Daiboku Ramen By Sazan
Permanently Closed
Ramen shop with shoyu, miso & vegan options. Omakase bar.
Ramen shop with shoyu, miso & vegan options. Omakase bar.
"Daiboku is a ramen restaurant in Austin's West Campus neighborhood that is closing soon." - Nadia Chaudhury
"Just like a good song or latte flavor, a bowl of ramen should fit your mood, the season, and the weather. And while a lot of people associate ramen with rainy days, we’ve found it’s just as great in triple-digit temps or breezy fall afternoons. Daiboku Ramen is a ramen shop just north of the , where you can choose your own noodle adventure. Daiboku is from the same team behind —a spot we really like—but unlike its sister restaurant with a hyper-focus on chicken-and-pork paitan broth, Daiboku’s menu is all over the place (in the best possible way). Sure, you can get a similar, creamy chicken broth here in the form of spicy, very spicy, or very very spicy miso ramen. But you can also get a light and delicate bowl of smoked chicken shoyu ramen with chicken thighs, or give up subtlety altogether and get the miso jirokei bowl topped with flaming hot cheetos, american cheese, and extra pork fat. There’s even a vegan version of the miso and shoyu bowls, so your meat-free friends don’t have to resort to filling up on white rice and Japanese pickles. And since this is right by UT, the drinks are priced with student budgets in mind, with a few house cocktails, sake, beer, and wine. There’s a ramen bar inside with a half-dozen seats where you can pop in for a quick meal between classes or between meetings, but there are also a handful of long wooden tables spread around a fairly large dining room decorated with dim lanterns and hanging plants. It’s dark and sleek inside—it’s easy to forget that you’re sitting in a small strip mall restaurant between a bookstore and a Juiceland just a few blocks from UT. Maybe you like listening to Summer Breeze in December, maybe you prefer your pumpkin spice lattes in the heat, and maybe you just want a choice on what you want to eat and when you want to eat it. You can go a lot of directions at Daiboku Ramen, and we’ve yet to find a bad one. " - Nicolai McCrary
"The Sazan Ramen team opened up this West Campus restaurant dedicated to shoyu and miso-style ramens (with vegan options available). Takeout orders can be placed online; there are DoorDash and Uber Eats deliveries; and there are indoor dine-in services." - Nadia Chaudhury
"Austin Japanese restaurant Sazan Ramen is opening its new restaurant in the West Campus neighborhood this week. Daiboku will open at 609 West 29th Street starting on Wednesday, May 17. The new restaurant will include both omakase and casual counter services. For the former, the varying five-course menu will include two different kinds of ramen and a variety of dishes with optional beverage pairings. This will be served at the 10-seat ramen bar. It’s $39 for the food menu, with additional pricing for beverage pairings to come. Then there’s the casual counter-service menu, which will focus on shoyu and miso-style ramens and other Japanese dishes. This includes smoked chicken shoyu ramen and spicy miso ramen with pork shoulder chashu and a habanero-lime slaw. There’s also a bar stocked with Japanese whiskey, sakes, beer, and wine. The physical space includes that ramen bar plus family-style tables. Initially, the restaurant will run with limited hours and menu in the evenings from 5 to 10 p.m. The omakase service will start later on Friday, June 16, with booking information to come later. General expanded hours and menus will happen later too." - Nadia Chaudhury
"The new restaurant, Daiboku on 29, will be found on 609 West 29th Street, opening sometime in late 2022." - Nadia Chaudhury
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