Suzume
“Atmosphere: Great date spot, very cozy, dim lighting a plus
Food: Exceptionally clean presentation.”
“The Yao Yao Ramen is fantastic, it's very special, you will not find broth like this in NYC.”
“Besides the spam, I think next time we will try the chicken adobo, San Miguel dark beer and of course the spam musubi.”
Suzume
Take-out: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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This place may be a ramen spot but it's all about their Japanese tapas. They have great small bites and starters to enjoy over drinks. I would pass on the ramen because I found the broth to be lacking depth in flavor which I look forward to when it comes to ramen. I added a poched egg to my pork ramen and it helped to solve the missing link but still wasn't enough.
The service is amazing and totally worth 5 stars. It gets busy so try to dine early
A small dimly lit bar that happens to serve ramen on their small menu. The bartender also brings out the food to all the tables as well as the bar and also serve drinks at the bar and tables and take food orders so if you are sitting at the bar, it takes a long time to get her attention to take the order and when you're closing out especially when it is busy.
I had the Yaoyao ramen $11 with a poached egg add on +$2. The pork shoulder was shredded and tender, bok choy nicely blanched, noodles a bit too soft, egg well poached, with lots of sesame seeds sprinkled over the top. The broth was thick and I expected a lot more flavor but seemed very bland. It also needed some salt. Overall, a cute neighborhood spot but not somewhere I would make the trip out to.
I expected a little bit more from this place, given the (majority of) good reviews.
Food was really good. We came around 7ish for dinner on a Saturday and were seated right away. Between my table, we had salad, sushi, one of the sashimi specials, and the pork ramen. It was all really tasty and minus the fluke sashimi, the portions were spot on.
What was not good, and would keep me from returning, was the way the food was brought out. None of us had our food together, and nearly each order came out separately. My friend who got a salad got her's in two minutes, while my friend with the ramen order got her item another 10-15 minutes later. Not normally an issue, except that as a group, we expected to eat together, not staggered.
So, I am impressed.
Why?
Well, because I had a chilled cucumber ramen bowl that delighted and inspired me. This place is seasonally conscious and I am into that – hot ramen on a hot day is not so appealing. The flavor of my bowl was not overwhelming – it had the right amount of savory sweetness and it complimented the perfectly cooked fish that bowl was topped with. The portion was just right for a lady like me because usually it takes me 3 days to get through a bowl of ramen, but I was able to finish mine at Suzume, which I think made me feel special cause I felt it was 'my sized'.
If you have a big appetite I suggest trying a few things – this is definitely a 'tapas' style place.
Aesthetic: Hipster, adorable, quaintly romantic
Service: Attentive, caring, and respectful of dietary restrictions
I can't wait to come back and try more of the menu!
Great ramen at a great price. I tried the YaoYao Ramen with pork shoulder, sesame garlic chili broth, bok choy and scallion. It was enjoyable, to say the least. Also: really enjoyable interior at this little gem located in Williamsburg. Nice music and friendly staff.
Short review because I am just building off my previous one. Particularly, I have tried the ramen on subsequent visits, and thought it was excellent and a good value. Really, other than sushi, which was a little disappointing, including fish that had been previously frozen, I love this place. 4+ stars, even if not quite 5.
I really wanted to like this place more, but the ramen isn't the best I've had. Maybe I've just been spoiled, but I didn't find anything too special about their selection. I tried both the salmon and the pork shoulder. The salmon had better broth, but the fish itself was pretty tasteless. The pork broth wasn't as full in flavor (a little sour), but the pork shoulder was so tender and melty. The noodles were more reminiscent of wonton noodles in terms of texture, size, and lack of springiness. Up to you to decide if that's good or bad.
I also tried the spicy scallop roll. It wasn't spicy at all, but it was pretty fresh. We also ordered the spam musubi, but it never came (we weren't charged for it).
The space itself is a bit uncomfortable. If you sit at the tables against the store front window, you have limited elbow room between tables. If you're in the middle table, you have nowhere to put your coat (if the coat rack all the way in the back is full). The backless stools are also uncomfortable and I hit my head on the overhead light twice (okay, maybe that last one was my fault).
Service was good, and I really want this place to exist since it's so conveniently located off the Lorimer/Metropolitan stop. Maybe next time I'll sit at the bar.
It's also cheaper than a lot of Western-style ramen places, but it's also cash only. Bowls are also a bit smaller than I'm used to.
I just realized that this restaurant is like 3 blocks behind my house!!! So I decided to go with my brother because we was on the roadtrip for 3 days and only ate burger from McDonalds. We ordered 2 rools. The cynthis rools and the we salmon rolls. The food was surprisingly good. I didn't think so because they are mixing "comfort food" like chicken wigs. And so I thought that their rolls will just be fine. I was wrong they were amazing. After we had 2 bowls=soup. One was the salmon and the other was pork. Pork was a little spicy. But both was good. I know that it's $11 for pasta but the brow was delicious. My salmon was cook perfectly. (I wish I had more). I recommend it and also will come back for sure now that I know that this place exist 🙂