kitchen team member

server

assistant manager

cook/dishwasher

dishwasher

Nishiki Ramen

The day to day work was not bad, but pay was also not great. Pay is based off a rating and if you are not a favorite (keeping busy at every possible second) you will get paid less in tips. If you call out, even with a doctor's note, you will get a reduction in tips. If you get your shift covered you will lose tips. If you make a mistake you will lose tips. Basically anything you do, you will lose tips especially if you aren't a favorite. Management is extremely unfair, and expects you to be a complete robot. The most enjoyable part of the job are your coworkers but that's the same anywhere you go. If you want job instability and fear of losing your job at any moment, work here. The boss is unbearable and it is all nepotism - all  management is  family of the owner and they do not know how to manage. Everyone is told they are replaceable at any given moment and your schedule needs to be full availability or you will also lose rating for "not being a team member". Many staff join and quit within a month or two, through working there I have seen entire back of house staff change as well as front of house. No one actually enjoys working there but they bide their time until they find a better job. You'll be much happier somewhere else. Good luck. 

Horrible management which creates horrible culture. Very unreasonable with their employees and literally make up rules in the spot at times just cuz they feel like it. Owner treats workers horribly and the managers there do as well. There’s honestly no benefits working here. Also you get strikes when not being able to work. EVEN WHEN U GET THE SHIFT COVERED BY SOMEONE ELSE YOU GET A STRIKE. I apparently had two strikes during the time without knowing and when confronting management about this and showing them that there’s no rule that states that this was a strike on the employee handbook, they ended up admitting fault and cleared out my strikes after. This really shows just bad management and just how they just want you to feel miserable. Also what I think is stupid is just the fact when delivery orders aren’t picked up at all throughout the shift, we just end up throwing the food away which is super wasteful and they don’t want to even give the food to their workers because they’re stingy and don’t want their employees to get free food.

Worked there as a first job for a while, thought it was nice at first until it wasn’t. Many people left and management started declining, nepotism was very clear and prevalent. Pay wasn’t that good either and the main benefit of receiving a discount was removed. 

With the place being understaffed you barely feel like you’re on your breaks when you are, and while it is a high stress environment, the wage definitely isn’t worth it. Also poor work ethic and culture, many lazy workers that show up late and terrible shift leads. 

Might I mention the high expectations that aren’t even enforced on the shifts that the manager is on?

If you want to make tips as a server look elsewhere, they charge an automatic 15% "service charge" NOT a tip, so they can sneakily distribute it to management. Management is stingy and they offer no benefits. You only get a discount on your food 1 hour before or after your shift. The only potentially enjoyable part of the job is the employees there but the turnover rate is so bad they cycle through employees within months. It seems they would rather train new employees every couple of months than treat their employees with enough respect to keep them.

I’d recommend looking elsewhere unless you have strong kitchen experience and excel at it. Even then, the pay is low for what’s essentially a fast food job. The training was poor, and I was unlucky enough to understand Spanish from college—management was cussing behind my back. Their training approach was basically, “watch me do it once, then figure out the rest,” making it clear they had no interest in properly training me. On top of that, everyone had their own way of doing things and would get mad if you did it differently. 

I would not recommended working here long term. If you like being talked down to everyday by narcissistic managers then it will be perfect for you. I understand in this industry you could end up working for some pretty unreasonable people but the management here is the worst. Besides that it can be a good place to gain some experience but at the most should be used as a stepping stone to get your foot in the industry.

management is disorganized, combative,  and overall ill equipped to run a restaurant. despite being unfit for the job, management are constantly critiquing staff and finding ways to not pay employees what they’re worth. there is virtually no opportunity for advancement. staff quit so often there are new trainees weekly, they would rather throw extra food in the trash that give any to workers, and anyone who knows there worth quits after a few months. avoid working here.

I worked there training for a week and worked one official shift. After this, I was promptly fired because I "didn't know where the utensils were and looked confused" during my training. I feel like the training process requires correcting mistakes and learning not firing someone after a week over not being perfect during your first few shifts, insane. I was also not tipped out, so I served for a week for minimum wage. 

Working at this ramen shop was miserable due to poor management that constantly miscommunicated expectations. The strict, inflexible hours made work-life balance impossible, and incompetent managers failed to resolve basic issues, leaving employees frustrated. The chaotic environment, lack of leadership, and relentless demands turned an exciting opportunity into a draining ordeal.

Overall, a great place to learn many things about what goes behind the scenes of a ramen restaurant. Owner is kind and very reasonable. He is also very knowledgeable/wise about many things inside and outside of the restaurant. Overall, the company as treats everyone well and makes everyone feel as there is always room for growth!

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Kitchen team member 14 salaries reported	$18.92 per hour
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Cook/dishwasher 4 salaries reported	$16.50 per hour
Dishwasher 3 salaries reported	$18.67 per hour

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