Boom Noodle
Seattle, WA 98122
Phone: (206) 701-9130
- Price:
- $
- Cross Street:
- 12th Avenue
- Hours:
- Sun-Thu 12pm-10pm, Fri-Sat 12pm-2am
Editorial Review for Boom Noodle – by Anna Roth
In Short
In Japan, your "boom" is your current obsession. At this pretty, modern Pike/Pine noodle house, your "boom" could become many things: The authentic Japanese ramens, ultra-shareable small plates like edamame puree with sweet potato chips or curry potato croquettes and out-of-the-ordinary desserts. Everyone from Central Community College hipsters to middle-age Capitol Hill residents mingle at the communal tables or gather in the minimalist, lime-green bar area for handcrafted cocktails and unusual fresh juices.
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Insider Tips
What to DrinkAlong with sake, wine and Sapporo on tap, house cocktails have a Japanese bent--like the Kyoto Blossom, made with Absolut pear, fresh lemon juice, grenadine and a slice of candied ginger.
Look GoodNot a big drinker? Try a freshly squeezed juice, like the ruby red Madison Sunrise, a healthy blend of orange, carrot and beet juice with ginger and shiso.
Know Before You GoBoom Noodle is brought to you by the same folks behind Blue C Sushi.
When to GoPingpong tournaments are held on Friday and Saturday nights after 11pm in the bar, which coincide with late-night happy hour. Drink cheap sake bombs and play at your own peril.
Happy HourEvery day from 4pm to 6pm and 10pm to close, enjoy a long list of cheap eats (nothing more than $6), cheap sake bombs, discounted cocktails and more.
Kid-FriendlyGet your kid started on international cuisine early: Kids 10 and under have their own menus, including bento boxes with things like chicken teriyaki, fried tofu and pork dumplings with steamed rice, edamame and cucumber salad.
User Reviews for Boom Noodle
05/01/2008 Posted by twentiethcenturybeatnik
This place is really terrible. My boyfriend and I went excited that perhaps finally we would have a great ramen/noodle place to go here in the city... but alas, this is not it. The mod decorations and wall-sized pictures are definitely adequate for what I think they are trying to recreate here: Tokyo... but the food is absolutely sub-par. I got a noodle soup which was so bland and unspectacular, I can't even remember what it had in it. My boyfriend ordered a chicken dish with dancing flakes of some sort which had slightly more flavor than my soup, but did not earn it a better review. The waiter was inattentive and seemed to be far too stressed out for as few tables as he was trying to attend to. Our food took far too long to arrive for as slow as they were at the time of day we went, and my entree arrived at least 10 minutes before my boyfriend's. I think that's one of the first rules of a good place to eat -- your food should arrive as simultaneously as possible when you dine with other people. The tea was ok, but nothing to rave over either, and it had to be served in a different container since they were out of the cool little pots they usually use -- I guess that was one more thing to make us feel like this place was unorganized and unappetizing. I'm not sure why this place has as many stars here on City Search as it does... I can't wait til the real deal comes to town, with delicious food worth the money they charge. I guess I was wishing for a NYC-type Momofuku place, or something. I was sorely disappointed.
Pros: Location?
Cons: Food, service
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
04/21/2008 Posted by mexicanablue
The place is cool. love the atmosphere. the service was very slow and abrupt. the noodle dishes weren't anything special- i would rather go to the ID for noodles. but the small plates were good - particularly the edamame puree and taro chips and the beef and the brown rice cakes.
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