Ovo
Japanese
Take-out
Asian
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Ramen restaurant offering vegetarian dishes that can be made vegan upon request. Dishes include miso soup, pad Thai, and more. Open Tue-Sun 11:00am-3:00pm, 4:30pm-9:00pm. Closed Mon.


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12 Reviews

First Review by katypine

EABessel

Points +1407

Vegan
05 Feb 2025

Needs improvement

Clean, contemporary interior. Friendly staff, open kitchen. Fast service. The menu has a dedicated vegan section. However, in my experience, the food needs improvement. My dish arrived piping hot, swimming in oil, and overloaded with minced garlic (many pieces were hard and inedible). The flavor was alright, but a bit sweet for my taste. I don’t recommend the Spicy Family Tofu with Mixed Vegetables.

The Hungry Vegan

Points +3976

Vegan
14 Jun 2024

Love it

I really like Simply Ramen. It's one of my top picks in Albany.

vegansnail

Points +16

Vegan
29 May 2024

Served us non-vegan mayo with our vegan order

We ordered the salt and pepper tofu twice, which was clearly labeled vegan on the menu. Both times, it was served to us with a sauce, which we learned the second time was non-vegan mayo. The manager and owner did not understand the severity of this when we asked for refunds. We do not recommend this restaurant to ANY vegans as they clearly can not be trusted to serve vegans vegan food, even if it is labeled vegan on the menu.

Durianwalker

Points +1805

Vegan
20 Aug 2023

Delicious and big Ramen

Seems to be family owned and operated. Lots of noodles and rice dishes. Edamame too. Quality food by a skillful chef.

Pros: Alot of options to veganize

Cons: No outside seating

Sjjk12

Points +1113

Vegan
20 Jun 2023

Nice vegan ramen bowl

I had their clearly labeled vegan ramen. You need to clarify a change to rice noodles and of course add tofu. Overall it was a nice meal washed down with a 600 ml $5 Sapporo. The place was also severely understaffed with noticeable frustrations from the tables surrounding us.

LeeLuvsVeggies

Points +358

Vegan
11 Jun 2023

Yummy Vegan Soup!!

Really good fresh food with nice servers!!

Pros: I like bok choi and they add that to their veggies, Love that you can switch to rice noodles!!!

Cons: Place is small so eating in will be close quarters

Foodvacuum

Points +23

Vegan
14 Jun 2021

Delicious

Great staff and great food.

Pros: Great portion sized.

Cons: Nothing.

Tarabell150

Points +1129

Vegan
03 Apr 2021

Hidden gem!

I have been here twice and each time I’m reminded I need to come here more often. I ordered vegan ramen with extra veggies and chili sauce and spicy tofu and veggies. I haven’t come across anyone that isn’t familiar with what vegan is and means so they will let you know if something isn’t vegan and are happy to make things vegan for you (assuming means leaving out fish sauce, etc).

Pros: Lots of vegan options, Friendly staff, Decent pricing

AsherV

Points +82

Vegan
19 Feb 2020

Good vegan options

All the ramens can be made vegan with tofu or veggies or both. Waitress knew what vegan means and was happy to oblige.

Updated from previous review on 2020-02-19

Pros: Vegan options, Knowledge of vegan

Cons: Serves meat

calliebyrd

Points +95

Vegan
15 Jul 2019

Good vegan dishes

Really good kung pao tofu!

Pros: Vegan options, Delicious food, Big portions

s.joy

Points +28

Vegan
05 May 2019

Great experience,

Cute, small place. Vegan ramen was really good, lots of veggies, and staff was super friendly!

Pros: Delicious. Big portions. Good price

Cons: No veg symbols on menu. Popular, so long wait time

katypine

Points +516

Vegan
19 Aug 2018

Decent pan-asian menu, be sure to confirm what's vegan

There aren't a lot of vegan options in this area, and this is a decently tasty little place. Our server was pretty knowledgeable about which items on the menu were vegan, and she was able to adjust almost everything we wanted. Make sure to ask, because some dishes appeared vegan from the title/description, but contained egg or oyster sauce. The vegan ramen broth was good, but they use egg noodles as their default noodle, so be sure to ask for the rice noodles.

Pros: Good food, ok prices

Cons: Menu not marked veg/vegan items




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