Jyuban Ramen House

i went here today at around lunchtime. i have been wanting to try this place for like a few months now and i finally got to and i must say i was rather disappointed.
first, i ordered a spicy miso pork bone soup ramen with cha siu (note: they had three levels of spicy; i chose level 2 and honestly it was like nothing) this ramen wasn’t bad. it’s alright. at first, the taste to me was quite good, but after a while i just got tired of it. im not a fan of the kind of ramen they used (it’s like textured-​spaghetti noodles which i dislike), their egg was kinda weird and yeah. the only good thing was that they have a generous amount of cha siu (good for the meat eaters out there; just not for me xD) oh and they don’t have msg
i decided to order dessert and got the «ice&fire (i think that’s literally what it’s called) BAD IDEA. it was $ 5.99 and all it was, was fried sesame paste balls (like tong yuan) and frozen grapes… LIKE FORREAL?! the flavours don’t even work. it was just a complete waste of money and eating effort. (but seriously frozen grapes you kidding me? for $ 5.99 ?! you?! kidding ?! meeeEE?!) also the server constantly told me that it’s very cold for the ice one (hell yeah it is considering it’s like straight from the freezer) and that it’s very hot for the fire one (hell no it isn’t it’s like warm)
so yeah, food was not the best. decorations were okay. (the place looked rather idk bad idk like something about it gave off this kind of weird feeling tbh it kinda ugly but hey some people got to write on their windows and walls) my unfortunate ass didn’t get to :(:(umm and their server was pretty nice. constantly asked us about our food and how’d we think of it

Can’t say it’s my favourite ramen place. That title is still with someone else. However this place isn’t so bad.
I discovered this place when I was searching for no MSG and this place basically announced it loudly. So I was curious to try it when I got the chance.
So far I only tried the tonkotsu ramen two variants of it. The secret sauce and the soy sauce versions. They’re both good and they had ample chunks of meat. They have some brown coloured eggs which also add a bit of flavour.
The soy sauce one adds a bit more saltiness as expected. The flavour is not as strong.
The one thing I didn’t like is there is no refill on the yummy noodles. So it’s not the place to go if you want to do cheap carbo load.
Though if you are not a heavy eater it’s good enough.
I may update my review once I find the ramen I like here. There are still other ramen I would like to try.
Since this place does not do any MSG I will try to visit more often and hopefully when I find the food that satiates my palate I will be able to give this place five stars. However, based on what I have eaten so far it’s still a bit lacking. Please feel free to give me suggestions my next target is their butter ramen.

Satisfied that craving for a deliciously flavorful, warm and authentic ramen. Our palates are bombarded daily with so many artificial preservatives, sugars and salt that I truly appreciate Jyuban for creating such a depth of flavor without msg or excessive salt! Handmade noodles, generous portions, years of dedication and a passion for their craft are some of the reasons I admire the ramen chef and his staff here. Thank you for sticking to your beliefs that food should be tasty and healthy!

The waitress was really nice and can tell she was passionate about the food there. She highly recommended the pork belly snack and repeated said its their best. She was definitely right, the pork belly was extreme delicious. Ordered a pork belly ramen and the snack, was not wrong to get it twice. Only mistake was ordering the small. The cha siu is by far the best, compared to other ramen places. The soft boiled egg was really well done, the yolk was soft and sweet but not runny.
The disappointing thing was the noodle and the soup. The noodle resembled Chinese egg noodle, it was nothing like ramen. Probably the worse ramen tried to date. The soup was nothing special and combined with the noodles, it seemed like something that is served at a Chinese café.
Overall, maybe come back and try a donburi with a pork belly snack dish. Will definitely get a large next time, double the number of pieces.

It is definitely not worth listening to (another) hype from people who just love eating Japanese food, authentic or not!
Their ramen will not survive if they were to be sold in Japan.
Only here in Toronto that we are forced to accustom our taste with inferior cooking-​quality of «imported» cuisine.
Anyhow, don’t be fooled by their desserts (as I was, last night). Their fire&ice $ 6.99 dessert which consisted of 5 frozen grapes & 5 lukewarm (from microwave) sesame mochi balls — - were a joke! The wait was 15 minutes… just to give the customer the impression that it will be freshly done or too complicated to make! That was a waste of my $ 7!
Their ramen & donburi were bland.
Well, if you have nothing to eat at home, then have your ramen somewhere else.

Came here during lunch hours on a weekday. Most restaurants around were packed but this one was completely empty. Ordered #40 on the menu which had pork cooked 3 ways. It was $ 15.25 but I had to try it anyway. (To Jennifer K’s question: who would pay $ 15 for a bowl of ramen? — I did… but I do it because I am searching of a ramen place closer to home which can match the quality of pork found at Hokkaido Ramen Santouka).
The bowl of ramen was good. I did not get super thirsty after finishing my bowl so I’m sure its just like advertised… NO MSG. The broth and pork had a soy sauce taste to it. Noodles were done well and good bite to it. Portion of meat was huge and for this bowl of ramen since it had 3 different kinds of pork. There was more meat than noodles so for you meat lovers out there this is the bowl for you. The quality of the meat was good but no where near Hokkaido Ramen. Loved the poached egg which came with the ramen. I only wish I could poach my eggs this good.

Definitely not a ramen place for everyone. We are so used to the normal MSG filled ramen that our taste buds need so much flavor and salt. However, this place has a more subtle (but still, nevertheless, delicious) tasting broth which is so refreshing.
I had a seafood ramen, they definitely very generous with the seafood and ingredients. My boyfriend had the spicy pork bone broth and you can taste different layers, first, the pork bone, and then the spicyness.
The noodles are handmade daily, so its definitely fresh. The ramen master also keeps away from preservatives when making the noodles. always a plus.
Definitely the most delicious bowl of healthy ramen I’ve ever had. I absolutely respect the owners for going against what is «regular”(msg filled, preservative filled) and will be coming back!

Too many ramen restaurants out there and why made this five stars? Well I would say because of «simple». Ramen looks very easy to make and that’s the reason there are so many ramen restaurant out there. However how many ramen restaurant hand made their own noodle? How many of them use lots of pork and pork bones to prepare their broth? I doubt…
Only freshly hand made daily will result such chewy bouncy noodles, for sure deserve one star.
Pork broth that you can taste different layers of favor (if you taste carefully, you can taste the spicy, the meat and the bone layer after layer) instead of mixed all up with msg like other restaurant, for sure deserve another star.
The pork (cha siu) is so tender but not over stew that too soft without the chewy. Also the cha siu itself is so favourable with the marinade but won’t cover up the pork favour, for sure deserve the 3^rd star.
The chef and waitress are so friendly and patience to explain their menu and how they make it, for sure deserve 4^th star.
For the above 4stars and only cost you $ 11 for a bowl of ramen and they even offer the stamps collecting discount system. That deserve FIVE STAR.
Thank you chef to make a «simple» bowl of noodle in soup so not «simple».

I gave this place a re-​visit after coming here for the first time 10 years. I remember it was one of the few ramen places uptown. This place hasn’t changed much over the years, but unfortunately, I don’t recall it being all that great the first time. The soup is overly oily, but somehow not very flavourful. And the pork belly in my pork belly ramen? All fat and skin.
The only memorable thing here was the Ox tongue. Really tender, well-​marinated, and so thinly sliced, it almost melts in your mouth. As delicious as it was, the dollar-​a-​piece price tag is probably a bit too steep to convince me on a return visit to Jyuban.

I don’t give out 1 stars cause it would have to be really really bad on all counts, across the board.
I came here one night with my boyfriend after the reviews on Unilocal seemed to be okay and we were both craving ramen.
They advertise they don’t use any MSG. I don’t doubt that. The soup had no flavour. The noodles weren’t memorable.
If you like tasteless broth with no MSG, this place is for you.

No MSG? I’m in. When I do eat ramen, I often leave the restaurant feeling thirsty and unhealthy. However, this place offers a quite unique and enjoyable experience! You will be greeted by a friendly and polite middle-​aged women, who ensures your cup is never empty without green tea. While you wait for your food, the wall illustrations drawn by its customers will keep you entertained. The food is prepared with care as it is aesthetically pleasing and flavourful.
Sliced Pork Ramen with Level Two Spicy ($ 7.99):
When my bowl of noodles arrived, I was in shock because the broth looked clear and milky. I immediately asked the waitress whether the chef forgot to add hot spices to my bowl. She reassured me that I will taste the spiciness as soon as I take my first bite of noodles. Wow, she sure did keep her promise! I felt a numbing sensation after a few seconds. It was a feeling that I have never encountered before. The meltingly-​tender slices of meat, the perfectly marinated soft inner egg yolk and the handmade bouncy noodles were greatly satisfying as a whole. In addition, it was topped with perfectly steamed enoki mushrooms and sweet corn, as well as large pieces of dried seaweed.
Tip: I would not recommend trying Level Three Spicy because it might numb you to the point where you would not be able to appreciate the other ingredients in the bowl.
Overall, I would recommend this place to anyone that self proclaims as a ramen lover.

Delicious and tasty ramen. No MSG!
A bit pricy. Will definitely come again. Good service too.

Apparently this place is run by Chinese people and I think I could taste it. The ramen doesn’t… really taste like ramen. The broth doesn’t have that creaminess. The noodles I had in what I ordered (#38 I think?) were thicker Chinese noodles, not frizzy narrow ramen noodles.
To me it tasted like Chinese noodle soup — which is really mild tasting compared to Japanese ramen — with a LOT of meat in it. That’s a segue into what’s good about this place: you get *tons* of meat in your bowl and the meat is really tasty. A friend had a charred up piece of pork (not like standard cha siu in a ramen place — this was like a blackened brick of meat) and it tasted really good. It’s like you get a variety of strong tasting meat, with the broth and noodles just there for the hell of it.
Also, the menu has like. 60+ different ramen choices on it. It’s mostly different meat combinations IIRC.
Giving this place three stars since I found the noodles and broth boring. If I was more of a meat lover (and I thought I was –_​-​) I’d be super in love with this place.

My friend promised two expats back in town (including myself) that there is an amazing ramen joint in Richmond Hill. Having grown up on the East End, I was unfazed as I know anything can happen in asiatown, but my west end counterpart was entirely in disbelief since we all know the good stuff is only downtown.
«Is it run by real Japanese?» I had asked
«Chinese — which is why this place is amazing!» said my friend. Knowing that he travels to Japan all the time for work, we gave him some extra credibility.
To be fair, this place is run by people from Hong Kong, not from China.
After we sat down, my friend says that the menu has expanded significantly, but went straight for the super ramen for $ 15 that he always gets anyway. My sauga counter part ordered a ramen with beef and cha siu, and i went for the cheap one that just had chasiu in tonkatsu soup base and some jyuban secret sauce. To be honest, I wasn’t crazy about the flavour of my secret sauce, but you can tell the tonkatsu soup base was the real thing — thick and full of flavour. And then there’s the meat. The meat for the ramen was done more than right. The cha siu was tender and smoky and the pork soft bone was saucy, slightly sweet and melted in your mouth.
Service is great, and they give loyalty cards. They advocate that they dont add MSG or other preservatives/​additives. A little on the pricey side, but I would definitely come back and try a couple of other items.

Tried level 3 spicy here. Ramen is so yummy especially the soup and the medium egg. A big bowl of ramen is around 10 bucks

The pork belly here is the best I’ve ever had
Very delicious and healthy because there is no msg!

** Please make sure you check out the filtered reviews about Jyuban Raman House!
Overview: Owner and chef is Chinese, BUT he trained under a Japanese Ramen master.
I’ve been to the Big 3 downtown (Sansotei, Santouka, Kinton) but NONE of them make their pork belly or eggs like Jyuban. Jyuban broth is clearer and simmered for hours (NO POWDER), and ramen is not packaged.
Location: Tucked inside the Commerce Gate plaza, Jyuban has a lot of competition with the nearby Korean Grill, Hot Pot, and various other BBT joints. Parking is ALWAYS an issue at this plaza. I opt for underground and back parking if I can’t find something right away. Access to this restaurant is via inside the little mall only.
Facility: Slightly out of date and kind of kitschy, there is marker writing on the wall (I’m fairly those are intentional), which offer a cozy feeling. Ceilings are high though, so everything you say, every time your chair moves, it echoes. Washrooms are not the best, typical of a lower quality asian restaurant. This place needs to update their décor. There is a random giant fish tank as soon as you walk in. It serves ZERO purpose, it looks hideous… there are fake fish suspended inside.
Food Quality & Price: What completely makes up for their décor, is the quality of their ramen. Reviews of Jyuban complain about the food quality, but in my opinion those people have no idea what good ramen is supposed to be like in the first place. People are so accustomed to eating fake, powdered, instant ramen with heaps and heaps of toppings, MSG and preservatives, they forget (and are completely ignorant to) what quality ramen should look and taste like.
Jyuban’s ramen sifu (master) has trained for years under his own Japanese ramen master and refuses to ever put MSG in his dishes. The result is a light and clean tasting broth (what you REALLY want for your ramen). For those with a more sensitive palette, you can taste that the pork bone soup is real (not made from powder) and has been simmering for hours. Ramen is freshly made IN HOUSE by the ramen master.
Noodles come in three types, your usual egg noodle, spinach noodle (green) and squid-​ink noodle (black). For those who are used to having other ramen houses, stick to the egg noodles until you feel that your tongue is sensitive enough to takes the undertones of the other two noodles. They are VERY subtle and may not make a big difference to you (but they cost extra). Spicy ramen is VERY spicy for the typical patron. Order a Level 1, that is usually more than enough for most people. I order Level 2 and I am comfortable, but I am a spice fiend, so do not use me as a spice gauge. My entire family has their nose running, brows sweating and eyes watering at Level 1. Egg is marinated cooked to perfection — solid but slightly yolky (not your simple white boiled egg as seen in other ramen houses). The only catch is that the beef is hit-​n-​miss, BUT the pork belly is to die for! Anything with pork belly will not let you down!
Ramen dishes here are slightly pricier than the average, but understandable if you can appreciate the purity of the craft. All this said, I do not really like the appetizers. Desert is also okay. If you come to Jyuban, you come for the ramen.
Service: There is always one woman there (owner’s wife, I believe) when we go and she always recognizes us and knows what we order. She is attentive and efficient. They had recently hired a young girl to help with service. She is okay. I don’t like the new rewards card — it used to be one bowl = one stamp, then 10 stamps get you 3 free bowls (that was great). Now it’s every $ 10 spent = 1 stamp, then 6 stamps gets you 10% off (terrible deal, might as well not have this at all).
Overall: Jyuban is a quiet restaurant and I am glad that the owner/​cook does not compromise his authenticity despite some poor reviews. People really do not know what good quality ramen looks or tastes like. He is not Japanese but his master is, so in my opinion, the ramen is authentic. Points to improve on — their location needs to update their décor and ambiance, take a look at the quality of their appetizers, get rid of/​get better rewards program, and increase the portion of their ramen by just a little. Jyuban scores a 4.5÷5 overall rounded up to 5 to balance out the incredibly poor reviews people have previously written.

Went to eat with a friend. I guess the food wasn’t intriguing enough, I put down my chopsticks for a good 5 – 10 minutes to continue talking with my friend.
The noodles and everything was just good. Nothing spectacular.

Atmosphere: Cozy, small, good location by commerce gate; service was great, very friendly
Food: «absolutely amazing pork belly rice» 3.5÷5 — it was amazing, but not «absolutely» amazing, the pork belly was tender and flavourful. definitely a try if you visit
Overall: probably wont be back, since their menu doesnt really appeal to me much.

This place isn’t that bad — at least as bad as I thought it was back when it first opening. But what is different about this place from other ramen places is that they have the squid ink and spinach noodles on offer as well.
Supposedly they are no additives, preservatives and MSG-​free — which might account for some depth in the broth.
The chopstick holder is a stamp card-​which gives you a free app. As specified on the caed — If you spend x amount each visit.
Overall the place wasn’t as bad as I initially thought during my first visit — although I thought that the BFs tonkatsu ramen was better that my plain spinach one. The noodles themselves were a nice chewy texture — only thing is next time I will go for the egg ramen — as the spinach was good, but not really worth the two dollar upgrade charge.