I visited Sho Bu for lunch with my brother and kids for lunch. It's a cute and small quaint restaurant by the mall. I was a few minutes behind and they'd already ordered. Their food came out quickly and very hot. Mine came out shortly afterwards. I had the kimchi ramen. It was tasty but not as spicy as I would've liked, so added quite a bit of chili oil to give it more kick. Overall it hit the spot. read more

Sho Bu - Kimchi ramen - Ramen Near Me - Coquitlam, British Columbia

Had a great meal at Sho Bu Ramen in Coquitlam inside Henderson Mall. We ordered the chicken karaage, the pork belly rice bowl, and the curry ramen -- everything was flavorful and really well prepared. The curry ramen was rich and comforting, the pork belly was tender, and the chicken karaage was crispy and delicious. You can really taste the care in the broth and sauces. read more

The bowl was heavily Korean influenced. I am usually on the traditional side but I'm always open to new fusions. The portion was just right and it reflected the price. Pork chasu was on the thin side but they add the chicken kaarage on top. Noodles, I can tell wasn't made fresh. No soft boiled egg unless ordered on the side. Broth tasted a mix of gamja-tang with miso. Service was good and the place was cozy and quiet. read more

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One of the few ramen places in Coquitlam. It's decent for the area, but not outstanding. I felt as if the broth was under seasoned (which is much better than being over seasoned), so I had to add a fair amount. Overall, the service was good and attentive. Seating is limited, if that matters to some. read more

Sho Bu - Ramen Near Me - Coquitlam, British Columbia

Cheap on ingredients. Not worth the money. It was much better before. Wonder if this place changed hands

I wasn't a big fan a few years ago because I found they used too much msg in their broth and didn't care for their wontons. Came back tonight and pleasantly surprised the broth wasn't making me parched. I had the (braised pork) ramen, it was delicious. The Kakuni melts in your mouth and had so much flavour. Service is good considering how busy they were. Space is tight very small hole in the wall, sometimes awkward standing at the entrance while trying to get seated. read more

Sho Bu - a bowl of soup with meat and noodles - Ramen Near Me - Coquitlam, British Columbia

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Came here not expecting too much but I was pleasantly surprised at the amount of different ramen to try. Some are traditional but some are definitely not! I ordered the Nagasaki Ramen that comes with a bunch of seafood in a shio base. I was able to choose my heat preference, and I chose 2 however I think next time I can easily go for a 3 or a 4 on a particularly cold winter's day. Definitely returning to check out the rest of the menu! read more

Sho Bu - Nagasaki ramen, heat level 2 - Ramen Near Me - Coquitlam, British Columbia

Bland, uninspiring vegan ramen, but not terrible. I do appreciate more and more ramen places catering to vegans. That's why I tried this place out for lunch. Located in Henderson Place Mall, you can enter through the mall or from the outside, with plenty of free marking around. It's a tiny little place with only a few tables. I ordered their vegan ramen ($13.95 plus tax) and selected 4 out of 5 on the spiciness level, which was more than tolerable. My ramen came out in about 10 minutes. You get a massive bowl with mixed veggies (bok choy, cabbage, corn, black fungus, onion, and tomato) and a huge portion of instant-style noodles. The broth is what makes or breaks a ramen though, and sadly, the broth was super bland. It seemed to be a sort of tomato and lemon-based broth (I found a charred lemon wedge at the bottom); low sodium and just not flavourful at all, with no complexity or depth. Nothing offensive about it, just dreadfully boring. I appreciated all the veggies, the portion, the pricing, and the service, but they need to up their game on the vegan broth. Until they make some improvements, not recommended for their vegan ramen (my 3-star rating is generous).B read more

Sho Bu - Vegan ramen - Ramen Near Me - Coquitlam, British Columbia

This ramen spot is an absolute gem! My coworkers and I go there almost every day, and for good reason. The food is consistently amazing--flavourful, and beautifully presented. The service is equally impressive, with friendly and attentive staff who make us feel right at home. Highly recommend for anyone seeking a standout ramen experience! read more

Sho Bu - Spicy Beef Ramen Bowl - Ramen Near Me - Coquitlam, British Columbia

Went on a Friday night. It was busy. Service was prompt, polite, to the point. Ramen was amazing. Had the deluxe, all the components and they we expertly crafted and flavorful. Our visit was short as there is a limited number of tables and patrons we lining up at the door. We were politely prompted to finish up and leave. Great place for Ramen. Maybe go elsewhere if you need to have a lengthy conversation. read more

Came here today for lunch. I ordered the Cha-ku ramen and got a spice level of 4 and my boyfriend got the Double-Double with the same spice level. The good: - large noodle portion - rich flavorful broth - well marinaded jammy egg (no additional charge might I add) - reasonably priced - no problem with their service The bad: - cha-su was too lean for my taste (boyfriend did not mind) - my ramen came with pieces of pork belly which was flavorful BUT I can tell it was microwaved and was so dry and chewy, pretty inedible All in all, it's one of the better ramen places outside of downtown Vancouver. It's definitely nice that we don't have to drive all the way to downtown to satisfy our ramen craving anymore. I might stay away from their pork belly next time and request for a more fatty piece of chasu but would definitely go back again! read more

Sho Bu - Cha-ku ramen - Ramen Near Me - Coquitlam, British Columbia

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I stopped by for a late lunch today. We were seated right away. Menu and water were dropped off shortly afterwards. We ordered the double double ramen, chicken karaage ramen and pork gyoza. Food arrived quickly after we placed our order. The pork gyoza was good but tasted like the pre-made grocery store variety. The ramen portion was very good. There was more than enough soft chewy noodles. The broth was not the most flavourful and lacked the depth the top ramen restaurants have mastered. However, I was content with this option in the area. The egg was nicely marinated with a soft yolk. The chashu was tender and flavourful. The chicken karaage was alright. It was fried well. The restaurant is not the most child friendly. There was a booster seat without a seatbelt so your child has to be able to stay in the seat during dining. They did have plastics water cups for the children. Service was great. We had extra plates for sharing. Our server stopped by regularly to clear away dirty dishes. Our server also saw how fussy our child was and offered a bag of gummies. It kept our child quiet just long enough to pack and leave. Covid precautions were in place. Staff wore face masks. Contact information was collected for tracing purposes. Hand sanitizer was available. Credit card payment accepted which is alway a convenient option. Prices were reasonable for the amount of food. read more

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Greeted by a server with too much makeup and too much attitude. She treated us like we owed her favours. She needs to learn more than a few things about providing courteous and professional customer service. We went with our 3 year old child and she gave us a dirty look when we said we would share with our child and didn't order anything for her. The server never came by to check up on us. When we were done, neither of the two servers came by and there were only two other tables of two. They just stood around like they were waiting for a bus at a stop. The other server wasn't any better. She coldly blurted out the total without even looking up and spoke to us like we weren't even there. Then walked away from us without even giving us the receipt. The chef/owner wasn't much better. He yelled at and scolded his employees so loudly in Korean, everyone could hear him. I guess rude boss begets rude employees. Food was mediocre at best. The combo is a scam and a waste of money because the salad and donburi are so small and tasteless, no one in their right mind would pay money for them. Ramen was ok, but the noodle was too much like deep fried instant ramen noodle. Cha shu tasted ok, but smelled of pork more than usual. Overall experience: 1/5 Would we go back? No. read more

Sho Bu - Ramen combo - Ramen Near Me - Coquitlam, British Columbia

Been here several times, I work across the street. My first time here, food was not good. I told myself not worth going back to. But after a long day of work, almost a year after my first experience I was starving and it looked pretty busy inside, I said what the heck lets give it another go. Its a cute and small restaurant part of Henderson MallI, with entrance both from inside and outside mall. I sat near the front facing the street, good for people watching. Menu had plenty of options from noddles, sushi, ramen so on, and prices were great. I ordered the kimch ramen lunch special. Came with salad, a side rice dish and a big bowl of ramen. It looked good but tasted wrong. It didn't have that depth you expect from a ramen broth it just didn't have good flavours and the noddles just not good similar to a instant ramen noddles. I try adding seasonings that were provided at the table, it didn't help. I did like the side rice dish and salad, only thing I ended up finishing. I'm usually not a soup person to begin with, but I've had good ramen and know when its not good and it seems like others have had the same experience here. read more

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This place has very few seats and is usually busy. The Ramen is delicious, the broth has a very deep flavor and you can choose spicy level from 0 - 5 if you wanna workup a sweat. One of the best Ramen joints outside of the downtown Vancouver core. Good bang for your buck. read more

Sho Bu - Cha Ku Ramen - Ramen Near Me - Coquitlam, British Columbia

Sho Bu Ramen is a little shop with very limited seats, right on the outsides of Henderson Mall in Coquitlam. The price is unbeatable. Their "ramen + donburi + salad combo" consists of a ramen (kimchi, cha shu, chicken negi, kakuni) and mini donburi (cha shu, al-bab, bbq salmon, salmon, bbq saba) and a mini house salad is only $11.90!! . I wanted to like this place so bad but as soon as I saw it and took my first bite, it was a thumbs down for me. I got the "cha shu" ramen and the noodles looked and tasted like instant ramen noodles and the cha shu was super chewy and had no taste. The mini donburi was smaller than a fist size and the bbq "salmon" were tiny little scraps from sushi rolls. read more

Sho Bu - www.instagram.com/foodieappetite "Ramen + donburi + salad combo" - Ramen Near Me - Coquitlam, British Columbia

Small restaurant. Tasty Ramen. Better quality noodles than what you get from a package at grocery. Generous portions. Reasonably priced. Friendly service. read more

Sooooooooo goooooooood. Had the Shobu ramen level 4 spice and it was fantastic. Great broth flavour and variety of meat. Loved that they had a kids meal for my 2.5 year old son. He ate it all up lol read more

This is by far one of my favourite ramen spots and have been here 10+ times. The broth is extremely flavorful and I really like how many different dishes there are to choose from. The noodles are also home made and excellent. I usually get the Kakuni ramen (pork belly) which is served with a rich pork broth base. I usually add extra mushrooms (they are SO flavorful) and a side of gyoza! I love this place so much that the times I have even ben to the highest rated ramen places downtown they fell short for me, usually based on flavor or ramen texture. This place is definitely a must try. FYI Sometimes it's empty and other times there's a rush with a huge line so be prepared ! read more

Amazing Japanese chef and food. Great service. Higly recommend. Good good good Close to coquitlam centre Free parki g read more

Sho Bu - Food war beat - Ramen Near Me - Coquitlam, British Columbia

Sho Bu had its grand opening just a month prior. Although it's across from Makoto Ramen (these two probably being the only ramen places I know of in Coquitlam), I don't think there'll be much competition between them. By that, I'm not saying that one is better than the other. They're both equally good ramen restaurants, but I felt that the process of making ramen and soup was handled differently at either one - by a lot. I guess, ultimately, it's just a matter of what flavour of ramen you're looking for, how salty you want it, and how you want your meat served. There are some ramen I would rather not order again here, and some that I would most definitely the next chance I get. Chashu Ramen is my favourite. I prefer not to have my ramen salty. The soup and meat weren't heavy. This portion was just right, while the other two ramen I tasted were too salty and too big portion-wise. Next time, I'll stick to just having Chashu Ramen. Sho Bu is a really small restaurant. From what I recall, I didn't see more than four separate tables. Since it recently opened this fall, it would be better to call ahead about seating. read more

Sho Bu - Sapporo Seafood Ramen - Ramen Near Me - Coquitlam, British Columbia

Good selection of quick, comfort food mostly under $10 per dish. These guys are known for ramen noodles. Cheap, fast service, large portions. Good enough for a lunch. The restaurant is quite small and looks like it seats no more than 20 people at one time. They do have fast service so the turn over is pretty fast. read more

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Not authentic Japanese ramen, this place is more of a Chinese/Korean fusion as you can tell by their menu items. It does have sushi as well, but the general rule of thumb when choosing a restaurant is base them on focused items and not the amount of choices offered, both ramen and sushi are specialized items and when you mix them into the same space you end up with a mediocre experience on both sides. The ramen broths present no depth but just tastes like flavoured water, noodles not probably pre-packaged, and the chashu is tough. Give it a try once, maybe it'll be for you, but chances are you should go somewhere else to try a proper bowl of ramen. read more

I came here for the second time. It was for takeout. They got my order wrong. (They added 4 ramen noodles, instead of just the two that I ordered.) But I paid fort then all anyways. I also ordered the chicken karrage and the pot stickers. The chicken and pot stickers were almost certainly frozen and just reheated. Terrible. My son actually got sick and threw up after eating the ramen. Terrible. I swear off this place. read more

This is definitely one of the best spots in the TriCities for ramen. I've tried several places here and all over the lower mainland but being from Coquitlam it would be nice to find a spot locally! Now I do favor the tonkotsu over any broth, and both times I selected the spicy level 4 broth with double meat. The egg is good, very flavourful and soft. The pork is good, but not the best pork I've had in a ramen, but good. The noodles are probably my favourite thing about this place. The noodles are thin and soft. The broth is great, spicy so if you like spicy ramen it's a great place. There is levels to the spiciness you can get which is nice. It is a small shop so I recommend going early or you'll be stuck in the rush for lunch or dinner. read more

Sho Bu - spicy tonkotsu ramen - Ramen Near Me - Coquitlam, British Columbia

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Came here for the first time with my brother. He came once before and had the kakuni ramen which you can choose the spice level. He had 4/5 which he said was spicy but edible. I ordered the same ramen as it sounded the most appetizing on the menu and decided to try the max spice at 5 as he felt I could handle it. 5 is definitely not a max by most ramen shop standards. I definitely heated up but this was also completely edible without dying. The noodles were a bit over cooked for my liking and the broth could've also been richer with more substance. The Kakuni portions were decent though was cold on the first bite as it must've come out of the fridge and sliced for service. The unappetizing part about cold pork belly is that the fat is a bit congealed :p My brother tried the spicy beef ramen. The broth was good as was the beef but this was definitely a Korean spin on a ramen. There are also plenty of other options for those who prefer chicken, vegetarian or seafood as well as udon, donburi, maki rolls etc. read more

I went this place with my husband and my son for the first time on Sunday we had really good comments for some friends about this place, after what happen that day Just feel really mad and disappointed with the attention from one of the waitress, I take a seat and asked for the menu, and I was looking for something without seafood because I allergic about everything contain seafood and I asked the waitress if is another dish without seafood and she was pretty rude and inappropriate to telling me next time if I want to order something without seafood might better to go another place, she makes feel so bad and mad the same time, I can even take this as an act of discrimination and make a big complain about how this person act with me, in my opinion I don't going to go back to this place anymore the manager should train her employees how to treat the costumers! read more

Attention parents with little kids: DO NOT come here if you have toddlers and don't want to order full order for each of them. I can't comment on food here because we were turn down a service for not ordering a full size meal for my 13month old and 3.5yr old kids. We ordered two bowls of ramen for myself and my husband and ordered small Don for my 3yr old. Then the waitress told us that there's a minimum amount requirement for each person therefore she demanded that we order a full size order for my 13month old and 3yr old. We waited 30min to be seated just to find out that we can't be served due to this ridiculous rule they have which is not even posted for us to see. What a waste of time. Worse restaurant experience ever. Never going back. read more

New ramen place in Henderson Place, just beside the coffee shop. Menu has a good variety of ramen, donburi and sushis. I got the bbq chicken negi ramen. Presentation was nice. It had sliced raw onions on. top and it came with half boiled egg. Egg was cooked perfectly. The noodles were good too. But the broth was just so so. The chicken was good but didn't taste much of the bbq. Next time, maybe I'll try the chashu ramen. Service was good. The server kept refilling our tea. The place is small but nice. read more

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Service was good, but ramen was just "OK". I ordered one of the specials on the wall -- Cha-Ku Ramen which is cha siu and pork belly. The noodle was good, but I found the pork (both the cha siu and pork belly) a bit hard and kind of bland. I had to add a liberal amount of the standard "7-flavour seasoning". I also found their soft boiled egg a tad too soft (runny). Lastly, the biggest turn off for me was they added some tiny pieces of pork fat which dispersed and floated around the soup. I did not enjoying consuming more fat in addition to the pork belly I was having. I won't mind coming back again to try other flavours but I hope they improve on the meat texture and flavour in the meantime. The lighter flavour and floating fat might be a personal preference, but how the meat is cooked should be somewhat standard. read more

I've tried their Sho bu Don and Mama Donkatsu, and both are very good! Probably the best looking and tasty donburi I've had in Tri-cities. Big portion for the price. Will definitely come back for donburi! (Not sure about the ramen though.) read more

Sho Bu - Yum yum!! Great portion for its price. - Ramen Near Me - Coquitlam, British Columbia

Terrible service. Food is acceptable. Came here alone one evening midweek after a long day at school and was told to sit at the bar by the windows. Sat there and waited patiently to be handed the menu, but the servers seemed to have forgotten about me. Tried looking/waving at them hoping they would realize that I was still waiting, but still nothing. The place wasn't even busy. Ten minutes passed and I finally gave up trying to get their attention so I went to the front counter and ordered from there. They didn't even seem to realize their mistake. So I thought, whatever, I'll let it pass. Sat back down and waited for my food. But as I was waiting, a guy sat beside me. He was the same situation as me - he was being ignored too. My food came, server didn't even look at him to notice that he still hasn't gotten the menu or a drink. He had to call them too, so I came into the conclusion that it wasn't just me that they forgot about by mistake. I've never had such bad experience at a restaurant like this, it's such a shame. Never coming back. I'm writing this on behalf of that guy who sat beside me and everyone else who experienced the same thing. read more

This place is awesome for lunch. It's pretty authentic japanese ramen comparing to some of the places I have tried in Japan. The portions are decent and the price is reasonable. And there is ample parking cause it's located in the mall. This will be added to my weekly lunch places! Give it a try readers! read more

K worst customer service ever. I walked into the restaurant with my sister and the server certainly saw us but she didnt take us to a table. she was just doing other things. She didnt even say hello lololol and this is not the first time!!! It happened to me twice and im so pissed. We waited there for about more than 10 minutes standing in front of the door but we couldnt get seated...we were so angry so we just went out. Im so done with this place read more

fake ramen. tastes nothing like most of japanese run ramen places in downtown, this place is run by korean owner who yells a lot at his staff.. so annoying, if you are craving ramen, i guess you have no choice but to go to vancouver at least... which sucks because i live in coquitlam, i'm still waiting for an authentic ramen joint in coquitlam after all these years =( read more

I don't like to leave bad reviews, unfortunately this restaurant made me so upset that I actually decided to spend my time and write this review. The long of the short is, I went to this restaurant with my wife and brother. I ordered a spicy ramen, and what I got was spicy instant noodles. I then told the waitress that they have made a mistake. The waitress refused to acknowledge it was their mistake and told me "What do you want then?" she then said everyone knows shin ramen is instant noodles (I for one did not know that because they've categorized their instant noodle;which they call ramen with authentic Japanese ramen). Also nowhere on the menu does it say instant noodles. The waitress then proceeded to take my instant noodle and dump it into the sink. Due to the poor service, I will not come back again. read more

Good ramen. Good portions. Not bad for around $10 per bowl of ramen. service is good. Flavorful broth. I heard a microwave in the back which is a big no no. May or may not come back. read more

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An alright ramen place in Coquitlam, owned by Koreans. The soup is average and the noodles are usually on the softer side. The meat like chashu and kakuni are sometimes good, sometimes chewy. They can't compare to the ones in downtown but its probably the only "ok" ramen place in the area to go for a little ramen craving. So don't expect too much. Service on the other hand, when its packed theres little to none initiative to greet, seat and give you drinks/menu. You simply write your name on the board as the lone waitress couldn't handle the workload and/or multitask. Most of the time you really have to grab their attention to get service. read more

Nice little ramen place. It gets crowded quickly with long queues. Food was above average, I would say one of the better ones in Tri City area. Prices were reasonable, worth visiting again. read more