Kitakata Ramen Ban Nai - Lombard

Reviews

• DC

  dale clark

  1 day ago
  5.0
  Legit!
• DS

  Debra Skinner

  May 1, 2026
  5.0
  Kitakata is such a great ramen spot! Probably my top in the Chicago suburbs. I like the spicy tan tan ramen which has great depth of flavor and good spice, plus the cubed chashu is so tender and flavorful. The staff is always really nice, though it can get busy.
• AE

  Angel Estrada

  Apr 24, 2026
  5.0
  Friendly, great food, great people.
• MM

  Matt

  Apr 17, 2026
  5.0
  Absolutely fantastic ramen. I've tried just about all the ramen on the menu and a few side dishes and everything is delicious. I have never been disappointed by any meal I have here. Outside of California, this is the best ramen place I have been to. My favorite part about Kitakata ramen is that they have seasonal ramen that are only available for 3 months. They have lunch specials that run Monday through Friday where you can get an appetizer with a regular ramen for a discounted price. They also have an app where you can rack up rewards for free food. This restaurant can accommodate quite large parties by moving and going tables together. There is also ample, free parking.
• VV

  VA

  Mar 31, 2026
  1.0
  I found myself standing in a nearly empty restaurant—hosting the monumental rush of two occupied tables—waiting for a simple delivery order. Despite this apparently manageable workload, the kitchen staff elected to devote their time to scrubbing floors and cleaning walls rather than preparing the order I was clearly standing there waiting for. One might assume that during dinner service, fulfilling active orders would rank somewhere above janitorial duties, but that expectation appears wildly optimistic for this establishment. After more than ten minutes of waiting, I was finally informed—almost casually—that the order had simply been forgotten altogether. Not delayed, not being prepared—forgotten. During dinner service. It’s genuinely impressive how a restaurant can operate with such a profound lack of awareness, organization, or basic competence. The entire experience radiated the sort of dysfunction one usually associates with places that have long since abandoned any pretense of professionalism. Standards appear nonexistent, management seemingly absent, and the overall operation feels less like a functioning restaurant and more like a loosely supervised after-school activity. Quite frankly, the level of disorganization on display was staggering. For a business that expects customers to trust it with something as simple as preparing food in a timely manner, the performance here was not merely disappointing—it was embarrassingly pathetic.

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