Monta Ramen

Pretty good but broth was overly fatty. And the prices are ok but add ins definitely add up.

Hungry and tired my best friend and i were looking for a good place to eat so we decided to stop here. It was my first time trying ramen so i did really know what to expect. I got the spicy taiwan ramen: the broth was not too salty and it had a lot of flavor also it was nice that it was not overloaded of spices which also its a plus. The pork belly was very tender and tasty as well. Well im a ramen novice put this place hit the spot definitevely! I will be back!

We just moved to the area and wanted to give this place a try. We both got the Tonkotsu-​Shoyu with some extra toppings. Both of us LOVED it. We also got an order of the fried rice to share and it was super tasty as well, though I’d probably ask for them to hold the pickled ginger on top.
2 days later and we are having this place AGAIN. This time I wanted to try the Kuro (black garlic soup). I loved it even more than the Tonkotsu-​Shoyu soup.
This has already become a local favorite and I plan on visiting fairly frequently.

The 3^rd ramen place I’ve tried in Dallas and I would have to say this was good for Dallas’ standards. The other two ramen places (that I won’t name) had such a lack of depth in their broths, so I was hoping Monta would be different. My girlfriend had the Tonkatsu Ramen, and I had the Shoyu Tonkatsu Ramen. We added a small bowl of pork belly rice bowl, and an order of Karage.
To start off, the Karage was a no-​go for me. The chicken was moist but the batter and the chicken lacked so much flavor. I even tried to sprinkle salt on it, but was still too bland and boring. The Pork Belly Bowl initially was extremely salty, I almost spat it out. I asked for a side of rice which the waitress kindly gave me free of charge. I added the extra rice into the bowl to negate some of the saltiness, and it was perfect. After that, the rice bowl was gone in minutes.
Onto the main event, the Shoyu Tonkatsu Ramen was actually pretty good, not too salty, and not lacking that depth you’re looking for in Japanese ramen. The noodles were cooked perfectly and the overall balance of dish was good. I would have to say the regular Tonkatsu ramen is way too creamy, rich, oily for my taste. but I understand some people love their ramen that way.
The service was awesome, they greeted us in Japanese and were both very friendly. I would say that Monta needs to work on their interior. I don’t know if they were just going for a simplistic look, but it was way too dull for me. Which surprised me because the entrance was an awesome mural of a quote that said «No Ramen, No Life», but after that, everything was pretty lame.
Other than that, try this place out. I’ll be trying out their takoyaki next time.

Staff is very friendly! They greet you in Japanese when you walk in and when you leave.
I ordered the tonkatsu ramen with corn and egg. The broth was creamier than most ramen places I’ve been to in Dallas. I would say it was a bit salty at first but it didn’t bother me that much. The 2 pork slices that come with the ramen are so thin! So if you like pork with your ramen, I would add an extra order of pork.
Overall good experience. I think I’ll come back since it’s close to my house!

One of the best ramen ya in DFW area.
Waitstaff is nice and friendly, price is cheap and food is good. Good variety of choices on the menu. Broth is good and always consistent. Style here is rich and flavorful. I like their fried rice as well. I recommend this place of you want authentic Japanese ramen.

Monta Ramen is now my Ramen standard in the DFW area. The Ramen here tastes exactly like I’m back in Tokyo slurping down some hot tasty ramen.
We ordered quite a few dishes while we were here and they all were very good. For appetizers we went a little crazy but I’m glad we did. We had the Mini Mentaiko bowl which had a little kick to it. The Chashu buns were delicious. The takoaki was over the top and not skimpy with the octopus. The Karaage was so-​so. The child portion of the chicken fried rice was fantastic. And lastly we ordered the Chashu bowl, which by far was my favorite appetizer. The appetizer just melted in my mouth and it just had a fantastic flavor. If you order just one appetizer this should be it.
As for the Ramen, you can’t go wrong with any. But I have to say out of the three Ramen that my table ordered my fav was mine. I ordered the Tonkotsu Shoyu Ramen with the fried egg. Sadly the fried egg is extra, but it was worth it. Man the broth was so yummy, the skinny noodles so good. I was in Ramen noodle heaven while ate my meal. The Spicy verson of Tonkotsu was also good but I really didn’t need the extra kick. I also sampled the Kuro Ramen Black garlic which good as well but my heart and my stomach goes to the Tonkotsu Shoyu Ramen. Maybe because it was like how I had it in Japan. Man my mouth is watering now just typing this up. mmmmm ramen.
The service here was also equally good. I like it how everyone says hello and goodbye when you leave. Also my drink was never empty.
All in all, I’ll be basing all of my Ramen adventures now off of Monta Ramen. I’m looking forward to the next time I visit.

My favorite new spot for Japanese Ramen in the DFW metroplex! So glad my friend invited me here and introduced me to the well-​flavored, well-​cooked, well-​presented bowl of Tonkatsu Ramen!
I love the thicker broth that they use because you can tell they really spent a lot of time preparing it. I would have preferred to have the thicker wavy noodles next time over the thin noodles though… but that’s just a personal preference. Our waiter was great! Really knew his stuff about the ingredients and the way they make their food there! He even reminded us to check in on facebook to get a free ramen topping and also gave us a mini history lesson on the background of the restaurant. Haha! What more can you ask for?
My boyfriend got the dipping ramen and loved it as well! Don’t make the mistake and get extra noodles because the regular serving is pretty hefty! We will definitely be back!

Four stars for this place because it is probably THE best ramen you are going to get in the DFW area. If you want something that will knock your socks drive 4 – 5 hours to Houston and message me for places.
I was excited to hear that Monta was opening in DFW because every time I go to the one in vegas the restaurant is PACKKKKKED. However, like all humble beginnings the one in vegas was as free and easy to enter as this one until everyone found out about it. So when I got to Dallas I gave it a shot and it was pretty good. I did read some people didn’t like the thickness of the broth but that level of fat is actually nothing compared to what you can get around the world.
Overall the broth is flavorful but lacking in at least one or two dimensions but it’s not as bad as other places in Texas I have tried that are just straight up water. With any ramen joints that have opened in Texas excluding a few, they are a bit miss on opening but eventually get better.

Hmm. Ok ok so I see why so many people were complaining that the tonkotsu broth was too heavy and oily. On a subsequent visit I got the same thing and could barely make it halfway through my bowl. The shoyu was much lighter and while I don’t like quite so much soy sauce in my broth, I mixed the two broths together and the result was pretty good. I wonder if I could order it that way…
So on a good day, Monta is great but not sure I’d rank it the best I’ve had in Dallas anymore.

I was really excited about this place because it’s supposed to be the same owners of Mr. Max, and I looooove Mr. Max’s ramen. But this was overall a little disappointing, or maybe my expectations were too high.
We ordered the chashu buns to start and then I ordered a tonkotsu ramen and added an egg (nitamago). The buns were meh and seemed to be very messily put together. The ramen was just ok. The broth was too salty, the egg was super overly hard boiled, and nothing really impressed me. I guess I’ll have to keep searching for the elusive perfect ramen…

MM YAS.
More delicious (and pretty authentic imo) ramen in the Dallas area. I still have a fond love of Ramen Hakata’s garlic tonkotsu, but Monta Ramen’s kuro ramen with black garlic oil is a nice sub.
Also, the noodles. Hello, noodles. I mean, obviously broth is important in ramen, but noodles are important, too. The thin noodles are in no way bad, but the medium wavy noodles taste like heaven. If heaven had a taste. Which I’m sure it does.
Get some.

Food — ⁴⁄₅
Service — ⁴⁄₅
Value — ³⁄₅
My wife and I came here on one of the first cooler nights of the autumn because cool weather always make «miso» hungry for ramen. We started off with the Chashu buns and were rather underwhelmed and would not order these again. And then we got to our ramen — I got the Kuro Ramen Black Garlic Oil because I just had to give it a try and found it to be just average. My wife got the Shoyu ramen and she thoroughly enjoyed it and thought it was the best in the DFW area. Next time we go, I’ll probably go with either a Tonkatsu or Miso ramen instead and see if that’s more to my liking.

Not too shabby for Dallas ramen. I liked the fact that they do have rice dishes in case you’re not just in the ramen mood. I love their fried rice! I’m not sure why but it just had that taste I’ve been looking for. BF ordered the small chasu rice bowl and was happy with his choice.
The ramen is pretty good too. If you’re sensitive to salt you probably shouldn’t get the tonkatsu or any heavily pork based broths. Try the the shoyu (chicken broth base) or miso ramen to be safe. I tried to the tonkotsu-​shoyu ramen because I wanted that pork flavor but didn’t want all that salt. It was definitely the best of both worlds. Chasu was tender and a bit fatty (no complaints). I liked the thinner noodles and there was plenty. I ordered the bowl as is and with a little Japanese chilli powder I was satisfied.
We also ordered the potstickers and those were delicious. They are pan fried not deep fried.
Usually ramen places can get expensive but the value here is excellent! Ramen, potstickers, small fried rice, small chasu rice bowl for less than $ 40 with tip?! Amazing!

I’m a big fan of the saying «actions speak louder than words» and let me just state that I went to Monta ramen 4 times in one week, and my dad went twice in one day. If that doesn’t prove that I am absolutely in love with Monta Ramen then I don’t know what else to say.
FINALLY, Dallas has a delicious ramen place that has all the elements I want in the perfect bowl of ramen. (DISCLAIMER: this is my definition of the perfect bowl of ramen.)
Tonkatsu Ramen: tonkatsu ramen is meant to be thick and creamy, and Monta does their tonkatsu perfectly. The broth is thick that it reminds me of a tsukumen, but is still light enough to not be a dipping ramen. The chasu… AMAZEBALLS, it’s so tender and fatty that it literally will fall apart if you try to pick it up with your chopsticks. (For those of you who have had ramen from Ippudo in NY or Ramen Tatsuya in Austin, their chasu is similar to that).
While the egg is kinda expensive at $ 1.50, I recommend you get it, no bowl of ramen is complete without an egg.
Shoyu Ramen: the broth of this ramen is lighter since it is made from chicken broth, so if you prefer less creamy broth I recommend this one. It comes with medium thick noodles verses the tonkatsu that comes with thin noodles.
Chasu Buns: omg, just get it, the pork is so tender… And the slice of fresh lettuce brings a nice freshness with the fatty chasu.
Crispy Rice with spicy tuna: meh, it was alright, nothing to impressive.
Some of the things I don’t like are that at a single table they can only split the check 4 ways at most and there’s a $ 10 minimum on all cards. On the plus side, they do togo orders!
For everyone who complained of how salty the ramen, I had Monta 4 times in one week and it was never super salty, ramen itself is meant to be salty. Maybe it was salty when they first opened? But I can vouch that it is not anymore!
Tl;dr: Order the tonkatsu ramen and chasu buns.

The Ramen in Dallas is slowly stepping up its game. They opened not too long ago it seems based on its current decorating status. They;re originally from Vegas.
We arrived right at 5, when they opened for dinner. We were the first to arrive and get seated. From the time we arrived to when we got our check, it was 32 minutes. It’s like McDonald’s!
Appetizer:
Takoyaki — fried squid balls
Good flavoring, however it was 70% batter and 30% squid, so I think I might pass in the future.
Entrée:
Kuro Ramen — the one with the garlic black oil. It’s actually flavored very nicely and a little thicker than say the Tonkatsu. It only comes with some veggies and 2 very thin slices of chaisu. So you need to order egg and corn if you want it. I had the egg and just split it with my hubby. The chaisu finally tastes like what it’s suppose to! However it’s so thin, it falls apart when I first pick it up. The egg is actuqally soft boiled, but the edges were slightly overcooked. I prefer the thick noodles as opposed to the thin ones. The noodles were just the right chewy texture. Besides the waittress almost spilling the whole bowl on me, that was a very good ramen meal.
My husband ordered the Tonkatsu Shoyu ramen. Everything was pretty much the same as mine, except I liked his broth better. Very flavorful indeed.
And in my comment I’d like to add that perhaps some other people are used to the flavorless broth at other ramen places in Dallas, but this is how the broth is supposed to taste like. I was really skeptical when I kept hearing about how salty the soup was going to be, but it’s just right.
Oh and they play some pretty sick techno house beats inside. And they do that same old Japanese greeting they yell to everyone when you walk in and leave like shaiwase.
I still have to give NY’s Ippudo the #1 spot, but so far this is the best ramen I’ve had in Dallas. Way to go Monta!

Newest ramen joint — small family feel in Richardson
Let’s start with the bads first bc it’s short
They’re short on staff, being new… loooong wait and long wait on food… Side dishes a bit pricey… Ramen doesn’t come with egg… Meat too thin –1 star for all that can be easily fixed
Ok onto the goodies! It is easily. The best ramen place in town~ we ordered the kuro ramen, spicy tonkatsu ramen, the mini mentaiko bowl, and the daikon salad
Let me tell you it’s pretty damn authentic! For people that compaint about being too salty and oily? mmm that’s the way it is supposed to be lol… so pls don’t go back so my waiting time can be shorten!
Their broth is very full body, intense, rich and oily yes but it’s very enjoyable at least for me and the 999 999 people that was there slurrrrping down the noodle and soup… the noodle was ok not the best we’ve had but broth was worth it!!! also noodle starts around $ 7 – 8 but after you add corn/​egg/​nori it’ll be the same as other ramen joints around town.
The daikon salad is a bit on the light side in taste but it goes perfectly with the ramen and it was refreshing and the mentaiko bowl was yum a tiny bit spicy bc they mixed it with sriracha we thought it was good… we also tried our friend’s cold noodle and Tonkatsu shoyu ramen it was also gooooood! I can’t wait until the hype dies down and less crowd to fight with us to eat this awesome ramen again! Solid 4 stars! Yummo!

Multiple ramen shops popping up in Dallas, multiple disappointments. At this rate, I’ve given up finding NY quality ramen and have lowered my standards to rating ramen on a «basic ramen» scale. Let me explain, the basic ramen scale applies to ramen with the expectation that the broth is not a work of art but is purely just about flavor.
Now, the flavor here is just an explosion of salt. If you’re looking for a deep flavor profile, prepared to be disappointed because other than salt, there’s not much else to this broth. In addition my «flavored egg» was erring on the side of overcooked and flavorless (probably a good thing seeing as how my taste buds already were on overload) and the chasu, although plentiful was thin and mediocre.
The service here attempted to be great but unfortunately, even with 4 people, only one appeared to be seating people, taking orders, serving, and cashiering all the tables — not sure if the others were in training. On the bright side, this place has a huge waiting area so there is space to enjoy the a/​c while you wait.

I was stoked when Min told me Monta Ramen was finally open. I looked up the restaurant on Unilocal right away and was drooling over all the pictures. I already knew what I was going to order and made sure to visit over the weekend. I went with a few friends and we all agreed, it was just okay.
First off, the A/​C in the waiting room was broken. I waited in that room because there was a sign that said Please wait to be seated. No one came out to take my name or to let me know they formed a temporary waiting area inside. Unfortunately, it was still hot. After waiting for 20 minutes, they brought out 2 (non-​rotating) fans that did not help. Luckily, they had a pitcher of cold water for those waiting for a table.
As we were finally seated and ready to order, our waiter let us know that they were out of ALL the rice bowls. It’s only 6:30! How are you out of half your menu items? No takoyaki either? Bummer, really disappointed. The good news is we didn’t have to wait too long for our food!
— Chashu buns: Not bad. Nothing too special.
— Kuro ramen: salty, not enough depth in the broth. However, a good amount of broth and noodles.
— Hiyashi chuka cold noodles: I chose yuzu sauce. Please add more yuzu sauce for the diners! My friend chose the sesame sauce. 1000% better! I’ll order this next time.
Sadly, I was disappointed. Please fix the A/​C so we can truly enjoy the food! I’ll be back for sure because I know Monta Ramen can do much better.

Glad to have a ramen place in Richardson and being the same ownership as Mr Max is a plus. The restaurant is on the southeast corner of Coit and Arapaho.
I ordered the spicy tonkatsu ramen thinking it wouldn’t be as creamy. The ramen wasn’t creamy but pretty salty. I asked for hot water and added it to the ramen making it a lot better. As an additional topping I put takana (soy bean greens) because the server recommended it. The takana was also salty and not my favorite topping. My guess is they cooked the broth for way too long. The noodles were good and springy not soggy. For the price you get a good portion of ramen and the extra toppings weren’t as expensive. I also had chasu buns which were good and not salty. The buns were soft and the lettuce inside added crispiness.
The whole interior is decorated with wood and the colors are black and black. The black and the woods created a soft dim setting. The bathroom was the same. and the soap smelled good. There were a few tables about 7 to 8 and a bar for at least 10 people. We came here before noon and it was almost full but by one there was a crowd outside waiting. I will definitely give them another try. If they’d listen to Grace’s advice on adding curry to the menu I’d come here a lot more.