Ramen 101 SAN LEANDRO - Ramen restaurant in San Leandro - 699 Lewelling Blvd #178, USA

I order to go a couple items from the menu, the Black Garlic Ramen, Kara-age and gyoza. I opted to make the ramen spicy it wasn’t spicy at lot had a lot of flavor but it tasted something kinda burnt so I’m not sure if that it’s always like that or not but over all I did like the ramen. The chicken Kara-age was so good specially when it was dipped in the spicy mayo. The gyoza were really good crunchy but soft and lots of flavor.

The price on the ramen keeps going up and now it’s $16 for a bowl, plus I bought the chicken karaage for $10 and it taste like old oil and I can’t even take another bite. This is a complete waste of money. I tried to continue to support this restaurant over and over again but it keeps getting worse. They seem to not care about their customers hard earned money.

I would consider this more fast food quality. Good flavor ramen and super cheap, but lacks a little depth. Just a warning, the setup of this restaurant is super weird. It looks like it would be self serve but it’s not. You have to put your name down on the list to wait for a table; when your table is ready you go to the counter to order and pay and they bring your food to your table. Interesting concept. Gotta get your own chopsticks and napkins. Ordered the black garlic ramen medium spicy and added an egg. The broth was good but the noodles were too soft for my taste. I would pass on be chicken karaage and the agedashi tofu.

We visited Ramen101 today during the lunch time. Their staffs are very friendly and I guess most of them are very young( around 18 ~20 year-old),so please be nice to them. We ordered the non-spicy Shoyu Ramen, non-spicy Seafood Ramen, and a new appetizer Garlic squids. All of them are look good and taste good! Definitely will visit next time.

We had black garlic ramen and to katsu ramen with takoyaki and spam masubi. It was 4pm and our food came out incredibly fast. That being said, the garlic is normal garlic, not fermented black garlic. The rice with the masubi was dry. The ramen tasted great. The pork was sliced thick and was satisfying. The octopus balls were soft on the inside and there's a piece of octopus in the very middle. I'd go again but skip the spam. We sat outside. Parking is convenient and staff is friendly and efficient.

WHY THIS PLACE SHOULD BE A THREE: (I tried two bowls to compare) - This may be the best in the area, but I’ve tasted better quality and flavor elsewhere. I can taste the carelessness in their soup base. - Tastes bland and plain. Nearly tastes like water in comparison to authentic ramen. - Too expensive. $25 a bowl. - Smells plain. - No music in-store. - Employees are nice and sweet. Try bowls other than the Seafood and Chicken.

Not tasty anymore and the food getting smaller portion. The cashier was so stingy I ordered two ramen and she just gave me 1 side chilly oil. She said one order one chilly oil. And I ordered two why she gave one? Rude! Look urself to the mirror u are two white in ur male up 😂

If I could give less than 1 star, that would be my actual star rating. This place was EXTREMELY DISSAPOINTING. One minute after placing my order, my ramen was brought to my table. The texture of the noodles was off, and the broth was no better than water. My grilled squid was cold and chewy. The meal was so bad that I couldn't even finish it. I will never step foot in that place again.