The cute restaurant spills out onto the streets to offer a unique spin to Japanese food…read more I ordered takoyaki set, which came with today's soup, rice ball, and seasonal salad. Today's soup of the day was "curry soup," which was interesting, since Japanese curry isn't soup. It was basically watered down curry with lots of vegetables. The rice ball had the option of fish, vegetable, and maybe a meat? The rice had seasoning on it. (It was cold when I got it, so I dunked the rice into the "curry soup" to make it into curry.) The seasonal salad was very interesting as well. I had to keep on looking down at the salad as I ate it, because it didn't taste at all like what I expected. Takoyaki was what you'd expect from takoyaki. Very wet inside though, so if you aren't a fan of wet batter texture, is skip it. We also ordered ramen, which wasn't on the menu. It was also interesting, because it looked like shoyu ramen, but it had a very deep flavor. And the pork didn't seem like chashu. Overall, I accept the tastes as a "spin" on Japanese food that I've grown up with, and enjoyed them.

From the owner: les takoyaki , les okonomiyaki et au dernier week end de chaque mois d'hiver : les ramens.read more

Naruto was there for me when I most needed a place like this to be there and they did it without…read moreeven knowing how important they were because they are naturally an excellent restaurant. Most of my stay in Aix-en-Provence I was sick with a severe case of food poisoning. It lasted about 10 days before I was finally able to get a doctor to prescribe an antibiotic. Naruto was there because they make an excellent ramen. I highly recommend ordering any of them. They are on the mark authentic to what you can get in Japan. While I wasn't able to try any of their other dishes, I highly suspect they are on par with their ramen as Naruto is always packed. From the moment they open, all the tables are filled with customers. It doesn't matter what day of the week nor time of day. They are busy, busy, busy. The owner is a fun character, who enjoys being silly. He clearly takes preparing his meals seriously though. Check out his business cards. They will make you smile. He's something of a local celebrity. And you can see this is true fore he has that certain charisma that draws you into his world.

Very fresh sashimi and legit ramen noodles. Ramen soup base was a little salty. Overall great…read moremeal if you need a break from French food.

While the soup Wafu serves is absolutely not ramen I'm giving them four stars because what they do…read moreoffer is decent and they shouldn't be overlooked for what they do offer. They should either change the name of their restaurant to better reflect what they do offer or actually make traditional ramen like tonkastu. It may be difficult to change the name of their restaurant but making a true ramen is really labor intensive. So maybe that's why they don't. Since the closest authentic ramen shop according to Google Maps is Naruto in Aix-en-Provence, Wafu should consider making a legitimate ramen. It would be unique to the immediate area since there seems to be a fair amount of traditional Japanese restaurants including sushi shops. Avignon deserves a true ramen shop, not something masquerading as one. In the meantime, if you have the time and the ease of traveling to Aix-en-Provence, I highly recommend going to Naruto. Their ramen is excellent especially for ramen offered outside of Japan.

I don't see how such an awful restaurant can get a 4.5-star rate. The food was very over-priced and…read morein bad quality. We ordered a plate like a combination including 4 gyoza, 4 mini-tempura(fried shrimp), two beef-something snack, etc. when they put the foot on the table, I was shocked! How can such easy and ordinary food in such small size priced more than 20 euros, let along the not-even-close-to satisfying taste. It worth like even less than 10 euros. The fried rice included in the combo was like left-over from yesterday. The service was awful too. One waiter had nothing but kept chatting with customers, while we were waiting forever for ordering. Then when the food was ready, no any waiter served the drinks we ordered from the very beginning till we told them again after the food was already on the table for several minutes. We also ordered Ninja Sushi, which was mainly just some cheap shrimps on top of rice rolls and priced like 15 Euros at least. I have had hundreds of time to various Sushi restaurant and this was definitely the worst one I will never ever go again.

Very nice place, service was very thoughtful. Dishes are well presented. We took the sushi wasabi…read moreset #2, with the ninja crushes. A little over sauced but still very tasty. Good address definitely.

This is coming from my (Japanese) perspective. This is far from authentic to the real thing, and it…read moreonly joins the race with other "Japanese" restaurants around the world ran by someone who is not ethnically Japanese. The menu felt very western influenced and the ramen was like hard spaghetti in a tasteless tonkotu broth. Nobody was Japanese here and the chef was white. I saw a comment earlier stating that the chefs were trained by Japanese chefs. To counter that, one, you cannot claim this is ran by Japanese chefs if it's not. Two, these so called Japanese teachers didn't teach them how to make authentic food in the case of our served food. 2 stars for the waiters and waiters only. Please value authenticity

Definitely was impressed by this place! First of all, the restaurant is just so clean and well kept…read moreand has such relaxing decor! :) Me and 4 other friends came here tonight for dinner and everything I had was on point! I have been on the search for good sushi/authentic japanese food in marseille and so far, this one has been THE one. I got deep fried octopus for a side and the sushi/cali combo. The fish was of excellent quality and you could tell that the chefs know what they're doing when cutting and preparing the fish. They serve white ginger and not pink ginger which is definitely a plus and I had a green tea tiramisu cake for dessert. The green tea was not sweet and had much more of a natural flavor to it which I loved! Service was amazing and I felt right at home listening to the chefs speaking in japanese. :) I will definitely be back!

From the owner: La cuisine de Maman Okaasan n'est pas un japonais comme les autres. Bien sûr, les sushis, makis ou…read moresashimis ne sont pas oubliés et sont même la spécialité du samedi soir. Mais la chef qui tient ce petit resto intimiste s'attache à faire découvrir la gastronomie japonaise dans tout ce qu'elle a de plus typique. On trouve donc à la carte des plats exotiques tels que des onigris (boules de riz enroulées dans une feuille), des tempuras, des sobas ainsi que du boeuf mijoté. Le tout est en plus servi dans une vaisselle traditionnelle. Dépaysement et voyage culinaire garantis.

From the owner: Espace japonisant et design Ouvert en mars 2004 en lieu et place d'une ancienne concession…read moreautomobile, ce restaurant japonais occupe un espace impressionnant. La déco contemporaine surprend avec ses différents espaces, ses bassins et ses grandes tables de bois foncé, mais ce minimalisme cache une atmosphère agréable loin d'être snob. La cuisine généreuse, pleine de saveurs et de finesse invite à découvrir ou redécouvrir les traditionnels sushis et yakitoris mais aussi des spécialités comme le pavé de saumon sauce wasabi (pour palais avisés). L'originalité de cet établissement réside également dans l'organisation et la préparation des plats : trois postes consacrés l'un aux sushis, l'autre aux grillades et le dernier au froid. La clientèle est essentiellement composée d'habitués et d'amateurs de cuisine japonaise.