Wagamama comes definitely as a surprise. Although for what you would expect as a "chain" restaurant the quality of the food is up-scale. I had amazing gyozas as starters followed by a well-seasoned pad-thai. Staff was friendly and although I find it quite pricey portions were big: there was no room for dessert!
Great service, seated quickly during a busy Saturday evening. Waitress checked on us regularly and food came out hot and within a reasonable time. Full marks for food quality as well as service. Highly recommended!
We ordered steamed chicken gyoza and kimchi salad over our green tea as starters. Chicken katsu curry and chicken and prawn yaki soba for mains, and the chocolate fudge cake for dessert. Besides the fudge cake, everything was a stand-out in terms of presentation, flavours, taste and portion size. The dumplings were moist, flavoursome and appetizing. The katsu curry wasn't too hot to handle, with long chunks of crispy chicken and the sticky rice was a perfect compliment to the dish. My friend loved her yaki soba, soft noodles with crunchy prawns and vegetables. Wagamama managed to fill me up right upto my brim with their awesome food. So, anyone complaining their portion sizes are small makes me really wonder about their order?! I was one happy customer. Again, a go to place for me.
I really enjoyed my visit here. For starters we ordered mushroom onigiri and yasai steamed gyoza - both the dishes were delicious but I found them slightly over-priced considering the quantity served!
Next we ordered yasai ramen - this was absolutely delicious - the broth was so so good!!! The Japanese omelette, veggies, the noodles themselves - just wow! We had also ordered yasai cha han donburi- brown rice with lots of vegetables. This was also nice but the star was definitely that ramen dish.
Will visit again for sure but only for that ramen dish.
The food was really good but there's only one particular that was most favourable by me which was the fire cracker, also the firecracker was really spicy if you're into it
Great meal as always, it was a very busy day but the wait was only around 10 mins. Service was a little slow but understandable with how busy it was. My friend had an allergy so management had to take the order.. goof to see how on top of it they are with allergies however it did mean service again was slower for her meal. Starters came our very late after our meal and mushrooms were cold. It was quickly rectified with a new batch which tasted much better. Prawns were great. Service from staff was great friendly and approachable.
On a week evening it’s not too busy so you would get seated almost immediately. They are very big on allergies (which I really appreciate) and they were meticulous when taking our orders. There was a good selection of vegan/vegetarian options. In particular, I tried the vegan ribs and it was full of flavour and didn’t have that meat substitute aftertaste. The food portion sizes were huge and good value for money but sadly the drinks weren’t in my opinion. Very tasty but not worth the price. I would also say that there’s an attempt to mix different traditional dishes together and I don’t know if it works. I had the katsu ramen and i couldn’t help feeling like it would’ve been much better if they had served it with rice. Overall, I would visit again and try the corn dogs next time.
I had a great experience at Wagamama, a Japanese restaurant, when I visited with my girlfriend, her parents, and two friends. The food was exceptional - I ordered the pad Thai with chicken and prawns, and everyone else had dishes like grilled salmon, duck, ramen, and chicken katsu. We also tried six fresh fruit juices which were delicious. I'd rate the food a perfect 5 out of 5 stars.
However, I have to deduct a star for service. While most of the staff were friendly and attentive, one of the bartenders was a bit rude to us, which left a slightly sour note. Overall, we had a fantastic meal, and we're definitely planning to come back in the future.
Absolutely delicious food, service was a little slow when it came to getting our drinks but it was busy on a Sunday lunchtime in the centre of Birmingham so that's to be expected
Always love the food at Wagamama and this one wasn’t an exception. Pork belly ramen and pad Thai were both cooked to perfection 👌🏼
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