Maru Ramen

The service and the food are both horrible. There are some sort of red things that seems to be lipstick chunk in the water they served me so I immediately told our server and she only said ok in a very light voice that I almost did not hear. She then waited there in a dead silence, which we have to guess that she wants to take the order. After taking the order she took my water away and got a new one but instead of giving the water to me, she took it with her and waited in front the kitchen until the food is ready. While waiting for the water and the ramen, I also found the same red chunks on my boyfriend friend's cup, so I used tissue to rub it off, shown in the picture. Since it is not inside the cup, and our experience with the server is already so bad we didn't even wanted led them know cause then I guess both of us will have nothing to drink before our food is ready. While we were eating the server never came to check on us and even when we told them we need the check we saw that our server and another server debating who is going to help us. So we even have to wait at the counter until they made their decision. Not just the service is bad, the food is also bad. The chashu is made of pork loin which made it so though and chewy, and the egg does not have any taste, unlike the usual tamago we got in mang other ramen that has a brownish color and more favor. The noodle and the soup are just ok. Does not recommend! Will not come again！

I seriously don’t understand the high rating. The service was good, but the food was disappointing. My ramen noodles were raw. The Chashu was the worst I have ever had! As you can see in the picture, it definitely wasn’t pork belly. It was as lean and dry as chicken breast. Egg was not marinated well or even at all.
My husband ordered tantanmen and he said it was not bad. However, when he ordered extra noodles, they were raw too.
Overall, I wouldn’t recommend this place for ramen.

The Beef Bulgogi, Chicken Buns, and Chicken Ramen were SO amazing! 10/10 would absolutely come back. I wish we had one in our town.

Visited Ithaca with my parents and my daughter for a day and planned to have dinner at Maru Ramen. We arrived after 6pm and got a table for four. Our order was taken immediately and the food arrived quickly. We started with hirata buns with pork, a steamed bun with perfectly tender slices of pork. This was followed with the beef dumplings, edamame, seaweed salad, and vegetable tempura (crispy and light shredded veggies). My stepfather got the avocado bibimbop, mom got the Hangover ramen (spicy broth with pork), daughter got the miso broth with pork, and I got the tonkotsu ramen. The noodles are fresh, pork sliced thin and tender, and the broths were perfect (not salty and flavorful) even on a sunny day.

Clean place, wonderful quick service, delicious food and great selective beverage menu. Worth the visit.

I drove for 1 hour just for the ramen here, and everything was great. The new lady working there is so nice to us. Love the ramen, and will be back soon ❤️❤️

First time here. I went there on Saturday around afternoon. Not a lot of people. Food served really fast and tasted so delicious. Especially their egg noodles. Clean restroom

Cute little place! Waitress was attentive and nice, able to answer any questions we had. The food we got came out really fast and was fresh! I tried something a previous reviewer suggested, and glad I did. The dumplings were soooo good. The prices surprised me- I thought it would be more expensive than it was.

This is NOT your college dorm-room Ramen.

Maru Ramen is a fresh, bright space that not only puts a modern flair on ramen but leaves you counting down until your next trip back. The Tonkatsu Ramen is a personal favorite of mine. The Beef Bulgogi is perfectly seasoned, and the dumplings are fantastic as well.

HIGHLY Recommend!