JINYA Ramen Bar

It was our first time coming here and we really enjoyed every thing. The kids ramen meal had a healthy portion and came with chicken wings and fries. My husband had the birria beef and I had the spicy chicken ramen and we both loved it! Atmosphere was great and all our servers were very friendly and helpful, especially our sever, Carlos. Overall great time and we will be back soon!

It was our first time coming here and we really enjoyed every thing. The kids ramen meal had a healthy portion and came with chicken wings and fries. My husband had the birria beef and I had the spicy chicken ramen and we both loved it! Atmosphere was great and all our servers were very friendly and helpful, especially our sever, Carlos. Overall great time and we will be back soon!

One thing that really disappointed me about this place, especially since ramen is their main focus, is how they handle their broth. For a restaurant that wants to be known for ramen, the approach feels careless and surprisingly lazy. I was told that shrimp and other shellfish are cooked directly in the same main broth pots that are used for all the ramen, That means every bowl of ramen contains shellfish. For a restaurant that specializes in ramen, this feels like a very customer-unfriendly and lazy approach. Broth is the foundation of ramen, and most ramen shops take great care to keep their broths distinct. Cooking shellfish in the main stock means the chicken broth is really chicken and shellfish, the beef broth becomes beef and shellfish, and even the vegetable broth isn’t really vegetable anymore. That’s like going to a great pizza place and being told every pizza has anchovies mixed into the sauce. Beyond the flavor issue this causes, this also creates problems for people who can’t eat shellfish (like me) or simply don’t want seafood flavors in their chicken, beef or vegi ramen. Because of this, I couldn’t order any of the ramen at all and have no reason to go back. What I ended up ordering instead was a chicken rice bowl, and it wasn’t very good. It was dry, flavorless, had zero sauce, and the chicken was in strange, tiny grinds that were so small and dry I just had to take their word for it that it was actually chicken. For a place built around ramen, it’s disappointing that the broths aren’t kept separate so everyone can order the Ramen.

One thing that really disappointed me about this place, especially since ramen is their main focus, is how they handle their broth. For a restaurant that wants to be known for ramen, the approach feels careless and surprisingly lazy. I was told that shrimp and other shellfish are cooked directly in the same main broth pots that are used for all the ramen, That means every bowl of ramen contains shellfish. For a restaurant that specializes in ramen, this feels like a very customer-unfriendly and lazy approach. Broth is the foundation of ramen, and most ramen shops take great care to keep their broths distinct. Cooking shellfish in the main stock means the chicken broth is really chicken and shellfish, the beef broth becomes beef and shellfish, and even the vegetable broth isn’t really vegetable anymore. That’s like going to a great pizza place and being told every pizza has anchovies mixed into the sauce. Beyond the flavor issue this causes, this also creates problems for people who can’t eat shellfish (like me) or simply don’t want seafood flavors in their chicken, beef or vegi ramen. Because of this, I couldn’t order any of the ramen at all and have no reason to go back. What I ended up ordering instead was a chicken rice bowl, and it wasn’t very good. It was dry, flavorless, had zero sauce, and the chicken was in strange, tiny grinds that were so small and dry I just had to take their word for it that it was actually chicken. For a place built around ramen, it’s disappointing that the broths aren’t kept separate so everyone can order the Ramen.

Absolutely love Jinya Oviedo!! Ramen is top notch fresh ingredients, great environment and energy. I always get the Tonkotsu Black ramen so delicious. Our server Gaby is beyond amazing, friendly and takes time to go over any menu questions and make recommendations. She is so sweet. Highly recommended.