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Service: Staff were not quite attentive, taking them more than 3 min to seat us while there was only 2-3 groups of customers in the restaurant... I don't quite understand why they marked down the order on the dining table with chalk, I found that was quite unsanitary since it flied everywhere... The appetizer I ordered was definitely overpriced. $6 for a few pieces of calamari.. not worth it.. Ramen noodles were OK, if you're looking for authentic japanese ramen, this is not the place for you.. it's pretty westernized I have to say.. but noodles tasted good overall..

We heard about the great restaurant and made an evening of it with our kids and a friend. When we arrived, we were plesantly surprised that the restaurant was well-attended on a rainy evening, but not overcrowded. We were seated immediately and they brought 2 high-chairs for our preschooler and toddler. This is where the problem came in: The tables are about 3 inches higher than the standard dinnertable, but the highchairs are the standard restaurant style wooden ones. That left our toddler with her eyes at table-height. Not exactly conducive to self-feeding. They wouldn't let us stack 2 chairs together, which would have achieved an acceptable height. We left.

I found the food very similar to the one in London. It did not have the same fun inclusive atmosphere, but I think that's more a statement of Boston than this restaurant.

Whatever you do, don't go to Wagamama. Aside from the sleek environ, there are no positives to this international ramen house. The food is tremendously poor, failing to any type of definitive flavor for your taste palette, and instead jams together too many ingredients in making a bowl of unidentifiable mush. Moreover, all items on the menu are entrees but not sized as one, and are priced like entrees too of course, running from $9-$15 for a bowl of $0.30 ramen. You will leave there hungry, ripped off, and vowing never to return.

Was there last night for son's 19th birthday. We were quickly seated (waiting area is VERY small), and as noted, waitress was difficult to understand. Wait staff uses handheld devices to take orders and also writes them on each diner's placement. We were warned that 'dishes are made in different parts of the kitchen and come out when they're ready'. (dish presentation can't be coordinated?) Family members who orderd ramen soup were served immediately; appetizers came midway through _their_ meal, my pan-fried noodles came 15 minutes after ramen noodles, and the son who also ordered pan-fried noodles got his meal when everyone else was finished! Large party seated after us was served before my son. No satisfactory explanation for the delay in serving my son's meal, refills on the complimentary green tea (no teapot for the table!) were slow in coming and the empty tea cups were not noted by the multiple servers (in fact, I think the resulting poor service we experienced is more due to the multiple servers than to incompetence - a server who has sole responsibility for a table might be quicker to notice that someone's placement is missing the meal!)Food was not up to expectations - my son got a large wedge of red onion in his dish and few pieces of chicken, and my vegetarian yakisoba was rather light on the vegetables, broth in the ramen noodles had a soapy off-flavor and was not as rich as I expected. Not fun. Disorganized service. Noisy. Not going back.

Our party of six were mighty hungry and took a tour of starters, all were tasty but the duck gyoza and the grilled asparagus were real standouts! The drinks selections were nice- juice for the non-drinkers balance choices of beer and wine. Would have liked an option of one chilled sake which is my current preference. We had the seafood ramen, ebi and chicken chilli men dishes and the katsy curry. All were well prepared flavorful and just the right size. The staff seems to have settled in and were pleasant and responsive. The seating line moved quickly and our starter dishes were delivered shortly after we ordered. Welcome to the US Wagamama- good eats.

I have never been to wagamama, but this place was fun. We had a group of 6 and they took great care of us. We were seated pretty quick for a large party on a Friday night. I had the chicken kare lomen and it was yummy! I think wagamama might be the only reason I will go to Faneuil Hall!