Yah Yah Ya Ramen

The waitress is friendly and helpful. The noodles is delicious and has good price. You can choose the hardness, taste and oil in the way you like it!

Delicious hearty ramen for reasonable price. The ramen rice set is a good deal. Be prepared to wait for a seat. Last time, the wait time took longer than our actual meal.

With the weather getting cold and rainy, I’ve been craving hot soup with noodles, which made me think of ramen. I thought that this place would be less busy than G-​men, which had a 1 hour wait when I called Saturday afternoon. So we decided to try Yah Yah Ya. We were surprised to see that there was a line up here too! We quickly wrote our name down on the waiting list and was quoted a 25 minute wait time, which turned out to be quite accurate.
Service is prompt and efficient. Water appears to be self-​served after the first glass. For the noodles, you can choose soft, regular, or hard. You can also choose less, normal, or more oil. And for the soup, light, regular, or heavy. Other than these customizations, their menu is not that extensive, which I like.
Spicy miso ramen ($ 11.25): A very spicy and slightly sour soup, with the spiciness being so overpowering I could not taste the miso. This came with two chashu pieces, lots of bean sprouts, and half a flavoured egg.
Chashu don combo (extra $ 3.25): For the price, I definitely recommend this. It’s a very tasty bowl of rice with shredded chashu on top, with some mayo and green onions. The chashu is soft and has this delicious flavour that I can’t explain. It also comes in a meal-​sized portion for around $ 6, and it’s so delicious that I might do that next time! However I do like slurping my ramen then taking a couple bites of chashu rice and repeating.
When I’m craving ramen and want to eat in Richmond, I will have Yah Yah Ya on my mind. They have take out too — and they pack toppings, noodles, and soup separately! Yum!

One of my favorite go-​to ramen places! I always get the shoyu ramen (hard noodles, normal taste, less oil) and chashu set, it leaves me full and without a super heavy feeling.
I really enjoy how they welcome customization for noodles, taste, and oil levels right off the bat. I usually get shoyu ramen and love the taste of the soup base! However sometimes I do wish they had more slices of chashu (2) automatically. You can definitely customize your order to include more items in your ramen, however this obviously comes with additional cost.
As someone who loves specific textures in their food, I love the consistency of their hard noodles. Just enough of a chew texture without it tasting raw.
The chashu that comes with the set has an intense flavor compared to the normal ramen soup base. The sauses on top are nicely paired with the chopped up onions on top to give it a refreshing feel.
Highly recommend at least one visit if you are in Richmond area!

Yah Yah Ya Ramen is located at Union Square in Richmond, it just right beside Super 2000 supermarket. It opened for a while but I never have any intention to try it out.
I suggested to my colleagues to go for ramen at lunch. We were there before they’re getting busy.
You can customize the ramen as your preference, choose the noodles — Hard, normal or soft, Pick the broth — Thick, normal or light, choose Char Siu — Fatty or Lean
We ordered our own ramen, my ramen’s charsius were cold and too fatty and broth was bland. We added the soft boiled egg like hard-​boiled egg.
Overall, all of us were quite disappointed.

4 stars for having an authentic Japanese ramen place in Richmond, in a nice setting.
3.5 stars for the taste, ordered the black tonkotsu ramen, and came with a lot of goodies: bamboo shoots, seaweed, 2 pcs of chasun, and did ordered extra topping of butter corn. For the $ 1.5, sure gave a lot.
Kinda disappointed that they refused to give extra noodles when I politely declined the half-​egg that comes with it… I can only imagine the noodles are all pre-​set but still… would’ve been nice that they comped a topping but i digress.
Liked the booth seating.
Smart that they had a jug of cold water which I didn’t partake, their complimentary green tea is much better.
Just cash or debit.
I’ll be back again for sure, try the gyoza and the Onigiri set looked tempting after my Hawaii experience.

We arrived on one of the wettest days of the summer. The Richmond Night Market was not going to be busy due to the weather. Too much wind and rain. That meant everyone was going to decend upon a restaurant and it felt like everyone went here! The line up was like how Gmen used to be (and still is). There is definitely a love for ramen all over the world and its no different here. Japan seems to be really good at taking something and making it better. Like automobiles, cameras, and ramen.
Tonight’s dinner after waiting for about 25 minutes was good, very good. Maybe it was the wind and rain that made the meal seem that much more tasty and special. Maybe it was also the company I had. I brought along with me the Japanese Food Critique and her ex work colleague from Alberta. Who is a real fan of ramen. After all, they’re both Japanese. They enjoyed their meals and when asked they gave me a thumbs up, and 3.5−4 star rating. For Richmond they say it’s one of the top ramens.
My ramen was the cold spicy ramen with kimchee. I added an extra egg and all of us ordered a side of gyoza.
You can’t have gyoza without ramen.
And how can you eat ramen without gyoza.
The perfect culinary pairing, like seaweed and sushi, or ketchup and fries or Batman and Robin.
My ramen I gave it a 3.5. The gyoza a 4.
It would have been better had I ordered a hot bowl of soup instead.
Lesson learned — you should order according to the weather. Like never eat ice cream outside in –30 degree weather.
Service — 4 stars
Food quality — 4
Taste — 4
Lineup — beat the rush of you don’t want to wait. Arrive early.
Satisfaction? 3.5.
Is this comfort food? Definitely!
Typos FOC included in this review. Typed by iPhone two thumbs up

Yah Yah Ya Ramen Richmond リッチモンドでラーメン屋 家家家 opened awhile back but I never knew it existed until this past week. My colleagues suggested we try this place. Yah Yah Ya Ramen is located where Richmond Sushi used to be in Union Square next to Supermarket 2000. I wanted to find somewhere in Richmond with consistency and good broth to fulfill those ramen cravings.
The space inside Yah Yah Ya Ramen is quite cute and welcoming. There are little fences in the middle of the restaurants to divide the spaces.
Yah Yah Ya Ramen is said to be the first authentic Yokohama Iekei Ramen in Richmond. Their menu includes shoyu, shio and miso ramen. You get to choose hard, normal or soft noodles. Thick, normal or light broth and of course fatty, lean char siu. The Iekei broth includes thick pork tonkotsu based soup with chicken.
Spicy Miso Ramen 10.75 regular | 12.25 large: served with 2 pieces of chashu, bean sprouts, seaweed and flavored egg. The broth was geared towards the sour side and some kick. But I didn’t particularly enjoyed their spicy broth. It was like a heavy tabasco sauce soup. The egg was near hard boiled. I do like the lean chashu that was quite tender.
Black Tonkotsu Ramen 11 regular | 12.50 large: Bamboo shoots, toasted seaweed, marinated egg and 2 pieces of chashu. Again, not impressed with the «ajitama» egg and how well done it was. The broth was very similar to their shoyo except from the few droplets of mayu (black garlic oil) on top.
Shyou Ramen 9.75 regular | 11.25: This shoyu ramen is much like the black tonkotsu ramen minus the mayu black garlic oil and bamboo shoots.
Gyoza: light pan fried but very dry and below average. The skin is too thick and firm.
The service was friendly and prompt at Yah Yah Ya Ramen. This makes for a great lunch spot where you can be in and out within 30 mins. The broth however wasn’t anything special. It didn’t have the umami complexities that you leave your lips smacking!
If only Ramen Danbo or Marutama Ramen would open one in Richmond.

Downtown ramen shops are still superb for its taste and consistency, but I dread the expensive parking, line-​ups and I just don’t feel like having sweat down my face while I eat in non-​ventilated spaces. So I never really enjoy my food that much, unless I want to be in that ambiance.
After Nanchuu’s Shio and RCMP bowls got worse after being a loyal fan for a year, I think Yah Yah Ya is taking its place for the best ramen in richmond. I was recommended by my japanese hair stylist and I’m superrrr happy I gave this a try.
This place is very welcoming and cute with little fences down in the middle of the restaurant (ok sounds a bit strange. but I liked it). The wall showcases its locations in Japan and now I’m pretty excited to try this place.
You can choose how you want your noodles, soup and oil. I tried just normal everything for the first time: shio and the man chose the spicy miso. I was surprised that they were both pretty tasty. Now that got us thinking, what happens if we get heavy?
So we went back the next day (just so happened we were in Richmond again) and tried heavy soup and heavy oil, this time I got the Black Tonkotsu soup and he got the Spicy Miso. We both nodded at each other while slurping up our soup and noodles. I guess that’s a sign that we will be back soon with our ramen cravings.

Came here three days ago for dinner. It’s kind of hidden in the plaza squeezed in between Richmond Sushi and Supermarket 2000.
I ordered the black tonkotsu ramen which goes for $ 11.50 for a regular and $ 12.50 for a large. I’m not really a ramen enthusiast, but I thought it was pretty good. The meat, noodles, broth, and toppings were decent. Service was good, but It did take a while for my ramen to arrive compare to the tables around me.
I don’t know of too many ramen places in Richmond, but if I do crave it (very rarely), I’ll probably come back here.

This place is decent. I’ve been told this place was pretty good. I’ll say it was kinda mehh for me. But I’ll explain why.
I had this:
shoyu ramen — heavy broth, medium oil and hard noodles.
We also ordered the following:
Shoyu ramen — light broth, light oil, and soft noodles
Miso ramen — light broth, light oil, soft noodles
I think the heavy shoyu broth actually hurt the light flavours more than helped the over all bowl. The broth was pretty unique, but ultimately not the flavours I enjoy. The firm noodles were pretty good, but I felt the bowl was rather empty. Extra noodles should be encouraged for the hungry.
I tried the miso broth and I thought that was great. I’d consider either medium to light broth, medium oil and hard noodles for the shoyu. But realistically, i would just order the spicy miso as I think there may be some good potential in that menu item given how much I preferred the miso broth.
I’d come back, but I think I just prefer other ramen places in Richmond.

An authentic, Japanese-​run ramen restaurant in Richmond is truly a pretty rare breed. Here you have the right people, serving one of their own specialties, so what could possibly go wrong right?
Ordered a shoyu ramen set with negi-​chashu rice bowl. Even though the latter is more like a side order, it was definitely the highlight of the whole meal. It’s basically Japanese style pulled pork with green onion bits and mayo on rice. Very delish. The ramen itself on the other hand is just average in terms of taste, texture and quantity but two relatively generous and tender pieces of chashu almost saved it from being meh. Also tried their gyozas and found it to be below average, with the skin being too firm.
All in all a regrettably forgettable «larmen» place. Nothing really stands out and worth coming back for, except maybe the negi-​chashu rice bowl. I’d suggest they start selling that as an entrée. I know that’d be quite unconventional, but it’s the only way to distinguish themselves from the many excellent ramen offerings here in VanCity.

Hot soup, tasty and good service
You can choice noodles firmness etc.
I believed very much like Japanese Ramen.

If you think the other places are oily and salty, try this place!
Their soup has a slight hint of sweetness,
The hard noodle is actually tender and chewy but not stiff.
Finally a ramen joint in richmond that’s quite decent
Other than the big portion ramen, I loved the chashu rice bowl that came with the combo.
Personally I really liked the shoyu base, the soup we picked was normal oily, which came out to be perfect and very tasty.
The spicy miso actually has a kick to it, but not too spicy that over kills the soup.

It’s right next to Richmond Sushi.
I give this place a 3.5. Tasty ramen but not the most amazing.
Found the shoyu ramen to be more flavorful than the spicy miso, so I’d recommend the shoyu.
Pork was tender.
Like most other solid ramen joints I’ve been to, they provide the option of choosing noodle tenderness, broth strength and oil amount.
Cash or debit only.

This has been on my to try list for a long time and I wasn’t disappointed. As soon as we walked in we were greeted by everybody and I was instantly back in Japan.
Boy was I ready for some tasty ramen.
The menu was simple and to the point. I was going to just get the Ramen bowl but was tempted by the set dinner that came with a bowl of ramen and a small bowl of Negi-​Chashu Don.
The Ramen
You can choose from 4 different soup bases, noodle hardness, strength of taste and oil levels. I went with the Shoyu Ramen — normal noodles, normal taste, normal oil. The Ramen comes with half egg, seaweed, spinach and fatty chashu in delicious pork bone soup base. The soup base was rich, the noodles were just right and the chashu was fatty and tender. Near the end however, the soup did get too salty for me. I may have to go with a light taste next time.
The star of the meal however was the Negi-​Chashu Don. Braised pork with japanese mayo and onions on soft japanese rice. So simple but the combination was perfect. Not much else to say other than you must get the set so you can have some of this.
I went back and forth with giving them a 3 or a 4 but I decided their Don and the very polite service pushed them over. They are a small little restaurant surrounded by many other good stores so it’s easy to miss them. I encourage everyone to come try for themselves next time they are in the neighbourhood instead of your regular joint.

Wow, what a place. Only advice you need to know: get the ramen set. More details below.
I ended up going here twice in one weekend (once on the way to Whistler, and once on the way back to Seattle). I got the Shoyu (hard noodles /​heavy taste /​regular oil) the first time, and it was really good. I’ve been eating almost exclusively tonkotsus recently, so the less-​heavy shoyu was refreshing. (Especially when compared to, say, Jinya’s Tonkotsu, Yah Yah Ya’s ramen is much less heavy, and I felt better after eating a ramen bowl at Yah Yah Ya compared to Jinya.)
The second time I got the Shio (normal noodles /​normal taste /​regular oil). Again, solid and simple. I drank down all the broth and I felt great (and not slightly-​on-​the-​verge-​of-​a-​stomach-​ache like so many greasier ramen places make you sometimes feel). FWIW I preferred the hard noodles for the added texture.
But here’s why I would eat here everyday of my life if I lived in Richmond: the rice bowl that comes with the ramen set is freaking amazing. It is a small bowl of rice covered in some braised pork, a mayo-​type sauce (probably just Japanese mayo), and a ton of green onion. It is unbelievably delicious. The mayo makes the dish super refreshing, and it works so well as either a complement to ramen or a post-​ramen cleanup. I can’t rave enough about this rice thing.

A new ramen joint in Richmond! Yah Yah is located in Excel Plaza, beside Richmond Sushi! Aside from Nan Chuu, the other options are quite sparse! This place has only been open for a few weeks, but it’s already packed! I ordered their combo, a ramen + beef don for $ 13! The menu says the combo comes with a «small» sized ramen, but when I got my order, it was the same size as the full size ramen! Super win! For my ramen I went with normal noodles, normal oil content, and heavy taste!
The broth was great: the pork bone flavour was potent without being overpoweringly salty. The noodles were al dente and had bite. The char siu was large cut, and super moist!
The waitresses here are super friendly and efficient, A+ for service! :D

It has been awhile since I have tried any new place for ramen in Richmond, and a few days ago I was sent a picture of this place from a personal friend. Not seeing much in terms of reviews on Unilocal,and feeling hungry, I ventured to the location using the app, and didn’t realize it was right beside Richmond Sushi. The place looked cute, with a weird English name like Yah Yah Ya… and with the repititive Kanji characters as the name of the restaurant, being skeptical if this place had good food did come across.
Coming in the time we did (5:30 PM it wasn’t busy, and we were allowed to pick any seat we wanted. There was a mix of regular tables or smaller booths in the place, we decided on the booth. It was snug and tight trying to get in, so if you want more space and leg room take the regular tables. The place was decorated with a big painted bowl of ramen on the wall and some hung pictures. Our menu’s came pretty quickly, as in one page. your not getting much of a selection, and for me, that is a good thing.
On the menu they have a choice of their Shoyu Ramen, Miso Ramen, Shio Ramen, and Spicy Miso Ramen, also on the side, are additional toppings for a price that can be added like green onion, buttered corn, bean sprouts, seaweed, more ramen, etc. The back page had a few selections of appetizers, but this place really is a ramen joint. There are no alchoholic drinks here, and they served us cold water on this hot day.
The order was in, and we waited, noticing other people walking in and trying to distinguish what the kitchen was speaking (I think it be Japanese!). Our order came, one big black bowl of the Shoyu Ramen. You could see the nice shiny blobs of oily matter coming from their special house broth (le-​kei) which was on the menu meaning «Pork Soy Sauce» which was a mixture of pork bone, chicken bone, konbu and vegetables over the fire for 12 hours. There was 3 big pieces of seaweed on one side, some spinach on another corner, a half of a hard boiled egg, and in the middle, some good thick slices of chashu. I quickly dug into my bowl, sipping on the broth, it was different, at the same time it was clean, and it also went down like a meal… cause it was rich. I forgot to mention, during your order, you can have variations on the noodles (hard, medium, soft) taste (heavy, medium, light) and oil (more, normal, less) so the way you order it will probably differ from the way I had mine. I then munched on the noodles, as my dear ordered them hard… and al dente they were, with the other two variations right in the middle. This thing was a meal, I was stuffed, and sharing ¹⁄₃ with my dear didn’t change the matter, I was satisfied. The one thing I find odd is that green onions is an add on addition (in price) and it would have made for a very good food picture if it was on top when the bowl was coming out. I didn’t feel any MSG after-​effects, they made it the way I wanted it… as ordered. After we paid for our meal and started walking out the door, they screamed some Japanese greeting.
There is a new bowl of ramen in Richmond, and this is it. I like that parking is a breeze in this plaza, the place is nice to sit in, the service was there, and the food was enough for me. I will come back to try their other flavours, but after this experience I will be back. It’s nice to come to a place that just does one thing… and they are doing it right.

New ramen shop on the block serves iekei noodles. IEKEI means «house-​type» and has its roots in the word «ya», meaning «house». In kanji, «家» is read as «Ie» instead of «ya». That’s the reason why it is called iekei ramen (but the restaurant is called yah yah ya lol).
What’s the difference compared to your average downtown ramen joints?
soupbase = pork and soy sauce for starters, so straight off the bat, it may be a bit saltier.
Thick, flat noodles were used instead of your normal yellow chewies. The bowl came with slices of chashu, nori seaweed, kelp, and half egg (no spinach). My egg was a bit overdone. MSG levels are minimal which is always a plus in my books.
Customers may adjust the amount of oil, taste, hardness of noodles (hard, normal, and soft), and chashu cut. I ordered heavy taste and wished i didn’t as the flavour was too strong. Will definitely go back and try the normal variations of everything (fatty pork of course) and most likely upgrade this rating.
(most of this is borrowed from the wiki)