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| - Short: Lacked flavor, but good place.
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Arrived here after noon on a Friday. Not the best area for a ramen shop, and not that many people in (though I've been to better ramen shops with less people). Service was a bit off as the girl didn't know how to welcome a guest in Japanese (said ?????? rather than ???????? which was kind of funny). Menu is rather typical for a shop specializing in tonkotsu ramen. Black tonkotsu ramen with extras being their specialty so I ordered that ($11). Food came out rather quick for being a little busy (not as quick as Monta roman when it's not busy though).
When I say the food lacked flavor, I do mean it. I've been to Monta (one of the best restaurants in Vegas, IMO), Hiromaru and Fukamimi that all do tonkotsu ramen, and each have their cravats. For Jinya, the whole bowl just lacked that strong punch of flavor you should get from tonkotsu. The chashu pork was nice, but wasn't seasoned enough and lacked flavor. The toppings were the usual deal. But the biggest let down was the soup broth just did not have a strong richness to it. In fact, I think it's thickened with corn starch to help it become thicker rather than letting the richness of the broth support it. Other than that, nothing really stood out.
Is it terrible? No. And there's many other things on the menu that people might like.
But for a ramen shop, there's a good list of better places out there like Monta, Hiromaru, Fukamimi, and Sora. I recommend those first.
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