AA Japanese Noodle

If you can get past the terrible name and want real Chinese noodles — you’re in for a treat.
In Japan, ramen-​ya are actually considered to be Chinese restaurants and ramen itself is considered the heart of quick/​easy Chinese food. The Japanese has since then spun a wonderful bi-​cultural flavor that is distinctively their own. So the unfortunate part of this restaurant is that there is a section of their menu that tries to sell Japanese-​style ramen.
This is a good place to eat if you are looking for good Northern-​styled hand-​pulled Chinese noodles and freshly made dumplings.
Toppings are personal but the quality of the noodles is impressive. It’s fragrant, elastic, bounces against your teeth when you chew (dancing noodles in my mouf!!), and is just the right thickness (both width and height) for the toppings to adhere properly on all sides when you eat it.
Subtracting 1 star because of the English Name and the weird Japanese Ramen menu + tempura.

AA Japanese noodles is nothing Japanese. It’s actually a Chinese restaurant that mimic Japanese Ramen and also offer traditional hand pull noodles from northern China. Although using similar ingredients, the presentation, soup, taste here are completely different from the «traditional» ramen shop you find in East Village. The combination of Chinese cooking style and Japanese ramen ingredients is very interesting. I ordered the Shuyu ramen. The broth is below average. It’s plain and only salty, unlike real ramen that have profound porky taste. The book egg is over cook. However, they made great noodle, probably because Chinese emphasis the noodles and Japanese like their soup. The hand made noodles is nothing special, but it’s tender and went well with the light broth. Order only hand pull noodles next time.

This is a sit down place where tipping is not required. My friend and I were enticed by the Asian man at the large front window, hand pulling noodles, so we entered with high expectations. We ended up taking out our food since the place was too crowded. Service was pretty speedy, which was appreciated. I ordered jia jiang myeon aka black bean noodles. This is a Korean/​Chinese dish. There were little to no vegetables in this dish, which was a disappointment, and the sauce was SUPER SALTY. I didn’t enjoy forcing this meal down my throat, but managed to do so because the noodles were still pretty fresh tasting and soft. AA Japanese Noodle only got one thing right: the hand pulled noodles. The minced meat with sauce was SO SALTY, and not recommend, unless you want high blood pressure.

Haven’t tried the ramen. The real draw for me were the Chinese soups. The menu is incorrect on the wall with the wrong pictures next to the descriptions of the soup and only half of the menu items represented. We asked a bunch of questions to try and decide and found out that the staff was just as in the dark as we were. They were really confused about what went into each soup, what the difference’s were between them or whether or not they were even available. Ended up with an error in our order after all of that anyway. No condiments available on the tables, only at the register, weren’t kept stocked, mostly empty. Basically there is a lot they need to work out here. The could take some notes from xi’an down the street.
The soup itself was quite delicious though. Plenty of nice tasting red chili oil which is hard to find in Chinatown. The noodles were stir fried and then added to the soup which gave it an amazing wok flavor which I’ve never had before. (Might have even been part of the mistake.) I would go back to try more things on the menu and the BBQ items.

One of the fairly new places in Chinatown that seems to be catering to the new gentrified (white) crowd making Chinatown just another extension of pretentious, overpriced Soho.
Yes, they make the noodles there, but the noodles are not even Xian Famous Foods quality (and those noodles are not so good).
My friend and I got the hot oil noodles. We waited at least 10 – 15 minutes, which is not a big deal in itself. However, for $ 8 in Chinatown the portion as small with little vegetables and soggy noodles that tasted a bit better than the stuff I get from the Chinese supermarket.
Prefer any of the non-​white catering spots in Chinatown to this. Hint: If you see lots of white people in a restaurant in Chinatown, run for your life.

I just discovered it, love it so far, the food is really good, the service is great. Specially the young cashier, John, he is very nice, and helpful. If something, maybe they should put some music or something else on the tvs. But for the rest if you are looking for good Ramen, noodles or BBQ go there. You won’t regret.

Excellent handmade noodles. I sampled half a dozen items on the menu and everything was delicious. Strong, distinct flavors made with very fresh ingredients. Watch the noodles being made in the front window.

As the Unilocal suggestion says: «Meh. I’ve experienced better.»
I don’t venture out to Chinatown very often, so as I was there shopping for some groceries, I felt compelled to eat my fill of whatever caught my eye that I wouldn’t necessarily been able to make on my own/​get on the UES. I stopped by this ramen place, in hopes of delicious handdrawn noodles or ramen, as the man in the window was making them and enticing customers in. I was also drawn by the food court-​type atmosphere, as I figure most food court-​ish restaurants usually have pretty good food for cheap prices.
I guess the bowl was pretty cheap, and the broth tasteful, but I tend to like spicy dishes and there were no offerings of any spicy soup OR chili oil (only sriracha). The noodles were plentiful, but pretty soggy… so much so that I didn’t even finish my bowl or feel compelled to bring them home. The pork was a scary shade of grey too…
on the plus side, service was great, for a food court!

Came here looking for a quick meal with my boyfriend and it was surprisingly delicious! I ordered a Shoyu Ramen and was amazed by the portion size and tastiness of the broth, noodles and meat. I can’t wait to come back and try the other noodle/​ramen options!
The reason why I subtracted one star was because I ordered a bubble black tea after my meal and it lacked milk/​cream and sugar. My drink was literally black tea with ice and tapioca which I did not expect. Maybe I was supposed to tell them to add milk and sugar but I’ve never had to do that when ordering bubble tea… Just stay away from the bubble tea for now and order their food!

For a fast ramen joint this place pleasantly surprised us. We ordered a small veggie dumpling, beef ramen and veggie miso ramen, each with hand made noodles. Now for the price this place is amazing, the ramen itself is good, the mushroom and hand made noodle made it for me, plus the fatty beef added to the flavor.
Basically looking for something new, something fast and something inexpensive, go here.

Much more a to-​go fast food noodle shop than a proper ramen destination. So check the expectations at the door.
They pull the noodles in front window so that’s fun to see.
Extensive menu from BBQ meats to bowls of «ramen» and even Bubble tea.
The noodles itself are good but it’s more salty than savory umami goodness. Recommend that you have the hand pulled noodles versus ramen type.
The dumplings are good but a little greasy.
The service isn’t lightning fast but it’s efficient.
The Japanese name is a little deceiving as everyone is Chinese (staff and clientele).
Overall if you’re in a bind and craving a quick spot for some noodles and dumplings stop in. The meal won’t blow your mind so this place is definitely more of a pit stop craving than a go-​to destination.

Considering the price and quality of ramen it’s pretty good. Beats Ippudo ramen easily in terms of amount of meat and fresh veggies and noodles in a bowl.

Not impressed. I miss Hong Kong Station, which was AA’s predecessor.
The miso ramen consisted of:
— broth that tasted primarily of salt; did not have any depth of flavor.
— frozen corn that was de-​thawed with the noodles (I saw them take it out of the freezer bag)
— two pieces of overcooked, gray pork belly that was mostly fat (and I paid extra for this!)
— half of a tea egg that had been poorly marinated
The noodles were okay but nothing remarkable. Tasted similar to noodles that come with wonton mein but a little thicker.
Disappointed that I wasn’t able to find a delicious and quick Chinatown ramen spot in AA.

I was so pleasantly surprised by this place. My daughter loves Ramen and as we walked by, it caught her eye. It’s really delicious. Well seasoned but not overly salty like many other ramen places on NYC. The ingredients are also high quality and nutritious. We had shoyu ramen. The bowl had a big shitake mushroom, nice big pieces of pork, half a seasoned egg and bok choy. To be fair, the pork is fatty, but us Asians are into fatty pork. The food is a little slow to come out, but that’s because there’s some care to the way they make their dishes. The folks are pleasant which is somewhat rare for the neighborhood, so thats nice too. My daughter said, as we were leaving, «So good, so stuffed!»