Jinya Ramen Bar has finally opened in Burnaby outside Metropolis at Metrotown. It’s been under construction for a while, but we are so happy they have opened their doors for a soft opening. Finally, I don’t have to always travel Downtown to get a taste of Jinya. They are a popular Ramen chain restaurant and they have 3 locations in Vancouver so far.
Interior
The space is gorgeous and is similar to the look of the Downtown location in Vancouver. It’s sleek, modern, and hip. They were extremely busy despite the empty seats. Our group of 5 waited 1.5 hours to get seated. Luckily, they have an electronic system through Yelp where it tells you how many tables are in front of you. We ended up going shopping to kill the time.
Menu
Chef’s Special: Karaage Chicken Ramen
This has a chicken broth topped with crispy chicken dressed in chili sauce, green onion, bamboo shoots, seasoned egg, nori dried seaweed. It is served with thin noodles but you can always ask for thicker noodles.
Spicy Creamy Vegan Ramen
This vegetable broth is amazing, I personally think it’s one of the best. It also has tofu, onion, green onion, spinach, crispy onion, garlic chips, garlic oil, chili oil, and sesame seeds. It is served with thick noodles instead of the thinner ones.
Pork Chashu
To go with the vegan ramen, I added a side of pork chashu. I put it into the bottom of the bowl and let the broth heat it up and man, was it melt in your mouth delicious!
Jinya Tonkotsu Black
This is one of the most popular flavours. It has a pork broth base with pork chashu, kikurage, green onion, nori dried seaweed, seasoned egg, garlic chips, garlic oil, fried onion, and a spicy sauce. It is served with thin noodles.
Premium Tonkotsu White
This has a mix of pork and chicken broth and served with pork chashu, kikurage, green onion, half seasoned egg, fried onion, and spicy sauce. This is served with thin noodles. My friend got this without the spicy sauce since she doesn’t like anything too spicy.
Sauces
At the table, there are a few sauces that you can add to your meal – seasoning suace, gyoza sauce and hot sauce.
Final Thoughts
Overall, I enjoyed the ramen here. The waits can be long, but you can always go shopping at the mall until you table is ready. The space is really nice and you’ll love the ramen. My personal top favourite ramen flavours are – Tonkotsu Black and Spicy Creamy Vegan ramen.
We Rate Jinya Ramen Bar:
Address:
4575 Central Blvd, Burnaby
Website:
https://jinya-ramenbar.com/
4 Comments
You are so on top of new openings!
All the awesome chains are opening up in Burnaby or Coquitlam!
Vegan ramen! 😉
We had a horrible experience with the customer service last night there. Staff members telling us one thing, and then telling us a different thing….making us feel unappreciated and unimportant. They did not respect the customers and the seating arrangements are terrible. How can you hear your friend amongst the music and loud introduction greetings? Never going back there again, not to any Jinya locations anymore! Horrible! Horrible!