Miyagi Ramen — Restaurant in Bend

Long Read but worth it...Still isn't as long as waiting an HOUR AND A HALF FOR RAMEN.

Absolute terrible experience. We ordered food shortly after 6pm on a Thursday night, and the order was set to be available around 6:40-6:50 time frame. When we showed up at the restaurant and went to check on the food at the pick up the food we were told that it would be another 15 minutes. We went back outside to our car and waited and when she went back in 15 minutes later, she was told it would be another 15 minutes. Granted during this whole time customers were coming in and getting severed while we waited. After the second round of "15 minutes" I went back in to inquire and they were just now finishing the order and bagging the food. I immediately asked to speak to the manager as by this point it had been over an hour since the order was originally put in. I was told that the wait was around an hour even though that was not indicated anywhere on the website when we ordered. I was then told that he could not do anything about my order and proceeded to take my name and number, told me that his manager, Taylor Figueroa, would be contacting me on Saturday when he came in, this never happened. When I finally got the order it had been nearly an hour and a half since it was ordered online. While, again, several customers and come and gone after getting service. We finally received a text at 7:38pm saying our order was ready.

This experience from end to end was absolutely terrible. I hate be "I've been coming here for a while" guy, but I have been patroning Miyagi Ramen since it opened and even during the pandemic. This is by far the worst experience that I have had to date. I get that staffing is short, but giving me a punch card for a free Ramen bowl and then not getting any sort of call back from the manager is just the worst. Not sure what happened but zero contact and accountability a week later is bad way to run a business and unacceptable. People spend good hard earned money on this food and to have such as terrible experience with a broken promise for follow up or anything is a terrible way to run a business. Everyone should know about it. Even though in the end not sure what will come of it as the Bend restaurant and tourism industry is thriving due to post COVID growth and the influx of new residents.

I just fell that everyone should be aware of what they are getting into when they patronize Miyagi online and expect to wait and then be given half hearted responses when inquiring why. You have several choices of dinning here in Bend and you should find a place with better management that actually responds to their customer base...because this...

DO NOT EAT HERE! YOU WILL GET SICK! Three Asians walk into a restaurant with no other Asian customers...so my friends and I decided to check this restaurant out and our first impressions were not positive.

Food: it was ok, but the tonkotsu broth was too sweet and heavy/greasy and left an oily residue. The pork rinds were also really salty. MOST IMPORTANTLY, within five minutes of finishing our meal all three of us started feeling very bloated and gassy and also had acid reflux -- we are all under 20 and have never had acid reflux or heartburn before. Both of my friends started throwing up within 20 minutes and I experienced diarrhea and continued heartburn and feeling unwell. I don't know how people are enduring the food here without literally getting sick, but if you know that you have a sensitive stomach, I would really not recommend eating here!

Menu: clearly catered to white people and not actual Asians like us - e.g. dan dan noodles were put in the ramen category (they are actually a Chinese fried dish) and steamed bean sprouts were made to sound fancy by calling them "wilted".

Service/atmosphere: when I ordered the tonkotsu ramen the cashier decided to correct my pronunciation as if I'm not the one that actually speaks the language? But balanced out by the fact that they brought us extra pork rinds without us asking and without extra charge. However, the number markers you take to your table really rubbed me the wrong way. Instead of traditional numbers, they had photos of Asians doing "weird" things, like a man with ramen noodes on his eyebrows and other exploitative images that honestly made me feel really uncomfortable -- which member of the nearly all-white staff thought it was ok to google search and then print all those "weird Asian" images? Imagine you go to a restaurant with a nearly all-Asian staff and nearly all-Asian customers and all the table markers are photos of weird/"funny"/ugly white people. Ask yourself, would you REALLY be laughing along and thinking "it's just a joke"? Or would you feel uncomfortably de-humanized and reduced to just a couple of flat stereotypes, your existence itself meant to entertain the rest of the people eating there? That is why the atmosphere felt uneasy and disturbing to me, but given how white Bend is I doubt this insensitivity would EVER impact how many people come here. Disappointing in...

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Miyagi Ramen – Bend, OR

This was my first time having spicy miso ramen—and I am a changed man.

I’ve never been one to pay people for soup. Throw some stuff in a pot, heat it up, hand it off. That’s soup. Even with my limited kitchen skills, I get the basic concept. So when my wife—who is vegan—wanted ramen late one evening, I figured we’d make do with whatever was still open.

Enter Miyagi Ramen. I didn’t expect much. I’d had miso soup before and always thought it was a sad little puddle of saltwater with tofu cubes pretending to be food. But what happened here? I can only assume some Mary Poppins-type wizard floated through the kitchen, throwing spices like confetti, because this was a transformation.

The spicy miso ramen with pork belly didn’t just taste good—it tasted enchanted. The broth was rich, spicy, and comforting in a way that made me feel like I’d been spiritually hugged. I swear I saw tiny animated dragons dancing around the edges of my vision with every bite.

And for my wife? She went with the vegan smoked shiitake-cashew ramen, and even she was impressed—which, trust me, is rare. The depth of flavor, the smoky mushrooms, the care in the ingredients—it wasn’t an afterthought like most vegan menu items. It was crafted.

The space is clean and modern with a relaxed, local vibe. You order at the counter, take a number, and they bring the bowls out to you—quickly, and with care. It’s efficient without feeling rushed.

I didn’t take any pictures because I was hunched over my bowl like a goblin trying not to splash soup everywhere. This meal brought out the golden retriever in me—and golden retrievers don’t know how to operate phones. Go see for yourself. Go taste for yourself.

👍 Highlights

Spicy miso broth that will haunt your dreams (in the best way)

Surprisingly excellent vegan option—crafted, not compromised

Warm, modern space with fast, attentive service

Possibly magic involved in food preparation

👎 What could improve

The pork belly could have used a bit more volume

You may develop a deep emotional attachment to soup

Bottom line: If you're the kind of person who thinks soup can't change your life, Miyagi Ramen would like a word. Go. Eat....