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Robert Sietsema's Top Ramen Restaurants in NYC
Totto Ramen is one of Robert Sietsema's Top Ramen Restaurants in NYC.

1. Totto Ramen

366 W 52nd St (btwn 8th & 9th Ave), New York, NY
Ramen Restaurant · Hell's Kitchen · 584 tips and reviews

Ajit V.Ajit Verghese: RS says: Try the Chicken Paitan Ramen: cantonese-influenced broth made w/ chix & pork bones, soft straight/slightly wavy noodles. w/ 2 unusual toppings. Hot pepper condiment & soy-marinated avocado.

Ippudo is one of Robert Sietsema's Top Ramen Restaurants in NYC.

2. Ippudo

9.1
65 4th Ave (btwn E 9th & E 10th St), New York, NY
Ramen Restaurant · Greenwich Village · 1164 tips and reviews

Ajit V.Ajit Verghese: RS says: Try the Shiromaru Hakata Classic: "pork bone broth highly emulsified, noodles slightly firmer than most and thinner, and pickled ginger is an important component of the flavor package."

Tabata Noodle Restaurant is one of Robert Sietsema's Top Ramen Restaurants in NYC.

3. Tabata Noodle Restaurant

7.4
540 9th Ave (btwn W 39th & W 40th St), New York, NY
Ramen Restaurant · Garment District · 201 tips and reviews

Ajit V.Ajit Verghese: RS says: Try the Tabata Ramen. It "features cooked and toasted ramen in the same bowl, with a novel broth thickened with coconut milk and soy powder and Chicken nubs w/ raw purple onions."

Ramen Misoya is one of Robert Sietsema's Top Ramen Restaurants in NYC.

4. Ramen Misoya

7.2
129 2nd Ave (btwn St Marks Pl & E 7th St), New York, NY
Ramen Restaurant · East Village · 125 tips and reviews

Ajit V.Ajit Verghese: RS says: Try the Powder Snow Ramen. "Exceptional pork, 3 types of miso. Broth is made w/ pork & chicken bone, garlic, ginger, and seaweed kelp. Try grated parmesan / pat of butter on top of ramen."

Ramen Setagaya is one of Robert Sietsema's Top Ramen Restaurants in NYC.

5. Ramen Setagaya

34 1/2 Saint Marks Pl (btwn 2nd & 3rd Ave), New York, NY
Ramen Restaurant · East Village · 141 tips and reviews

Ajit V.Ajit Verghese: RS says: Try the Spicy Miso Ramen. "The medium-weight miso is earthy and gritty, the level of heat higher than you'd ever expect, and the kernels of corn a cooling component. "

Minca is one of Robert Sietsema's Top Ramen Restaurants in NYC.

6. Minca

8.2
536 E 5th St (btwn Ave A & B), New York, NY
Ramen Restaurant · Alphabet City · 302 tips and reviews

Ajit V.Ajit Verghese: RS says: Try the Minca Ramen. "five types of noodles, multiple broth options, and comparatively low prices. The signature bowl features a powerful soy broth, tea-boiled egg, kelp, and thin noodles."

Rockmeisha is one of Robert Sietsema's Top Ramen Restaurants in NYC.

7. Rockmeisha

11 Barrow St (at W 4th St), New York, NY
Japanese Restaurant · West Village · 59 tips and reviews

Ajit V.Ajit Verghese: RS says: Try the Chashu Ramen. Pub grub at its Japanese best, "Only one ramen is offered and is based in a murky pig-foot broth that tastes like it's been boiled for three years. Plenty of pork, too."

Momofuku Noodle Bar is one of Robert Sietsema's Top Ramen Restaurants in NYC.

8. Momofuku Noodle Bar

8.5
171 1st Ave (btwn E 10th & E 11th St), New York, NY
Ramen Restaurant · East Village · 848 tips and reviews

Ajit V.Ajit Verghese: RS says: Try the Momofuku Ramen. "2 kinds of pork (roast belly and shredded shoulder), flowers of fishcake, whole sheets of nori and a science cheffy egg."

Terakawa Ramen is one of Robert Sietsema's Top Ramen Restaurants in NYC.

9. Terakawa Ramen

18 Lexington Ave (btwn E 22nd & E 23rd St), New York, NY
Noodle Restaurant · Gramercy Park · 118 tips and reviews

Ajit V.Ajit Verghese: RS says: try the Mayu Ramen "Darkest & stormiest bowl of ramen in the city, pork broth laced w/ garlic cooked almost to a cinder. Plethora of other ingredients: wood-ear mushrooms & bamboo shoots"

Chuko is one of Robert Sietsema's Top Ramen Restaurants in NYC.

10. Chuko

8.6
565 Vanderbilt Ave (at Pacific St), Brooklyn, NY
Ramen Restaurant · Prospect Heights · 389 tips and reviews

Ajit V.Ajit Verghese: RS says: try the Limited Order Ramen. The "broth is ghostly white and frothy and the pork tastes like bacon, and the entire roster of ingredients is austere in the extreme."