Kin No Tori Ramen Bar Alpharetta

Food was delicious! I created my own ramen bowl and it was amazing. I added in grilled chicken, which was not so great. I’m unsure if they use some sort of frozen chicken patty or what, but it was very dried out, tough, and not worth the $5 upcharge. My ramen bowl would have been great without the chicken. I think the prices are a bit up there, but I would go back overall. The hot plum tea is wonderful.

What a great experience! The food was great but the customer service was top tier! I wasn’t feeling the best this day and they offer me a hot yuzu tea , thank you to the staff!

The ramen here is phenomenal! As someone who’s been chasing Japanese flavors for years, I can honestly say this place beats big-name spots like Slurpin and Jinya. Don’t let the small size of the shop fool you — the taste is on another level. Make sure to try the shrimp tempura too!

I came to this establishment previously when it was run as Ramen by Hajime. It has sine changed ownership and name to Kino Tori Ramen Bar. One thing I, will say, is the food is much improved, robust flavors and inviting ambience. Today I had to wait quite a bit as I arrived with the lunch rush hour crowd. Nonetheless my squid legs and Mido Ramen hit the spot. I’m a happy customer.

Our server was friendly and our Ramen delivered to the table in less than 5min! Delicious chicken broth for a cool night.

I promise I’m not a negative Nancy, I really used to love Kin No Tori, just not this location unfortunately. We loved the Kin No Tori in Midtown and haven’t been since its temporary closure due to a fire in the restaurant above. We found out about the Alpharetta location and were super excited to enjoy our ramen again. Unfortunately, we were really disappointed in it when we came here. We visited on a Saturday night about 7pm, and it was completely dead inside. The staff informed us that they were basically out of half of the menu. We hyped up the ramen to our friends with us that have never been and it was okay, but it wasn’t the same at all from what we had experienced at the other location. There were menu options that had changed or been removed from when we had visited the midtown location, so that was disappointing to see. We honestly just felt like the standard that we experienced and saw at midtown was so much better and this location didn’t come close to what we experienced there. And it really sucks because it’s been our gold standard of ramen forever. Our server was really nice though. They mentioned the restaurant was trying to go "more traditional" but to be honest, I felt like it was perfect how it was. I am assuming management changed and that’s probably why all of this is the way it is. If the midtown location reopens, we’d give it another shot.

We used to love coming here for a soup in the winter. It is walking distance to our house and we love Japanese cuisine. Some of their dishes with shitake mushrooms were fabulous. Last night not only was the server rude to us but half the menu is gone, the new menu format is hard to follow and they no longer serve beer. We left without ordering anything. I think we are done with this restaurant. It is unfortunate for them and ok for us because we have so many other great options in Alpharetta. 2 stars given in memory of the past good times we had there with our kids. All good things come to an end eventually.