Best instant noodles on Reddit

298 reviews from r/CasualUK, r/CasualPH, r/AskUK and 14 more subreddits
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#1

Indomie

4.9
(56)
"Indomie chicken soup flavour is my favourite!"
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"Mi goreng"
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"Mi goreng"
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"Indomie"
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"Can't knock them"
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"Indomi is in my opinion more salt/msg forward and stir fry shin is sweeter and spicier. both delicious though. you should try it."
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"1. Mang Juan red 🤌🏼 2. Mi Goreng orig 3. Yakisoba blue 4. Curly spag 5. Lucky me orange"
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"MI GORENG🔛🔝"
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"Indomie Mi Goreng"
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"Mi gorengggggg"
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#2

Nongshim

4.8
(38)
"Stir fry Shin Ramyun🤤"
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"Shin black 💛"
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"Get Nongshim, gourmet spicy to be precise."
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"A Nongshim Neoguri and Chapagetti cooked together to make Chapaguri."
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"I really like the Nongshim Kimchi flavour noodles."
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"Nongshim Kimchi!"
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"Asian instant noodles are where it's at."
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"Nongshim shin ramyun.. Especially if you poach an egg in the broth."
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"Big fan of any nongshim"
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"Nongshim - Gourmet Spicy."
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#3

Yakisoba

4.8
(28)
"Yakisoba any flavor except kalamansi."
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"Yakisoba Spicy Calamansi, Indomie Mi Goreng, Payless Xtra Big Calamansi"
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"Yakisoba spicy chicken FTW.... Sarap ipares sa tinapay"
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"YAKISOBA"
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"YAKISOBA FOR THE WIN!!!!! 😋"
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"Yakisoba Chilimansi for life!"
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"Yakisoba Beef Lucky Me Pancit Canton Chilimansi Nissin Creamy Seafood"
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"That Spicy Chicken from Yakisoba is 🧑‍🍳😘!"
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"Yakisoba spicy chicken talaga"
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"Yakisobaaaa"
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#4

Koka

4.6
(24)
"Are the best that are easily available and cheap."
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"Are my favourite."
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"I love the masala koka"
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"Love Koka Stir Fry Spicy."
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"Tom Yam Koka Noodles 🤌🏼"
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"Koka Spicy Stir Fry are by a mile the best instant noodles."
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"The curry one is lovely."
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"Kimchi and Tom yam koka"
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"Koka. Every day of the week."
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"I think Koka are the best generally available ones."
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#5

Nissin

4.7
(21)
"Nissin Ramen Creamy Seafood and Spicy Seafood f979"
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"Nissin ones from asian supermarkets that are imported from Japan."
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"Nissin Soba pots are brilliant."
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"Must be Nissin, they are the leading instant noodles manufacturer in Japan."
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"Nissin ramen is elite"
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"Nissin Demae Ramen, chicken flavour is good."
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"Nissin ramen are meant to be made as a soupy noodle."
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"My personal favourite are the Nissin Soba ones."
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"Nissin's Ramen nung 80s"
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"One of my all time favourites."
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#6

Samyang

4.7
(20)
"Buldak ❤️"
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"But nothing beats Samyang."
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"Samyang is definitely not joking with their 2/3x (in my opinion) and i definitely want to try samyangs other flavours."
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"Only Samyang noodles i like"
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"Buldak (pink package) carbonara noodless"
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"SO DAMN GOOD!"
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"If you like hot ones, the Samyung 2x spicy in the red pack is pretty good."
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"Most looking forward to the Samyang Buldak x2."
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"Samyang 2x spicy (my latest 5-pack arrived from Amazon this morning)"
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"Samyang are my favourites"
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#7

Shin Ramyun

4.9
(12)
"Shin Ramyun and Samyang Cream Carbo huhu"
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"For me, shin ramyun is the best pa rin talaga!"
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"Shin ramyun ftw"
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"You can’t go wrong with SHIN ramen or Samyang."
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"Shin and neoguri"
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"Shin Ramen by far. I like to add coconut milk and peanut butter."
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"I’ve been eating a shin ramyun for lunch everyday for the last 2 years."
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"Shin Ramyun, Samyang Buldak are your best bets."
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"Shin Ramyun is elite."
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"Korean: Shin Ramen are the most common and authentic."
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#8

Maggi

4.6
(12)
"Maggie always"
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"Maggie"
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"Maggie curry flavour. Not masala."
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"Maggi curry made in Malaysia are spicy and flavourful."
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"Maggies all the way!"
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"Nothing can beat classic maggy curry."
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"Nothing can beat classic maggy curry."
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"Classic maggi"
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"I know they're very basic but I love Maggi."
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"Magi chicken flavour from Lidl, multi pack of 5 packs for £2.50 ish!"
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#9

Nissin Demae Ramen

4.7
(7)
"My favourite are Nissin Demae black garlic ramen."
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"Demae Ramen. :Chef’s kiss:"
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"Demae Ramen are the best I've had."
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"Nissin Demae ramen are good, particularly the tonkotsu."
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"In pork tonkotsu flavour."
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"I like Nissin Demae beef ramen, personally."
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"Demae Ramen (Sainsbury’s do them) are very compact and make up to surprisingly big portions."
#10

Cup Noodles

4.7
(6)
"For me it's the Cup Noodles - Chilli Soba Noodles."
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"Cup Noodle are my favourite."
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"Trusty ol’ Cup o’ Noodles."
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"I like the ones that just say Cup Noodles on the package."
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"Seafood is my favorite."
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"Those japanese 'cup noodle' ones. Curry flavour."
#11

Shin

4.8
(5)
"The Red and black packet spicy shin cup noodles are great."
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"Shin (red spicy packaging) has best noodles texture IMO."
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"I can't get enough of the Shin Cup ones."
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"Shin Cup, but any of the imported ones in the Asian section."
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"Either Shin cup, Soba or Aldi own brand"
#12

N/A

4.4
(5)
"Go to a Chinese super market, loads of authentic brands to choose from."
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"Best noodle flavour in my opinion is creamy tonkatsu (pork) but for some reason we don't get it in the UK."
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"Any cheap noodle packet and a couple of spoonfuls of hot and sour Tom yum soup mix."
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"Whatever’s sold in Asian supermarkets, get the packets not the bowls though."
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"Go to a local Asian market, pick up a few that look interesting and try them."
#13

Soba

4.8
(4)
"The Soba noodles are by far the best."
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"Soba. Hands down."
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"God tier."
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"My fave is Teriyaki."
#14

Shin Ramyeon

5.0
(3)
"Spicy, flavorful, and perfect with an egg and veggies!"
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"Shin Black. No contest."
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"Shin Black if you like it spicey."
#15

Buldak

5.0
(3)
"Buldak"
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"Buldak 😏"
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"I sell noodles, and some of the best selling are, Buldak , Shin cup, Indo Mie Mi Goreng, and of course Koka."
#16

Mama

5.0
(3)
"Mama noodles. Any flavour 🤌"
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"Mama noodles are my favourite."
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"Mama Pad Thai instant spicy noodles"
#17

Jin Ramen

4.3
(3)
"Jin ramen mild is excellent"
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"Jin ramen mild."
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"Jin Ramen is the higher quality stuff."
#18

Ho-Mi

4.0
(3)
"Ho-mi beef"
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"Ho-mi Pancit Canton"
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"This is sooo underrated."
#19

Mi Sedaap

5.0
(2)
"Mi Sedaap 👀"
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"Mi Sedaap."
#20

Prima Taste

5.0
(2)
"Prima Taste Laksa"
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"Prima taste laksa la mian, the rolls royce of instant noodles"
#21

My Kuali

5.0
(2)
"Packs a PUNCH"
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"Packs a PUNCH"
#22

Itsu

4.5
(2)
"I love the Itsu ones."
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"You can get them in Sainsbury's."
#23

MyKuali

4.5
(2)
"I like mykuali."
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"I like mykuali."
#24

Paldo

4.5
(2)
"I LOVE Paldo’s bibimmen noodles."
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"Paldo Jjajangmen"
#25

Cintan

4.0
(2)
"Cintan curry (can diy dry version even tho it's supposed to be the soup version! it's much nicer than the soup one) feel like the taste is slightly different frm maggi curry and it's much nicer :) "
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"No vote for Cintan Curry?"
#26

Mamee

4.0
(2)
"Taste good."
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"Mamee duck noodles taste good, but I also love Cintan."
#27

Payless

4.0
(2)
"Payless pancit shanghai"
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"It was my childhood."
#28

Super Noodles

4.0
(2)
"I quite like the chicken Super Noodles to be honest."
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"Mild curry super noodles"
#29

Pot Noodles

3.5
(2)
"Can't go wrong with a Pot Noodle tbh"
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"Sure the portions are tiny as hell and overpriced as shit for what they give you"
#30

Shin Ramen

5.0
(1)
"Regular shin ramen made the stir fry way is basically the same and soooo good."
#31

Samyung

5.0
(1)
"Samyung wins. It is very spicy, but the flavor is on point."
#32

Ichiban

5.0
(1)
"Ichiban are my favorite kind."
#33

KOKOMEN

5.0
(1)
"I loveeee KOKOMEN it’s a nice spicy chicken broth ramen."
#34

Lucky Me

5.0
(1)
"Lucky me."
#35

Jin

5.0
(1)
"Jin ramen is very good!"
#36

Ottogi

5.0
(1)
"Jin Jjambbong from Ottogi is my absolute favorite bowl/instant ramyeon."
#37

Unif

5.0
(1)
"Unif tung-i chicken abalone noodles are my current obsession!"
#38

Momofuku

5.0
(1)
"Momofuko"
#39

Instant Jjamppong

5.0
(1)
"Instant jjamppong"
#40

Pot Noodle

5.0
(1)
"Any true Brit would just go with the classics:pot noodle or super noodle"
#41

Kabuto

2.0
(2)
"Kabuto are good, but if you can get to an Asian supermarket they tend to import the good stuff."
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"If you think Kabuto are good, be aware of the vile shite that is their macaroni and cheese."
#42

Blue Dragon

4.0
(1)
"I quite like the ones that come in a blue plastic bowl."
#43

CowHead

4.0
(1)
"CowHead Carbonara."
#44

Pasta Express

4.0
(1)
"Pasta express carbonara."
#45

Hakubaku

4.0
(1)
"Hakubaku fresh noodles and Tonkotsu bone broth concentrate."
#46

Cup Noodle

4.0
(1)
"Cup noodle. Chicken flavour."
#47

LaMian

4.0
(1)
"Medyo pricey pero LaMian laksa."
#48

Nissin Irvin’s

4.0
(1)
"If you haven’t tried yet."
#49

Home Bargains

4.0
(1)
"Home bargains 30p a pack curry or masala flavour."
#50

Polish

4.0
(1)
"The polish ones are great, more artificial taste."
#51

Aldi

3.0
(1)
"Aldi had the very best basic chicken instant noodles. Just a nice, well seasoned delicious package."

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