Michi Ramen - Austin

Walked in just now and there's a strong sewage smell in the restaurant. There was only one party sat and they were laying down on the bench. I can't review the food, but the smell alone was too much and I had to walk out. Also, nobody came to help and there were several parties waiting. We stuck around for a few minutes but then left and got food at the food truck next door.

Pretty solid spot for a reasonably priced bowl of ramen. Everything tastes pretty good. Unfortunately, the atmosphere is not what we were looking for, as it's a bit dim inside of the restaurant. Felt a bit humid inside as well. Service was relatively fast, even though most things were self serve

Don 't let the abandoned look on the outside of this establishment to run you off. The food was great. I have to be super careful of my diet and Ramen is not on that list because of the soy in most dishes. The server tried to comfort me on no soy in a couple of their broths (it tasted way too yummy to be chicken broth only). The dish I had (chicken broth) was amazing. Makes me disappointed in regular Ramen from a package, The runny egg could have been cooked a tad bit more but other than that tiny complaint, it was amazing. My husband liked his dish also but the lean pork was too dry for his taste. When I found Michi, they claim that their chicken and beef broth doesn 't have any soy items in it. So, I decided to give it a try... the worst I could have is stomach problems, so why not?, So far is been 35 minutes and I 'm still not sick. I 'm thinking their claim was spot on and I 'm glad I tried it. Ambience it 's very dim in the dining area. The outside of the restaurant has not been taken care of so it looked closed/abandoned.

Michi Ramen looks abandoned from the outside. There was parking at night available in the auto shop next to the restaurant. My friends and I were disappointed by our experience here. We ordered the Michi, which is their classic ramen bowl. It says the choice of meat is included, but we found out later they charged $1 extra for pork belly, which was not indicated on the menu. They also charged $1 for chili oil! Most restaurants like this have the chili oil bottle ready to use on the table. The ramen was fine, but there were definitely not enough noodles for the price. The lighting was dim inside.

I've given this review a lot of thought because I don't believe in leaving reviews that are sub five stars without constructive criticism. For context, I do know how to make my own ramen broths. And I come from an area in California known for very high quality ramen. My husband got the dipping ramen. I got one of the more basic ramens. My ramen arrived completely foamy. When I flagged down the waitress to ask why that was, apparently they're using some sort of hand mixer to mix the broth. That's a huge red flag to me because a really good broth shouldn't have to need such aggressive mixing like that. Perhaps it was to get whatever pace they were using properly mixed but again, I have never been to a ramen establishment that needed such an aggressive shaking of a broth. It was also a little bit too salty but other than that, the meat tasted great. The broth would have tasted great if it wasn't a little overseasoned. The meat and my husband's dish was well prepared and had a nice barbecue flavor. However, after all is said and done, we paid almost $40 for ramen that was okay and he didn't improvement as far as technique is concerned. It seemed that other reviewers of this establishment feel the same. I suggest creating more processes regarding the expectations of a good quality broth. This is Austin. There are a lot of new food establishments popping up every day and there is simply too much competition here for us to waste another $40 on ramen, when we can get an even better ramen at Blue Fin Sushi for less money.