Kazama Ramen Bar

Kazama, doesn't he have a TV show. No wait, that's Karamo. Never mind. A cold windy day, soup day! I liked this little restaurant as soon as we walked in. Small, clean, nicely decorated. A very comfortable feel. Jia was handling all the customers. A fantastic, attentive, efficient waitress. Just a couple of folks in the restaurant when we walked in at 2PM. They kept coming. Last minute Christmas shoppers I suppose, taking a break for a late lunch. Pictures and descriptions of the appetizers had me drawn to the restaurant. The Harumaki and the Kazama Jalapeno Peppers. The Huramaki good. The Kazama Jalapeno Peppers were amazing, mind blowing little green trays of flavor. Crunchy, sweet, savory, spicey, rich. Appetizers were followed by a big delicious bowl of spicey chicken noodle soup for me and a boring vegetable Pad Thai for my wife. The soup was perfectly warming spicey and filling. Very good!Do not eat here without ordering the Kazama Jalapeno Peppers.Very enjoyable, excellent food, Kazama Ramen Bar is recommended. My hatred for Sriracha bottle nozzle boogers in Asian Restaurants is unrestrainable. See the pictures. Minus 1 star. Fortunately, the flavorful food did not need any help. Just clean the damn bottles. Who wants to use a condiment bottle with a big black booger dried on it?

My daughters wanted to try a ramen place they haven't been to yet and I have never been to one, so we came to Kazama, which is across the road from Woodland Hills Mall. The restaurant was small and quaint, it was lunchtime so they had most of their tables full of customers. The menus were printed in black and the overall lighting was done in lowlights, so it made it a little difficult to read the menu. We ordered gyoza for appetizers and they came out steaming hot, but super delicious! Two of us got the chicken shoyu bowls and did not have any complaints! Then the other order was the garlic chicken ramen bowl and it was just as delicious! We enjoyed our time together and the food. I am older and not really used to paying the prices we paid for bowls of ramen! I guess that would be my only reason for not giving 5 stars. For someone who was married young and had many ramen meals, the price was just a bit much for me.

Food was good! But restaurant has a bad odor and they have zero customer service skills. Solely based on our treatment, I will never again spend money here

Pretty delicious! Been here a few times. Enjoy the obiance. Fare amount of items on menu.

Nice small place with authentic mix of Japanese & Korean cuisine. Def my go to place. Customer service is always excellent. Very welcoming and genuine crew!

My husband and I were craving some ramen, and we had heard good things about Kazama! We started our meal off with some crab rangoons and they were crunchy and delicious (everything you would want in a crab/cream cheese Rangoon). I ordered the Garlic black bean ramen and it was really flavorful. The only downside to mine was that the pork was very dry and thin. My husband got the spicy miso ramen (I forgot to take a picture of his cause I was so excited to eat my ramen, so sorry guys), and he loved it! The service was kind and attentive, and the restaurant itself looked like a mid to upscale sushi restaurant, which is what we were looking for. We will be back (-:

Opened at 11am on a Saturday, walked in with my daughter. We loved it! The decor is nice, staff is friendly and the food is excellent. Good portions and taste excellent!

I know I shouldn't be doing this but I just had Tamashii a couple of days ago in OKC and now I can't help but to compare everything to the gold standard. If this was the first time I've been to a ramen bar, then I would give Kazama Ramen Bar a 4/5. So far, Kazama Ramen Bar is about the level as Ichitori Ramen in terms of the ramen, actually neck to neck, almost no difference between the two. I've tried the Tonkotsu ramen at both places. Broth tastes about the same, mildly creamy. The noodles of both places are a little hard, need a few minutes sitting to get softer. Pork bellies from both places are dry due to the high meat to fat composition. The best feature of both places happen to the the eggs in my personal opinion. Service is good at both places. Not much difference to me at all as I am happy with the service. Ichitori Ramen is more spacious and busier, although this may be location dependent and the time I dined in. The best feature of Kazama Ramen Bar for me is the Kazama jalapeño poppers which are stuffed jalapeño peppers with snow crab, masago, green onions and cream cheese drizzled with house made spicy mayo and eel sauce. The jalapeños are spicy which I love. I am serious they are spicy hot.If I offend people for comparing different ramen bars, I apologize in advance. Like I said, I can't help it because the difference is just too much. Like I've previously stated, you don't know what ramen really is until you've tried Tamashii. Love that place!

Went in at 12:30 on a Friday and not a single customer was in the restaurant. Darkly lit environment. Service was good but not great. Ordered the Gyoza for appetizer and it was average. Daughter didn't like any of the ramen choices so she ordered miso soup. I got the spicy miso ramen. Both were ok. Broth wasn't as flavorful as other ramen places in town and not much noodle and meat in the bowl. Overall, it's fine in a pinch but there are better ramen options including two less than a mile away.

Absolutely amazing ramen! The broth was rich and flavorful, and the noodles had the perfect texture. I tried the Tonkotsu Ramen, and it was easily one of the best I've had. The pork belly was melt-in-your-mouth delicious, and the soft-boiled egg was cooked to perfection. Great atmosphere and friendly staff--I'll definitely be coming back!"