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Sābu Ramen

4.4 (108 reviews)
Closed 11:00 am - 9:00 pm
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Tonkatsu Ramen
Megan M.

Some.of the best ramen I've had in Central Florida. The tonkatsu ramen is super flavorful and overall delicious. Awesome price at $15. Love the marinated egg and garlic oil.

Tonkotsu Ramen
Andrea U.

Sābu Ramen is so good I find myself driving an hour from St. Pete to enjoy a delicious bowl of Tonkotsu ramen about once a month! Everything about this ramen is excellent: The broth is rich without being too thick, the noodles are thin and firm, the pork is fatty and flavorful, and the eggs are perfectly jammy and marinated. I also love their sauce add-ons, with the Spice Bomb being my favorite. If I had to give this dish one knock, it would be that I wish there were a few more vegetables in it, but otherwise it's one of my absolute favorite bowls of ramen and I have thoroughly enjoyed every experience here. As a side note, this shop is located within The Joinery, an awesome food hall where you can get a variety of food from multiple restaurants! Totally worth the trip.

Great Japanese food at the Joinery
Josephine M.

It is one of the restaurants inside the Joinery in Lakeland. I was told they have great ramen. But when I was checking out the menu, I changed my mind to Karaage as they were made with chicken tigh meat. I also got the juicy and pork belly bao. Food was very good and flavorful! I will definitely come back to try the ramen next!

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Nicole S.

Love this spot!! I've been to Lakeland a couple of times and I always stop here. It's located inside of the Joinery, a food hall with lots of options. It's perfect to grab a bite with large groups. There's something for everyone. Sabu is incredible. There's always a line but they move fast! I got the tonkatsu ramen and the honey chicken buns. The ramen broth is so flavorful. The garlic aioli on the buns just wow, amazing. So good. 10/10 recommend!

Emily S.

I was skeptical because these food hall places can be overpriced and lacking in quality. The vegetable ramen was hands down the best vegetarian ramen I have ever had. It was so flavorful and rich. I loved it. My only criticism is that the kimchi was too salty.

Tonkotsu Ramen with extra Marinated Eggs
Kyle G.

INCREDIBLE tonkotsu ramen, hihly recommend getting it. The broth was really flavorful with a hint of sweetness. The pork and eggs were awesome, as were the pickled mushrooms. The vegetarian ramen was also really good, my wife said it was among the best she's ever had. The miso cucumbers were a bit of a letdown, way too salty. The vegetarian buns were also really good. Would definitely come back.

View of the Lake
Shelby F.

Have been going for the past few years! I took my sister for her birthday to try real ramen. Food- spectacular as always! The shio ramen has a bit of spice but is tolerable. The strawberry milk boba is great the only thing is that the boba is a little too chewy. Service- is amazing, I'm greeted and they sometimes give me great suggestions on what to try Ambiance- it is often loud due to the Joinery being multiple restaurants into one. So many people but the lighting and decor is nice. You get a view of Lake Mirror! Will definitely come back again! I love this place and she had a great time :)

Spicy Miso Ramen
Jessica B.

Always a great meal when stopping by the joinery! Love the spicy ramen - just enough spice to-give you the sniffles ha!

Tonkatsu Ramen with a cocktail.  #knockifyoubuck1
Edward M.

I actually thought I already did a review of Sabu. After all it's my go to when I come to the Joinery. Sabu is one of several in this food hall. Definitely the cool place to be in downtown Lakeland. I only mention this, but I've been to the restaurants here except for Mexican place GallGallito Taqueria. I have nothing against the place, but it's hard for me to turn down ramen. With that I think it says a lot about their ramen. I've tried most of the variations but tonkatsu is by far my favorite. Sabu has upgraded a bit. They have added a counter at their little place. Definitely adds some authenticity to their vibe. Service is at the little window. It's kind of tight there considering it's next to where you pick up you food. So if there's a line it all sort of causes a back up. Now my ramen has near perfect presentation. The flavor is a bit stronger but in a good way (IMHO). ThThe chashu has a fatty but tender charring. There are plenty of shitake mushrooms and the ajitsuke tomago is spot on. Now there are several places in the downtown area that would recommend but this is the cool place to go if you're in a group and no one can settle on one place.

Tonkotsu Ramen
Jules C.

The Tonkatsu Ramen was great but the mushrooms didn't have that satisfying snap when you bite them, and the broth tasted a little funky. But somehow, the other flavors in the broth make up for it because it has a nice sweetness, umami, and saltiness. Great ramen.

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LaWanna B.

It was our first time at the joinery in Lakeland downtown. I took some seniors to lunch yesterday and we were walking around deciding what to eat. I walked by a pizza spot and The Sabu restaurant. There was a guy in front of me who order the spicy miso ramen. It looked amazing: so I ordered one as well it was chicken- dashi broth, chili- miso rare, crispy chasers, grilled corn, marinated bean sprouts, mema, chili oil, scallions, mushrooms, spice bomb. Your choice of spice: mild, hot, hotter, hottest. I chose hot and it wasn't too spicy at all it just gave it the right spice. I will definitely be going back the food and customer service was amazing.

a bowl of ramen with an egg and sprouts
Jax T.

I was excited to try ramen in Lakeland and discovered the Joinery, which is a warehouse style multi-use space for restaurants and shops. There's also an in-house brewery. Sābu is one of the stall restaurants onsite with a trendy feel. You place your order at the counter and there's a shared eating space next to a bar lounge. The total vibe of the Joinery is clean and bright, so it's a great place to go for a quick bite or date. Although I did like the presentation, the food was not up to expectations. The spicy ramen bowl I ordered was not spicy, the broth was thick and had a slight kimchi flavor. The toppings were average and not much to talk about. My friend ordered the Tonkotsu bowl which looked flavorful but it tasted mediocre at best. We ordered a Bao appetizer that was suggested to us. It was all crunch and no real flavors that jumped out. I didn't enjoy the texture, which tasted like ground beef and left a bit too long in the fryer. I really wanted to love this place but there's too many misses in this ramen bar. I gave it a 3 simply because the ambiance, style, customer service, and effort so it deserved a rating. There's plenty of parking in the lot.

Boon C.

Sabu Ramen located at the main hall. They have the longest line among all the Vendor. After order, they will issue a beeper for your food ready to pickup. Price is reasonable for a meal. We got the Tonkutsu Ramen with pan fried braise pork belly. The pork belly is delicious. We also got the Karaage. Their Karaage need to be more crispy. It also come with red sweet sauce. Food is good. We also got a strawberry boba. This is a good drink to have.

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Great food, flavor, portions, and prices. Located in the Joinery. Would recommend this restaurant.

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Intense and thick soup that coats your noodle. Very authentic flavour, love the Tonkatsu broth and works so well with the pickled mushroom.

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Oksumi Ramen & Bar

Oksumi Ramen & Bar

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(50 reviews)
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It took several visits to Oksumi for me to realize just how special a place it is. Oh, make no…read moremistake, I knew that I liked it from the first visit, but it took a bit of reflection, and a bit of exploring the menu, for Oksumi's charm to really unfold, before me. Read other reviews, and the phrase "nothing fancy" keeps appearing. Another reviewer calls it "simple" and "to the point." This, right here, is the soul of Oksumi. It isn't a restaurant using the idea of ramen as a canvas for the ego of a chef looking to reinvent the dish. It is a ramenya, and its menu is a love letter to ramen. It does not need to uplift or reinvent ramen, because ramen is already perfect, as it is. One does not taste ego in Oksumi's dishes; one tastes respect, care, craftsmanship, and balance. Perhaps most importantly, one tastes every ingredient, and one tastes the role that every ingredient plays in the whole of one's ramen experience. As I explored the menu, as I tasted each element in my bowl, I found myself, again and again, noticing the quality of each element I tasted. The karaage is crisp, juicy inside, and its notes of melting fat aren't lost, even against a spicier base. The tonkotsu is silky upon the tongue, the shio clean but not at all simple, a subtle medley of salt, chicken, and the transparency needed to let the more delicate elements like the cilantro and bean sprouts express themselves, even as the fresh garlic and bonito express themselves more assertively. Oksumi's care and attention to balance encourages one to see these simple, elemental forms of ramen not as "basic" in the slightest, but as works of art expressed in their own whitespace. Approach the shio here not with the need for every space to be filled. This dish is a culinary Gokui no Uta. If you think there is something, there is nothing; if you think there is nothing, there is something. Over a fragile moment with calamari, in which I reflected that I had never once tasted a rubbery or greasy piece of squid at Oksumi, and in fact, had never tasted a *better* piece of squid, not even in my years on the California coast, it really came home for me. Oksumi is a place in which I stopped consuming, and started appreciating the "something-there." I wandered the menu, from tonkotsu black garlic (a flavor hurricane) to simple shio and the robustness of vegetarian Nagoya-style ramen, and let myself dissolve into the moment, into the Kai, the "something-there" that manifests when one's mind stops playing with its expectations and assumptions, and simply experiences. My happiest moments, as a diner, happen when a meal silences my unreasonable, arrogant, chattering mind, and brings me to a lighted door of experience somewhere between the late Leonard Cohen's semi-contrition and the late Anthony Bourdain's quiet confessionals in moments of being a stranger at a table. Again and again, I return to Oksumi, to understand what ramen *is*, and to humble my difficult, noisy mind to a level of quiet that can appreciate the Kai, the "something-there" that appears only when the mind is still, quiet, and allows itself to experience without a commentary track of judgment. Calling Oksumi "simple" is the highest praise one can pay it. Its ramen does not *need* adornment because its ramen is as adorned as ramen might ever need to be. Your attention is the substrate upon which Oksumi's elemental, straightforward ramen expresses itself. This place is an underrated treasure.

Well I thought I had a pic of my ramen bowl with extra noodles but alas I have failed. So you'll…read morehave to take my word for it that it was good. The staff are very polite and attentive. It's nothing fancy just a good food. So if you're looking for something simple and to the point give it a try.

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