Build Your Own Ramen

98199 Kamehameha Hwy, Aiea
(808) 379-2088

Recent Reviews

Yuri Y

The restaurant is run by a Southeast Asian business, and you choose your own ingredients, weigh them, go to the cashier, order your preferred soup, noodles, and size, and pay based on the weight of the ingredients.Children love this shop because they serve Taiwanese-style shaved ice ? after the meal.Parking: Since it is a restaurant area with many restaurants, there are many shared parking lots.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Yuri O

The restaurant is run by a Southeast Asian business, and you choose your own ingredients, weigh them, go to the cashier, order your preferred soup, noodles, and size, and pay based on the weight of the ingredients.Children love this shop because they serve Taiwanese-style shaved ice ? after the meal.Parking: Since it is a restaurant area with many restaurants, there are many shared parking lots.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

David Shaw

My son really wanted Katsu curry so we got that and it was good but really looking forward to trying the build your own next time, such an awesome idea.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Katsu, Ramen

Thu P.

I love this place. You have a wide selection of meat, veggies and dumplings. I like the healthy herb (make it spicy), add tendon, fish, mushrooms, dried tofu skin and udon noodles.Grab your ingredients in the basket, go to the counter to weigh it and pick out the noodles then they bring it to you hot in a giant bowl. Protip, they give you a lot so eat all of the noodles out of it and then get the rest to go. Add your own stuff at home later. Leave room for the dessert... light refreshing shave ice with lots of variety and textures. Oh the place is nice and clean and the service is great. I hope that they open one in town too.

Paul M

It’s been a long time since we had come here (since pre-COVID), and am happy to say the food is still delicious!Service was fast and efficient, all the choices of food to select for your bowl looked fresh and was organized well. I got the spicy sour soup which was pretty tasty.Dinner ended with the shave ice which nicely balanced the palate at the end of the meal. Definitely worth coming here if you’re in the mood for some build your own soup!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Soup

Alyssa Ashlee D.

It's my favorite RAMEN place. Love how you can build your own ramen here and their complimentary shave ice desserts. My favorite soup are Healthy Herb,Seafood and Pumpkin soup.

roseanna ling

This is definitely a fun casual spot. It reminded me of Aunty's Ramen that was in town. Same style where you pick for noodles and broth when you pay after weighing your veggies and extra toppings. At the end, there was the free dessert, too <3. We will definitely come back

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Keli Griffin

This Ramen had great-tasting broth and fresh ingredients to choose from. It was straightforward, and the staff was friendly. Very small place with limited seating, so not great for a large group. Will likely go again though.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Ramen

Margaret Kealy-Machella

While we came at a Friday dinner time, we were still able to find parking, although the spots are tight. We always drive past the shopping center, but never have gone in to see what is there. I'm glad we stopped this time! Walking in, the first thing I noticed, was how clean the restaurant was. The workers were welcoming and explain to us how we would build our own Ramen. We headed over to the ingredients and started our dinner! Once it came out steaming hot we were ready dig in. And it did not disappoint. The flavors were superb, and the portions massive! I shared mine with my three year old, and I still had leftovers! Once we were done eating, we got the shave, ice and were blown away. My kid was so excited! And let's be honest, so was I... I like this better than some of the other "fast food, ramen" because you can choose your own ingredients and load up with vegetables, which is huge for me. Next time I go, I wanna try the pumpkin broth, and so does my kid! We will be back for sure, I think this is our new family spot....

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Robin L.

We loved Build Your Own Ramen! When we first entered, we all got baskets and filled them to the brim with everything we liked. Then we took them up to the counter, selected our chosen broth/noodles and then they took them from us in order to cook to perfection. It's a lot less work than hot pot and a whole lot of yumminess.Added bonus is the free dessert of shaved ice with mochis/puddings. I swore I was only going to have one bite but couldn't help myself.Some notes for my future self:1) The little guy doesn't need his own basket. Our 5-year-old can share a basket as you pay by the weight and we can just get a little more. 2) LOVED the gyoza, the chicken meatballs, the Basa Fish, the taro (oh so good) and the leafy veggies, broccoli, and mushrooms. Get way more!3) Liked but did not Love the tofu...would not get this again since it's heavy and wasn't very flavorful4) The Healthy Herb soup is a little milky and just not for us. I far preferred the Miso and ask at the counter for what is popular with the kids....I want to say we were recommended the beef broth and it was divine.5) Don't be tempted to get the bean thread noodles...just get what you really want which is the ramen noodles. It's worth it!

Ashley Girard

This was so good! Just what I needed. Everything was fresh and healthy, and I really liked being able to pick my ingredients. Very happy ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Evan Shorter

This place is a true local gem, and it isn't just "Ramen", it's pure comfort food in a bowl. You can make any soup or stir fry you want, with any ingrediant, and every meal comes with a killer shave ice dessert. Don't just walk by this place, EAT HERE. This is my favorite spot on the island, hands down.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Homemade Shaved Ice, Soup

Rissa K.

I love this spot! Love how you can Build your own Ramen here and their complimentary shave ice dessert! I Everything is by weight and an order of beef is $2 I believe. I chose some sprouts, tofu, chinese cabbage along with their Pumpkn broth. The Broth was delish! I loved their complimentary shave ice too with boba and lychee jelly and coffee panna cotta.

Yun Chi C.

We came here for lunch first thing when they opened on a weekend. There was no wait time and lots of parking!The self-serve section was clean and organized. There's a wide range of options to add to your ramen bowl (i.e. veggies, mushrooms/fungus, tofu, meatballs/fish ball, meats, tripe). Tip -- the cost of your ramen is by weight of your food so just keep that in mind! (Reason I say this is because my ramen bowl was $30 at checkout. )I chose the healthy herb soup with bean thread and it was perfect.

Angel H.

This place is so good, but a bit pricey. You can choose whatever refrigerated ingredients you want for $13 a half pound. You don't get much for half a pound. My ingredients came out to .80 and it was around $20. I got mostly seafood. You can also order meat for $3 an order. After picking your ingredients, you get to choose a soup and noodles/rice. I always get the healthy herb broth when I go to places like these. Most people pick noodles, but I opted for rice on the side. I gave the rice to the hubby, so that he could eat it with his bowl of udon spicy soup. They offer ramen, udon, bean thread and pho noodle.The healthy herb broth was spot on with dates and goji berries. The spicy soup was pretty good also, and not too spicy. They have sides that are fried for $7.99. I got the fried oysters (4 pieces). The oysters were fresh and super crispy with the breading. I tried the milk tea with boba. It was yummy. The sweetness was perfect and it was fragrant. The cashier told me that they use a type of jasmine tea. I'd go back for another milk tea.

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