Kaedama Reviews Summary

Category: Japanese restaurant

Address: 73 Newark International Airport St C Terminal, Newark, NJ 07114, USA

Phone: +18665083558

Rating: 2.4
based on 135 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "Our server Lou is a total gem. Super sweet guy and an excellent bartender :D the drinks were definitely worth the price (which is rare out here)."
  • "The service was amazing though, the waiter really went above and beyond to make sure everyone was happy."
  • "Our server Louis was awesome and beyond helpful."
  • "Lou, one of the bartenders has an amazing sense of humor and always creates an uplifting mood for everyone."
  • "Great service. Without great people and great service you don’t survive."
  • "Service was timely, friendly and professional."
  • "Big Lou (Louis) made it a GREAT experience. 4.5 hrs with delayed aircraft, he made it enjoyable. Personable, outgoing and professional."

Cons:

  • "Really really ignorant horrible girl working there on sat evening 5th Nov 2024."
  • "Both servers were very rude asking us if we ordered yet."
  • "No service whatsoever. Wait staff gossiping the whole time."
  • "Horrible service. I ordered a steak and eggs for the price of 34 usd. 45 minutes by and my order hadn’t arrived."
  • "Poor service. I stood there for 10 minutes after ordering a beer without being even acknowledged."
  • "I am writing complaint review here. I didn't receive food as ordered, awful food, terrible service."
  • "We just saw a waitress pack a to go sushi order with her hands. She used her whole hand including her palm to grab the sushi roll and slid it into the box."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "This was really good ramen and not just for an airport!"
  • "The tuna bowl was very good."
  • "I went for the gyoza - done great and a favorite."
  • "Ordered veggie miso Ramen. It was tasty and satisfying."
  • "The pork tonkotsu was as good as any other Ramen I've ever had."
  • "The food was surprisingly good since I had low expectations for airport sushi, and wasn’t outrageously priced."
  • "Food was delicious! I ordered the chicken katsu rice bowl and it was an excellent experience."

Cons:

  • "The noodle is still clumpy, not cooked!"
  • "Possibly the worst airport bar I've ever been in. Pretty sure the sushi came from the self serve kiosk, just double the price."
  • "Mushroom ramen was a poor excuse of ramen that cost over $17. Broth was flavorless, noodles were in one clump and toppings were cold."
  • "Noodles were overcooked."
  • "Super salty, lukewarm broth; extremely over cooked noodles, topped with a flavourless, almost hard boiled egg."
  • "The broth lacked any ounce of flavor and the pork and scallions were the only things that really tasted like anything."
  • "One of the worst tonkatsu bowls of ramen I ever had. Broth was luke-warm and flavor-less."

Price and Value

Pros:

  • "For the price, this is one of the best airport restaurants I've been to."
  • "There is free Wi-Fi at the bar that worked great."
  • "Had breakfast here, bagel coffee and a side of bacon. There is an up charge but you can sit and work while others are grab and go only."
  • "Gotta love 25oz Drafts...Sapporo"
  • "The food was surprisingly good since I had low expectations for airport sushi."
  • "And compared to $17 sushi rolls at some of the other places, the $20 for the Ramen is comparatively well-priced."
  • "Wasn’t sure what to expect given that it is in an airport but the sushi was delicious and a lot more affordable than I expected it to be!"

Cons:

  • "They should not be serving ramen at $20+ per bowl."
  • "Horrendously expensive, which is expected for an airport establishment."
  • "I got straight up scammed by this restaurant."
  • "0 stars If I could. Possibly the worst Ramen I've ever eaten... Extremely overpriced."
  • "Don't pay $20 here but donate it somewhere else!"
  • "Utter rip off. $22 and a 45 minute wait for this!"
  • "$20 a bowl for adequate ramen and no service is ludicrous."

Ordering Experience

Pros:

  • "I found ordering via the QR code to be easy and service to be fairly quick."
  • "Nice place to sit in the middle of the ‘global marketplace’ portion of the terminal."
  • "Bar has power outlets so you can charge your electronic devices."

Cons:

  • "This place will scam you if you order delivery."
  • "I got confused about the tablet ordering."
  • "Place looked so nice I sat down and was excited to have a nice meal before my flight. I ended up waiting over an hour for a sad bowl of ramen."
  • "QR code ordering system where you asked to top 20% before you receive any service or meal."
  • "Ordered the Pork Tonkotsu Ramen. First thing, the QR code didn’t work."
  • "Uses the awful QR code ordering system that has infected so many restaurants... no way to address this if the money is not refunded."
  • "The button to summon help did not seem to work."

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