We are Southern Californians and had been on a cross-country roadtrip for almost 3 weeks. El Paso was one of our last stops on the way and we searched for Guy Fieri's visited restaurant list and found Kaemada. We had wonderful meals of BBQ, Southern, American and Mexican food but we started to miss our Ramen meals back home. This place was great. Ot had a youthful, edgy vibe with cozy and nice colorful decor. We ordered the Thicc Boi and Birria Ramen, and ordered sides of the Thai Peanut Cucumber Salad, and Pork buns. The salad was a nice appetizer. We wished we had this back home. The dressing tasted peanutty with black sesame seeds and a nice acid balance. Kaemada's Ramen has El Paso influences. The broth had full bodied flavor, the meat was cut thicker with grilled char! Please also try the Birrea Ramen! We eat Birria broth and tacos at home and this ramen bowl was a great marriage of the 2 dishes. The thick cut and grilled char feature was also included in the pork bun. It was so tasty and satisfying with the thick pork cut, which I often thought was too thin anyways in the original version. They took the best El Paso meat flavor and Japanese presentation influences to make Kaemada's dish unique and their own. Don't expect the delicate and refined dashi broth Japan has. Be open to the bold flavors of the pork and broth. Expect a Southwest and Japanese fusion of robust and evolved flavors. Personally, I like firm noodles so request it cooked this way. Izzy, our server was friendly and attentive. She made our meal there more pleasant. Don't forget to order the Yuzu Cheesecake, light and not so sweet with a strong presence of Yuzu. A great finish to our meal. 10/10. read more

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This place was a little tiny restaurant with big flavor and great service. We were 3 and we all ordered different things and each of us could not stop talking about how much we loved our food. I had the chicken ramen and the flavor was delicious. We had a 20 minute wait but it was worth the wait. read more

Kaedama - Tonkotsu - Ramen Near Me - El Paso, Texas

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Kaedama is one of those hidden West Side standouts that feels equal parts divey and hipster cool. Tiny spot up in the hills with limited seating inside and out, but big on flavor and personality. Think sushi burritos, birria ramen, and even veggie + vegan options -- all the fun twists you don't expect but absolutely love. It's always busy (for good reason), but totally worth the wait. Such a vibe. read more

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Food, amazing. Service, outstanding (thank you McKenzie!) Ambiance, so quaint. Hole in the wall type vibes, delicious ramen and a very personable and helpful server. I ordered the thicc boi ramen ($16), my girlfriend got the miso thicc($12), and we each got an order of buns for an appetizer. Pork ($8) for me, tofu ($7.50) for her. By the time I left I had the itis, I was so full. Portion sizes were generous and I can't say enough about how flavorful it was. They do this thing where they char the pork belly slices a little bit and the char winds up in the broth and the flavor is just magnificent. HIGHLY recommend, would definitely go back. Whole meal was $52 plus tip. read more

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We love this place and the food is delicious but we got burnt goyzas. It was very sad to open the box and they were burnt. read more

Kaedama - Burnt goyzas - Ramen Near Me - El Paso, Texas

Came across Kaedama on IG and just HAD to try it cause of the name. I read reviews prior to coming so I knew it was a smaller joint, and the reviews definitely are correct. The restaurant is a cute, small little spot close to downtown El Paso. Parking is free if you can find a spot along the street in front of the restaurant. If not then there is street parking around the corner but you will have to pay, which was the case for us. Kaedama is a snug little restaurant, inside they have a decent amount of table. Unfortunately we came right when they opened so they were packed for lunch. Only option for seating was in their outdoor patio. Not too bad since the weather was a bit cooler than normal for El Paso. Our waiter was quick to get our drink and food order. He also came around a couple times to check on us so no complaints there. I ordered the pork buns for appetizer and the hot babe for ramen. My husband tried the thicc boi ramen, which I'm assuming is one of their popular items since I heard at least 2 other tables ordering it as well. The pork buns were good! They season the pork very well, the sauce is very soy sauce heavy and you can taste the sodium right off the bat. As for the ramen, I'd definitely try their tonkotsu next time. I should have read the menu better, then I would have realize the broth is a soy sauce broth. I usually prefer a more creamy broth. But that's on me for not reading better. Overall I'd say the hot babe is good though. I got level two spice and it was perfect! Not too spicy but not too mild either. I'd give this place a solid 4 stars. It is a bit cramped both inside and out. The pork buns and ramen definitely had a strong soy sauce punch to both. I love that the meat in both the buns and ramen were seasoned heavily. Gave a lot of flavor. Would definitely recommend Kaedama if you're looking for a ramen spot in El Paso! read more

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I love this place, such great ramen at a great price. I came here right when they opening & there was still a line. Make sure to come early if you don't want a wait. Service was very fast & friendly. Indoor & outdoor seating are nice & cute. I got the tonkatsu ramen which was delicious with some chili oil. Love coming here read more

Kaedama - Tonkotsu - Ramen Near Me - El Paso, Texas

The best ramen place in El Paso. It's nice and perfect for a day when your craven ramen. (Only bad thing is the Birria ramen I ordered did not have much birria at all.) Service is nice people are friendly and helpful. The ambiance is nice me and my wife loved it. read more

I really tried to criticize something about this ramen, but I couldn't. I ordered the Thicc Boi (12hr soy sauce pork broth, scallions, Double chashu (braised pork belly), 3 pork gyozas, may (blackened garlic oil), whole soft-boiled egg). Everything was excellent. The broth was light and tasty (and I added chili oil for spice). I loved how there was a pound of scallions in the bowl. The braised pork belly was so fatty and delicious. Seriously, this was the best ramen I have ever had. My only complaint is how I wish I had more. read more

Kaedama - Thicc Boi - Ramen Near Me - El Paso, Texas

Whoa, what a let down! Because this stuff looks AMAZING!! The broth is really salty and has wayyyyy too much miso to be a Tonkatsu this was just not good at all. The noodles were the best part but when it comes to ramen the broth is my favorite part. Broth just taste like salty soy sauce with water. I'm sorry AND THE EGG WAS COLD AND STIFF ASF. Only reason it's getting two stars is because presentation is bomb. And the service was quick and easy. read more

Visiting El Paso and wanted to try this place out. Boy oh boy they did not disappoint! This is by far one of the best Ramen spots I've ever had. They had double portions of the meat, green onions, and even came with three additional Gyoza. The broth was very flavorful and came out nice and hot. I asked for garlic chili oil on the side which kicked the flavor up a notch. The inside is very small, but they do offer outside seating that is covered and shaded. All of the servers are extremely friendly, and the food came out fast. I might move to El Paso just to go to this place more often. read more

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Note: Kind of a self proclaimed ramen snob from years of eating great Ramen living in Los Angeles (as well as eating fantastic Ramen in Japan). Bottom line: Kaedama means "more noodles" - don't even try one noodle. To get a seat is a 30 minute wait - once you get a seat it takes another 20minutes for the water to saunter by to ask if yould like something to drink - the menu is limited - we just gave him our entire order. This Ramen shop was not worth the wait- bowel had overcooked noodles, little brothe that had poor dashi. The tonkatsu had a chunk of pork belly that was so thick, hard and overcooked with burnt char that ruined the flavor of any/everything in the bowl. The boiled egg was not appetizing and so small and poorly cooked that it was almost unrecognizable. Unfortunately ordered side of pork tips and pork belly thinking they would be delicious and melt in your mouth - hardly! This cook must have been from Famous Dave's since this meat was BBq style and overcooked with a black burnt char, hard as a rock and had a Smokey BBQ sauce that was not Japanese at all. Sadly ordered pork goyzas appetizer - again Chernobyl style and fried beyond recognition with little taste. Don't even try the sushi appetizer - just awful, a mound of salty brown rice with minced red something sitting on top - absolutely no flavor. Everything was too salty - the smell of that over grilled charred meat overpowered any taste of the food in the Ramen. Not worth the wait. Poor service entering, during and just trying to pay the bill at the end. This is not the only Ramen shop in ElPaso and any raves are probably by folks who don't know great Ramen. Sorry Kaedama, thumbs down. read more

We found a fly on our food! we order a chicken noodle soup through Doordash, for my pregnant wife that was feeling unwell lately and she was expecting a delicious meal but instead she found the fly and immediately threw up, you should've been more careful with the food! read more

Kaedama - Hot Babe - Ramen Near Me - El Paso, Texas

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Flies everywhere. The server didn't even acknowledge our table for over twenty minutes. I had to go ask for service for basic water. They forget the water and brought out the appetizer before. Horrible. read more

Got the hot babe spice level 1. Broth was flavorful. Black garlic oil upped the umami. It came with a charred piece of chashu pork that had a faint taste of sweet bbq sauce. It was fresh. The noodles were bouncy and chewy. The shoyu egg was nicely boiled, creamy with some shredded pork jerky on top. The wood ear fungus added a nice crunchy contrast. Overall a very satisfying bowl of ramen. And if you dine-in, they give you an extra bowl of noodles on the side! You won't walk away hungry. read more

Kaedama - Free kaedema (extra noodles) for the leftover broth - Ramen Near Me - El Paso, Texas

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Best ramen Ive ever had and i've traveled everywhere. Such a hidden gem absolutely delicious

It's been 2 years since my original review, we decided to go today and was very excited to have some Ramen, needless to say we found a long black hair in our Ramen and was absolutely disgusted! My son asked for them to remove the ramen from our ticket but by then we had both lost our appetite...the waitress did say she was sorry, unfortunate all the wait staff is very young and most of the female staff had long hair, they should be either wearing hair nets or putting their hair up..... The entire ticket should have been comped because we didn't even touch it after the hair incident! Omg!!!! So totally bummed - As we left the place they were have a nice day, like if nothing had ever happened....ugh...‍‍‍‍ read more

Kaedama - Menu descriptions - Ramen Near Me - El Paso, Texas

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Overall: 4.8/5 (dine in) We came on a Monday night so we were seated immediately. I do recommend they get a light up sign for the restaurant name since we almost missed it when we turned onto the street. There's plenty of metered parking in front and around the area. The menu is a QR code which they have ready on your table. They are really attentive and always refilled my water when it was near empty then even asked if we were ready for the check once we were done eating. Both ramen we had were really satisfying, full of umami, & balanced. They gave a generous amount of toppings as well. After eating the ramen, I still needed to get something sweet to clean my palette since drinking 3 cups of water wasn't enough so the sodium level must be off the charts :/ Hot Babe ($12): I got spice level 2 which is what the waiter recommended if you can eat spicy food and boy was it spicy. The broth was flavorful and intense thanks to the spiciness. It was pretty heavy so I couldn't drink all of the broth, and I did get bloated afterwards. The noodles had a great texture, and the meat was delicious. The soft boiled egg is also really good since they marinated it. Would recommend to my spicy lovers out there. Thicc Boi ($16): This ramen is a bit more expensive since it comes with an extra piece of chashu, an extra half soft boiled egg, and 3 pieces of gyoza but it was worth it! The gyoza was crispy and flavorful so eat those first. Their chashu is made differently and so freaking good! It's less fatty with more meat but it's not dry at all. I usually don't like my husband's ramen when I try it after my spicy one but this one was pretty good. It had enough umami as well and didn't clash with my taste buds. read more

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Great food, amazing service! Always so welcoming and answered questions about the menu! read more

Kaedama - Ramen Near Me - El Paso, Texas

I was very excited for this spot based on reviews and the wait line. But was very disappointed at the food itself . Appetizers were the best thing on the menu by far !!! I ordered the miso babe Spicy but couldn't finish even half . Food was drenched in salt and I couldn't finish it . Atmosphere was nice but overall a place to go for experience not food for me . read more

Kaedama - Miso babe - Ramen Near Me - El Paso, Texas

I would given Cero stars. We went for dinner, party of 6. The place was empty, 3 tables and 30 tables available, they wouldn't sit us until the whole party was here, they didn't even offer to sit us, they were rude when we inquired, the "blonde" she male was super rude. Since when an empty place has this rules. Beware, don't come here. MANY options in rl Paso. read more

People that left ratings under 5 stars are either grouchy Karen's or typed in the wrong restaurant. I've been going here for 3-4 years pretty consistently now and I can say this place is the most consistent, most delicious place in El Paso. Store is small but homey in a way, music playing is always a vibe (unless you're older than 30), service is always A++. Can't find another place in El Paso that has this level on consistency, super dope place. read more

Kaedama - Ramen Near Me - El Paso, Texas

Had the hot babe with the pork gyoza as an appetizer and finished with a strawberry and green tea mochi, Hot babe with pork broth with a spice level of 4 got the job done and had me basking in the glory days of my beer belly, pork gyoza had a subtle chewyness finished with pork on the inside was an abdominal delicacy. service had me in a chokehold but I managed to almost finish my food. Perfect place to take a person to on a first date. read more

Amazing Ramen! I've been wanting to try this place for months now but it's always been packed. We finally decided to stop by and brave the wait, imagine our surprise when we were seated immediately (as a group of 4 at 6pm!). The baby sushi cakes were bomb. I would have liked the plate clean had I not been with proper company. Even after my ramen was served, I kept going back for rice cramps. I definitely recommend them as an appetizer. As for the ramen.. wow. It was great! I do wish it was spicier considering I ordered a level 3 spicy ramen, but the flavor was still stupendous. The birria ramen was out of this world, or so I was told by my dinner companions. The sushi burrito was also great but I was told it wasn't very filing for those with larger appetites, so they recommend ordering 2 of them or a larger appetizer. read more

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AMAZING, this ramen had me so full there was so much flavor and deliciousness in that food, the waitresses were so nice and amazing very attentive glasses never went empty! We were outside but the establishment itself but it is a small place, one thing tho is idk why people were complaining about the flies outside.... You're outside you're in the elements it's gonna happen lol but regardless would definitely come back here! Had a wonderful date with my husband read more

Kaedama - Big boy Hot Babe - Ramen Near Me - El Paso, Texas

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We were really excited to come here since the photos looked amazing. We opted to sit in the small quaint outdoor space next to the restaurant to enjoy the nice weather. The servers are very nice and friendly, they checked up on us to make sure our water is filled. The noodles are cooked perfectly al dente, eggs perfectly ooey gooey, chashu is one of the best I've had. The only complaint is that the salt level is through the roof. It's at least 3 times saltier than what it should be. I went through 2 full glass of water while eating and couldn't finish it. The broth could also use a bit more porky flavor and more body. read more

Kaedama - Tonkotsu Ramen - Ramen Near Me - El Paso, Texas

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This is the BEST place to get your ramen at! Absolutely amazing! It was first time here and I loved it. Place was clean snd the servers were nice! Don't even get me started on the food...100/100!!!! They even offer to give you free noodles on the house once you have finished with your bowl! Amazing!!! Definitely coming here again. read more

Kaedama - Hot Babe - Ramen Near Me - El Paso, Texas

The food was great! The service was okay and the restaurant was tiny. Hopefully they get a bigger place.

The food is delicious . The pork buns were my favorite. The service was wonderful. Our server, Mauci was a top tier. Overall, we had a great experience. The vibes are chill, it almost feels like I was in Japan for some reason even though Ive never been LOLOL read more

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I have been to Kaedama probably around 8 time snow and decided to give a review down to 4 stars mostly for the flavor of the food. The customer service is always really great and the music is probably the best I've heard in a restaurant in El Paso. However, it's been very consistent that the food is just okay. The noodles that I usually get seem to be soggy and the broths are very inconsistent in their depth of flavor. I won't lie, it pains me to take this staraway because I thoroughly enjoy this restaurant, but I have to be true to the scale. I still highly recommend that everyone try, but it is honestly not the best Ramen that I've ever had. read more

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Usually really like this place but for whatever reason this time they left me and the person i came with unattended for 30 min while everyone else around us got served, ended up just leaving just paid for the soda read more

I thought this place was just okay. It's not something I'd ever crave again. Don't get me wrong, it was good, but not mind blowing. I prefer El Cuartito at Montecillo because of their innovativeness. Kaedama is good ramen. If you've never had ramen it's a good place to start. Enjoy! read more

Both dishes are so good. Youth culinary talent at its finest The pork belly is coated in a sweet glaze. So amazing read more

Kaedama - Dipping Ramen and Hot Babe - Ramen Near Me - El Paso, Texas

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Small little place but you will be pleased worth their Ramen. Only drawback is they don't open till noon. The pork gyozas are delicious. The Tonkatsu worth the moist pork belly was straight outta this world. You can tell it's been simmering over night. Probably I've of the mostblegit tasting Ramen spots. read more

I arrived just after opening and was lucky enough to find a seat as the restaurant was full within 30 mins. It's a smaller space but that just added to the coziness they advertise. I ordered the Thicc Boi and was not disappointed one bit. This ramen was full of flavor and not at all too salty, as some other reviews have mentioned. I had to try the Yuzu cheesecake as I've never had it before. The cheesecake was creamy, and satisfied my sweet tooth. Great desert to share with two or even by yourself! read more

Kaedama - Yuzu cheesecake. - Ramen Near Me - El Paso, Texas

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Delicious food. Unique ramen selection and great appetizers. Wonderful service and the food came fast. read more

Kaedama - Pork gyozas - Ramen Near Me - El Paso, Texas

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My friend took me to Kaedama when visiting her in El Paso. The place gives cozy vibes and staff is very welcoming. I got tofu veggie ramen (don't remember the name of it), I have to say this wasn't the best ramen I've had since I asked for spicy level to be hot and I couldn't taste spice in it. Also there wasn't much flavor in it. But their rice bowls with tofu and scallions were good and had a good flavor. The service was fast and friendly. It gets busy during dinner time. read more

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We finally tried this cute local place and loved it! No surprise that we've seen a line out the door. Prices were reasonable and the ramen and dumplings were delicious. The wait staff was friendly and warm. This will become a regular place for us. read more

Stopped in to try something different in EP and this place is one of them. It's tucked in, don't blink cause you'll miss it, so don't forget Got in at bout 2ish got seated drinks, and order in and out in 30min or less. It was clean and smelled so delicious the menu was nice and simple. Easy to read our order was a tonkotsu OMG the broth was so good, so so good and the noodles was like S&S saimin, braised pork belly, fish cake, mushrooms, and green onions. Edamame was good too. Oh get this the name means free noodles, that's only if you still have broth and eat it in, I couldn't 1 bowl was good enough for me. Give it try read more

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We loved their take on Ramen. This was honestly one of the best bowls of ramen I've ever had. We ordered the Thicc Boy, Tonkatsu and the Hot Babe. All of their ramen bowls came loaded with thick cut slices of pork, gyoza, egg, fish cake, green onions and mushrooms. Each of the different broths were so rich and flavorful. There is a lot going on in their broth, but each one was so good. I tried all three of them and I can't tell you which was one was the best, because they were all amazing! read more