I've been coming here once per week and have their boba tea whilst I wait for my kids to finish their classes. The boba tea has been tasty and well made. Friendly service - looks like a family owned restaurant. The place is also very clean. Will take the kids here to try out their food soon. read more

YOI Ramen & Tea - Ramen Near Me - New York, New York

I tried their vegetarian ramen and I didn't really like it, but their drinks were great! My friend and I both had the lemon lime green tea and found it to be so incredibly refreshing (especially in this summer heat)! The service was really fast and the ambience was good as well. read more

YOI Ramen & Tea - Ramen Near Me - New York, New York

Wanted to try this lil Ramen place for a bit and am glad i did!! Loved it for take outs and quick lunches. It has a tiny place for dine in too. The ambiance and service is good. Food is legit and the prices are amazingggg!!! read more

YOI Ramen & Tea - Ramen Near Me - New York, New York

Fantastic value for the food! This will be my go-to spot if I'm in the area, and do want to come back for their weekday lunch specials, which come with milk tea. I had the shrimp bowl and my partner got the veggie ramen. My bowl came with seven pieces of perfect shrimp, two pieces of broccoli, two carrot slices, onions and a lot of rice. Could not finish the rice! The veggie ramen had balanced flavor and packed with edamame, mushrooms, egg, scallions, etc. It wasn't too busy on a recent Friday evening around 8:30 after the movies. read more

YOI Ramen & Tea - Veggie ramen - Ramen Near Me - New York, New York

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We ordered a chicken Ramen and an unagi rice bowl. The chicken was tender and flavorful. Not overly salty, comes with a marinated egg, bamboo, corn, red ginger, seaweed and scallion. Decent portion. I was looking forward to the rice bowl. Eel portion was ok, a lot of rice. A lot more than I need. The rice is not good, not soft and not very tasty. So it was a disappointment. We ordered two drinks, a brown sugar bubble milk tea and a jasmine milk tea. Brown sugar tea was good. The other one was not. I thought I ordered a $7 milk with a hint of tea. The whole cup is white with bubble, I can barely tasted any tea flavor. read more

YOI Ramen & Tea - Chicken ramen - Ramen Near Me - New York, New York

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This place is delicious. Authentic and wonderful atmosphere. I have ordered from here a lot and I was finally able to eat there in person. I'm SO glad this is in the neighborhood! read more

The service was pretty quick and the cashier was friendly. The ramen was very flavorful and tasted great.

DELICIOUS RAMEN AND BUBBLE TEA TODAY-MY FIRST VISIT, WITH MANY MORE VISITS HERE IN THE FUTURE, FOR SURE! PRONOUNCED: YOI, as in just put a Y-sound in front of OY!! Spelled YOI. Directly across from the AMC Kips Bay Movie theatre ON Second Ave, near 33rd Street--I just enjoyed a generous-sized CHICKEN RAMEN, and a Black sugar Milk Tea. TOTALLY GREAT MEAL!!! See my photos, please. Very nice staff. The chicken broth was delicious along with sliced white meat chicken, and the seasoned egg was PERFECTION!!! Martha Stewart would be proud ...for those who have her very first Entertaining book, with an easy tea egg recipe; altho the yummy egg in my CHICKEN RAMEN, was marinated in soy sauce, it really gave just the PERFECT added hint of seasoning, truly, the egg was perfection, with a creamy yolk. See my photos. My CHICKEN RAMEN ($17) also had plenty of wonderful ramen noodles, fresh corn, scallions, seaweed/Nori, bamboo shoots, and more. I enjoyed all of it. Even pouring the last bit of broth into my wonderful ladle-like large black spoon. This was all delicious. My Black Sugar Milk Tea was great ($7), and it is in a nice, tall and slender, reusable, covered cup, enabling me to shake the tea several times. I can even use this when I'm home to mix a breakfast drink. Win-win!! I shall keep YOI Ramen & Tea in mind whenever I'm going to the Kips Bay AMC movie theatre right across the street, or for any medical visits at NYU LANGONE Medical Center on First Ave/33rd Street. The UNISEX bathroom was clean and spacious. It just needs a few hooks in the back of the door for a tote bag/purse and jacket or coat. I'm told they plan to put hooks there. YOI has been open about 6 months. There are 2 tables to seat 4, and 2 tables to seat 2, PLUS About 9 additional stool-seating against the wall. Yes, you should enjoy some RAMEN AND TEA HERE, along with some appetizers, too. Next time, I look forward to trying the appetizer chicken karaage (fried chicken) and some dumplings or edamame. Oh!!--I even see DESSERT on the menu--Mochi Ice Cream 2 PCs) in green tea, vanilla, strawberry) $7. I will definitely be back!!! read more

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Without a doubt one of the best boba spots in the neighborhood. You can't go wrong with any of their drinks and everything is done well, but my personal go-to's are the fresh grape tea (SO refreshing and addicting) and the classic milk tea. read more

YOI Ramen & Tea - Ramen Near Me - New York, New York

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Short review: Falsely advertised fresh taro and overpriced drinks. This is a new bubble tea spot (with ramen) across the street from another bubble tea spot Surreal (with ice cream) and they have some similarities. Both of them serve big portions of tea for high prices. The teas range from $6 (!) for a small unflavored to $9 for a mango durian concoction with all the large teas being 7 or 8 dollars. In short, not cheap. The picture outside show many fresh fruit teas including fresh taro which is one of my favorites. The outside photo is a milky white taro drink as in actual taro. I ordered the "fresh" taro which automatically comes with white bobo (or boba) but you can substitute for another type of boba or another topping which was $8 + tax. As per usual, I got no ice and less sugar. The drink came out pretty quickly and was unfortunately purple which means they use the hideous purple powder which means I paid a buck extra on top of overpriced tea for powder. The drink was as expected overly sweet even with less sweetness (I can't imagine how sweet it would be if I ordered regular) and I couldn't taste the tea. The white boba had a pleasant chew but all of it was on the bottom so likely it was all stuck together. All around a not so good beverage. I usually wouldn't complain but this dumb tea was more expensive than the fresh fruit teas for no reason outside of false advertising. Another person mentioned that they were asked about using fresh taro instead and if this is the actual case, I heard nothing of the sort and I would have much preferred being asked over getting this junk. It almost feels like I am getting ripped off even more if I had to ask for fresh taro secretly. If you have fresh taro, don't use powder or at least charge different prices for taro milk tea and fresh taro milk. Low 2. read more

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My brother often raves about how delicious the ramen is here (it's next to his work) and it took a bit of convincing since the interior has a casual, food court vibe- $14.99 lunch special ramen+boba. Wow, the flavors remind me of my neighborhood ramen shop in Taiwan... I'm glad I decided to come! The service was casual but the lady was nice! read more

YOI Ramen & Tea - Spicy miso and regular - Ramen Near Me - New York, New York

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Came here after work for a quick meal on a weekday. Quick and easy, this place is pretty solid. The space has ample seating for groups of 4. Gyu Don - Juicy beef over rice is always great. The flavor soaks right into the rice. I wish there was more variety of flavor in this dish (maybe an optional sauce or something), but it was still good and hit the spot. Value: 4/5 Quality: 4/5 Quantity: 5/5 Service: 5/5 Atmosphere: 5/5 read more

YOI Ramen & Tea - Gyu Don - Ramen Near Me - New York, New York

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Fresh made tea with real fruit. They are a bit more expensive than other bubble tea places. I went there during lunch time and was surprised to see the place empty given they also do Ramen. I ordered my drink with no sugar the way I usually do with other places because the fruit syrup is usually plenty sweet as is the boba. The woman behind the counter warned me that the drink may not be sweet, but I went ahead anyway. I should have listened to her as it was not sweet. That's my fault, not theirs. read more

YOI Ramen & Tea - Passion Fruit Green Tea with boba - Ramen Near Me - New York, New York

Great spicy ramen. Nice little place to eat in and very friendly vibe. Would come here again to try some of the other menu items.

Pretty good bubble tea but a little overpriced. I got the grapefruit one which was like a grapefruit juice with a lot of pulp and it wasn't super sweet, all of which were to my liking. The fresh grape one my boyfriend got was a little confusing with cheese foam, tea, jelly pieces and also grape inside. These drinks looks pretty but I think they aren't reaching their full potential as a tea shop. Good if you're craving tea in the area though! read more

YOI Ramen & Tea - Ramen Near Me - New York, New York

Yes to milk tea, maybe to ramen, no to rice bowl... Also Spicy edamame & gyoza v good! Teriyaki was tasteless and lacked enough sauce but was fresh. Ramen was about average - go elsewhere. The milk teas are v good! Service needs work - she was "scary". The ambiance is like a cafeteria read more

YOI Ramen & Tea - G. Salmon Teriyaki - Ramen Near Me - New York, New York

I can't even explain the way I felt while eating this delicious ramen bowl. The flavors all complemented each other. I wish they were here in Jacksonville FL read more

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Tried YOI for the ramen today, and was quite satisfied! The place is set up like a quick service restaurant, and the food took about 5 minutes to come out after ordering. I had the classic tonkatsu ramen, which hit all the right notes of umami flavor and texture. Will definitely be returning, especially to try the bubble teas, as they looked great from the other customers! read more

Kips Bay is in dire need of more bubble tea options, so I was excited to see this place open! Perfect place to stop by before or after the movie theater. They specialize in fruit drinks. I tried the passion fruit green tea on my first visit and enjoyed it. Unfortunately, they do not have any nondairy milk options for their milk teas. They also do not have any vegetarian ramen options. read more

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Got classic tonkotsu ramen. Delicious! Great value and good ingredients. Coming back for sure! read more

YOI Ramen & Tea - Classic tonkotsu ramen and miso ramen. - Ramen Near Me - New York, New York

I have been to this place a couple of time, its the closest korean food in my area, Great food, small place good for grab and go! Attentant is quick, attentive. read more

We stopped here for a quick lunch before catching a movie at the amc across the street. Tonkatsu ramen was good, but i wasn't a big fan of the soy. We also tried a fruit tea which was good. Only downside is the prices felt a little high, especially the tea. read more

Finally good ramen in Kips bay! I ordered the spicy ramen to go and the karaage chicken and it was everything I needed. The way the ramen is packed to go is brilliant with the soup being separated from the noodle and filling so when you get home everything fits together perfectly! Definitely must visit! read more

Omggg ordered Karage app and spicy miso ramen for delivery. Karage was amazing very close to what I've had in Japan. Will update review with ramen read more

Stopped by here on a Saturday evening because I was craving something sweet and fresh. Shop was empty around 5:30 pm, I'm assuming it's probably because it's not very popular. My brother and I got the grapefruit tea and my boyfriend got the Thai milk tea. Both tasted fine, nothing fancy or special. Pricing was obviously expensive as is the case with most hip boba places. Also we personally all thought that the container of the tea was probably half the cost of the drink, it was so much extra unnecessary plastic. Almost felt bad discarding the container after we were finished. I wouldn't go out of my way to come back here unless nothing else was opened. read more

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Went in on a freezing Christmas Eve with my bestie and happy we found it. I got the Yoi spicy miso ramen and it hit the spot. It had a slight after taste but because of the spicy it didn't turn me from my meal read more

YOI Ramen & Tea - R4. Yoi Spicy miso Ramen - Ramen Near Me - New York, New York

Food and specialty drinks are the best here. You can't go wrong with any Ramen dish. Two thumbs up read more

YOI Ramen & Tea - Ramen Near Me - New York, New York

I always pick up from this place. Above average ramen and rice bowl place, decent amount of items but a relatively small menu. A few rice rice bowls, a few different types of ramen and appetizers. I always order pick up from here and they are always very fast and package everything well. Never any spills. Both noodles have great texture. I prefer the curly yellow noodles. If you are in the neighborhood it is definitely worth the trip. read more

I live nearby and it's really nice that there's a new bubble tea and ramen place so close! Usually I walk to Koreatown for it. I got the fresh grape tea, which comes with cheese foam and white pearls (if I remember correctly), and also has real grape pieces in it. It was really good! Will definitely be trying out more of their menu. read more

YOI Ramen & Tea - Fresh Grape Tea - Ramen Near Me - New York, New York

To be honest, I expected a lot but slightly was satisfied with what I ate. Ramen was pretty good but the broth left a bad taste in my mouth since I'm not too fond of pork broth. Pretty good toppings though, tender chasu, great veggies, and the soy sauce egg was amazing. Loved the salted edamame. Great place, just didn't like the porky broth but amazing find :) read more

YOI Ramen & Tea - R4. Yoi Spicy miso Ramen, A2. Edamame - Ramen Near Me - New York, New York

Sadly have to deduct one star because I ordered the same drink and they didn't include the cheese foam it's supposed to come with (pictured in previous review). I was pretty disappointed because it's quite an expensive drink and I didn't realize it was missing until I got home. read more

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Tried them out for the first time today. They must have opened within the past couple of days. It was empty inside, but I hope that changes because I really enjoyed my lunch. I had tonkotsu ramen and it was excellent. The pork was really tender and the broth was rich and flavorful. The eggs were cooked perfectly. Everything was just right. I look forward to trying the rest of the menu. read more

This is my 2nd time here. Both times I ordered drinks. First time the Thai ice tea was weak... Watered down I guess. The second time I had the mango tea slush. The flavor was weak too. I'm guess less ingredients more ice. I think I know what my next time will be like if I choose to return. They do give generous amount of toppings when you order them. read more

Well what can I say: the ramen delivered on the price point but didn't wow me I will def come here again and try out the donburi Also I didn't order the boba but wow $7 boba??? This is my first real world experience with inflation read more

YOI Ramen & Tea - Ramen Near Me - New York, New York

Really yummy ramen. I got the pork miso and milk bubble tea. It was fairly priced and used good serving ware. Not the most sit down friendly; there's only a few tables with not so comfy chairs. But service was quick and the twinkly lights and cacti around were nice touches. read more

Good boba pearls, tea itself is just ok. Shoyu ramen has no flavor, very watery. Lots of toppings but they are meh.

Ordered ramen for takeout today. The place opens noon on Sundays. Service was very quick. The classic tonkotsu was an excellent deal for $16 plus tax including whole egg, menma, kirkurage and Scallions. There were 3 pieces of pork chasu. The only negative was the tonkotsu broth although milky in color was not very flavorful. read more

Favorite place to go for lunch. Been going a couple times a week for the past year or so and have never had a problem with my food/meal.

Consistent tonkotsu ramen with porky broth and large pieces of chashu. All the toppings are included in the ramen as well, so you don't need to add much. The delivery and takeout packaging quality is also top notch. read more

Ordered the Classic Tonkotsu Ramen and the Curry Chicken Katsu Don for pickup. Both dishes were amazing! I would definitely order from here again. read more