KOPAN Ramen of Pasadena

A bit disappointing. Came in for lunch and they had run out of most sushi. They later ran out of all beers. I do not like knocking places for limited service because I know restaurants are struggling to hire servers but there was only one server and one chef, so the process was slow. Food was ok, nothing special.

This is not the same quality as Kopan Ramen of different locations. This franchise has never recovered since COVID and I believe it’s shutting down soon. We arrived during dinner time after the Pride event at Pasadena City hall and after the matinee performance of the Pasadena Civic concert of Bernadette Peters. This location has shut down its sushi bar and only had 2 employees working. A super Swiss Army knife waitress/ hostess/ busser and one cook/ dishwasher/ mopper / prepper. It gets worse from here. They could only provide only a fraction of their menu due to staffing and supplies. I ordered the Ramen pork, but it tasted old and over cooked, excessively salted. Some of the Pride attendees came in looking to just have Japanese beer, but they didn’t have any in stock, so they ordered a corona instead. I feel bad for the leftover staff and I left a large tip, but it was clear this place is shutting down soon so please avoid it.

Never coming back here again. We literally asked a simple question and the manager just started following us. The question we ask is if our friend can eat here because he does not like Ramen. she just started going off she called us multiple names and she called us immigrants like girl look at your color and look at yourself I would say, it’s very races here

Don’t buy the ramen, very bland. I usually like Kopan, but this place is terrible. Unfortunately. I feel bad for the server. Its not her fault.

The ramen was below average-average at best. They were out of everything other than chicken which was fine except the chicken was dry as hell. The broth was mediocre. Service was slow and the server was either really tired or high lol. Just not a place I'd recommend.

Ordered the salmon and teriyaki combo It was Burnt and had way too much salt. Miso soup looked and taste awful Place wasn’t busy, and it looked like a mess at the time. The waitress was nice.