Yagyu Ramen

Waited to review this restaurant after having been here 3 times.
Porn katsu is very good. Great batter and flavor
Grilled eel over rice. This is basically Unagi on steroid. Entire bowl of rice covered in Unagi or grilled fat thick eel. Rice is drenched in Unagi sauce. This item is a rarity in the states. If you enjoy Unagi you will like this
Beef bowl was ordered without vegetable. Very good dish for those who don’t like vege in their beef bowl.
Ginger Pork has awesome flavor. Large slices of pork sautéed with thin slices of onion and ginger. Pork slices is infused with hint of ginger and lemon.
Kakiage over rice. The Kakiage is chopped prawns deep fried in sliced onion, carrot, and other vege. With a sunny side up egg on top. This is okay, differs from other Kakiage I had before.
On to appetizers. Chicken Kara-​age is average. Large chicken pieces fried in flavored batter.
Gyoza is outstanding — must order. Very thin skin pan fried crispy with tasty filling.

the food is close to perfection… tempura udon is the best ingredients are fresh, combined with thai tea… that’s awesome oishi!!!

Chef Masa’s ‘mom and pop’ shop serves nostalgic Japanese casual eats really well.
My father (a sushi master) and Chef Masa opened Vegas’s best Japanese restaurant at the Wynn during the Casino’s opening in 2006, I’m sure there is so much more behind chef Masa’s culinary background, but his current shop, YAGYU Ramen’s menu has a pretty delicious spread.
He does over 10 different kinds of Ramens including (Mabo-​Ramen /​Kakuni– Ramen /​kimchee Ramen /​even a Hiroshima style champon ramen)
* Curry Rice Dishes
* Unagi Bowls
And many more nostalgic dishes to those who have lived in Japan before.
I had a super simple Shio Ramen (plain clear broth)
It was the most perfect classic noodle the way it’s served in Japan, straight forward ingredients and just delicious.
長年お寿司の板前をやっている父の仲間のマサさんのラーメン屋 YAGYU のお料理は全て美味しい。古き良き懐かしい日本のクラシックアイテムがこのお店ではせいぞろい。1年前までは焼肉屋さんだったYAGYU-RAMEN, 手作りキムチをまだ続けていてこのキムチは日本人の口に合う、ほんの少しだけピリ辛でやみつきになる甘さのある最高なお味。人生おいしいお料理を皆様に食べさせるため歩んできた板前さんのお料理は美味しい。
ラーメン* カレーライス・ご飯物を出している。
私は塩ラーメンいただきました、麺の硬さもちょうどよくて弾力性があって本当においしかったです。

Awesome little hole in the wall. The food was fantastic and hit the spot perfectly.
Authentic and tasty Japanese food for a great price. What’s not to love?

This place is the bomb! Best Thai Coffee ever, and they are buy one get. #Winning
I stumbled across this place one trying to kill some time. I tried the Thai Coffee and I have been a fan every since. The Bento box special is delicious as well as the Miso Ramen. Babe tried it for the first time and loved it. Haven’t tried much of their sushi. I did have California roll however, that was pretty tasty.

3.5. Low key, welcoming, and affordable. Located in the same packed shopping complex as Ichiza and a bubble tea shop.
I really like that this place doesn’t nickel-​and-​dime the hell out of you when it comes to toppings on your ramen.
Chashu ramen:
the good: four tender, fatty slices of chashu in there, broth not too salty
the meh: egg was overcooked, noodles were not as enjoyable as Monta or Sora.
I am a super honey toast fan, and I can’t say it’s my favorite here. Texture-​wise it needed more crunch and was missing a little something. Bottom pieces were just a little too cloyingly sweet with the amount of honey on the plate.
Kudos to these guys for the free Unilocal check-​in app of yakisoba, but it was a little too sweet for me.
Good food with great service and lots of old Japanese grannies hobbling in and out of the restaurant, but not the ramen place I’d crave as my first option when in Vegas.

Popped in here for a quick dinner and was not disappointed by all the good Unilocal reviews! I ordered the sliced pork ramen with the free yakisoba appetizer (with Unilocal checkin). Both were delicious!
The broth was amazing and the sliced pork was really tender and flavorful. Their noodles are nothing too special but go well with the rest of the delicious bowl of ramen. The yakisoba was really good too but I would rather have more ramen!
Service was incredibly fast (it wasn’t very busy on a Sunday night) and polite. Nothing to do with the restaurant but Parking in the plaza sucks and is jammed with Asians who can’t drive!

I got the $ 6.95 deal with half order of miso ramen, Two pieces of the sushi, and mini salad. It fill me up. It was so delicious. The broth was awesome. My friends ordered the udon which looked really good as well. I don’t think you can go wrong with anything here.

If you’re looking to get away from the Las Vegas Strip for a place that is fast and affordable, this is the place. This ramen house is located less than 2 miles from the Strip, down the street from the Palazzo /​Wynn hotel off Spring Mountain in an extremely busy Asian strip mall.
We arrived a little after 6:30 PM on a Monday evening. There were a few tables occupied, and we were seated in a booth in the front. If you check in on Unilocal,you can get an free appetizer side of yakisoba. It’s a tiny little plate, but hey, it’s free!
The menu isn’t just ramen, but has a little bit of everything, from other noodles like udon adn yakisoba, to rice bowls, to curry, to grilled items like fish or chicken.
Since their business name says Ramen, I decided to stick with cha siu (roast pork) Ramen as my choice, which came with a ½ egg, bamboo shoots, nori, and I added corn and bean sprouts to my order. I was given 4 generous slices of pork. Karen even commented that the slices were thicker than the usual places we go to.
I read mix comments about the broth, and I personally felt it was fine. It was not extremely salty, which I was thankful for as I didn’t feel like drinking water all night. It tasted like it was chicken /​pork stock.
Karen had the shoyu Ramen, which came with two slices of pork, bamboo shoots and an egg. Stephen didn’t feel like noodles, and did not know what to get, so I suggested for him to get the beef bowl. It was a very generous bowl and the meat was marinated just right. Not too sweet, and it look like they use sukiyaki style beef. The beef bowl also came with salad and a bowl of miso soup.
Overall a very inexpensive dinner for three people, less than $ 30. Aside from the terrible parking, I would recommend this place if you’re looking for cheap eats away from the Las Vegas strip. If you find a parking spot, grab it. Customers don’t know how to navigate around this congested strip mall, and will do anything for a parking spot, including driving the wrong way.

This place is located in Chinatown @ Warm Springs Road and Arville at the far left end of a strip mall. We got there at 8pm on a Sunday night. I had to drive around the mall three times before I got a parking spot (they have stalls in the back, too).
It surprisingly was not busy and our party of five was seated right away. We first went to Jinya down the road, but they had a line out the door. So some quick Unilocaling got us here.
Our server was very friendly and helpful with the menu. They have a good selection of ramen and some other dishes. I wasn’t feeling ramen so I had the fried oysters with rice, some fresh veggies, and a bowl of miso soup. It was delicious. Whenever I eat at a Japanese restaurant, I rate them by the quality of their rice, which was excellent. The rest of my party had ramen and one had cold soba noodles. They all mopped up their noodles and said how great tasting they were. We shared the home made gyoza as an appetizer, which was very tasty.
I love this find and will be back.
PS: For dessert we headed to a Korean bakery located directly above Yagyu. They have awesome bakery products!

This was an interesting place. We were looking for another noodle place but settled to eat here when our search ended up empty. My meal was pretty good, which was the tempura udon. My wife got a ramen but the broth was terribly salty and she was unable to eat most of it. When we first walked in to the restauant, we were not greeted by anybody. I had to walk towards the back until I found a waitress who assured me that they were open and then showed us to a table.

Another great ramen house in Spring Mtn with good amounts of seating. & there’s no crazy wait time.
I feel like this is a hidden gem (for now), because there’s other places like Ramen Sora & Monta Ramen that are almost ALWAYS packed and crammed with their parking situation not being the greatest either. I’m glad this place isn’t at the point yet because sometimes I just want a good bowl of ramen without having to write my name down after 8 434 984 people ahead of me.
The menu is more extensive then other ramen places because they also serve other hot meals. They also have various ramen broths to choose from. Personally, I really enjoyed the ramen omelette. I like to order with extra charsu slices for my meat fix. I like how they have more than just a few broth options cuz sometimes I get tired of miso, shoyu, and tonkatsu: p The charsu slices are nice and big too unlike Monta where I take like 2 bites and I’m out of meat already :(& the broth and ramen itself are very flavorful. Service is quick and they also give you a stamp. Will definitely return here to try their rice plates.

A nice hidden gem on the outskirts of Vegas! If you want authentic Japanese food, you should come here!
We were greeted by a cute Japanese lady. Their menu offers ramen, rice bowls, appetizers and drinks.
What we tried:
*Tempura Udon — Very good! The noodles were cooked perfectly. The broth was light and comforting. The shrimp tempura was really good! The batter was light and crispy.
*Spicy Char Siu Ramen — Very good! The level of spice was medium and just right. They are generous with the pieces of char siu they give you.
For Thai Tea boba lovers, this place offers BOGO free!
There is a lot of free parking in the lot.

Yagyu ramen is definitely the best place in Las Vegas to get ramen. Their portions are amazing at such a great discount! Ask for a stamp card when you go, you can discounts & food for free if toy go enough. The owner is awesome, the biggest sweetheart I’ve met in the ramen business. (:
Remembers her customers & treats everybody as an equal. Their food is traditional Japanese food, which I know well because my mother has made food. It tastes just like home. China town is never fun to drive in, but this place is worth it (: check it out. You won’t regret it!

I love to try ramen (if available) wherever I travel. I came to Yagyu around 9pm on a Friday night and the place was almost empty. The staff was extra friendly and I overheard them and a couple patrons speaking Japanese so I had high hopes despite the lack of customers. I promptly ordered the chashu ramen and gyoza. Both arrived simultaneously so I went for the gyoza first. The gyoza wrappers were super tender but I found the ratio of cabbage to pork in the filling was too high for my taste. That may be a good thing if you are looking for a healthier gyoza with a softer texture, but I like mine porkier. I would rate the ramen above average but definitely not in my top rankings. The chashu was moist and tender and the noodles had a toothsome bite. But the broth could have been more flavorful and rich. I don’t get to eat ramen often so I want to be hit with some salt and fat. The egg was hard boiled but I prefer the soft barely-​set yolk variety.
I’d definitely come back to try some other dishes since they were so friendly but I definitely want to try Monta’s ramen to compare next time I’m in Vegas.

What a nice, cute, Japanese Ramen restaurant. We were holiday shopping at the plaza next door when we decided we needed some hot ramen to warm us up. A cleanly interior, genuinely friendly staff, a large variety of tasty ramen dishes, and reasonable prices make this a 4 Star experience.
CLOSED on Mondays.

The weather has definitely cooled down, so on our most recent trip to Vegas towards the end of October, we felt like something hot & soupy. The Unilocal app came up with a few selections, but Yagyu stood out, partially because of the high ratings, but it was also within a mile from where we stayed (Palms Place)
Upon entering on a Wednesday evening around 7ish, it was nearly empty. A nice lady escorted us towards the back to a booth. The menu was packed with pictures of different types of ramen but with no description. Instead of staring at the menu and asking a million questions, we went with something familiar:
Japanese Won Ton Ramen: great broth, chewy noodles and tasty won tons. Really hit the spot.
Miso Ramen: this place has absolutely the most tender slices of pork I have EVER had. The texture was almost like eating fat, where it just melts in your mouth, but it’s actually lean pork. The broth was a bit on the salty side but overall, still great.
Thai iced tea, BOGO @ $ 3. tastes like all others from other places.
We were happy to see they had a lot more business when we left. The service was absolutely perfect. They are so friendly and hospitable. I love the fact that it appears to be owned by an older couple, that they are so nice and the food was pretty tasty. I recommend Yagyu for anyone looking for some hot, soothing ramen w/​the approaching cold weather.
Please go support these nice people! I will be back for sure.

I can honestly say «The best ramen I’ve had in Las Vegas!» The owner used to be the chef of the famous Togoshi Ramen that used to be «the place for ramen» until they went out of business a while back. The owner of the Yagyu Ramen was the old Togoshi’s chef when they were really good back in the 90s. Today, I tried their miso ramen, and the soup was excellent! So far, I’ve never found a place where the miso ramen wasn’t as good as the Sapporo-​ya in San Francisco’s Japantown. Today, I found it! Yagyu’s miso ramen! It’s very similar to the Sapporo-ya’s original soup from the pre-​90s. Now I feel much better about living in Vegas. LoL
I’ve also had Yagyu’s shoyu cha-​shu-​men and Nagasaki chanponmen and they are all excellent! What I found interesting is that traditional Nagasaki chanpon uses slightly thicker curvy noodle, but, Yagyu uses a regular ramen noodle, which draws the soup better when you eat it. Yagyu’s chanpon soup is a bit on the mild side, and is NOT loaded with lard like the traditional Nagasaki chanpon, which make it perfect for this noodle. The veggies in the chanpon are cooked to a perfect «Al Dente» and, is crisp!

I’m picky about my ramen; very picky. Yagyu was AWESOME. I tried Monta Ramen across the street and Yagyu has them beat! You can choose your level of spicyness on a 10 level scale. The broth was well seasoned and the noodles were perfect. I normally don’t eat the pork in ramen because it’s too gamey, but I demolished the entire bowl. This is definitely a local’s spot nestled in between foot spas and tea stores, but I promise it doesn’t disappoint.
Ramen goes really good with beer, so of course I asked the server for a glass of Sapporo. She asked me, «is frozen beer okay?» I was so confused. «Did she mean a frozen glass? Did they forget to take the beer out of the freezer and now it’s seconds away from combustion?» I didn’t think I heard her correctly so just smiled and said ok. OMG she really came back with frozen beer. The Sapporo was served in a chilled beer mug and it was legitimately a beer slushie!!! It was amazing.
Did I mention that this place is pretty cheap? I mean you really can’t go wrong with ramen, beer slushies and the feeling that you didn’t just get ripped off in Vegas.

I was rooting for this place right when I checked in! The moment, I walked into the restaurant, I was greeted by an inviting server who motioned for us to take any seat we would like. We decided on a booth in the corner so it’s more intimate.
Their menu is very simple, and it really made all their ramen pop up. I decided on the the ramen with the omelette on top as I’ve never seen anything like it. So, I tried it out of curiosity. While, I’ve had better ramen than this, I really want to say that this restaurant is great when you want to look for traditional ramen.
The ramen was served hot with just noodles, eggs, and a bit of condiments. I enjoyed it all from the broth to the texture of the noodles. I’m a big fan of ramen broth as many restaurants make them differently. This one in particular was very tasty with the right amount of seasoning. You can taste the salty side of it with the teeny tiny hint of sweetness. I’ve had some ramen that were under seasoned, and I was hoping that it wasn’t the case for this restaurant. I’m so happy that they proved me wrong!
My friend is a fan of gyoza, so he ordered one of those, and he noticed that they make them fresh from the restaurant. I wanted to contest, but I figured that he might be right because it did taste different from the store bought ones. We had to confirm this by asking our server. She was adorably impressed by his insinuation by complementing him and telling us that her husband (which was the cook), makes them fresh everyday. I love that effort!
When we came here, they had a deal on thai iced tea which was a buy one get one free. We immediately took advantage of this deal as we’re both fans of the beverage. We got ours with boba, because… Why not? I wasn’t too impressed with the boba since I’ve had better ones, but I don’t want to criticizes them on their beverage as it’s not what they’re known for, but just a tip for you, don’t get the boba with their beverage. It’s bland, and a bit crumb-​y in texture. Totally weird to chew on.
Overall, I would take my friends and family to this place! I scored a stamp card from them so I’ll be using that more often when I bring people over to this gem! I love finding restaurants like this. Definitely a must try!