There's nothing fundamentally wrong with these. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because of the price, especially if purchased at regular price. They taste fine to me, like most ramen noodles. The noodle quality is decent, and it comes with two servings of noodles, powder soup base, and the seaweed topping. The taste is quite salty (salt kelp flavor), even after I added more water. There is an ammonia like smell to it, perhaps from the "salt kelp" flavoring, so that might put some people off. I decided to give these a try because they were on sale from 9.99 to 2.99. For the amount, 2.99 is okay, but I definitely wouldn't get it at regular price. I'm not sure I would repurchase either way because I'm not crazy about the taste either.