V2 Ramen Izakaya

Menu doesn’t have a lot of selections.
The noodles weren’t cooked long enough.
Food was ok only.

Have been visit to this izakaya restaurant for couple of times, food quality has been kept in a good constant level. The most important is ‘freshness’ for izakaya restaurant… they have never disappointed me. Pork bone soup not as salty as those in downtown «well known» one… only food items are not too much… but I think, if their business is getting more… items will definitely be added. I think they are the best izakaya among Scarborough. Also they do have variety of sake items can be chosen. Good food taste fresh and great. Worth to visit. Highly highly recommended!

For a «Japanese» Izakaya restaurant, this seemed more like a Chinese styled restaurant, though the prices were intriguingly high for relatively small portions and mediocre food.
Walking in, the interior design seemed fairly nice and it definitely had a nice tea set to go with the Japanese feel.
As for the food, the BBQ Pork ramen tasted like normal ramen with soup powder and really different BBQ pork. The pan fried scallops were small and expensive. I definitely felt ripped off. The curry beef rice in a stone pot looked appealing at first, but when I tasted it, I felt like I could get better quality at a regular Chinese restaurant. The rice rolls we got in the wooden steamer kept falling apart.
I really hope improvement will be made later on!

V2 used to be a wonton noodle place at First Markham Place. They have reinvented themselves to be a japanese izakaya.
Lots of interesting snacks. The ox tongue is one of the best.
The ramen is reasonably good comparing to the ones in uptown.
Even the complimentary jello dessert is not bad at all!

Went to this place yesterday with a couple of friends and we had a good time. The food was good, the portions were a bit small for the price and my friend had to pay an extra dollar to make his soup spicy? That’s absurd.
The bad this about this place is the service really. We had to call the waitress multiple times to get her to come over here because she couldnt hear us calling her or wouldn’t look towards our table. The big thing here was that when we were paying out bill, one of my friends did not tip. The lady who was different from our waitress instantly screamed out «Excuse me! You did not pay tip!»
It didn’t end there. I was waiting to pay after him and as I was about to pay the lady again screamed «You must pay tip!!» to which my friend said «Tip is optional» or something along that line. He ended up not paying tip which outraged the lady making he tell him to get out and never come back again.
I finished paying and was appalled at what happened. She checked my receipt instantly if i payed tip and glared at me as she handed it to me as if she was trying hard to remember my face. I don’t think i’ll be coming back here. Such a shame since the food was decent. I doubt my group will be coming back here as there are 2 more ramen places nearby. To lose multiple customers over a tip of $ 1.50 is quite something.

Sorry, just noticed I didn’t post this. I’ve been here several times since then.
Just opened 3 weeks ago. Perfectly cooked ramen. Miso broth was great. Not the biggest bowl but just enough to satisfy. Not set up for interac and the owner said to pay next time! That’s some belief in your product. I will definitely be coming back.

They use instant noodles rather than real ramen (stretched noodle). It is good to get fast lunch, but it is not a place to enjoy Japanese food.

I’m with Taz, this place, while not do good that it’s a «hidden gem», it definitely a place that deserve a try.
I usually never… more «never» than anything else… order soup based anything, but seeing all the good things said about their ramen, I gave it a try. They are not wrong. I actually was drinking the soup with every bite of the ramen. That’s how good it is.
While the skewer dishes ARE on the pricey side, but you do get good food in return. We’ve tried the eel and cattle fish, and the portion was proper sized and delicious.
My wife and I will likely to return here.

I lived V2 noodle house way better when they were a wonton noodle place at First Markham Place. Great price, big selection, great tastes and quality ingredients. I was sad they folded. Tried this new V2 jap noodle house and was disappointed. Same owners and management, but average food quality and overpriced items for them quality and portion.

Not sure where the bad reviews are coming from, or high expectation… But this place is pretty decent. Some stuff are a bit pricey for the portion they give, but you can inquire before ordering. This place is quite small and can maybe seat 25+ guest total, but their neat little snacks with ramen and other stuff is intriguing.
I ordered their ‘Avocado Stuffed Seafood’ ($ 5). Its a decent size, and it takes 15 mins to make, but its tasty.
Got their ‘Steam Clam Vermicelli Pork Soup’. ($ 9). This again is decent size, and the taste is very enjoyable again.
Got their ‘Pork Belly Ramen’. This is the same broth like the clams, but the egg was nice and soft runny. The pork belly was nice fatty and tender.
My friends ordered the ‘Miso Grilled Eggplant’ ($ 5) and this eggplant is bigger than my friend’s hand. It tasted nice as well. Although $ 5 for half an eggplant is pricey, but its once you try something like that.
The service is fine too, considering there is one or maybe max two waitress running around food and servicing customers. Overall, I would come back again and try other stuff.

This location used to be a sushi restaurant but now it has been changed to a Ramen and Izakaya resto.
We came here to try to «try» something new, since Scarborough has a bit of a limited compared to the selection from foods downtown. We got here right when they opened and we got our choice of seating. Were offered tea while we flipped through the menu.
Reading through the menu there is a mix of Ramen/​Udon, izakaya dishes, some rice dishes and soups.
We ordered:
–spicy miso porkbelly ramen (Kind of bummed that they don’t have a spicy miso ramen but you have to add $ 1 to make it spicy :/​)
–takoyaki
–ginger chicken
–bowl of rice on the side (we were really craving karage don… so we made our own xD)
We originally wanted to order the pork shokoyagi (?) in a stone pot but the waitress told us its very gingery. So we decided against it.
We asked for extra kewpi mayo, and the lady came out with the squeeze bottle to squirt more onto the plate… which was very odd since usually places just give it on a little plate.
Overall, the ramen base was very half hearted and bland. Didn’t compare to other ramen places we’ve tried. The pork belly was very good melts in your mouth but only 3 slices. Lots of noodles, no extra ingredients like you would get at other ramen places.
Chicken was good with our rice.
Takoyaki was good.
In the end I would not come here again, I can say I’ve tried it and it’s okay only if you’re in the area. But if you’re looking for something to eat and enjoy then I would suggest go to yonge and sheppard area/​downtown for better selection.

I’ll give this place 3 stars for the admirable effort in waitresses trying to attract us. Despite the fact the place was pretty much dead on a Saturday night, but the employees convinced us to eat here even though there were millions of other choices along Silver Star.
We’re pretty much set on the fact this place won’t compare to Izakaya Ju, Nomé, or Guu. However we still wanna give some of the unique dishes a try here. We tried the tako cucumber appetizer, tako sunomono, octopus skewer, tenderloin skewer, baked mushrooms in cheese, curry beef rice, and seafood cheese udon.
Both the rice and udon were satisfying dishes. The cheese in my udon actually melted better than the one in Kinton (for Kinton the cheese just turns to a giant ball). There could’ve been a few more seafood pieces, but it was okay. The skewers were all decently grilled. The octopus/​tako dishes were all varying: The tako cucumber had that wasabi taste which was a nice spicy kick, but the tako sunomono was easily the disappointment of the meal as the tako pieces were still relatively frozen and it didn’t taste to anything at all.
Service was pretty much blah outside from the first 5 minutes and the last 5 minutes. I never got a plate to have the dishes and had to resort to my miso soup bowl… they also never cleared the dishes until the udon and rice orders came; about 30 minutes after initial order, and we finished practically everything then.
I don’t mind coming back to try out some new items, particularly their black curry (seems interesting!), or if I’m sick of waiting at Izakaya Ju all the time.

Portions were small for the cost. This specific wait staff (with tattoos) looked like she hated her job and did not properly answer our inquiries about the menu items. She wasn’t friendly or seemed like she cared about our table. No wonder there were no customers there. I don’t recommend this place at al.

Not bad at all for a place to get ramen in the Markham area, especially given the price.
I ordered a BBQ pork ramen with a tonkotsu broth (I tried to remain traditional as much as possible) for $ 8.50 and the results were satisfying for the most part. The noodles had a good springy feel to them and there was a good quantity of it in the bowl. The pork was quite unique; while some parts were a little rougher than I would like, it still maintained a good distribution of fat. It was also seared slightly for a bit of a «smokey» taste that bought a new element to the flavours. The egg was fine — nicely softboiled. They did not offer any bamboo shoots, but other traditional toppings such as green onions and black fungus were present. Unfortunately, the black fungus was not cut into strips and I would have preferred it to be cut into strips as in other ramen-​yas. The broth was quite smooth and overall, the bowl was not too salty, which is surprising since more often than not, the ramen in the GTA area tends to be overly salty, leaving one dehydrated after the meal.
Green tea is free as soon as you are seated in the restaurant. Fortunately, they offer complimentary dessert as well; a nice lychee-​flavoured jello to end off the meal.
That said, during the time I was here, there was no air conditioning/​ventilation, so the entire restaurant was quite stuffy.

Place to be when you are craving for ramen & stone pot rice uptown! Choose stone pot rice, you won’t be disappointed!

Something is definitely lacking in my experience at V2 Ramen Izakaya.
I know this is not a Japanese «Izakaya», it is more like a Chinese idea of how a Izakaya/​ramen joint should be.
Tenderous Rib Ramen in Tonkotsu Soup ($ 8.50)
— just try not to drink too much of the soup, if not you will be like me, feeling thirsty… really thirsty after
— Tenderous Rib was quite tender, the noodle was cooked al dente with a nice bite, the half egg was a little overcooked…
— That’s what I got for $ 8.50… I was still hungry after eating that… maybe I should order some sides? But this is Scarborough, and this is lunch?!
The photos they uploaded on Unilocal are the same one as the menu… they just don’t look delicious enough for me to come back… seriously house made cuttlefish balls Ramen. that’s just remind me a lot of what I got at Kenny’s Delight in the same plaza.