Santa Ramen

Santa Ramen is a ramen restaurant San Mateo located in United States.

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  • Phone

    (650) 344-5918

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  • Type

    Ramen Restaurant

Address

1944 S El Camino Real (at W 20th Ave) San Mateo , CA 94403 United States

Reservations No
Credit Cards Yes
Outdoor Seating No
Menus Brunch, Lunch, Dinner

Comments / 73


Keywords:

ramen pork chicken karaage stew lively great value spicy food casual garlic miso corn curry lines Bay dinner lunch soy sauce seaweed cabbage nori
Chefs Feed

"Keep it simple with the soy broth and order extra menma (bamboo shoots ). You must add citron peel, too." Chef Tim Luym Read more

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Get here 30 min before opening and get in line . Service is a hit or miss. Stewed pork belly garlic ramen is delicious with corn and dried garlic .

Stefan Thoss

Go for the soy bean (miso ) flavored Ramen and make it spicy . Very flavorful and worth the wait.

L J

Stewed pork ???? w/ pork broth = ???? Pork cheek ???? w/ garlic pork broth = ???? Agadashi tofu is so-so. Chicken karage is pretty good.

Joshua Nguyen

Yes, it's as good as the line says it is. Play with your phone, talk with your hungry friends and wait. And no talking when the bowl of goodness is placed in front of you - just slurp and give thanks.

Kat

The pork cheek meat ramen bowls are a good deal ! Just $1.25 more than the originals and there's a lot more stuff in it! I liked the pork flavor one!

Gnat Brain

An OG ramen spot. Pork belly often runs out but the cheek's pretty darn good. Love the fresh tofu appetizer .

Brian Strauss

Mixed feelings. The cheek meat in the cheek-meat ramen was a delicious morsel of porky candy . Unfortunately I found the ramen and broth to be a bit bland.

Millie

Get there early right before they open to avoid the long, long wait . If you have a kid who sits in high chair , bring your own travel portable high chair because they only have two highchairs on site.

Pauline

One of the best Ramen places in the Bay Area. #ramen #santaramen #food #foodporn

Patrick Wang

Ramen is decent . I would come as early as possible because it is really busy . A lot of people !! You must get the chicken karaage .

Kerry Snyder

Black garlic pork ramen . It won't beat Parlor or Dojo, but you already knew that.

jansen c

Good ramen but be there early before they run out of their most popular items!!

Runqiu Cai

Pork belly ramen with garlic pork broth . Add fresh seaweed

Edlyn Yuen

Long lines , but they move quickly. Worth it! Try the garlic ramen .

Melissa Thorne

The line is intensely long at lunch (60 min?) You'd do best to come well before noon or for a pretty late lunch .

Taro Kurosawa

 They used to serve very good ramen at their previous location. It was worth to wait long, but they obviously sacrifice the quality of their ramen to serve more people.

Brian Nguyen

Santa ramen, dojo, and parlor are all owned by the same people and have mostly the same menu. Santa & dojo are closed tuesdays, parlor mondays.

Carissa Massongill

Cheek meat miso regular spicy . ????

Gilberto Martinez

Gotta do the Pork belly . I recommend Garlic sauce . So good!

Benedict Corpuz

Try the new Garlic Pork Ramen , or even better, get it Deluxe Style.

Alex Hagelis

Best Ramen in the Bay Area! Pork belly is amazing!

Salvador Aguilar

Pork cheek ramen with garlic pork flavor !!

Caley Roberts

Pork flavor roasted pork extra noodles extra nori is the way to go. If you are brave throw in some corn or napa cabbage and mushrooms

Larry Chen

Great stewed pork belly !

Raymond Beckner

Order one of three broths; Soy Sauce , Pork , or Miso flavors and then add any extras. I recommend Pork with curry and fresh seaweed !

Jon Narong

Great ramen but someone needs to teach the staff a lesson in agile

Benedict Corpuz

Here's a tip, or Can you handle the whole thing? ;)

Jacquelin Ho

Been coming here since 2008?? Yum

Josh W

Get there early for the stewed pork ; they regularly run out of it.

Dev

Shoyu (soy sauce ) Ramen w/pork and Kimchi

Bernadette

Try the Deluxe Garlic Pork Ramen - #flavorful, #greatramen

Sherry Li

Pork cheek ramen is awesome!

Sean

The extras are awesome. Order a few.

Jessy Dela fuente

Stewed Pork soy sauce & chicken karage my fave! <3

Andy Wang

It's ok but I much prefer the sister restaurant Ramen Dojo or Himaware.

Sidy Diop Diop

that look good i will visite there maybe is look deluxe

Benedict Corpuz

If you're using a fork or holding your chopsticks less than 2/3s down, #youredoingitwrong

Y Ge

Try the Pork Cheek Soy Sauce Ramen -

Bkwm J

Pork flavor / miso toppings + extra cabbage & mushroom

Susan Outlaw

Pork ramen miso topped with kimchi , your mouth will thank you

Amanda S

Come early!!' By 7pm they may run out of the good ramen

Rhia R.

Deluxe garlic pork ramen , mild spicy . NOM.

Grant Helton

You order before you sit, so be ready!

Celeste Wong

Not too long of a wait on weeknights. Come early before they run out of pork cheek .

Risa Ginete

Come early. There was only 1 of 3 choices of ramen left. Be aware there is a minimum charge of 7.95 per person (like cover at the club)

Kelley L.

Always ask what is available because they run out of soy sauce too and might not tell you beforehand.

Jaren S

New! Garlic Pork ....Amazing!!!

Gnat Brain

Stewed pork . 'Nuff said.

Angela Yokota

Try the Deluxe Pork Ramen

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