Ramen Hood

Really tasty yummy food! The spot is a bit warm and noisy but the food is so good you don't mind! The vegan egg did not really taste like egg (Could easily be done by adding black Himalayan crystal salt!)

If you're ever in LA for ANY amount of time and don't eat here you literally just lost at life...
Don't be a fool!

I have no words to tell how much I loved this place. I had the Spicy Ramen with a vegan egg and I was simply delighted. The presentation was impecable, service very quick and the food delicious 👌🏻 I'm definitely coming back.

After a three day vegan ramen binge - this one takes the cake. The vegan egg alone is enough to get it up to the top of my list - how I've missed marinated eggs in ramen!! But the broth and the noodles and the MUSHROOMS and ... well - just go experience it. Also - Grand Central Market is a fun place to check out!! Parking garage is on Hill street and 3rd. It was $3-4 when I went for parking but you may be able to get it validated? I forgot to ask.

Great stand in this downtown LA market. All vegan. Gluten-free options available. This is body and soul nourishing food. Great healthy ingredients - sunflower seed broth, bok choy, scallions, hearty king oyster mushrooms, nori. Or a rice bowl instead of noodles. Even an option for a vegan egg. Reasonably priced. On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday additionally open from 6-10 pm.

This place is 100% vegan and serves the best ramen and soup I have ever had, maybe some of the best food I have ever had period. I had their OG ramen, and today was rainy, windy, and pretty miserable. Having that nice hot bowl, (with delightful broth, bok choy, vegan egg, soy protein, absolutely top-tier noodles, and several other delicious ingredients) after walking for a while in the rain improved my day tremendously. The atmosphere is great, staff of the restaurant are all cool and nice, friendly people. I highly recommend!

As an expert in ramen my husband is really picky and... He absolutely loved this one!

The noodles and veggies are great, i agree, but i disliked the broth, idk why but it had a taste i really didn't like (finished my plate tho!).

The egg is of no use either, it's funny to see it can be done, but has no taste to add to the plate...

I love to see such a (crowded) place in central market DTLA, it gives good hope for the future of vegan food and life!

I actually first tried and was impressed by their ramen when I was still eating meat.

It is absolutely amazing and I encourage you to try it out if you are in town - it is some of the best ramen I've ever had hands down. The broth is very filling and the king mushrooms add all the umami you will ever want.

However, I do not recommend the vegan egg; it tastes just ok and doesn't really add much considering how much it costs.

Updated from previous review on 2017-01-04

I was in California for 10 days, and ended up eating this ramen for 3 meals. I love a good soup, and this was one of the best I've ever had. The broth was rich with a great texture (instead of just watery veg stock). All of the ingredients were fresh and wonderfully paired. The king oyster mushrooms were a highlight. The noodles were a perfect consistency, and would have fooled me for being egg noodles if I hadn't known the place was vegan. Absolutely delicious!

if you're looking to fill your ramen void, you've come to the right place! Big bowl of ramen for a good price, can't beat that! Sure the traffic and parking sucks, but if you stick it out, you'll be rewarded with tasty ramen! I'd stick with the ramen. The "Small Plates" definitely live up to their name, but at $5 an order it's a huuge rip off.

I was very excited to try this place especial for their vegan egg. It looks very real but the yolk consistency could use some work.

Visiting from Boston, I was hoping to have an authentic Los Angeles experience in my short forty eight hours in the city and Ramen Hood did not disappoint. Right in the heart of downtown, Ramen Hood provided a quick, delicious plant based meal complete with a vegan egg that made my friends wonder "How did they DO that?!" I don't know, but it was great!!

We came here for a light brunch, but ended up so full we couldn't eat until dinner. The portion of ramen is really big and tasty. Vegan egg is interesting to try, although it would definitely taste more like egg if they added some black salt. We were very satisfied with the meal!

If LA wasn't always so hot, I'd eat here more often. I love that there's an all-vegan ramen shop in the midst of all the meat-heavy eateries around it.
The ramen is fabulous. Unlike places that make a "veggie" broth because there's nothing in it, Ramen Hood makes a rich, flavorful broth that's very satisfying. The huge oyster mushrooms added "meatiness" to the bowl, the veggies, I only wish there was a little more. I could have had another entire bowl though, I was pretty hungry. I drank every drop despite sweating buckets in that hot marketplace. All worth it.
Unfortunately I was not a fan of the poutine. It's way too oily. Yes, I know it's fried, but at that point, the oil overpowered the drizzle and it seemed like it was mostly oil and hardly anything else. I want to think it's also because I was one of the last people there that day so maybe I had the last of the stash.
But I will definitely go again, maybe to get the cold noodles, or maybe to sweat through another scrumptious hot bowl.

I had read about this place on HappyCow when it first opened, and finally had the chance to try it. Here's my Ramen Hood review.

It's a bar within the Grand Central Market. The market has an inexpensive parking structure above it, so it's a good place to park.

The bad: You had to walk by all kinds of meat and fish eateries to get to Ramen Hood. And you smell all that stuff, too.

The good: The ramen noodles come in original, garlic, and spicy miso varieties. The noodle is fresh, and the taste is pretty good. Add $2 for vegan egg - it looks like egg but does NOT taste like egg.

The short menu also lists several appetizer items.

Indulgent and delicious. Yes, the fake egg (made from soy milk and nutritional yeast) has room for improvement, but as it is it's pretty good. The broth and the mushrooms are simply perfect and put this ramen into a very competitive league with non-plant based alternatives.

The location is great and service is very friendly. However we could use more flavor in the broth! I had the OG Ramen and added salt; my partner ordered the Spicy Ramen and added spices. Noodles, vegetables etc. were good. We shared the cucumber salad and pickled vegetables and they were great. Shirin Free (non alcoholic beer) was a nice surprise. Very reasonable prices - we took the combo.

The location is really killer, but the ramen was very average.