Nao Japanese Restaurant

This has always been one of my favourite places to get ramen ever since I was in uni (which was a long time ago). Their portions are incredibly generous but most importantly the flavours and textures are really spot on. I have thoroughly enjoyed every bowl of ramen that Ive had here, and even the side dishes are a hit as well! The dipping noodles I have yet to try but I’m going to guess that they’re also great. Parking is quite easy to find around the area and they have an overflow section now so there’s really no reason not to try this place! In a city with ramen stores popping up everywhere this still remains one of my favourites.

I came to this restaurant by chance. I ordered shio ramen and miso ramen to try. In the meantime, the waiting for ramen with gyoza, which was delicious, was very pleasing to me. The gyoza was a bit hot and smelled of mild spices. I'm not sure if it's the pepper mix or not. The ramen portion is quite tasty. I wish the ramen was a bit more intense because I like the rich flavor. Overall I really like it.

Haven’t been back for a while, so thought we give it a crack. Ordered our food at the Nao Ramen Restaurant and was seated at the Nao Curry Restaurant as it was full house. Service was swift but not as courteous as other Japanese Restaurant. One of the server did not budge with food in hand & expected customer to give way instead. Mind you she just had 2 rice dishes on a tray and not Ramen with hot soup. Ramen was nice but soup tad greasy to my liking, unfortunately the Chicken Karage was not that great. Tasteless & full of oil in the deep fried batter. Left a greasy taste in your mouth which was uncomfortable. Jaws next door does a much better Karage. Might have to give it a miss for a bit for now.

Server at the counter was friendly and polite. Ramen is definitely decent, noodles were chewy the way I liked it, and the karaage was the breakout star, well marinated, battered just lightly and not greasy. Lost a star for the greasiness of the broth, and a tad too salty for me. But excellent meal worth a try when in the area.