Mashu Festival - Charlottesville

I got the Vegetarian ramen and I really enjoyed the flavor of the mushroom and the egg and the soup flavor was not bland and the portions was a good size . Had seen some bad reviews and was scared to try but I had a good experience with the vegetarian ramen can’t say for any other .

Spicy Miso Ramen 1.7/10Only had the Ramen so can’t speak on anything else but wouldn’t recommend this place for Ramen.

TL;DR: Great, food-market ramen place. This is the type of ramen where if a friend asked for a recommendation, you would point them in Mashu Festival’s direction; but, you wouldn’t go out of your way to recommend.Specific Foods:Spicy Miso Ramen: 7.7/10Chicken/Vegetable Gyoza: 8/10General Wait Time for 1/2 dishes: 10-20 minutesGeneral Comments: The spicy ramen had the right kick. But, I love the heat, so I added some sriracha and that made the ramen even better. Parking is free for the first hour at Dairy Market. Another review mentioned wanting a ramen spoon instead of a regular spoon, and they had real, albeit plastic, ramen spoons when I went!Room For Improvement:1. I would love non-plastic options, but I understand it's a food market.

Both myself and husband got food poisoning from here this past weekend. Food was awful, but instead of complaining we tried to eat it as we didn’t want to make a fuss. Well we learned our lesson! Both of us were so sick the evening of and next day and this was only food we had that could have given us it. Do not recommend!

Tasty pork but the egg was too salty...that egg was almost inedible. The chicken broth was rich but still very porky. The noodles were very al dente. My ramen-obsessed 11 year old was satisfied.