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Crowded and bustling noodle restaurant with amazing fresh udon noodles, fast service, and reasonable prices. You can watch the noodle master at work t…
Nikita Shah
Marugame Monzo
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First time in MonzoI finally tasted udon in Monzo. It was delicious. The servers were polite and the service was quick once we were seated. There is a…
Kiran Yadav
Marugame Monzo
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Best udon so far in Los Angeles. they have pretty good selections of dry and soup udon. Note that the queue can be a little longer during lunch or din…
SKeat
Marugame Monzo
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8 Reviews on “Marugame Monzo”
First time in MonzoI finally tasted udon in Monzo. It was delicious. The servers were polite and the service was quick once we were seated. There is always a line outside but I believe it was worth the wait.
Best udon so far in Los Angeles. they have pretty good selections of dry and soup udon. Note that the queue can be a little longer during lunch or dinner time and parking is quite challenging too.
This restaurant was on our list and when we went to Daikokuya ,we were surprised that this place was right next to each other. Both the places had a long line so we decided to go in which ever place calls us first. Luckily we got in marugame first. We got sea urchin cream udon and mentai squid butter udon. We also got a tempura soft boiled egg and kakiage. The Sea urchin udon was rich and creamy with sea urchin crumbs mixed in and salmon roe on top. The squid in the mentai squid udon was perfectly cooked and super tender. The best part of the mentai squid udon was the sauce, it was made with fish eggs, we never thought of making a sauce out of fish eggs, it was a genius idea that we are gonna try to recreate at home. Overall definitely a must visit. foodiemuggles.com
The good: handmade udon noodles all day long, made right in front of you. Noodles are chewy, bouncy, and delicious. The bad: besides the long wait at peak times, I feel that the quality of food has gone down a bit. Uni udon didn’t have much uni flavor, mentaiko squid udon was a little too creamy, cold beef noodles had way too much grated radish. Even their pork belly rice bowl was just ok.Overall: worth a visit, at least once to see udon noodles hand rolled and cut into perfect strips. Avoid peak times and enjoy the show!@
This is one of my favourite Japanese restaurant in LA. But there is always a long queue in busy hours. The restaurant is quite small. Sea Urchin Cream Udon:My favourite Super creamy sauce and strong in uni flavour. I like the bouncy udon. The portion seems small but it’s totally enough, even for man. The Creamy Tomato Udon is very yummy as well. Scallops Carpaccio:Fresh and sweet scallops, also nicely matched with the sauce.
The wait is worth it.In the epic battle for turf in Little Tokyo, one noodle joint says screw you all I’m doing my own thing. Where everyone has their opinions on the best ramen spot, there’s only one when you talk about Udon. The service is great and considering how many people are usually waiting, the wait looks worse than it actually is.This place hand makes/pulls their Udon. The stuff of gangsters. The noodles come out perfectly cooked with just the right consistency and texture when consumed. Even on cold nights, I opt for the Cold Zaru Udon with their dipping sauce. It’s one of my favorite dishes in LA. Slap some Shrimp Tempura on that order and I’m a very happy person. What I like most though is that you can have a high quality meal and leave for less than $10.This is not to say that the hot bowls of Udon aren’t good too. There’s also Uni Udon (which I’ve heard isn’t the best in LA but still edible) and some other off the wall Udon concoctions. It all just goes back to the quality of the noodle though. It really helps set up all of the dishes and is the main event in every bowl.
Identity crisis??? Lol I didn’t know udon noodles come in both a soup base and also in cream sauce type dishes? Perhaps I’ll try it the next time, but I was hungry for a noodle soup this time not necessarily a Japanese fettuccine type of pasta! Went for lunch, and there was a long wait in which the waitstaff didn’t practically manage well: seems as if they were short staffed. Wait is very cramped inside so it’s better to wait outside. Service was attentive though once we sat down, and it was fun to watch them make a fresh udon. Since my research indicated they were only two handmade udon noodle shops in LA, perhaps I was expecting something a little more tantalizing! The noodles were good, the broth was good, however between the shrimp tempura, the duck, and the pork, the broths all surprisingly tasted the same. 3 out of 5 stars, good but unremarkable.