Doragon Ramen - Ashland

We ordered out here for the first time tonight and we were really impressed. Food is fresh and delicious. I really liked the soup dumplings and pork dumplings. Kids loved the chicken ramen with marinated egg. The wings were also amazing (we got the orange hoisin flavor). Definitely will be back. Kid-friendliness: Kids are huge ramen fans, but easy to find things kids will like here, IMO. They have a kids ramen that you can customize. We got the regular chicken ramen with chicken, veggies, and marinated egg and the kids liked that. The chicken karaage was also very tender and something that more picky kids would probably enjoy as well. Service: Take out Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $10–20 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes: Chicken Wings, Gyoza

It's just a solid restaurant. The people on the floor are great, but they often get overrun because the place doesn't hire enough people or something, so they're stretched pretty thin. As for the food, I feel like it's gotten worse over the years for some reason, and I can't figure out why. Going there a few years ago, I'd definitely call it the best ramen place over all the others I've tried, but the past few orders have really just been not great. The most recent order, though, I took a chance ordering the super spicy one and it was a lot better than others in the past. I'll definitely have to keep doing some more experimenting with other things on the menu, though, so I'll try and update this if I can. Vegetarian options: The vegetarian options are pretty good, but I still feel a bit restricted with the ramen specifically, since there's only a couple that don't have meat broth, two of which are I think the same basically. Service: Take out Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $20–30 Food: 4 Service: 4 Atmosphere: 4

Doragon is by FAR the best ramen I've had! Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

The hellfire one is really spicy, even to me, a spicy food lover Food: 5 Service: 4 Atmosphere: 5

As an asian, I feel disappointed. This is the most white washed restaurant I’ve been to. The restaurant claims to aim for “authenticity” but it’s the most tryhard, LEAST japanese or asian restaurant. I get it, I’m not the target audience. I’ve been to plenty of asian and japanese authentic restaurants and this restaurant absolutely does not perform up to “authenticity” standards. Decor /restaurant atmosphere: 2/10. It’s pretty clean, but way too small and makes me feel claustrophobic. Also, they’re playing Japanese music in the bathrooms and putting decor, (but the japanese music sucks) and overall it looks like you went to a thrift shop, bought 5 random items and placed them in the restaurant. The restaurant is filled with frames of “japanese foods” that are stock photos from the internet. food negative 100000/10. this is the most disgusting ramen i’ve ever had in my entire life and i’m not even a picky eater. i asked the waitress “is this soup salty”? she told me it was barely salty, so i ordered it (the tantan ramen) because it claimed to have “creamy broth” i ate instant noodles (bowl noodle soup) the day before, and the broth looked the exact same. cheap, disgusting, watery and INCREDIBLY, ASTRONOMICALLY salty broth. the waitress either lied to me or doesn’t know what the definition of salty means. i swear, this ramen tasted exactly like those frozen japanese ramens where you pour boiled water, wait five minutes and eat it. but even that tastes significantly better than what they served me. price: 1/10. are you kidding me, 17.95 USD for this trash? that’s like over 20 canadian dollars. Why would people spend money on this white washed, overpriced food? I swear this restaurant brainwashes people. I’m extremely disappointed. Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $10–20 Food: 1 Service: 2 Atmosphere: 1