It was on of the first places I went to eat in Dublin, and honestly it didn't disappoint! The food was tasty, and place was quite big. It's underground and you would think it's small but it's big. You get a unique experience of sharing tables with other parties that are there. And also get a glimpse inside the kitchen as you wait for your food and eat. The place is very clean and the food absolutely delicious. The plates come with a good amount of food as well. Intend to definitely come back here more often. read more

As far as chains go, this one is ok. This particular branch is nice as it is really big and spacious but it is at basement level so there is no natural light and not much to look at so not somewhere you can while away the hours, well, I can't. I always have the same dish when I go in here as it is so good - The Wagamama Ramen, which is noodles in a miso, ginger and chicken soup topped with grilled chicken, barbecued pork, prawns, mussels, a tea-stained egg, chikuwa and wakame. garnished with menma and spring onions. It is so good and tasty and warming. Perfect on a cold winter's day and it is a huge portion all for €14.95, expensive, but worth it! read more

*ditto everything George S. said Very filling portions, and there's a good combo meal option, and their chicken wings are Delicious. The waitress was a little pre-occupied, but she did all her basic job duties just fine as far as taking the order, bringing us our food+beverages quickly, and then our check. read more

Yum yum, this is a must-see if you're ever abroad (and don't live near Boston in the US). Went twice on a recent trip to Dublin, I just love the food. Even my picky-eater BF was impressed with the chicken wing appetizer, so don't shy away if you're not a typical curry-eater. There are other things you will enjoy, I promise. I also enjoy the seating. Irish are super nice, so it's fun to be seated at a long table, potentially next to some new friends. It's a warm and cozy restaurant, so on a cold day, the noodle soup really hits the spot. I also enjoyed the recent lunch special, we got an appetizer and drink as part of the meal, it was fun to have more than just one dish. And if you're like me, searching for something a bit ligher and healthy, compared to all the meat-and-potatoes-fried-food-and-beer combo in this part of the world, Wagamama is the place for you. read more

Staff 5/5 The staff were lovely and very helpful. Made sure that we were ok through out the meal. No complaints there. Food 2/5 I ordered Chicken Ramen which was not at all to my liking. The noodles were very watery and bland. The chicken was very nice though. I just found that the noodles ruined what could have been a lovely dish. Location 4/5 Location is very modern so very little to complain about. Lose a start for the condition the bathrooms were in. Toilet paper everywhere and unclean floors. Overall While the staff and location were very pleasant I went to have a meal which left me very disappointed. I commend the staff but the food ramen needs work! read more

First of want to say how amazing the staff are , from the moment I entered I was greeted with a warm smile and happy faces. I was served quickly even thought it was busy, food was great location great no complaints. read more

So of all the Japanese restaurants in Dublin, Wagamama is definitely the most Westernized in terms of both food and concept. It has the look of a student cafeteria and as such attracts ALOT of students, but that's not a bad thing. Plenty of young good looking people to catch your eye :P The food is churned out at a rate of knots; dishes arrive the second they're prepared werther you're ready for them or not. This is definitely not a place where you linger, but it is a place where you can stuff yourself and get out again in 30 minutes, another reason why it is so popular with students. The chicken katsu curry is a huge favourite; basically southern fried chicken on a bed of sticky rice with curry sauce poured ontop. The least authentic thing on the menu no doubt, but very satisfying. The Teriyaki Soba is also delicious and can be cooked with chicken or beef for a slight price increase. The menu is actually quite diverse using a wide array of spices, meats and flavourings, but with nothing too alien. The main problem I have is with the strict "NO SUBSTITUTION" policy on most dishes, which doesn't allow you to choose which meat you add to your wok. You can remove things, but you can't substitute shrimp with chicken for example. For me this is annoying, because there are many tasty prospects on the menu that are cooked with seafood, which I don't eat. Of course, since I can't substitute the shrimp with anything else, the menu becomes very restricted. I can understand that there is a very meticulous system in place which ensures the fluency of cooking and the speed of service and that swapping meats might throw a spanner in the works when there are queues running out the door, but when it's not busy I don't see why they can't make the effort. That personal gripe aside, Wagamama is great for what it is; fast, hearty, Asian fusion food prepared at a very consistent standard. read more

Good food for reasonable prices! There is a special discount possible for students! The restaurant is hidden under st stephens green shopping mall. Inside the place there's a very cosy atmosphere Staff is very friendly and you never have to wait long for your food. read more

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This is basically my "go-to" place for lunch and dinner in the area. Consistently good food with an extensive menu that has new additions pretty often. I find the food here to be more like real Japanese food than the stuff you get in Yamamori on George's Street or the quays. The staff are always friendly and attentive and in good spirits. The place is bright and clean and spacious, and it doesn't feel cramped, even when you are shoulder to shoulder with a stranger on the bench-style seating during a busy lunch hour. Highly recommended. read more

Food is very good and the kids meals are a good value. The service was kind of slow though and the prices for adult vegetarian meals was a little high. Everyone enjoyed the ramen and I liked my green curry. read more

Loved that Kare lomen with prawns. Had Japanese pickles as a starter. Comes with free tap water, without even asking for it! There is a special lunch menu as well, but this time I went for my favourite. read more

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Just went there for lunch with another two friends. It was excellent value for money and the food was top notch. I had an amazing Chicken Ramen, very filling and so tasty for 10 euro. I can't recommend highly enough. Also, try the white chocolate ginger cheesecake. It tastes so good. read more

Terrible choice for lunch. The place can't handle the busy trade and the staff get stressed out and are really rude to customers. I work closeby and came here the other day with two colleagues for a celebratory lunch. We were in great mood but my goodness, it took so long to get our food. After we placed our order it took 30 minutes for the food to show up. We only have an hour for lunch so it was getting stressful. We were worried they would keep us late for work. And it was only soup noodles: I have no idea why it took them so long. Then after the food there were more delays when we tried to pay. You're supposed to pay at the table, which is fine if staff actually come and take your money. But none of the staff there were able to help us. They were just rushing about trying to get food to people. We waited ages to try and pay our bill and eventually - really concerned that we were never going to get out on time - I went up to the counter and asked the girl there if I could just pay and go. She told me to go back to the table. I said we really needed to leave, we have to get back to work. And she threw her eyes up to heaven at us and gave me a nasty look. I was a bit shocked. I said I really don't have time, why was she giving me that face. At that moment a manager was passing by with a bowl of noodles. He jumps in and says "you can't talk to my staff like that". Then he started shouting at me and he was really rude and aggressive. I was really annoyed with all their carry-on and I told him so. He said if we are angry with their service they are going to get angry right back at us. I said I would need to complain about their service and he said "I don't care". Finally he let me pay the bill with my debit card. But then he refused to give me my card back! I asked him three times. I had to be very insistent before he gave it back to me. He said "you need to be nice, then I will give you the card back." And all this time there was a queue of people waiting to get in for their lunches. But the manager was more interested in spending time being childish to me and my colleagues than helping the other customers. I know it was busy in the restaurant and in fairness, maybe the manager was already stressed out and upset because of that. But at the end of the day, if you can't handle lunch time trade then you shouldn't open your restaurant at lunch time. And if you don't know how to treat customers properly and professionally then you shouldn't be allowed anywhere near them. read more

I've been a few times. The dishes on the whole are quite nice, the chicken katsu is a yummy standout and the portion is huge! The wagamamas ramen is pretty good too. However, I didn't like the chicken ramen. Thought it was really, really bland, the broth was like dishwasher (sorry!). The chicken although soft and moist tasted of nothing... so it was just like wet noodles. I probably wouldn't recommend that particular dish! Also the service was a bit meh, for me, asked for the cheque and waited but the server took her time (15 minutes), had a nice chat with some colleagues within eyeshot of us and made us wait longer than necessary. Not major but we had to ask twice and it was a bit rude. Overall, Wagamamas is pretty good for a "chain restaurant," I guess. Some zingers. Some duds. I will probably go again though because I get a nifty buy one get one main course free discount! read more

Nice place for quick affordable Asian cuisine, and delicious Katsu curry. I love the chilli ramen dishes also. Last time I am sure my Sake was watered down so I was quite disappointed over that. Good lunch menu, I always return, read more

You cannot go wrong here for a quick healthy meal. Amazing tofu !! And try their homemade lemonade. Cheap and cheerful

Great place, great food. Chicken is great, sauces can be improved. Only thing I didn't really like was staff writing over my table mat - that's my damn space I pay for, keep it mine! read more

My most frequented restaurant in Dublin. You'll want to eat here if you never have already. The food is delicious and warm! No sushi here! Try the Chicken Katsu curry with a nice glass of White wine or try a Japanese beer. Yum! Meals don't come at the same time but be patient it's worth it. The staff are very friendly. If it's a quite romantic place you're looking for then perhaps keep moving as this place is busy and fast paced. You will share your table with others. Who knows you might make new friends!! I love it and I'll be there Friday night! read more

The food was good but the service took forever. We had to stop different waiters to get service, our own waiter spoke to us twice. We got two starters and two desserts and it took 2 hours! read more

I love Wagamama even if this location is reminiscent of an underground basement with no windows. It's the same delicious Wagamama food that you are accustomed to elsewhere. Complete with my favorite, incredibly flavorful udon noodles. FYI some Dublin hotels have coupons. read more

I absolutely love this place. Its a really chilled atmosphere with friendly staff and from what I can gather a loyal cliental. From large groups...couples...kids...and single diners the place ticks every box. But besides all that it is a restaurant after all and that means only one thing...the food. I have been so many times now that I like to try different courses but after each I am always satisfied. I wouldnt be the biggest food critic but I know what is good and what isnt. They also do a good lunch time special up until 5pm with any main with a bottle of beer for only €10. Highly recommended! read more

Ordered three beef teriyaki donbury, and one chicken teriyaki, this are our favorite dishes and we ate same dishes here and in Blancherstown before. Food was good, but this time it was served almost cold, we got smaller portions than the usual. However, they offered us to not pay one of the dishes. read more

I've come here since I was itsy bitsy and I can safely say they provide a consistent and good standard of food and service. That being said, I switch between ordering two main courses while I'm there. I love the chicken ramen and the yaki soba. For starters, I thoroughly recommend the negima yakitori (delicious goodness) or the dumplings. My sister is a fan of the tiger prawns and I really like their fruit juices (expensive as they are). I think the wasabi cake is an acquired taste, one which I will hopefully master at some point. I'll eat here many, many more times. read more

I've had the ramen, katsu curry, yakitori & gyoza here so many times over the past 16 years. Food service has always been fast & the staff quick to replenish drinks. Today I tried the firecracker prawns for the first time; it was sweet, spicy & delicious. Pity Japanese food in Dublin costs x3 times what it does in Tokyo. At least there's a student 2 for 1 on mains & the occasional grabone or livingsocial voucher. read more

I love Wagamama. The Kare Loman is really tasty and the food is so qiuck. Its a great alternative to traditional fast food when you are in a rush. read more

A fantastic restaurant no matter what city you find one in. The Dublin one is particularly popular due to the Wagamama quality you expect & reasonable prices (by Dublin standards) too. Definitely worth a visit! read more

This is the best fast Asian food you will find, IMHO. Yup, it is pricey, but they are occupying a large, new space in Dublin. I didn't really expect anything different. Very similar to the Boston Waggamama. read more

Good prices, Tasty food, Nice specials ever now and then, Excellent Lunch deal. If you become a member (for free) u can get special coupons like Buy one and get one free on come days. If you are looking for a great quick eat like rice or noodles with excellent flavor and fresh ingredients, this is a place for you. If u want gourmet food, its not. If you are looking for a Japanese Restaurant, this is NOT the place for you. Most people I have heard of complaining abt this place are ones who came for Japanese and had to settle for a fusion cuisine. read more

I am continually baffled by Wagamama's reputation as a fine example of Asian cuisine. Add to this my outrage that this restaurant is all that many know of Asian cuisine in the first place and you will have an emotional dish that is far more flavoursome than anything on Wagamama's unimpressive menu. The notion that Wagamama represents for Japanese food to the mainstream masses is garnish to my distaste. Anyone who has eaten genuine Japanese food (and the fact that this is a very small number in Ireland perhaps belies Wagamama's success) knows that this establishment's fare is very below par indeed. I attribute it' success to its central location, fairly swift service and the fact that its name is well known. Situated underneath St Stephen's Green shopping centre, its initial impression is of contemporary and minimalist Japanese décor. However, once settled on the benches, in front of the long tables, this reveals itself as a cold, slightly uncomfortable and impersonal setting that is, on closer inspection, slightly shabby. The staff are usually indifferent, laconic and about as personal as the little walkie-talkie style order books they use to transfer your order to the kitchen. All this may be permissible if the actual food was of a high quality. As it most definitely is not, all the above is inexcusable. The chicken ramen is one of the blandest meals I have ever had the misfortune to taste. The chicken might as well have been pieces of cardboard for all the flavour they held, and the noodles were the same. The soup they swam in was hot, but more than that I cannot say. Note that the dish did not actively taste bad - it just barely tasted of anything. The chicken katsu curry is slightly better, the breadcrumbed chicken and curry sauce actually tasting quite mediocre. A major issue I have with Wagamama, though, is the rice. Sticky Japanese rice is a staple to any Japanese diet, occupying the place of the potato back in the Famine days before we discovered pasta. So for an Asian restaurant to serve up the dry, lukewarm rice that Wagamama does has the same effect the blight had on the aforesaid Rooster or Kerr Pink. Ultimately, Wagamama for me is what a Big Al is to Jo'burger. For anybody who wants a taste of any decent Japanese fare, head to Yamamori or Ukiyo - better yet, just go to Japan. read more

Wagamama is the fast food alternative if you have cravings for Asian food. They have an extensive enough menu to cover all tastes and the flavours are quite real. It has got a bit pricey for veijg what it is (between 10-15€ per main dish and the drinks range between 3.50 and 5€) but it does the job for a late asian dinner without aby fuss. read more

Pricey but good value, does that make sense? The chicken stock they use as a base is amazing, and the chicken ramen dish always tastes so fresh and slightly spicy -just perfect, really. Wagamama is as good as a family-run restaurant. There, I said it. read more

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I came here to celebrate my 21 st birthday with my classmates while we were on our trip to Dublin. I thought the name was quite unusual so I decided to give it a try. I don't think you can really go wrong with Japanese food unless you try something exotic but overall the food was just OK. I remember ordering a bowl of beef ramen and was a bit disappointed on how few ingredients they put in there for the amount of euros I had to pay. The atmosphere was different..kind of a Thai-ish tone to it...not you're typical Japanese restaurant and the line to get in was amazingly long. read more

Ordered lunch from this place today - a salad. Started eating when I found a tiny bug. No big deal, right? Upon closer inspection, I realized that each lettuce leaf was CRAWLING with bugs, a good dozen per leaf, most of them still alive. Too bad I can't post a pic along with my review, because I have a nice gallery of my bug invested salad. I'm usually not too picky with my food, but this was really gross. Never EVER ordering from that place again. read more

We usually come here like once a week. Really great asian food for cheap, especially with the student deal. Unfortunately the student deal is not on during the summer so taking a hiatus and trying new restaurants. The ramen and chicken teriyaki are some of my favourite dishes. Comes with free green tea which is a plus but not gonna lie, the portions could be bigger. read more

A good and beautiful place. But the food left something to be desired. My expectation was high by the appearance of the place. But I did not enjoy the food. Like a lamb with curry! read more

Oh Wagamama, why don't you come on over to Chicago? Every time that I go to Dublin, I try to stop in to have some of your tasty noodle offerings. There are so many noodle choices, how does one decide? I usually go with the non-soup items, and haven't been disappointed. The drink menu is fun too. Service is quick, so it makes a perfect stop when you've got other things to do and see. read more

Wagamama is ok, a great Asian fast food chain with a good variety on the menu. The selection of more healthy stuff is limited, but it's a great fast food alternative (and slightly healthier) to say McDonalds at a higher price. There's a lot of noodle, rice and fried dishes which they can be quite salty and oily, but they taste nice, the portions are generous and the service is really fast. I would describe this as the fast food quick and cheaper alternative to Yamamori. The seating is cafeteria style and orders are all done very fast, things are brought out as soon as they are ready (not everyone at the same time like most places) and they do takeaways. Also, they have student deals and discounts as well. All in all, quick, cheap and filling. read more

This food chain is overrated in general. I had tested it in London a few years ago and i was very disappointed. But I decidee to retest it in Dublin, qnd it was quite the same. The food has no flavor and quantities are few. The service can be ok but i don't like the atmosphere, it is too cold inside. read more

Proper fast food - get in and get out quickly. Taste is king - would happily eat here instead of the capital's more illustrious Japanes restaurants. Prices reasonable, some good specials on offer. Great atmos and staff are good humoured. Will be back again and again. read more

Hey! Happy to find some really good noodles in Ireland