Such a friendly experience! We came in after a rainy morning soccer game, looking for somewhere warm and cozy near Cal State San Marcos. We had three bowls of ramen, gyoza, edamame, and a chicken teriyaki bowl for my son. He likes his food very plain--no sauce, onions, or extras--so his order was a little different from ours. His meal came out separately, a little late, and the owner was genuinely bothered that everything hadn't arrived together. She kept apologizing. We kept telling her it was totally fine, but she really cared about making sure we were taken care of. The restaurant is small and cozy; the food was good, the service was very friendly, and the restroom was clean. We'd definitely come back if we're in the area again. Recommend! read more

Ramen Mik in San Marcos brings tasty and fresh Japanese Sapporo style ramen to the San Marcos area. With this being my first visit I always love to ask the server their most popular dishes that customers love. For small bites she said the Pork Gyoza is the most popular appetizer so I had to try it. The pan fried edges made for a wonderful texture as well as the pork filling. Definitely a great way to start the meal. For the my main entree she recommend I try the BST signature ramen that features a Sio Tonkotsu Base with Black Umami Garlic Oil. For a first timer at Ramen Mik this was an excellent choice with its rich, creamy broth surrounded by fresh garlic, stir fried vegetables, green onion and ginger. The noodles were fresh and had an excellent bite to them. It was a very tasty bowl of ramen and I recommend trying the BST. Overall great first time experience at Ramen Mik as service was great, plenty of seating and parking making it very accessible. Can't wait to come back and try their other dishes such as Japanese curry, beef bowls and tonkatsu. read more

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Cute & delicious! I'm rarely out this way, but loved dropping in after having it bookmarked for months (years?!) The space is clean and nicely decorated. Great choice for a solo lunch, like myself. The menu has all the hits, so I went with the BST ramen. I loved that it came out piping HOT. Super hot!! It really kept its warmth for most of the meal too, this is such a clutch part to good ramen many restaurants overlook. Flavors were amazing. Service was friendly and prompt. Will definitely return for more of these solo lunches! read more

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Friendly fast service in a clean strip mall restaurant. I love their treehugger vegetarian ramen. Everyone in our party enjoyed their Ramen dishes. read more

Ramen Mik - Ramen Near Me - San Marcos, California

I love this place. It's very comfortable. It's very neighborly. The waitresses are always nice and the man that cooks always nice too. I like how they all say hello when you walk in. I love the soups. If you don't feel good this is the place to go, very flavorful and it seems to be the cure for any kind of problem. read more

Ramen Mik - Idk but it was good comfort food and pretty to look at - Ramen Near Me - San Marcos, California

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Excellent food with just the right level of spice. Everything we ordered hit the mark -- flavorful, balanced, and satisfying without being heavy. Highlights for us were the pork belly skewer (perfectly grilled with great char and juicy texture), animal-lover ramen with its rich, creamy broth, and the miso hot ramen which had a nice spicy kick without being overpowering. We also loved the cucumber salad -- light, refreshing, and a great contrast to the richer dishes -- plus crispy karaage and brussels sprouts that were done right. Great variety, bold flavors, and we left satisfied but not stuffed. Exactly the kind of Japanese comfort food experience we look for. We'll definitely be back. read more

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I walked in to two women running this lovely place. I ordered for takeout ( I'm terrible with chop sticks and was HUNGRY). I needed space to slurp and smack. I ordered the Me So Hot Ramen and mizuna green salad because I was craving ramen and something spicy. The salad looked good so I ordered that as well. I got back to my hotel and assembled my meal. The ramen was GREAT! I clumsily used those chopsticks and drank the broth upon completion. I love ramen and my usual concern is lack of spice when the menu says spicy. Not only was it spicy, it had depth and wonderful umami flavor. 10/10 experience. read more

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Close to hotel so made a trip here. I probably should've ordered ramen since that's in their name but I went with gyudon (beef bowl). The staff was very nice and helpful. The place has a good number of seats/tables and the place is bright. The gyudon also came with miso soup. The gyudon (I mean the beef) was very similar to a chain beef bowl place. The flavor of the broth was good but there was too much broth so eating it with chopsticks was difficult so I ended up using the ramen soup spoon. read more

Ramen Mik - Gyudon - Ramen Near Me - San Marcos, California

Ramen was vert tasty! I am definitely coming back frequently for lunch. Service was good, and location is nice, well kept. read more

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My to-go bowl was prepared very quickly. Was a reasonable price for how big the bowl is. It lasted me 2 meals and was absolutely delicious. The person who took our order was nice as well read more

I came here with my daughter and it was delicious - great broth, chew on the ramen noodles. And service was lovely!

Pretty solid ramen place! The service was quick and both ramen we tried had good flavor. They have pretty unique beers available as well. It's a small restaurant but when we went for Thursday dinner they weren't busy at all. read more

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Must try Ramen place in San Marcos, I love their ramen and the fried squid. Service is Amazing. Will keep coming back to this place. Thanks Ramen Mik staff, keep up the good work read more

Got the BST (Black Garlic? More like 'Where's the Garlic?' situation), but hey, the noodles were on point, springy, savory, and honestly the MVP of this bowl. The egg? Looked like it lost a fight with a toddler's fingernails--mangled but still edible. And the chashu... well, let's just say if flavor were currency, this pork would be bankrupt. Zero fat, zero punch, all texture. Solid 3.5 stars: I'd slurp it again only if ramen cravings hit hard and my usual spots are closed but honestly, I'd probably walk two blocks over for something with more soul (and actual black garlic). Still, props for the noodle game. [5/5 for effort, 2/5 for garlic truth in advertising] read more

Flavor of everything ordered was to my liking. I liked everything from the chicken jidori ramen to the homemade gyoza. It was very well worth my drive to try out this new place . Service was great and restaurant was not busy at the time of my visit. Can't wait to come back soon :) read more

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Best katsu curry in San Diego! All other dishes are legit Japanese standards as well. Happy to have a restaurant like this in our hood!

GREAT ramen! I tried the Me So Delight and the Show You. Balanced flavored and very tender pork both times. Simply excellent.

Meh... came in for lunch today. The dining room is super cute. And the waitress was really nice, but the food...Oishikunai yo!!! Totemo Mazui desu yo!!! If you don't speak/read Japanese the food was AWFUL. We ordered the Karaage, Miso Hot ramen, and Miso Delight ramen. The chicken karaage was more like shoe leather. It was so hard to eat, and flavorless. The ramen broths were tasty, but the pork and egg in the soup were both ICE COLD. And the ramen noodles were cut into very short little pieces. This is the ULTIMATE CARDINAL SIN of ramen noodles. They are meant to be very long strands, so that you can slurp them up with unbridled glee. Not these noodles-in-name-only. I seriously don't cut my 3 year old's spaghetti into strands as short as I had in my "soup" today. Having spent two years living, working, and eating in Japan, perhaps this makes me a little picky, but there is very excellent ramen in the North Country, and I will not be returning to Ramen Mik. read more

Ramen Mik - Miso (Me So) Hot. Super MEH...! - Ramen Near Me - San Marcos, California

I am so pleased that we tried this place! We got the fried rice and each tried the spicy ramen. The fried rice is amazing and I highly recommend it. It has those little charry, crispy bits we know and love in good fried rice. That with a runny egg on top would be my dream breakfast (or lunch...or dinner... or snack...). The spicy ramen was just delightful. Not overwhelmingly spicy at all, but just enough to let you know it's there. The noodles were delicious and the pork was so incredibly tender. We had this delivered and the packaging was so clever and thoughtful to keep the noodles and broth separate until ready to eat. Absolutely recommend! read more

Meh.. Peppers had a weird taste The pork gyoza were ok I had the cock a do .. and it was cup a noodle with an egg .. hubs had the miso and the meat was a poor quality..fatty We're order green tea.. thinking it would be a pot .. it was a cup with a tea bag. Service was good and quick Music was low key so you can have a conversation. Over priced for what you get. Unfortunately won't be on my stop by again list. read more

I have visited this place several times. First time was hopeful. What followed were good, OK and terrible. Lately, deterioration. It got so bad I told the owner. She was horrified and said she'll look into it. After that, I gave it two month, and returned. This one last time, the worst. The dish I am talking about is tonkatsu. Meat? Poor, thin and hard. The crust does not even stay on it. Deep fried inconsistently. It just does not even look appetizing. I always wonder who cooks this stuff. Does this person know what tonkatsu should look like? And to add insult to injury, the rice? Terrible. I don't know how they cook it. If you get decent rice and cook it properly in a Japanese rice cooker, you can't make bad rice. Yet, this one was cold and brittle. I am not sure if there is a Japanese person in the kitchen. If yes, he or she would be embarrassed to serve this dish. After getting burned so many times, it's time for me to finally severe ties with this place. No issue with service. In today's market, price is acceptable. Cleanliness? Pass. read more

Nice place. Ordered tonkatsu to go and was not disappointed. It was so good that I even forgot to take a picture of my food. Anyway, highly recommended. If I'm in the area again, I would definitely stop by. Service was fast too read more

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Very upsetting. I ordered fried rice and it was very mushy, it was just rice with oil. I honestly enjoy fried rice but this one had WAAAAY too many onions. I usually enjoy gyoza but the gyoza tasted like pure raw onion. Very upset and couldn't finish my food. Also the waiter was very rude and impatient. DO NOT GO!' waste of money. read more

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Service was wonderful and the food was delicious! Highly recommend the pork gyoza. You could tell it was handmade. read more

Ramen Mik - Cook Cock a Noodle Doo Ramen - Ramen Near Me - San Marcos, California

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I ordered the Me So Hot Ramen for lunch through DoorDash delivery from Ramen Mik. It was my first time trying this restaurant. The ramen was absolutely delicious! I love the amount of veggies in the ramen, the boiled egg, and I also included soy meat which I enjoyed. It arrived quickly and pleasantly hot. I can't comment on the ambiance of Ramen Mik's restaurant since I chose delivery, but now that I know how tasty their ramen is, I'll definitely visit to dine in. read more

Ramen Mik - Me So Hot Ramen - Ramen Near Me - San Marcos, California

Took my 10yr old daughter there and she loved it. Service was excellent. Food flavoring was on point. She loved the salmon with the rice pressed around it with the seaweed (I forget the name). read more

Ramen Mik - Ramen - Ramen Near Me - San Marcos, California

We came here the other night for some Ramen. I wanted to eat something a little bit mild because honestly, I had food poisoning a few days before and I was on the mend so I thought Ramen would be a really good thing. We found parking really easily. I know there's reviews that say parking can be a little tough which I could totally see as there are a lot of businesses in one place not that large of a lot so just know that we had good luck. we got in there. The place wasn't too packed yet. There was one waitress working and she was incredibly kind she let us choose wherever we wanted to sit and then brought us over some venues. We tried the potato croquettes that were on the special menu as an appetizer and then I had the show you Ramen and my husband had some fried rice. I think he thought the fried rice would be a little bit bigger, but it was really delicious. I think next time he would probably order a Ramen himself or one of their Katsu curries. The show you ramen was really delicious lots of umami flavor. Never had ramen with cabbage on top so that was new for me. It was really filling so my husband polished it off. We opted to skip dessert but I would totally come back here for ramen it's a cute little place with nice service and delicious ramen. read more

*** OOPS! This is review is for the Escondido establishment*** Came in on a Friday around 2:30pm and we were seated right away. We ordered the chilled sake to share and some gyoza while we waited for our BST ramen. Music was jpop, customers were enjoying their food and ambience was tranquil. The gyoza was delicious along with the dipping sauce, but the star of the show was the BST ramen. The umami was outrageous, the noodles were al dente and bouncy, the egg was soft boiled and marinated, veggies were crunchy, (carrots and cabbage) meat was tender and well seasoned and the grated ginger on the side of the bowl gave a nice change of pace on every other bite. I wasn't sure what to expect, but I'm excited to have a ramen place so close by with this quality. 10/10 recommend. Bill came out to $58 before tip. read more

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I went to visit some cousins in North County, and I heard about this little Ramen spot that specialized in Hokkaido style Ramen. Which is a region in Northern Japan. There's plenty of parking. There's a fun little ambience inside the restaurant when you walk in with some interesting art on the walls. You can also watch the cooks put your ramen together. The servers are very polite, and informative about their menu. If you have any questions at all they're right there to help. I definitely recommend keeping a sharp eye on their seasonal specials menu, because wow, I am very impressed. I tried the BTS ramen, INCREDIBLE BROTH, noodles, toppings, presentation. It really hit all the check marks and then some. My cousin ordered the menchi Katsu Curry. Super delicious!! I'll post the menus in the photos with the details. All I have to say is I highly recommend this place, and I wish they had one in Central San Diego or East County!!!! read more

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Great ramen, prices are reasonable however don't get the fried rice because it is so small portioned as well as the bokchoy. Potstickers have good flavor as well. read more

Fast, fresh, and delicious. These pictures are from when I first went to Ramen Mik, before they opened their Escondido location. The dining area is small, and there are no booths, but who cares when everything tasted so good! Orders came out very fast, and the server was very nice and professional. The menu is small, but has since grown. I've gone back to Ramen Mik 3 times, twice to their San Marcos location (the one shown), and once to their Escondido location. A wonderful spot no matter the weather. read more

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This meal was so good that I had to go to the plaza's center quad and lay down. The karaage was perfectly crispy--cooked tenderly, with the sauce that was made so correctly that it beat out my distaste for most condiments. I would go back to literally just have the karaage once I start going to CSUSM. But the ramen... oh, where do I even start! Noodles--handmade. Cooked to literal perfection. You could tell because the noodles did not have a slimy aftertaste. The spice gave me a nice kick and I could actually feel it rippling my tastebuds; and not just "spicy because there's so much salt." Stir fried greens. And I loved every second of it. But imagine--pork chashu so tender that it's collapses like a silk sheet with the weight of your chopsticks... my mouth is watering again from how much I miss it. I am definitely going back to try more of their menu. Serena was a sweetheart. Gave me great recommendations for the chicken karaage--and the interior design was humble and lovely. I'm from the Japanese Club at MiraCosta--and I'm not going to lie, the taste of this ramen was so good that I absolutely NEED to recommend this on our list of Japanese food spots to hit. read more

Ramen Mik - Chicken Karaage - Ramen Near Me - San Marcos, California

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Good food for cold rainy days. Family owned by nice people who all greet you when coming in.

I just recently moved back to San Marcos and stumbled on Ramen Mik while looking for a Japanese restaurant. I've gone three times since January. The place is clean and welcoming, the staff is always very kind and attentive. I've ordered the katsu curry and me so delight ramen. Everything was super flavorful! My favorite was the katsu curry, the rice was so fluffy and soft, the katsu was so crunchy and good! Great place all around read more

Ramen Mik - Friday Night special: chicken meatball & sausage - Ramen Near Me - San Marcos, California

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This place was a amazing! I got the vegetarian ramen and the broth was so rich and creamy! Plus the noodles were cooked to perfection, I loved the thickness and texture of the noodles. Plus all the veggies that we in the bowl tasted very fresh. I really liked how all the flavors mingled together. My friend got the Me So Hot bowl and they were also very satisfied with their meal! As for the service, the wait staff was friendly and the food came out very quickly! I would definitely come back for more ramen read more

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What a find we stumbled across! To be totally honest I was not expecting anything super authentic, especially a Japanese ramen place, seeing as a couple doors down was a large Japanese restaurant that was busy, but totally didn't strike me as authentic either. It was San Marcos after all, right? But I was wrong, and so very glad we came in here. Turns out this is as authentic as it can get, the Japanese owners were actually there, working and training staff, which made me actually excited! According to their staff, they were getting ready to open another location in Escondido!! The place had a chill vibe, casual and fun, with J-pop playing in the background. The murals on the walls were totally awesome too, especially the one with Godzilla in the background, lol! Staff here were welcoming and friendly, so I'm not sure what the other review meant about poor service! They were helpful in answering questions, they checked in on us, as well as other customers, and were efficient and fast! The menu was quite funny too, they definitely had a sense of humor! I ordered the "Show You" ramen, and my husband ordered their pork ginger, which came with a rice bowl as well as some miso soup. We also ordered the gyozas, and that did not disappoint - Well done, crispy and the flavor was right on the money from those we've tasted in Japan! The ramen noodles had a great chewy texture, and the broth was tasty. I personally would have liked menma or seasoned bamboo shoots, but they didn't have that. They had a GREAT Dashi egg though, and onions and a little cabbage, plus seaweed. Very glad we stopped in here - when we are in the SD area again, we plan to stay out here, and will stop in for a bowl of authentic ramen! People around San Marcos, you've got to stop by here, worth! read more

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This is a very small ramen joint in a strip mall but the ramen is darn good and the decor is pretty cool. The service is meh but whatever. We tried the chicken karaage appetizer and, while it was deeply fried, it was plenty flavorful. The menui is filled with corny luns. It's nice to see they don't take themselves too seriously. The Show You ramen has a soy sauce base and it's very good. The Me So Hot is spicy. In fact, it's very spicy. It's a great dish for heat-lovers but your nose may run a little. They've got lots of soft drink choices and they also have beer and sake. And everyone gets a big vat of San Marcos's finest tap water. I drank almost the whole bottle to avoid third degree burns from the spicy Me So Hot. The parking lot can get a little busy but it's free so no complaining. Very nice ramen can be found here. read more

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Tried this spot out for the first time and it didn't disappoint. Good location and has their own parking lot so it's easy to find parking. The service here was on point. The waitresses accompanied our party and got in our order quick. I got the Me So Hot Ramen. The broth and the ramen tasted good. The best part was the egg. They cooked it just right where it was still a little runny. Definitely recommend this spot will be back for sure when I'm in the area. read more

Ramen Mik - Me So Hot Ramen - Ramen Near Me - San Marcos, California

Cute ramen spot. Love the mural on the wall. The inside was nice and clean. The service there was amazing. I got the Me So Delight the broth was tasty, wasn't too salty. The egg was cooked perfectly. I thought the noodle was delicious loved out chewy it was. This bowl was of ramen was cooked perfectly. So glad we tried this spot out. Can't wait to come back and try something else. read more

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Neat little ramen place right off the 78. Small menu, I had the animal lovers with green onion added. Good ramen, big portions, a few veggie appetizer options. Service was super friendly and very attentive, greeted us as soon as we came in. No trouble finding a table on a Saturday night, and plenty of parking right in front. Clean, modern, minimalist design with lots of natural light. read more

Ramen Mik - Animal lovers, add green onion - Ramen Near Me - San Marcos, California