Wagamama Ramen Menu, Prices & Recipe

How much is ramen at Wagamama?

Wagamama ramen costs £14.90 to £23.50 when you eat in. The vegan kare burosu is the cheapest and the signature seafood ramen the dearest, with the chicken bowls in between at £15.40 and £16.40. Three bowls went up on 7 October: the grilled chicken and chilli chicken by 50p, and the gochujang pork belly by 60p.

• 

  Kare Burosu Ramen vegan

  706 kcal

  Shichimi-coated silken tofu and mushrooms on udon noodles in a curried vegetable broth, with pea shoots, carrot and chilli.

  £14.90
• 

  Grilled Chicken Ramen

  498 kcal

  Marinated chicken on ramen noodles in a rich chicken broth, with pea shoots, menma and spring onion.

  Gluten-free version with rice noodles.

  £15.40
• 

  Chilli Chicken Ramen

  589 kcal

  Chicken on ramen noodles in a spicy rich chicken broth, with onion, beansprouts, coriander, chilli and lime.

  £16.40
• 

  Gochujang Pork Belly Ramen

  920 kcal

  Gochujang pork belly on ramen noodles in a rich chicken broth, with charred sweetcorn, pea shoots, spring onion and a tea-stained egg.

  Gluten-free version with rice noodles.

  £17.70
• 

  Tantanmen Beef Brisket Ramen

  632 kcal

  Beef brisket on ramen noodles in a rich chicken broth, with menma, kimchee, spring onion, coriander, chilli oil and a tea-stained egg.

  £18.30
• 

  Fish + Chips Ramen

  1,006 kcal

  Tempura hake and sweet potato chips on ramen noodles in a curry broth, with crushed edamame, pea shoots, coriander and chilli.

  New on the October menu.

  £19.90
• 

  Signature Seafood Ramen

  974 kcal

  King prawns and squid in gochujang and miso, with clams, salmon, crispy onions and chilli, on ramen noodles in a yuzu broth with pea shoots and samphire.

  A chef's pick. Gluten-free version with rice noodles.

  £23.50

• Extra chicken+£3.50
• Extra beef or pork+£4.00
• Tea-stained egg£1.20
• Kids' chicken ramen£6.90
• Kids' yasai ramen£6.10

Which Wagamama ramen is best?

The best Wagamama ramen is the one that matches your mood. Go grilled chicken for something light, chilli chicken for heat, the signature seafood for the most protein and kare burosu if you don't eat meat. Still torn? The table below lines all seven up by broth, price, calories and protein.

• Something light: grilled chicken

  498 kcal, the lightest main on the menu, and still 36g of protein.

• Some heat: chilli chicken

  The only bowl listed with a spicy broth, with fresh chilli and a wedge of lime on top.

• The most protein: signature seafood

  68g of it, from prawns, squid, clams and salmon. It also carries the most salt, at 10.4g.

• No meat: kare burosu

  The only vegan ramen and the cheapest, with shichimi tofu, mushrooms and udon.

• Something new: fish + chips

  Tempura hake and sweet potato chips in a curry broth, new on the October menu.

• Big flavours: tantanmen beef brisket

  Brisket with kimchee, chilli oil and a tea-stained egg, at 632 kcal.

All seven at a glance

What does Wagamama put in its ramen?

A broth, noodles and toppings. Most bowls pair a rich chicken broth with wheat ramen noodles, then add toppings such as menma (fermented bamboo shoots), pea shoots, spring onion, kimchee or a tea-stained egg. The exceptions are the kare burosu, with udon in a curried vegetable broth, and the seafood and fish + chips bowls, in yuzu and curry broths.

The broth. Four bowls use a rich chicken broth, and the chilli chicken's is made spicy. The seafood ramen has a yuzu broth, the fish + chips a curry broth and the kare burosu a curried vegetable one. There's no tonkotsu, shoyu or miso broth on the menu, but you can ask to switch to a light or spicy vegetable broth, both marked vegan.

The noodles. Ramen is Japan's take on Chinese wheat-noodle soup, traced back to Yokohama's Chinatown in the late 1800s. The noodles are traditionally made with kansui, an alkaline water that gives them their bite and yellow tint. At Wagamama, the kare burosu is the odd one out with udon, and the gluten-free versions use rice noodles. Wondering how Japanese the rest of the menu is? See where each dish comes from.

The toppings. Pea shoots turn up on five of the seven bowls. The tantanmen gets menma, kimchee and chilli oil, and shares a tea-stained egg with the pork belly. Want more protein? Extra chicken is £3.50, and extra beef or pork £4.

Is Wagamama ramen spicy?

Only some of it. The chilli chicken ramen is the one listed with a spicy broth, plus fresh chilli. The tantanmen gets chilli oil, the kare burosu and fish + chips come with chilli on top, and the pork belly's kick comes from gochujang, a Korean chilli paste. The grilled chicken ramen lists no chilli at all.

How spicy is the chilli chicken ramen?

Noticeably. If you want a spicy ramen, start here: it's the only ramen the menu lists in a spicy broth, and it gets fresh chilli on top as well, with a wedge of lime to squeeze over. If you like heat, this is your bowl; if you don't, pick the grilled chicken instead, which lists no chilli at all.

This is the one for people who like their soup to fight back. If you're after a spicy chicken ramen, this is it; the menu calls it chilli chicken ramen. For £16.40 you get chicken on ramen noodles in that spicy rich chicken broth, piled with onion, beansprouts, coriander and chilli. It's 589 kcal, with 38g of protein and 7.7g of salt, and it's the bowl Wagamama shows you how to make at home, in the recipe below.

What's in the grilled chicken ramen?

Marinated chicken on ramen noodles in a rich chicken broth, with pea shoots, menma and spring onion. It costs £15.40 and comes to 498 kcal with 36g of protein, which makes it the lightest main on the whole menu. It's also one of three ramen on Wagamama's gluten-free menu, made with rice noodles.

Want ramen without the food coma? This is your bowl. It's the gentlest of the seven, with no chilli listed. Like every ramen, though, it isn't low in salt: 6.3g.

What is kare burosu ramen?

Wagamama's vegan ramen: shichimi-coated silken tofu and mushrooms on udon noodles in a curried vegetable broth, with pea shoots, carrot and chilli. It's £14.90, the cheapest ramen on the menu, and 706 kcal. Kare is the Japanese word for curry, which tells you what the broth is about.

One thing to know: it isn't gluten free, because the udon contains gluten.

What goes with ramen at Wagamama?

Something light, because a bowl of Wagamama ramen is already a full meal. Wok-fried greens (163 kcal) or edamame (280 kcal) keep things fresh, and gyoza turn it into a feast: chicken gyoza are £8.50 and 195 kcal. Going vegan with the kare burosu? The yasai gyoza, greens and edamame are vegan too.

• Wok-fried greens (163 kcal)£6.80
• Edamame with salt (280 kcal)£5.10
• Chicken gyoza (195 kcal)£8.50
• Yasai gyoza (208 kcal)£8.20

Wagamama ramen recipe

Wagamama's own chicken ramen recipe is its chilli chicken ramen: seared chicken and noodles in a rich ramen broth, spiked with a sriracha and sweet chilli sauce. This is the chilli ramen recipe in UK measures, grams and millilitres, and it serves two in about 35 minutes. Here's how to make Wagamama ramen at home, with the broth from scratch or from a Wagamama chicken ramen meal kit.

Can you get gluten-free, vegan or halal ramen?

Gluten-free and vegan, yes, with caveats; halal-certified, no. Three bowls come in gluten-free versions with rice noodles, the kare burosu is vegan as it comes, and it's also the meat-free pick if you avoid meat that isn't halal certified.

• Gluten free

  Three ramen are on Wagamama's gluten-free menu, made with rice noodles: grilled chicken, gochujang pork belly and signature seafood. Gluten is handled in the kitchens, so Wagamama can't promise any dish is 100% gluten free.

• Vegan

  The kare burosu is the vegan bowl. You can ask for a light or spicy vegetable broth on others, though their toppings won't be vegan.

• Halal

  Wagamama UK isn't halal certified, and most of its ramen sit in chicken broth. The kare burosu, with tofu in a vegetable broth, is the meat-free choice.

Ramen FAQs

So, which bowl is worth it?

First time? Go chilli chicken if you like heat, grilled chicken if you'd rather keep it light, and kare burosu if you skip meat. Whichever you pick, Wagamama ramen is a full meal in one bowl, and the recipe above gets the chilli chicken version onto your own table in about 35 minutes.