome there, but I love their food, so I put that to the side. I forgot to mention that when we walked in every single table was full of dishes and there were only patrons at one other table. A table had to be cleaned off before we could sit down, so the restaurant was a mess. Again, something that probably would have bothered me had the visit not been so horrible. He basically treated us like we were about to dine and dash and would leave without leaving a tip. He's seen us before, and we've always been kind and left a tip even though the service wasn't as friendly as we would like it to have been. I'm so glad that Strngs has other locations becasue we will not go back to Hyde Park ever again.

Such a cute little spot in Hyde park with amazing ramen! I thought I didn't like ramen until I tried this place. Even for a vegetarian, they have plenty of options. I absolutely loved their sriracha broccoli which had SO much flavor I'm still dreaming about it. Highly recommend stopping by!

Was walking by and discovered Strings. Walked in to a friendly welcome. Ordered a tonkatsu Kura Buta replaced the pork belly with chicken and was so glad I did! They gave me 4 generous chicken breast medallions the size of the typical pork belly servings! I don't know how they made white meat so juicy! If you like chicken, I definitely recommend! The ramen was perfectly made and the broth thick and rich

So yummy , everything I have ordered is so delicious and fresh. I don't need to go to China town or wicker park for ramen

My daughter and I LOVE this place! I can't believe I haven't written a review until now. This past Monday was the 2nd birthday of hers we've spent there and it was amazing as usual. It's because of my now 17 year-old, that I love ramen on a different level. Years ago when she became an anime enthusiast, her interest in ramen grew a thousand-fold...and not just for the cheap grocery store packs we whipped up in 4-5 minutes in the microwave. Like, it's a whole movement. After an epic weekend of pre-partying with her friends, on her ACTUAL birthday, I was like, "Hey, let's get ramen, just me and you." We show up on a Monday evening and it was pretty packed, but we were able to get seated right away. Even though we usually order the same thing, they had two new Halloween ramen dishes on the menu--black and red tonkotsu ramen, so we dove in. Delicious, rich and spicy. The karaage we always order was crunchiliciously on point, as usual. Service is always fast and friendly, the vibe is always chill and the prices are great. They have a customer for life!

I had the red tonkotsu ramen with pork belly and vegetable pot stickers and my partner had seafood and koro buta ramen. The broth for my ramen was so buttery delicious with a slight kick that I loved and the pork belly melted in your mouth. My partners seafood was so fragrant and delicious. We ordered on arrival and it took about 15 minutes, the staff was friendly and helpful with our questions about the different ramens. It was a truly enjoyable experience. Can't wait to go again.

Four stars for the food.Two stars - maybe even one star - for the service.We came here on a Friday evening to take my daughter and her friends to dinner. There were seven of us in the group and the restaurant was not busy at all, so we were able to find a table right away. Someone brought us water and told us to scan the QR code to see the menu, then someone would come by to take our order. I prefer physical menus, but I've seen this electronic format become more common so I didn't think anything of it.So we made our selections and waited. And waited. And waited. We saw at least 3 people who appeared to be FOH staff walking back and forth but they never made eye contact and he had to literally wave and shout at someone to come take our order. They looked almost bewildered that we actually wanted to order food at a restaurant.Once we ordered, the food came out fairly quickly. We shared an order of wasabi string beans which was delicious. I had the black garlic tonkotsu ramen, which was overall excellent. The broth was rich and almost buttery, but the noodles weren't quite the right consistency. There was a decent-sized chunk of pork belly, but they could have been a little more generous with the vegetable. The egg was way overcooked - really, it shouldn't have been served at all. Other people liked their ramen as well - the level 3 "Hell Ramen" was a hit, but not nearly as spicy as was implied by their rating scale. Someone got the clams and pork over rice, a dish we hadn't encountered before, and this was also pretty good but maybe a little heavy on the salt.After we finished dinner, there was more waiting. No one seemed interested in bringing us the bill. I half suspect that we could have walked out of there without paying and nobody would have noticed. In the meantime, another group had been seated next to us and the waitress struck up a nice conversation with them - after bringing them a set of paper menus! I guess we didn't look like the type of group that deserved the courtesy of half-decent customer service.The final annoyance was the automatic 18% gratuity that was added for groups of 5 or more. Honestly, they didn't warrant that amount. We won't be back.

It is a very nice atmosphere with timely service. We tried the shio and miso ramen, vegetarian yakisoba, and edamame!