I had been meaning to trying Hakata Ramen for the past month after walking by numerous times and seeing it was filled with people. I went this past Friday around 4:30 and waited 30 minutes not realizing it closes at 3 pm after the lunch crowd and reopens at 5 pm for the dinner crowd.
We ordered the Black Tonkotsu ($10.80 plus tax), the Chasu Lover ($14.50 plus tax), the Tantan Men ($15.00 plus tax) and dumplings ($3.80 plus tax) as well as the Agedashi Tofu ($4.80 plus tax) as appetizers. I'm only going to review the items I had which was the Black Tonkotsu and the two appetizers.
The Black Tonkotsu ($10.80 plus tax) came with the option of straight thin noodles or wavy thick noodles which I had the latter. Overall it was good but definitely not great. The pork was tender and flavourful with the right amount of fat. The noodles were slightly undercooked and the broth was good but it was a bit too salty for my liking.
The dumplings (5 for $3.80 plus tax) were okay nothing special and tasted more steamed than pan fried.
The Agedashi Tofu ($4.80 plus tax) were cooked perfectly but a little too much ginger for my liking.
The service was good but the food came out a little slow since there was only one cook working at that particular time.
Overall, it's a decent place for ramen nothing special. Also it's a little higher priced than it's competitors.