Ramen restaurants in Hoboken

Muteki Ramen

The closest thing Hoboken has to a dedicated ramen shop: the kitchen makes its own noodles and runs a long list of bowls, from black garlic tonkotsu and shoyu to a Thai green curry ramen. Reviewers keep coming back for the spicy tonkotsu and the pork buns, and the room is small, casual and fast. Two things catch people out: it is closed on Tuesdays, and the kitchen stops at 9:40 PM, earlier than anywhere else here. A few sidewalk tables sit out front on Washington Street.

Shokudo

A ramen, udon and yakitori bar at the uptown end of Hoboken, and the latest-serving option on this list at 11 PM every night but Sunday. The broth is simmered in house and the bowls run across tonkotsu, miso, shio, shoyu and a kimchi tonkotsu, with skewers, donburi and okonomiyaki alongside. It is also the most expensive bowl here at $22.99. Reviewers praise the jammy egg and the skewers, though a few rate the ramen good rather than remarkable.

Bowls & Noodles

A small counter on lower Washington Street built around poke bowls, sushi burritos and boba, with a short Japanese ramen section that undercuts everyone else at $17.99. Tonkotsu, miso, shoyu and a vegetable bowl all cost the same, and a plain noodles-and-broth bowl runs $13.99. Only 13 people have reviewed it on Yelp, so its 4.8 rating rests on a much thinner base than the others here. It is a takeout-first spot rather than somewhere to settle in for the evening.

Illuzion

A sushi-first Japanese restaurant that keeps a genuine ramen section: char siu, shrimp, soft-shell crab and king crab bowls in a house pork-and-chicken broth, starting at $18. Most reviewers come for the sushi, which is what the kitchen is known for, and treat ramen as the cold-weather alternative. It has sidewalk seating on Washington Street and is closed Mondays. Its 3.5 rating across 468 reviews is the middle of a mixed record, well below the ramen specialists.

Robongi Hoboken

A long-running Washington Street sushi restaurant where ramen is a noodle choice inside the clear-broth and ginger-miso noodle soups rather than the main event. The sushi is the draw: reviewers rate the fish highly for freshness and presentation, and the sashimi platters are the house specialty. Treat the ramen as a fallback, since some reviewers call it the weakest thing on the menu. The storefront has sidewalk tables, and the kitchen closes at 9:30 PM on weeknights.