Comes pretty close to the quality of ramen in Japan. I also take the tonkotsu ramen. Just love that porky flavour. The takoyaki were good. Would definitely return (especially because there take out wrapping is done very nicely)
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Kenzo Ramen Japanese Noodle Restaurants is located on the Dundas St Downtown Toronto. The restaurant is famous for Japanese style noodles and all the noodles are freshly made in the restaurant. There are many locations in Toronto.
The one I’ve been with my boyfriend is on Dundas St. It’s a small restaurant. There are two floors of this restaurant. Because we arrived the restaurant right at the dinner time, the restaurant was very busy. We have to wait for while to get into the restaurant. After a few minutes waiting, we got a table upstairs. There were so many people in the restaurant. We quickly sat down and began to look at the menu. The menu is very colorful with images, which is very easy for us to order the food. The servers were very nice and friendly. They bought the drinks and introduced the menu to us.
My boyfriend and I had Japanese Takoyaki for share. The Takoyaki in Kenzo Ramen is super expensive around $10 per dish, which is more expensive than many restaurants in Vancouver. But, all the Takoyaki ball tasted fresh and lots of seafood inside. I believe that it totally worth the price. I had Miso Ramen and my boyfriend had Netsu Ramen. Both ramens were all in the large portions of noodles in soup. The soups tasted very different from each other. The ramen noodles tasted very fresh and soft. The soup very tasty and delicious. It was very awesome dinner for us. I love this restaurant so much. Cheap and Delicious. Highly Recommend to people.
The server was really great and friendly and I mostly am leaving a positive review because everyone else enjoyed their ramen - I'm vegetarian so ramen is very pass/fail. The one I had wasn't great but they do have more than one vegetarian option so if I'm in the area again I would try the other ones!
Quick and courteous service, good quantity, great taste, and good value. I had the Miso Ramen which was very good. It was a bit annoying to go to the desk and pay the bill but good experience overall. Good pick for something quick and healthy during the weekday.
After a marathon, the best way to recovery is getting some carbs and electrolytes from ramen. Did I run a marathon? No, Mr.Butter did! (He did amazingly!) Sansotei Ramen was closed on Sunday, so we eyed for the next ramen shop – Kenzo Ramen. (I just learned that Kenzo Ramen has many locations – this one is located on Dundas.)
dre @ Dundas and Bay: My co-worker and I wanted to go to Sansotei for lunch, but there was a line out the door! It was cold outside, so we didn't want to wait. Across the street was Kenzo, so we went there instead. I ordered the Shio Ramen and was pleasantly surprised that it wasn't too salty. It was quite busy, but they were very quick!
We came here on a busy weekday for lunch. I can see the appeal of going here for lunchtime during a work day, as it is close by many offices and the hospitals and the speedy service makes it an in-and-out kind of place.
We got the tsukemen and tonkotsu. The tonkotsu was not as rich as some other places (which I actually prefer) and had a ginger flavour to it. Not a lot of people get the tsukemen (which are the noodles with the dipping sauce) when going to eat ramen. However, I like getting it as I can control how much flavour/salty the noodles get.
Overall, this place has fast service and yummy ramen. Not my top ramen place in Toronto but definitely not the worst.
Not much to say but a very friendly place with good food for a very good price. Noodles came within 5 minutes of ordering and the ramen was delicious! I got the king ramen bowl as I hadn't eaten anything all day and it was quite filling. The soup wasn't too salty and the noodles/meat were cooked to perfection. If you're hungry and need a quick bite and close to the Eaton's centre, this is the place to go.
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I'm happy I found this ramen joint.
My friends and I came here after the Christmas market.
It was a bitter cold day outside and we wanted some delicious ramen to warm us up.
I ordered the king of kings and my two friends ordered the Natsu. We also ordered the gyoza.
The restaurant was pretty full and we received our ramen in under three minutes. I really appreciated it how they snapped to it.
My king of kings ramen was heavenly. The flavours in the broth were perfectly balanced. Usually other places use a lot of salt and MSG, but there were no predominant flavours that came forward. King of kings also had the PERFECT amount of spice. When I ask for spicy at other ramen places I'm either leaking or not getting any spice at all.
The noodles were not soggy. They had just the right amount of chewiness.
I commend Kenzo ramen for all of this.
My other two friends loved their ramen as well.
When I was halfway through my meal, the gyoza came. I almost didn't order them because I've never had gyoza that was really worth it.
This gyoza was steamed then pan fried. One side was crispy and the wrapper was not chewy. The meat inside was soft and so savoury. I was so glad we ordered the plate with six instead of three (two each!). Those were the best gyoza I ever tasted.
The only problem was the service was a little MIA.
When it was time to get our bill it took a little while to wave the guy down. I understand they were busy.
With this negative came a positive because there was absolutely no rush here to finish our food. They more or less left us alone throughout our meal.
I'll be back on another cold day.
This is a great find on Dundas st west! It's a small and neat restaurant with friendly service. I had the Sho Yu ramen which is a soy-sauce based broth with roast pork and bamboo. It's delicious and fits my definition of perfect comfort food. If you're looking for a lot of veggies, go for the king sized ramen. On my next visit, I'm definitely trying the Miso ramen and Matcha latte.
Tastiest Ramen in Toronto. At times, it might be a long wait, and the tables are quite close together.
Food-wise, the eggs and meat are well-marinated, and my favourites are the King of Kings and the Tonkotsu Ramen.
Solid shoyu ramen and well priced. The gyoza are huge and a meal in itself. Quite tasty too.
Return visit taking joined by an old co-worker. Beat the lunch rush and got a seat quickly. Which is fortunate as the lineup was out the door moments later. I ordered pork tonkatsu and it was very good. However I do feel the Yonge / Steeles location does a slightly better work in their noodle soups. 75%
Service varies but the food is always good.. I admit... I always order the same thing. Takoyaki and Tonkatsu Ramen. It always tastes the same; big bowl and delicious. Oddly however, on the wall there's a poster of 6 different types of takoyaki, but they only have the one octopus.
The service however is, unfortunately, a hit or miss. Once we even had 2 different servers and ended up with 2 orders of takoyaki and they wanted to charge us for both (even though we told the second guy that our order was already taken care of in the beginning). If it's bad, it's bad (slow, unfriendly); if it's good, it's just okay (still unfriendly). You'll fare better eating there off-peak hours.
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Yummy ramen, but place too hot. I came here some 3 or 4 years ago and wasn't too impressed then with the soup I chose (forget what it was...). I revisited today while downtown for a weekend course - Kenzo is one of the few decent places in the area open on Sunday for lunch! Service - super friendly and lightning quick. The place was pretty packed and unfortunately they sat me right by the kitchen, which made it uncomfortably stifling hot. I ordered the raved-about King of Kings ramen. After being informed the spicy levels go from 1-3 (the waitress hinted that 0.5 might be the mildest) I chose 1, but what I actually got felt to me more like a 2-2.5... Edible but HOT! Besides this the ramen was wonderful. Meat was falling apart and very flavourful, noodles were lovely, there was a ton of yummy toppings, and the whole portion was rather hefty. The broth was flavourful I think though I missed out on the depth of flavour due to the high degree of hotness.
I will surely be returning to Kenzo but with a few pointers in mind - grabbing a seat in the front part of the place, wearing light clothing, and selecting the mildest possible spicyness level. Once we get snow and frosty temperatures the warmth (both of the place and the spicy dishes) might become a temporary blessing ;)
Depends on what you order. The king of the kind is tasty and ful-filling. My boyfriend ordered something (forgot the name) is rather plain and comes with very little amount. The takoyaki is somehow weird compared to the one I had in Japan. But good enough if you are craving it. The popularity of Kenzo is no doubt. Non-stop lining up and crowded people. I saw someone ordered the gyoza, which looks huge and tasty. Will return next time to check that out.
King of ramen, in toronto,. But it can't beat vancity's kintaro. i was excited to discover a ramen house in toronto that people loved, and i really enjoyed every last noodle in my bowl. the noodles were cooked to perfection. the bowl was huge and filled with bits of tasty stuff, but the broth doesn't beat kintaros. i think it was really good, but i expected a richness in the broth that was lacking. the broth was rich in flavour, but not depth. i'm a regular, and i love it. i'm just saying that maybe instead of bowling the pork bones for >5 hours, it's more like 3, the kind of difference that only people who sweat over pots of broth for hours would notice.
It was alright, the servers were all over the place, but the noodles are worth it. :)
This is a LARGE portion so you better be hungry if you're going to order something called, "The King of the Kings Ramen." This bowl seems never ending and has a little bit of everything all in one bowl with just the right amount of spiciness :)
Great Ramen!. Came here on a whim as I was meeting a friend at the Longo's across the street. After realizing that it was far too hot outside and I didn't want to walk far, I looked left and right and decided that Kenzo looked to be the best within a 30 second walking radius.
After going in we both ordered the King Ramen and boy were we satisfied. The portions are large and there are lots of toppings on the noodle. There was the perfect amount of spiciness in the broth.
Since then I have gone back various times and enjoyed it every time! Highly recommended.
Best Ramen!. I don't how people can say that this place is overrated or overpriced. This is the best ramen in the city in my opinion and you get a huge bowl of soup. The service is great and even when the place is full it's never a long wait. And even if it was a long wait, it's worth it. Tonkutsu ramen is my fave!
Ramen bowl the size of your head!. I ordered the Sapporo ramen. The portion was humongous which perhaps justifies the $9.95 price tag. The broth was tasty, not too salty. The only unfortunate thing is their menu does not offer much for vegetarians, unlike Konnichiwa which allows for non-meat noodle options.
The great noodle hunt. Stumbled upon this little, no-frills ramen house on my quest for the best Japanese noodle bowl in Toronto. The menu is very limited but the ramen is firm and the broth is simply delicious! It is definitely one of my top choices, along with nebeyaki udon at Tokyo Grill and any udon bowls at Manpuku. One of my favorites is their pan-fried gyoza - unusually in both texture and size - the meaty dumplings reminded me more of chinese pot-stickers than typical japanese gyoza or korean mandu. The only disappointment is their tacoyaki which is on the doughy side.
Filled me up. I ordered the Ji Su Men ramen with the thick broth and it was quite tasty.
The chicken pieces were tiny but decent quality at least -- no slimy or chewy inedible bits like you get at some cheap vietnamese places.
I'd definitely go back!
Wish there were more Ramen Places in TO. I'm a big noodle fan... though this place is not the best, it's just so rare to find a place like this in TO. Worth the line-up.
I'm just lovin' it. King ramen!! there's always reason for the price!!
feel the king reamen!!
best one ever!!
Good food with a simple menu. No combos like when they were at yonge & Steeles. Plus tea is not free anymore. Curse of a downtown location, I guess.
...tried out the sho-yu ramen and gyoza. They were pretty tasty! Much better than the Japanese ramen store in J-Town
Nice little Japanese place right next to Eaton Centre on the north-west corner of Dundas/Bay. They're always pretty packed inside. It's owned by Koreans but I suspect the chef is Japanese. 1. pan-fried dumplings takoyaki (tako=octopus) good reviews on the
I ordered the simple shio (salt) ramen. This was so much better than the shoyu ramen I had last time. The dish is so simple to make, yet it takes an amazing chef to make it taste this good.
Kenzo is a ramen franchise that is slowly expanding in Toronto. As of today (07/13/12), they have four locations. The one that I frequented often is the Dundas location because it was so close to Ryerson University (where I studied). It's a place that'll satisy a craving for cheap. instead of what is there"
Kenzo Ramen - I would say Kenzo Ramen is in my top 3 Ramen places in Toronto! A really good place to have a nice bowl of soup especially during the cold Canadian winter months. Kenzo is very affordable and is recommended for the budget conscious consumers. I recommend the Sho-Yu Ramen as it's very light in taste and not very salty. It is quite affordable and you're looking at less than $10 in price. I rate this place 4 out of 5.
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Most ramen joints are strutting their stuff right now. Neck in neck with tacos, ramen was the top trend in the GTA in 2013. Large windows showcasing the interior cramped quarters have become the norm for these eateries, so I was intrigued when I hit Kenzo noodle house on Dundas street over lunch. Blinds cover the windows below a modest red sign and a logo of a rather mean looking dude with his arms crossed. It seemed a bit taboo. Swinging open the door, I felt a little like Anthony Bourdain on CNN’s Parts Unknown until I quickly realized the blinds were likely there to keep out the sun and not to hide something forbidden. The decor was plain; in fact almost run down. A combination of tables and booths line the walls which are covered with aged pictures advertising Matcha tea smoothies. The creepy white ceramic cat which features in the majority of Asian restaurants stared and waved at me with that look I don’t quite trust.
A pleasant waitress came by quickly with a glass of water a handed me a menu which looked like it had been dropped in a puddle and then used as a origami medium to create that creepy white cat or some other creature. It consisted of a number of ramen bowls, categorized into basic, hot, cuisine and tonkotsu. There were also a few interesting sides including a breaded pork chop, gyoza and octopus balls. As usual, I ordered the gyoza dumplings and opted for the tonkotsu ramen. You have the option of three levels of spice, so I ordered the middle intensity. The soup was out in minutes, served on a tray with shichimi and pepper. It was a pretty soup, topped with finely slice scallions, bok choy, bamboo shoots, roasted pork, egg and a fishcake. The broth was a vibrant, milky white contrasted by specks of red indicated that some heat would ensue. It had a balanced taste with a bite (definitely don’t go level 2 if you don’t like spice) that didn’t overpower the dish. In fact, there was no prevailing flavour which made for a nice base. The liberal use of scallions really helped the soup and the other ingredients, including the noodles, were cooked properly.
Unlike the other ramen houses I have been to, the Gyoza came after the soup. I choose an order of three as opposed to the full order. When they arrived I realized why there were blinds were on the windows. They were housing Gyozilla, the largest Japanese dumpling I have seen in a restaurant. I felt feeble as I lifted my puny chopsticks to battle my pork filled foe. Although a little greasy, they popped with flavour, especially when coupled with the tangy sauce on the side. I eventually won the battle, but it took three or four bites each to do so.
My Take
Kenzo is like a B movie, offering one of the largest cast of ramen bowls in the downtown core. While other ramen houses have fancy decors and lines out the door, Kenzo is modest in appearance and appears to have a devoted following (there was a steady stream of people the whole time I was there). Relatively speaking, it’s almost unmentioned on urbanspoon. After conquering Gyozilla in an epic battle, I did feel a bit like Anthony Bourdain in a Walter Mitty sort of way. Having seen the octopus balls at another table, I’d come back for the sequel, this time turning my attention to Oodako, the giant cephalopod which ravished villages in the B movie classic King Kong vs Godzilla. My chopsticks are ready.
Kenzo Ramen is a great Japanese noodle restaurant with large portions for a great pricee. King of Kings is definitely the way to go, with a variety of different heat levels if you have a more/less spicy-inclined palate. Other ramen places have ramen that's too salty for me, but Kenzo Ramen is just perfect for me. The service is good, our servers were always attentive and pleasant. The decor is pretty simple Japanese style and is very clean, nothing too wild. All the times I've been there it's never been very busy or loud so it's a nice place to eat and have a conversation. Definitely a chill environment.
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