Maki & Ramen Nicholson St in Edinburgh, City of

Food was okay, but nothing special. Service was really friendly. Restaurant had a really strong smell..

Dined in tonight and witnessed one of the waitresses scream at the other in front of customers! Honestly felt TOTALLY uncomfortable to witness it, felt really bad for the girl being screamed at she looked on the verge of tears! Food was good though.

Best ramen I've eaten so far! The seafood ramen is delicious.

About as good Japanese food as you can get

Have enjoyed previously but bad food poisoning this time

Good food, good service and affordable price. The Chicken ramen was fantastic...

Had some really yummy, creamy tonkotsu ramen and edamame 🩵 Service was great and it was also really fun contributing to the sticky notes wall, even though mine sadly did not survive for long 🤭 make sure you tape yours well, ha

All the meals were very tasty and the waitress was friendly.

The very friendly staff told us that the place was full. We waited outside for a bit and within 20 minutes they seated us, the ramen was delicious, served quickly. 4 stars for the environment because it is small and therefore very warm, but well-kept and cute. Mouthwatering vegan options.

The garlic ramen and the beef ramen was so good

Best Ramen I've ever had - the Black Garlic Tobkotsu

A tasty food, nice atmosphere, lots of vegan options with fast and pleasant service

No real japanese work here, chief is not even asian, everything is really slow and they still have a service charge

So delicious and such a cosy spot!

Mahira is so sweet and attentive to my grandma, she paid attention to our dietary requirements and gave us good recommendations! Loved the steak tataki ramen so much! I will come back for the amazing customer service and food

The food was excellent as always, with the tonkotsu broth being rich and flavourful, and the gyoza being crispy and delicious. Our lovely server Mahira was very attentive throughout the meal, and helped us promptly whenever we needed it.

"I had a terrible experience at this restaurant. The staff was incredibly rude and dismissive. When I asked how long my order would take, they said 5 minutes, but after waiting, they kept pushing it back by another 5-10 minutes. This happened multiple times, and eventually, they just said there was a problem without any clear explanation. The service was frustratingly slow, and the lack of professionalism made it worse. I strongly suggest not choosing this restaurant."

Mahira was an absoloute legend and was very cute and welcoming with great service

Love Maki and Ramen. Can't really fault it, delicious food, efficient service, reasonably priced.

I came for dinner with two of my friends. I ordered chicken ramen, and the soup was so delicious. no wonder people were queueing for this restaurant. the waiters were nice, they also asked if we need special dietary request (which I do, because I am a Muslim). there's some menus that halal, so don't worry. the portion was so big, so for the small eaters, i recommend you to share it with your friends. Definitely will come again as one of the options for my comfort food in Edinburgh. (too bad i didn't take any picture😔)

went to this brand in Glasgow again. We really loved the ramen

After we had already been to Maki & Ramen on Leith Street and enjoyed the food there so much, we wanted to eat at this location again. Even though the menu was the same, we were surprised at how different everything tasted. Unfortunately, the food wasn't equally good and it's a bit of a shame that the branches don't seem to be consistent in their quality. The service was still great and the food tasted good (just not as good as at the other location).

Food was beautiful, we both were looking for a great ramen place for 2 years and we finally found it! They were from California and were so picky about their ramen, but finally found it. Almost empty plates since we were so full 😄 Edit: Went back again and just as happy as the first time. Same service and couple more pictures 💜

It was raining, we went in and the 2 dishes ordered were delicious 😋 😋 😋

First thing first, it's Halal (chicken and beef). Big portion of Steak ramen.

Appreciated the halal beef tataki ramen option! 😊 On top of all it was super delicious too. Matcha creme brulée was also great. I like how they let customers draw/write on post-it note and let us stick it on the board. Definitely fun while waiting for the food to be served.

The first meal after arriving in Edinburgh, the warm noodle soup is really suitable for autumn☺️Except for the crowded seats, the tonkotsu noodles, hell ramen and sushi I ordered were all very good👍🏻

As ever with Maki and Ranen, the food is quick and blummin tasty! Highly recommend.

So pleased to stumble across this place, we were very hungry, craving sushi and ramen and it didn’t disappoint

I had to queue outside for a long time because the place is small but it was worth it. The girls who served me were very friendly at all times and the food is delicious.

Fantastic variety of vegan options!

I'm never ever coming again. Even the £1 ramens from local convenience stores tastes better than the chicken karaage ramen I had. All bland noodles with bland spinachy-mouldy flavour broth was making me regret every bite. Only thing I liked was the spicy(wasn't spicy) chicken teriyaki/takoyaki(I guess) as side. Portion size of ramen was altho vast. Interior nice but they could manage their seating more efficiently, because we didn't find it quite comfortable to sit so close with other people in a crowdy loud atmosphere. The 10% service charge wasn't deserved as service wasn't fast and friendly to live up the expectation from such a popular place with Japanese pride. It really disappoints me to leave so many complaints, as I was looking forward to making some good memories in such a hyped place, not some memories that I never wanna remind myself and sigh about.

Ramen is better than rice. Portions are huge.

great atmosphere, so far the best of all the Maki & Ramen ones i’ve been to as it’s cozy :) The service was really kind and helpful, and the food came at the same time for all of us and was delicious! Great concept with allowing customers to add their own post it notes.

I was recommended this place as as somewhere where there were gluten free options for ramen and sushi. If you are looking for either of those I would recommend going elsewhere. I was unable to get the majority of the dishes on the menu and was informed that the majority of the food contained gluten and was prepped with gluten containing ingredients. I had to speak to two different people before I was finally able to sort out what I could eat, and that boiled down to sashimi and about two of the rolls (salmon avocado and rainbow roll). I ordered the rainbow roll and proceeded to sit at the table without a glass of water for about 30 minutes while everyone around me was served both sushi, ramen and water. I was really unhappy with the entire experience and left hungry. The sushi was good, the fish was fresh but celiacs and gluten intolerants stay away!

I believe this has moved just around the corner, as it was on West Richmond Street. Fantastic restaurant. Small/cosy, no reservations is slightly problematic, but worth making an effort to come at the quiet times, or hang around for a table. The food is delicious, gyoza and katsu curry in particular. Very friendly, and a lively buzz make it ideal for a quick and tasty food experience.

Sadly chef doesn’t know what “ vegan ” means at this particular location. When I received a ramen with egg, I asked for a new one without it, however the server just went away, took the egg off and brought the same food out again. When I asked for a brand new soup, the lady went away without a word, so I followed a minute later to make sure this is getting sorted, only to see her stood by the kitchen window going back and forth with the chef, who didn’t seem willing to understand the issue, still holding the ramen in her hands. Once I saw the reluctance on the kitchen’s side and the staff not knowing how to deal with this kind of situation, we decided to leave. By the time I’d receive a new soup, my mother’s soup would get cold and I just simply didn’t want to risk any more issues with my food and wasn’t willing to wait that much longer anyway, as the service was already kind of slow, which was easily made up by good food if that was what I would receive. No apology given, my mom ended up apologising to them, as they showed a clear dislike in our simple requirement. The only thing we were told was, that the order was input correctly by the server. Won’t be returning to this location, however I’m a bit sad about the experience as I’ve always praised and loved the Maki&Ramen chain, and I do frequent their other Edinburgh locations and always enjoy the food and service very much. My mom has a slight allergy, I don’t, but I simply highly dislike eggs. This could easily be a way bigger issue if someone is genuinely highly allergic. Their glasses were also not exactly clean, but that happens I guess.. Sadly the the whole experience just made our day a bit bitter tasting. Cute interior though..

Great Green Dragon Roll and Black Garlic Tonkatsu

The facility and service are extremely good and the staff are very friendly! The karaage was also very good, but the texture itself wasn't quite as good and the noodles tasted very hard. In addition, the soup wasn't to my taste either. Still a very good restaurant where you can eat well.

Felt like a local ramen-ya in Tokyo - the noodles were awesome, with great “ha-gotae”. Excellent.

Maki & Ramen offers an excellent variety of ramen. I tried the tonkotsu ramen and it was delicious, well served and very filling. Accompanied by a rice tea, it was the perfect dinner after a day of exploring Edinburgh. Highly recommended!

Great food, great service, you won't regret it!

Great ramen with a nicely cooked egg on top. I would recommend the chicken ramen.

Delicious food! Nice wall with post-its from guests

The Food was very nice it had a nice atmosphere and the staff was very nice would recommend it

Lovely food and friendly staff. Whole page of vegan options.

The greeting and the service are warm and welcoming, and the food is pretty good, will come back!

The foods were all delicious. Staffs were also nice and they friendly served us! My friend also liked this restaurant 😊 Love to come again!

A beautiful restaurant with halal items on the menu. All orders are 10/10 Except for the ramen, 7/10 The service is great, fast and courteous

Very friendly staff, food is always good & great atmosphere!

Great food, even better people! Small but cozy! :)

Delicious ramen, friendly staff. I'll definitely return.

Lovely service A little disappointed that you don’t do student discount anymore!

The server is fast and very pleasant Very good with good quantities I recommend !!!

Ordered food for delivery and it was DELICOUS! The packaging is so nice - lovely cool bag you can use afterwards. They gave us extra soy sauce, and our sushi had loads of lovely ginger on the side. The food was delivered quickly, and because of the insulated packaging it was the perfect temperature. Really fresh and delicious food :)

Google wanted an update so..... still as good as ever. Always good food and good service.

Chicken tantan ramen is very delicious, especially the chicken!!!!!

So far I have been to this place twice, I can definitely say that this place is better than most places I've been in the states. Despite the size of the establishment, Maki & Ramen has a wonderful atmosphere with what they can do. Their hell Ramen is both pretty spicy and delicious to enjoy. I wish I could visit this place more often, but won't be able to as I have to go back to the states. Personal experience here has been a 10/10 and I recommend it to those who are looking for a Ramen place in Edinburgh. Quality service, amazing food, all prepared with love I'd say. You guys rock!

Great Halal japanese restaurant!! Quality food and great service.. price was good and worth!! Chicken Ramen was the best!! Thanks to Hana for serving us with passion

Service was very nice and atmosphere was great, but my ramen (miso) was not that good and after a while karaage chicken was soaked and not good. My boyfriend took Hell Ramen and said it’s really delicious.

The food was great!! The staff was even more amazing. I was visiting, by myself, from another country and the staff made me feel so welcomed! It was nice to be around friendly, hospitable people!

What a find. The food was so good. Sushi was fresh and tasty. Ramen bowls were well proportioned and morish. The beer was cold and the wasabi was as expected. Would eat here again for sure.

Friendly restaurant. The ramens are very good and quite generous. Pleasant and fast service. The meat and chicken there are halal.

Nice restaurant in a hole in the wall. Small but very good food and friendly staff!

such a good spot for lunch! always come here when i'm in Edi (the ramen is def one of the best i've had in the UK). lovely staff too, always friendly even when the place gets very busy (Hannah and others I don't remember by names :(( )

dropped in this afternoon with my partner and my daughter and we had the best experience! Hannah went through the menu with us and answered all our questions! Will be back soon!

I ordered a black garlic vegan ramen, it was alright, the broth was too watery. The worst part about the place was the service, it was TERRIBLE. We were not given our bill or attended. Once they finally gave us the bill we were not attending again, which was not the case for the tables next to us. They did not split our bill right even though we asked them to split it. On top of that they added a service charge without giving us the option or even telling us our total. I understand if a restaurant is busy but when all the tables around you are being attended well apart from yours it definitely leaves a bad taste. Go there if you want bad service.

Lovely Maki & Ramen restaurant, with a japanese style bar around the kitchen (kauntā seki). The ramen is awesome, the only thing I can complain about is the texture of the chasu. It tastes as it should, but I’m used to chasu that melts in your mouth. But since it tastes like chasu, it is not a big deal… some places say to have chasu and it’s just bacon. This is not the case here. The service is really nice, and there’s an actual japanese worker serving tables, which makes it even more authentic. Haven’t tried the sushi, but it looked delicious in the table next to us. I bet it was as delicious as it looked. Arigatou gozaimasu for the dinner we had!!

After booking an online reservation for another location, we walked all the way there to learn they were apparently closed? There were boxes and bags completely blocking all windows and there was clearly no business being done inside that restaurant, as a restaurant. We walked all the way to the next location near where we were staying and found the food only good, not great. The ramen had no flavors standing out among each other, the sushi was fine but nothing special and the space was much smaller than the other location so it was tight.

It was amazing, would go there again

Very nice place which felt like mini Japan in the centre of Edinburgh! Ramen was delicious especially the broth! Atmosphere is very pleasant and staff are friendly and ready to help you :) I recommend.

Perfect for a quick but special lunch catch up. Very friendly and relaxed atmosphere. Thank you!

Nice and convenient for me and food was absolutely brilliant and fast! I love posting some sticky notes.

The food was ok. Noodle was better than some other places. The sushi rice was kinda mushy. Friendly but very slow service. They didn't check on us even once after dropping off food but didn't forget to charge a 10% discretionary service charge. (It was hard to find because the Google map was apparently not updated and it kept directing us around the corner which they used to be).

Thanks Dipesh. Good food and I truly enjoyed it.

The best food and best service! £9 ramen was amazing! So busy props to the staff for being so chill and giving us the best experience! Depesh and nabina rocked it as the servers!!

Great service from Nabina, Derrick and the team 🥳🖤

Just had a wonderful lunch experience, the food and atmosphere were great but the staff made it. Hannah and Nabina were so pleasant and helpful! Definitely would recommend.

Real oriental food, only the environment is modest...

Excellent food, very decent quantities and at good prices. Offering good range of vegan and vegetarian meals as well as sushi and meat-based meals. They started a few years ago as a very small restaurant and 5 years later have a number of outlets all around town. That by itself says a lot!

The ramen is delicious, the sushi roll is huge, the tea is amazing. They charge 10% of the order amount for a tip. Terrible toilet

Cannot say about the food unfortunately. Took a 20minute walk to the restaurant on a Monday seeing the sign as open. Walked in the door which was open with people sitting at the window eating. It says it closes at 3. We arrived at 2. Absolutely furious with this and disappointed.

Lovely ramen, no msg (a big plus) - the seaweed salad is great too. Great treat & healthy too

The food is acceptable but the staff and chef were very rude and keeping criticizing someone. I feel sorry for that people and was not happy because their saying affect the dinner atmosphere very much

I would say this is the most authentic Ramen I have eaten in the UK. The soup base of Ramen is mellow and it also has black garlic oil in it. The noodles are the wheat noodles with a very chewy taste. The pork tastes fat but not greasy. It is worth mentioning that while the taste is very good, the prices of food in this restaurant are not expensive. I ordered a black garlic tonkotsu and a Kaiser salad, total is ₤19.09. If you want to taste real Japanese Ramen, please come to this Ramen restaurant.

Really good ramen especially on a chilly evening. Recommend the seaweed salad.

A cosy Japanese style eatery where only 5-6 people fit at any one point and everyone sits around the bar. Good choice of sushi and their black pepper ramen is superb.

Nice Japanese foods, recommended.

Food was amazing. Try the kimchi.. amazing. Will definitely be going back

The best ramen we've ever had! Very friendly staff, fast service and abundant and very tasty food. The place is full of post it notes with messages and drawings from visitors... which I thought was very cool! Obviously we leave our mark. I totally recommend!

Ideal licales, delicious ramen and good service and food. Alternative to consider

the only tiny flaw was the hell sauce being gochujang, but the service, ramen, and noodles were exemplary and I'll always thoroughly enjoy wearing here. the staff are the best part - nothing beats top-notch service <3

As an asian, food tastes authentic !!. Ramen is so good I love the broth and noodles and it is better than other places that I have eaten in Edinburgh!

There are some eggshells in the chicken😵‍💫

Delicious ramen and sushi from fresh ingredients, highly recommended

The cutest little ramen stop! Excellent service and warm atmosphere. Had the kastsu curry and it was the best damn katsu I'd had in a long time!!! Even watched them make each sushi order by hand. Eat here, you won't regret it.

Very cute ramen place in Edinburgh. Halal option available. Huge serving, the bowl was bigger than my head 😂 ramen and broth was very nice however the karaage might be better? I could not taste anything, not salty, not umami. Sushi was good. Genmaicha was good too.

The service attitude is very bad! Ordered a piece of ramen after the first did not give a spoon, and then gave a particularly dirty, I said to change one, the boss put a dirty face to change; And then asked him to get me a glass of water, reluctantly to get it, not you in the service industry is this your service attitude? A nice dinner ruined by a guy. If I didn't need to be graded, I wouldn't even give it a point. It's worth a negative point

Was here solo on a weekday evening. It's quite cosy with just 5 seats, I don't know if I they take bookings at all, but you might want to try your luck at their branch around the corner instead, if you're a party of 2 or more. Takeaway seems to be the focus here. They don't have a veggie menu, but the waitstaff can let you know which option can be made veggie (would have been great if she could let me know what replaces which toppings) - the one I picked came in tofu pieces instead of pork. Though it's a formula they follow, all the elements of the ramen dish was cooked just right. Service was friendly and attentive, though there could be a small wait as it seems they only have one member of staff handling everything front of house. The waitstaff I had paid due attention to food allergies.

The waitress is very nice and the service is quick, quantities are fine really, but the google rating doesn't reflect at all the quality of the food. If you really like Japanese food, you'll be very disappointed.