Here we offer you all the reviews of real people who used the services of Raku Rice & Noodle Bar (Restaurant) in the territory of Vernon (Canada).
At present the business gets a rating of 4.6 over 5 and that score has been based on 127 reviews.
As you can read, the average score it has is practically the top, and it's based on a large number of scores, so we can conclude that the score is quite credible. If people have bothered to value when they've done well, is that it works.
As you know, we don't usually bother to write opinions when these are positive and we usually do it only if we've had a problem or issue...
This Restaurant is included in the category of Ramen restaurant.
Stopped by on the ride home to Calgary for a quick bite. Awesome little noodle bar in Vernon, prices are pretty decent about $11-14 for a bowl. Flavours were quite tasty and not overly spicy while the Char Sui was very soft and opulent. The noodles were cooked well, not mushy, not overly firm. Most definitely will be returning next time I have the chance!
Will definitely be dining there again! Loved the appetizer special
Nikki is the shiny happy server! We all loved her!!
Surpassed expectations with their delicious house roll, spicy garlic ramen, and spicy broccoli! Would absolutely eat there again.
Looked great but the tasty was just ok. Nothing that jumped out at me
Food was amazing. Very good selection and very good service!
Nice food and good service.
Loved it
Raku is awesome!!! The ramen is great, their small plates are on point. Give them a try, you won't be disappointed! The pic attached is an example of the fun stuff that Raku does.
Delicious food in hearty servings...Can't go wrong with anything on the menu!
Great ramen in an likely city. We had to go twice in four days. Nice small plates well. Restaurant nice and clean, roomy, comfortable.
Loved the food, service, and atmosphere! Authentic..Highly recommended!
I think we caught them on a busy night. They could have been good but unfortunately, my spicy sesame ramen was missing a few items- no chicken, no kikurage and no bamboos. Just a bit of soup and noodles with green onions. Flavour was there though. My hubby’s dragon ramen was flavourful however also lacking a lot of the protein items. The octopus karaage was good but pricey for just 6 small pieces. Service was slow - like I said, busy night. The male waiter was nice though - so sweet. The other female waitress was not as friendly. The restaurant can do so much better. It’s too bad !
The broth is perfect barely any salt and still lots of flavour. (I got the vegan ramen.) A nice variety of toppings and spices. The noodles are perfect for me. I find that most ramen resturants cook the noodles and then add them to the hot broth (which continues to cook) resulting in mushy or soft noodles. They know to cook then cool the noodles, allowing the broth not to over cook them. Reading previous comments I suggest people should let their waitress or waiter know they want softer noodles. I'm impressed and happy that a ramen noodle house opened in this town. ????
Just excellent little noodle bar. Outstanding flavours that challenge but don't burn. I brought the second half of my bowl home for dinner tonight!
Lots of gluten free and vegetarian options. The shrimp skewers are high quality. All ingredients for that matter are good. Unfortunately the flavors are a little bland. The broths are very simple with no acid, spice, or complexity.
The Spicy Garlic Pork Ramen is what dreams are made of!
Awesome noodles
I drank all my broth. Yum yum ????
The Tonkotsu Ramen is absolutely delicious! It's as good as what we have in Japan. Raku Ramen puts the noodles and broth in separate take out containers so the noodles are at the perfect firmness. Highly recommended!!
My favourite lunch or dinner spot in Vernon! Spicy garlic ramen is amazing. I’ve tried many ramen places before in Vancouver and this place is still my favorite! The service is always friendly.
Great broth, okay noodles ????
Absolutely delicious. The broth is incredible
Great happy hour. Good service
Very Good
Not impressed. Food was good but service was inattentive at best when the restaurant had few other customers; forty-fifty minutes for ramen and sushi is pushing it, but 30 for a refill of water that never came is spitting in the glass. Would rate 2.5 on account of decent food but service was far too bad to warrant three stars.
Convenient prizes!!!... Excellent food!!!!
Loved it ... so good ... a must try
Good flavor in the ramen but very salty, small plate(appies) very small
Food delivery too late.
Just tried it the other day, definitely in my top 3 for best things I've ever tasted. I had super Ramen
Amazing, I have been here a few times, tried multiple dishes and I am impressed every time
Great food, great sizes, great prices!!
Fantastic food and friendly staff. Only thing is their operating hours has changed slightly from what is stated on Google, understandably given the pandemic. Probably best to check before going, especially if you're heading over near the stated closing time.
We come here often, and its always a 5 star exerience
Best ramen I had in my life.
Delicious food, wonderful staff, decent pricing and absolutely love the atmosphere. Only complaint was I did happen to find a piece of plastic in my bowl. Not a big deal for me, but not the greatest. Lovely place otherwise
Had The Supreme Ramen bowl. Taste and size were both good, except it could have been at a hotter temperature. For some reason it took close to 30 minutes for the food to arrive. I was one of 5 tables eating at the time (weekday lunch). Not sure if this was an anomaly but certainly didn’t expect solo-lunch to take 45mins start to finish.
Best ramen in town!
Dinner
Great Ramen place in Vernon with nice staff.
Great spicy garlic ramen
Everyone is very welcoming and friendly. The food is great! The staff adjusted my meal to accommodate my allergies and everything was tasty.
It’s so good. Nothing is left for pictures.
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Delicious food and friendly service. Good prices too
The best ramen I have had to date. Beating out many of the big city locations I have been to. Worth checking out!
Take out
Dine in
I've been here a bunch. Spicy garlic ramen with extra chachu seems to be the dish I always come back to! The deluxe ramen is awesome too and the dragon ramen is very, very spicy for those that like :) service is always great and the food is consistently good. Best ramen joint in town!
Recently had dinner here. I ordered one of the noodle dishes with beef broth, bamboo shoots, and shrimp tempura. I found a few things wrong with this. For one, my dish and my friends dish were cold. The shrimp tempura was placed on top of the noodle soup and made it completely soggy. The bamboo shoots were very had and undercooked, but not only that, they tasted so gross. The chunks of pork in it were also very unappetizing, as they were just mostly fat chunks. Overall the soup was very swampy like. The restaurant was not clean at all, and the decore in there looks like everything was from a second hand store. I felt like I was at my grandmothers house. The utensils are in cups on the side of the table. They just looked so dirty. The chop sticks in the cups are so old looking and nawed on its gross, why can't they just use the disposal chopsticks like anyone else? Just the fact that all the utensils were out in a cup like that is cringe enough, would you like to get a flu with that ? I could only imagine how many kids and adults played around with them. The floors were dirty. No napkins. The only positive thing I could say was the staff were polite, and my beer was cold. I would not recommend you eating here.
The Super Ramen blew my mind with how good it was!!
Very good food. A tad too spicy. Love the vibe. Keep up the good work
So surprise to eat such yummy and authentic appetizer, ramen and gyoza in Vernon!! Keep it up, raku!!
I haven't found anywhere in Vernon that makes anything close to a proper ramen bowl, and they have the finest sukiyaki beef too. I can't wait to go back.
(Translated) It's a ramen shop. The taste was very good and the clerk was also very nice. Also, I would like to stop by when I visit Vernon. (Original) ラーメン屋です。味がとても良かったですし、店員さんもすごくいい方でした。 また、バーノンを訪れた際には寄りたいです。
The crowning jewel of Vernon. Ramen and gyoza this good are hard to come by even in Vancouver, where there is excellent ramen. The Indian food in Vernon is overhyped, and while some dishes in isolation were excellent, I couldn't find a single place that had good appetizers, curries, and naan in one package. The local pizza left me with a migraine. The southern BBQ is also worthwhile. But if you're only eating at one place, make it Raku.
Amazing!!!
So delicious, much more flavour than Wasabi in Kelowna. Been many times now. First time there, the owner introduced himself and gave us free desserts.
Spicy garlic ramen looks and tastes amazing and their coffee ain't too bad either. Very nice staff and quick service.
Awesome food and awesome service
Always delicious food
Had the loaded ramen. It was 'nummers'!! Can't wait to hit it again, right in my mouth hole!
Dine in
Been here a couple of times now, and it's been great so far. Friendly and quick service, and I've gone during the weekday for lunch, so it wasn't very busy at all. Delicious ramen. Here's a picture of the miso ramen (I think that's what it's called. It's 1AM and I can't sleep!). A bit salty for my taste, but it was very tasty and excellently presented. Will try the deluxe ramen next time I'm in town.
This is my favorite place to come to eat its quick and great for take out
Me and my family was waiting for 30+minutes for 3 bowls of Ramen.......
Always great ramen!
Wasn't sure what to expect having not had real ramen before but is was amazing I love the flavours and the egg was golden and gooey. On the other hand the meat was a little cool not sure if it was ment to be that way or not and the noodles were almost the same as the ones in mr.noodles package. Dedinitly will be coming again though ????
Lunch
The food was very tasty and the service was friendly. The prices are about average but the food is far above average, with a depth to the flavors. Happy hour is a good deal but the menu is not clear on how it works. In actuality, you get one plate at $3.00 for each beverage purchased, not several plates with just purchasing a beverage. Regardless, this place is a very good place to go and enjoy some very tasty Asian dishes, with a certain flavor fusion that expands beyond traditional. I will be back to enjoy more meals myself and you should as well. You cant go wrong.
Great food and service
The food is consistently good, the staff are kind and the environment is cozy
As a Vancouver native ramen is part of my daily food guide. How ever been living in Calgary really don't even know what ramen is. With a holiday at Silver Star I found you to Raku. This is some of the best ramen I have had in years. I've had the Dragon ramen and the spicy garlic, both extremely delicious if you do like spice.
Delish. Lovely open casual atmosphere
I look forward to this Ramen every time I come to Vernon. They've got plenty of gf options, you can even sub for zoodles if you're not a big noodle eater. Try the Batu Ramen if you're a spice lover. Such beautiful broth and very generous portions. Always lovely staff, too.
Hit and miss so far. Had wonderful dishes there and also had to send back few. I guess the biggest problem l have is not the food but the ambiance. Place feels cold and without any design. It really wouldn't take much to make this place looking great. Think about it guys.
Amazing food and a very clean place. Such tasty ramen with all shorts of flavours. I definitely would come back again and I personally recommend it. I got the spicy garlic ramen and it was just the right amount of spicy ness.
Soo good!
The Ramen noodle soups are amazing. The broths are homemade, rich and very tasty. Great toppings. Great friendly service. I highly recommend Raku Rice and Noodle bar.
So good. My new favourite place.
This place deserves 6 stars!! nothing else to say except if you give Raku anything less then 4 stars, you're a monster and nothing can please you!
Awesome Ramen! Everything was exactly how I like it. The noodles were great (not too soft, more on the firm side), the egg was literally perfect! And the pork was amazing, all sitting in a very well balanced broth, not too light, not too heavy. All up it was brilliant! Well done Raku.
We had the ramen and oyster bombs. The service was fantastic and everything was priced very reasonably. Very satisfied customers here.
Raku Ramen is delicious....love this place
Very nice, authentic Asian in downtown Vernon. Good selection, nice presentation. A good lunch stop or for a quick dinner.
Just supurb. Always great staff always great food.
So good that there is nothing left in my bowl to show.
Tasty and fast
Far too much salt. And I like salt.
Tried this place today, their price point is quite similar to ones in Calgary. Their soup base and pork belly quality is pretty good. However, I agree with another reviewer that their noodle quality is something they need to improve on... their broth style is oil salty pork bone kind, perfect if you are chilled or want something hearty!
We ate so much! And every bite was soo good! Will definitely make this my go to place ???? ???? so good!
Have enjoyed exploring this new restaurant in Vernon - Today I had the Chicken Vermicelli - which was delish.
Fantastic ramen.
Most excellent Noodle House
Delicious ramen and sushi
Service
Used skip the dishes to get some Raku Ramen with extra noodles. Good broth, good noodles.
Exceptional food, friendly service and great prices
Finally made it to Raku in Vernon. Just driving by back to Calgary and needed a bowl of Ramen... Mmmmmm... spicy Dragon Ramen.
Excellent quality of service and very good food. They have good vegetarian broth which can be hard to find even in a larger city, let alone Vernon. Not a complaint, but a warning, most of their food has a lot of garlic so it may be a poor choice before a meeting.
Great food and service!
10 stars. Great food from great people.
Absolute favourite place to go for ramen and tasty happy hours and snacks. The food is phenomenal, the staff is so kind and humble. 13/10 would recommend when you're in a salt craving, on a cold day, or when you just have tunnel vision for ramen!
Raku is the most delicious restaurant in town! It is the one restaurant we know where everyone in our family loves their food: our kids love the noodles, eggs and gyoza and my husband and I love every element of the ramen from the broth to the spice level to the noodles; amazing. Thank you Masako and team for creating this wonderful gem in Vernon.
The beef udon is great! With my favorite sukiyaki sweet sauce and lean beef! Also the udon is very chewy! Highly recommended! (But forgot to take photo of the udon)
My husband and I got this as takeout and it was absolutely delicious! The flavors were out of this world. And even though it was takeout, the presentation of the food was still amazing. I was thoroughly impressed by everything I ate. I will be ordering from this restaurant in the future and will be recommending this place to everyone.
was bussin to say the least
This food was soo good!!
Best sushi I ever had anywhere.
Horrible Service! We waited over 1 hour for food and it was the wrong order. Do not waste your time coming here. Not worth the wait.
Seems the quality and taste has gone downhill since my visit last summer.
Raku has an excellent food discount when you dine in between 2-6pm. Japanese food can be expensive in Vernon so this really helps. The spicy broccoli, vegetable, and yam tempura taste great. The only omission from their menu is yakisoba. Staff is super friendly. If you need yakisoba desperately, head to Mahoroba. Mahoroba and Raku are both excellent Japanese restaurants here in Vernon. The veggie raku rolls also tasted really good too. I will definitely come back here.
Wholesome ramen with a great broth base. The price isn't the great for the portion sizes, but the flavor is delicious. Very bright and open restaurant, but the parking isn't the best.
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Amazing!
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One of our favorite Ramen places in Vernon. I highly recommend you eat here.
Horrible service, food was 45 min late. Pretty sure they completely forgot about our order. Food was not edible. Thought we would give them another chance and got the same result.
Portions are perfect. Love the texture of the ramen. Very flavorful. The dynamite roll was quite big!
Messed up our order multiple times, food wasn’t that great, and it all came in stirofoam which is ridiculous. Won’t be back
Good Pho!
Excellent prices and japanese noodle dishes. Simple and great tasting. Good selection . Friendly staff
Great lunch
We enjoyed our lunch here.
Good ramen, good price. A favorite place of mine to enjoy a great meal
Nice restaurant with some unique menu items. Food was good and service was adequate
The longest wait, tiniest portion of ribs, and every time you look at the kitchen guys there just joking and laughing having a good time meanwhile it takes 45 minutes to get an appetizer
had my first ramen experience here and it was bussin
I came here for ramen and it was probably some of the best broth ever. The ramen noodles where like that of Mr. Noodle and disappointing. The staff where friendly though.
Spicy Garlic Ramen is fire hot and so good! Really authentic. Gyoza, tempura, vegetable bowl and sukiyaki beef taste awesome as well! Will be back ????????
Ordered a take out. I was not disappointed. Soup was flavorful. I am sure if I had a chance to eat in, it would have been superb. Thank you for a great meal.
Amazing food! I am obsessed with their ramen! The service is pretty prompt and the staff is very friendly. I would definitely recommend coming to Raku!
Delicious ramen, I would definitely return when I am in Vernon next time!
Food was tasty! I find the vegetarian broth is better than the pork based broth. Highly recommend! Staff is also super friendly and quick!
Tasty noodle dishes great service good value
Great place! We were in and out in 20 minutes in time for out appointment. Delicious. Simple food, but not easy to recreate at home! Paid $14 for a large rice noodle soup with lots of meat and vegetables.
Stopped in for lunch the other day for the first time. Food and service was excellent! I will be returning.
Yum ramen
I’m in town for a week and I’ve had three lunches here. Fantastic! Soups are delicious and hot! I’ll be back next time I’m in town!
A great choice. We were just passing through town and decided to stop for lunch, and we are so glad Raku was open and ready to serve great food!
Very tasty descent portion size for price, but I will still advise getting extra noodles and broth because you will be sad when the bowl is over. I need more!!! I had the spicy garlic ramen.
Some of the best food in town. The staff are beyond exceptional. Would highly reccomend to try out a few dishes. Great for people who have a simple or complex flavour pallets.
We ordered the super ramen, deluxe ramen and miso ramen. The taste are ok but too salty.
Great broth, nice restaurant and very friendly service. Love it!
Good if you like rice and noodles. On street parking can be a problem
Arguably the best ramen I've had in the Okanagan. Had the spicy garlic ramen and was happily full leaving
Super Ramen is amazing!
This is hands down the best food on the entire block, and one of the best restaurants in Vernon! - I recommend the sushi rolls as well as the deluxe ramen. Besides the awesome and personable staff, it’s a really peaceful, welcoming, and aesthetically pleasing environment to share a meal.
The food was good but or server was extremely slow. When we asked for the bill we waited twenty minutes for her to come and tell us she couldn't split our bill.
Good food very friendly atmosphere
My new favorite spot in Vernon. Their Ramen is fantastic. Haven't had a bad dish yet. Top notch service to boot.
Very tasty. I will go back for sure, the flavour was amazing and great gluten free options. Portions could be bigger and the place was very cold.
Just awesome
Awesome Amazing great service
Suuuuuper good. The Ramen Deluxe is unreal
Really great food. Miso ramen is amazing. No complaints.
The Raku ramen is great. But it is a little bit too salty. But overall it’s amazing.
Amazing Japanese food decent prices
Ramen was okay. My bf likes the chili oil from the Dragon Ramen. But I felt tricked to come in because we thought they would have the ramen burger as shown on the website. They DON'T.
Overpriced compared to similar restaurants. I ate here twice out of convenience and won't go back a third time. I love ramen/Asian soups but I found the food here mediocre and unusually expensive.
Best Ramen in the Okanagan.
Food was excellent!
Love the dragon ramen
Best ramen in the okanagan, hands down!
Smells good looks good, mmm ramen
Really good food. Highly recommend.
We ordered delivery from this restaurant last night, first time trying it and we were blown away! Everything was so flavourful, my two year old loved sipping on the chicken broth and stole everyone's eggs! We can't wait to try again!
Spot on absolutely amazing. The food is 5 star there is something for all pallets and dietary choices. Very open, seating is good and room for large parties. I will take as many people here as I can
Amazing ramen!!!! 5/5 ???????????? Big portions, fair price, and amazing food!! Would definitely go again!
The best vegan Udon ever!
Super delicious. Need to go more often.
I love their food, it is so delicious and flavorful and so far my favourite ramen in the Okangan.
Ordered on skip the dishes, came fast and was an incredibly good meal. Would highly recommend this restaurant.
Such great soup
This was some of the best ramen I have ever had! I will be going back there!
Take out
Was looking for a good meal!! We hit the Jackpot In Vernon!!! My RAMEN soup was great !! And everything we had was Excellente !!!! Thanks
Fantastic food for a great price. Even put effort in the thank you cards.
Third time here and delicious every time! Big portions, full flavor and decent prices
Good service and excellent food, serving size was small for the price but it tasted amazing
Food was decent, but quite greasy
I took the tempura udon and it was really good. The tempuras were just a little too much greasy, too bad !
Quick friendly service and food was excellent.
Great food, and lovely staff.
Some of the best Ramen I've ever had! Also very kid friendly with good service.
Good food good taste really appreciate what you did for me and my family will come back again :) ❤
Dinner
Best Ramen I've had in BC and Alberta, staff are so kind! I would highly recommend coming here for an authentic Nourishing meal.
So good.
Everything was fresh but the salad I ordered was bland tasting and skimpy. The sushi rolls were good, but the service wasn't great, had to get their attention a few times to ask for missing items, and the food came out at odd intervals, not together. Plus it was really cold in there!
Everything is so delicious!!
Take out
Reservation was easy. Staff were friendly. Food was excellent. All 9 of us were very happy with our order. My dragon ramen was excellent.
Craving a rich, deep endlessly flavorful bowl of ramen? Raku is the answer. Bonus: they can replace the ramen noodles with zucchini zoodles for those on silly low-carb diets!
Great food!
Love the zucchini noodles, great food everytime!
Best ramen since our trip to Japan! Super ramen is amazing, and the price is right. Courteous and helpful staff, this is an Excellent choice if you’re looking for real ramen.
Great Place!
The food and the service was excellent!
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The food I hear is very good, the senior staff seem to have a very BAD attitude !!!!!!
Amazing food. As someone who eats alone alot, I like how they don't pester me yet they are very accommodating. Plus that spicy garlic ramen is to die for. Just wish they were open earlier.
Very Nice! Appie hour is a deal!
Food was dgood But waited almost an hour for it and service needs to improve
Went here based on good reviews and was not disappointed. Lucked out and went during happy hour so $3 appies that were hearty. Good food and good service we will be returning!
A must in this town
Dinner
Deluxe bowl yummmmmm
Fast, Friendly and Tasty! Best Ramen in town.
They started off simple and have added to the menu a deluxe and super ramen. Tempura, and Sukiyaki beef respectively, as a north american over the top ramen combinations. The place was started by a japanese woman and chinese man combining the glory of ramen with some simple rice dishes that are fan favourites with all comers - read sukiyaki. In the beginning I would have given them 3 stars but since then the broth is better, and everything is coming together better. I expect they will keep fine tuning the broth and chasu. Currently, they are both bordering on good to very good. The service is friendly and prompt, there is rarely much of a wait for anything. They have chosen to staff the floor with north american types while the owners run the food line. I recommend this place with my stomach and my heart ????????????
Great food that is hot and fresh! Thank you ????
Always amazing food.
Amazing Ramen!! Super savory and flavorful - will continue to come back!
Delicious house ramen.
It's quite good. Best I've had in the Okanagan. It's not Vancouver good, but I'll definitely go back again and again when the ramen cravings kick in. I've been spoiled.
Service
Great food and an amazing Happy Hour special.
Great Lunch....pleasantly full.. A real find....almost forgot to share the appetizer...yummy. ???? ????
Good s Service sizes for lunch. Was tasty.
Delicious broth nice staff, was disappointed with the noodles though
Love!
Awesome ramen!
Great ramen!
Simply Amazing. Great flavour in the beef udon. I will be coming back again for sure.
Everything's really salty and lacking in nuanced flavors - The sushi is an absolute mess - And the ramen is so expensive. I discovered I could go elsewhere and get a big bowl of noodles and broth for 17 bucks when it costs me 25 base price to get enough there, so as much as a novelty they were starting up in this town, I can't justify going back.
Very nice atmosphere, wonderful staff. First ramen shop I've been to and the food was amazing. I tried the Raku ramen, very tasty. Noodles were very bouncy, chashu pork was great and the broth had a very rounded flavor that made it hard to put down. I will definitely be going back again.
Perfect place for happy hour. Excellent food and drinks
It was pretty cool to get a noodle bar in this town, and they were nice to have at the start. The food is decent - Nothing truly great. The sushi is actually pretty poor. Mostly, I find myself looking at their latest prices and realizing it's a full dollar fifty for any addon; stuff that really should just be 50 cents to get, knowing the cost of the ingredients as someone who works in restaurants. This results in paying upwards of 30 dollars for a single bowl, just getting things like double noodles and flavoring.
Such awesome food, and they are always adding to the menu. Really great service and nice staff.
Amazing ramen
VERY tasty!!
Good food. Good flavour. I'll be back next time we are in Vernon :)
The ramen there is really good and the atmosphere is like that of a steakhouse, a very classy place for a meal.
Very good soups with delicious broth, I met one of the managers named Danny and he was very nice. good people there ,this will be a frequent spot i go to.
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great owners and staff
Ramen was not bad but not spectacular. The rice bowl was a surprisingly small portion and was not particularly flavourful. Overall pretty average food.