Raramen, Glen Waverley

Upon visiting Victoria, I was coaxed to go to this place for a quick and different lunch. I think the proverb," YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR" applies here. I have no problem with this place. Quick and easy as you come through the door to be seated. The food was with us in ten minutes. Pork dumplings and saucy fried noodles for the kids and nan had the chicken wanton soup with about 10 tiny pork filled wantons and clear liquid with salty flavour and one special fried rice with no salt. The rice place was $10 which is more than most chinese restaurants charge back home. The kids did the colour sloshy drink and the bill for 4 was $38. Not my favourite but not beyond redemption for a different taste for a lunch.

Unlimited free Slurpees and chinese tea already means that they get a 4 star in value from me because that means a savings on buying drinks which at any other restaurant can run into about $3-$5 per person.

The food here is on the better side of average, but as a restaurant that boasts about their dumplings, I found them quite disappointing. Hubby fancies himself a bit of a Shanghai Dumpling (Shao long bao) connoisseur and he reckons this place has a below average offering of that dish.

The menu is not very innovative, the usual noodle and rice dishes that one can get in any Chinese food stall at a food court but I have not had any reason to complain about my orders.

I've always made my way straight to their upstairs serving area where there is a much smaller customer to staff ratio. As a result I've never had to wait very long for service. I have noticed that the downstairs area gets pretty crowded and chaotic during dinner times so I can understand why some reviewers have found the service lacking.

I'm baffled by all the negative comments. Yes, it's called Ra-Ramen, but that doesn't mean it's necessarily a Japanese Ramen restaurant. It's more of a Taiwanese noodle and dumpling cafe, and it delivers on that.

Plus they have free slurpee.

Poor service and poor quality of food. I've never eaten so bad ramen and salty food before. The dumplings were alright but kind of oily. Can't believe so many people are still visiting it.

Prices are ok only, not that cheap and great. There are better dumpling restaurants and ramen apart from this one.

Not a fan of their so called ramen-although it's more like chinese noodles rather than ramen. The dumplings are pretty good though. Tried shao long bao, not very happy with it. The skin was thick and the filling was not juicy.

Cheap delicious food. Free slushies and tea. Fried pork dumplings are really good also the Shanghai fried noodles. Only improvement needed is the service otherwise everything else is great.

I go to Raramen mainly for their dumplings. Great place to hang out with friends for a nice cheap meal. The service can be improved though.

The food is not too bad considering the price. Service was average but food came out very quickly.