Ippudo Central Park

I was so happy to hear these guys opened up a store here as I’ve heard plenty of raving on about their pork buns and ramen. Pork buns — amazing! I just don’t like how much fat was in it but that’s just my own pet peeve. I had the Ramen with the garlic oil as the description sounded so yum, but it was a massive let down and I’ve definitely had better at other places which are half the price like Menya. The noodles nor the soup base cut it for me unfortunately. But everything else I ordered, the Cucumber Entrée, Seared Salmon Sushi and Gyoza were amazing. I loved the atmosphere here at Central Park, I like that it’s not a busy area and only had to wait 1 minute to be seated, and only several minutes for the dishes to come out.
9 out of the 10 times I’ve been here, the wait staff were professional yet very amicable. However, there was one incident where I’d left my bag there and the waitress told me no lost property had been handed in. I told her I’d literally left the restaurant 2 mins ago and know I had 100% left the bag there. She just kept saying NO and didn’t even bother asking other wait staff. She looked really annoyed and just ignored me. I came back three times after looking in places I knew it wasn’t at, and eventually she saw it had been put behind the counter as someone HAD in fact handed it in. She laughed embarrassingly but she didn’t apologise. Rudeeee

Good ramen selection. Love the pork buns and very soft. I like the Westfield one better, for some reason it’s slightly different somehow. Enjoy coming here often, it’s in a great location.

The ramen is pretty nice but over priced. It’s quite expensive here. And they don’t have much allergy warning on the menu other anything. They sneak chilli into almost everything with no mention of it on the menu!