Ryan's Bar in Cork

17/11/2024: We've been going here for years and recently came to use up a voucher. We haven’t been in a while and were shocked by the hefty price increases—around 23% across the menu in the last 11 months. The vegetarian ramen is now €16, and the chicken katsu curry a whopping €20.50. We understand the impact of inflation, high energy costs, and the end of tax relief, and we recognize that businesses must pass these costs onto customers. However, compared to countries like Italy, Germany, and Japan, the prices here seem unreasonable, and we’ve decided not to return. We just came back from a trip to Japan, where we paid a maximum of €8-max. 10€ for vegetarian ramen, €12 for pork ramen, and €10 for chicken katsu in the so-called "expensive" Japan. Prices included drinks.. As for the taste, we might have been spoiled by Japan, but the ramen lacked flavor and protein (it had two tiny pieces of tofu), though the curry sauce from the katsu was good, but the price just leaves a bitter taste. Service was fine. So overall, if you don’t mind paying absolutely astronomical prices for dinner, you’ll have a decent time. We’d rather save that money for a trip instead.

17/11/2024: Authentic Japanese cuisine in Cork. The udon dashi base soup has all the umami flavor you'd expect. The curry chicken udon is savory but the portion size is possibly smaller for the value. Sushi portions are decent and good value. They have all of the traditional dishes from noodle soups, fried yaki noodles, rice dishes, curry rice, bento box meals, and specials. Vegetable tempura portions could be better as far as portion to tempura batter.