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We're very lucky. As a matter of fact, we're the luckiest people in the whole USA, because this small, unprepossessing spot squashed into Tiffany Plaza is the only Oshima Ramen in America. Brought from Tokyo to the Rocky Mountain West by local noodle magnate Todd Imamura, this marks the beginning (and the end) of the Japanese Oshima Ramen invasion. But it's enough, because this place serves the ultimate ramen, with fresh noodles rolled every morning and broths made every day to exacting standards with the freshest ingredients.

Cuisine(s): Japanese, Sushi

Hours: Sun,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri,Sat 11am-9pm

Price: $
Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa, Discover, cash

Features: Takeout

Serving: Dinner, Lunch
Alcohol: Beer/Wine

Reservations: Not Accepted

Parking: Lot Available

2009 | Best Japanese Restaurant

Maybe it's the rock-bottom prices. Maybe it's the authentic fare. Maybe it's that we've got noodle bars on the brain. Maybe it's the freaky little alien-moose thing that stands as the house mascot, because we've always had a weakness for creepy... More >
2008 | Best Ramen

Oshima Ramen doesn't just serve the best ramen in Denver, it serves the best ramen in America — because this is where Keiji Oshima's ramen invasion of the United States both began and ended. So we're the lucky inheritors of both Oshima's vision... More >
2007 | Best Taste of Tokyo

Finding a McDonald's in downtown Tokyo is easy; finding a real ramen noodle house in the United States is much more challenging. So how lucky are we to have Oshima Ramen, a link in a chain of ramen noodle shops that is to Japan what Mickey D's is... More >
2006 | BEST CHEAP LUNCH

In Japan, ramen is a proper meal, eaten sitting down or standing up, on the street and in regular ramen restaurants decorated with big-eyed laughing cartoon children and Day-Glo pandas. More than soba, more than udon, the humble ramen noodle is... More >
2005 | Best Cheap Lunch

Unlike in this country, where ramen is the subsistence cuisine of slackers, potheads and college students, in Japan ramen is a proper meal, one served both on the street and in sit-down ramen restaurants. More than soba, more than udon, the... More >

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Westword Reviews and News

From Japan, with love: a true noodle house

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, March 19, 2009

Bones (reviewed on page 33) is an ultra-modern incarnation of a noodle bar: Asian flavors and French technique mixed on a menu that doesn't require the following of any rote classical canon. But for almost a decade now (at least according to the c... More >
Oshima Ramen

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, May 24, 2007

Oshima Ramen is like a clock set to run very, very slowly. But rather than having minute and second hands tick off its story, it has walls covered with graffiti. Over the years, people have added signatures, declarations of love, crudely reproduce... More >
Finding My Religion

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, November 25, 2004

It's an embarrassment, the amount of instant ramen noodle soup in my cupboard right now, from a variety of companies (Nissin, Maruchan, some off-brand called Ninja), in several preparations (both the cup and the brick, as well as a microwavable bo... More >
Noodling Around

By Kyle Wagner | Thu, June 22, 2000

Americans make movies about violence and sex, and the Japanese make movies about violence and food. So who do you think makes the better noodles? If you've seen the film Tampopo, you know that the noodle house is serious business in Japan. In tha... More >

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streetsignartist

| Tue, June 29, 2010

this is nothing like the ramen you have at home give it a try

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westwordbestof

| Wed, May 06, 2009

Maybe it's the rock-bottom prices. Maybe it's the authentic fare. Maybe it's that we've got noodle bars on the brain. Maybe it's the freaky little alien-moose thing that stands as the house mascot, because we've always had a weakness for creepy mascots and patron cartoon characters. Maybe (probably) it's all of those things. This year, we kept finding ourselves returning to Oshima Ramen, the only link in this country to a Japanese chain. Everything about this place is awesome and bizarre at the same time � from the giant bowls of fresh-made ramen to the tasty chicken bits and gyoza to the unusual Japanese sodas behind the bar. The walls are sketched with years' worth of graffiti, the history of a thousand love affairs with Oshima Ramen, of which ours is only one.

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StephenW8011

| Mon, July 21, 2008

If you've ever traveled to Japan, this is the only place in CO that serves authentic ramen. Unfortunately, the service and quality can be hit or miss.

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