Both chinken and beef Bento box are delicious. Tempura ramen is unsavory. Sashimi is not fresh and delicate enough. I don't recommend.It accepts cash only.
Ricky Day
Looks nice sadly I didn't go in there .but always looks busy
Alissa Reindel
We enjoyed the creative and delicious food so much that we ate here twice during our 5-day stay in Oxford. The waitstaff were mostly helpful and friendly. One or two had a negative attitude. They confused our 4-person reservation and booked us into a 2-person table, then they were annoyed that they had to find a larger table to seat us.
Sarah Pembroke
A great restaurant, wonderful
Annabel
Recommend the Sukiyaki hot pot! Great value for money for Oxford. Been here many times and would come back.
Nina Vanhoutte
The food here was great, service was fast and friendly. Prices also make it great value for money!Dietary restrictions: They are very helpful and will check with the chef if you need info about certain ingredients.
Lou's Reviews
Today was my third time visiting SHIN. My first two visits to the restaurant were great, the tonkotsu ramen was fantastic with great portions sizes and the noodles cooked perfectly. I'm very sad to say that today's visit was extremely disappointing, we ordered the beef gyudon and the pork tonkotsu ramen. The ramen noodles were overcooked , the broth watery and lacking flavour and had a mystery nut or seed which my partner had the displeasure of eating, the beef gyudon was one of the worst I've ever tasted, extremely watery and tasteless. We couldn't taste any sake or mirin at all and after adding lots of soy sauce and chilli oil we still struggled to get any flavour out of the dish, they also forgot to add pickled ginger. The glasses smelt extremely bad so we didn't drink any of the water, we weren't asked how our food was so all in all the restaurant left a bad taste in our mouths. They were close to closing but there's no excuse for these kinds of mistakes, please hire chefs that know what they're doing.
Tarasangeeta Upadhyaya
Why should you go to Shin when there is an excellent choice of different food cusines in Gloucester green market just in front- simply because it is rather sublime! Delightful restaurant with lovely decor. We didn’t have a reservation but didn’t have to wait long for a table for 3. Service was quick and friendly. Only one big eater amongst us otherwise we would have ordered a lot more! We had the chicken yakitori - which was delicious and cost £7.50 for 3 skewers. Two of us chose the chicken karaage bento box- in hindsight maybe we should have chosen one of the other protein. Bento box was a good portion size of crisp chicken, seaweed salad ( thankfully tasty and not slimy!!), two pieces of sushi and generous bowl of rice. It came with a bowl of miso soup. Substantial meal with soy sauce and chilli condiment on the table. Would have liked a little more wasabi and pickled ginger. My son had the pork Yaki soba and refused to allow me to photograph it. Because it looked delicious, tasted super and deserved to be treated with respect - not subjected to silliness!!!We didn’t have dessert or drinks.Really good meal. Fun fact- the rice should be close to you while eating bento- which is similar to when you eat traditional Indian food in a thaali or banana leaf!! The only downside was they only accept cash which is clearly advertised on the door so no excuses- 4 stars because it seems so anachronistic to not accept credit cards in restaurants.
Mkangi
Menu looked good, but room for improvement in the service. Unlike other tables, we weren’t asked about any allergies - had they done so, we’d have explained we don’t eat meat or shellfish, and they wouldn’t have served us pork and prawns with our salmon dish…
vsolano
It was served quickly, it was full of flavour. I recommend the lobster ramen, but it is cooked from frozen so the texture is compromised due to this. The ramen with fried chicken on the side had delicious spices in the batter.
Both chinken and beef Bento box are delicious. Tempura ramen is unsavory. Sashimi is not fresh and delicate enough. I don't recommend.It accepts cash only.
Looks nice sadly I didn't go in there .but always looks busy
We enjoyed the creative and delicious food so much that we ate here twice during our 5-day stay in Oxford. The waitstaff were mostly helpful and friendly. One or two had a negative attitude. They confused our 4-person reservation and booked us into a 2-person table, then they were annoyed that they had to find a larger table to seat us.
A great restaurant, wonderful
Recommend the Sukiyaki hot pot! Great value for money for Oxford. Been here many times and would come back.
The food here was great, service was fast and friendly. Prices also make it great value for money!Dietary restrictions: They are very helpful and will check with the chef if you need info about certain ingredients.
Today was my third time visiting SHIN. My first two visits to the restaurant were great, the tonkotsu ramen was fantastic with great portions sizes and the noodles cooked perfectly. I'm very sad to say that today's visit was extremely disappointing, we ordered the beef gyudon and the pork tonkotsu ramen. The ramen noodles were overcooked , the broth watery and lacking flavour and had a mystery nut or seed which my partner had the displeasure of eating, the beef gyudon was one of the worst I've ever tasted, extremely watery and tasteless. We couldn't taste any sake or mirin at all and after adding lots of soy sauce and chilli oil we still struggled to get any flavour out of the dish, they also forgot to add pickled ginger. The glasses smelt extremely bad so we didn't drink any of the water, we weren't asked how our food was so all in all the restaurant left a bad taste in our mouths. They were close to closing but there's no excuse for these kinds of mistakes, please hire chefs that know what they're doing.
Why should you go to Shin when there is an excellent choice of different food cusines in Gloucester green market just in front- simply because it is rather sublime! Delightful restaurant with lovely decor. We didn’t have a reservation but didn’t have to wait long for a table for 3. Service was quick and friendly. Only one big eater amongst us otherwise we would have ordered a lot more! We had the chicken yakitori - which was delicious and cost £7.50 for 3 skewers. Two of us chose the chicken karaage bento box- in hindsight maybe we should have chosen one of the other protein. Bento box was a good portion size of crisp chicken, seaweed salad ( thankfully tasty and not slimy!!), two pieces of sushi and generous bowl of rice. It came with a bowl of miso soup. Substantial meal with soy sauce and chilli condiment on the table. Would have liked a little more wasabi and pickled ginger. My son had the pork Yaki soba and refused to allow me to photograph it. Because it looked delicious, tasted super and deserved to be treated with respect - not subjected to silliness!!!We didn’t have dessert or drinks.Really good meal. Fun fact- the rice should be close to you while eating bento- which is similar to when you eat traditional Indian food in a thaali or banana leaf!! The only downside was they only accept cash which is clearly advertised on the door so no excuses- 4 stars because it seems so anachronistic to not accept credit cards in restaurants.
Menu looked good, but room for improvement in the service. Unlike other tables, we weren’t asked about any allergies - had they done so, we’d have explained we don’t eat meat or shellfish, and they wouldn’t have served us pork and prawns with our salmon dish…
It was served quickly, it was full of flavour. I recommend the lobster ramen, but it is cooked from frozen so the texture is compromised due to this. The ramen with fried chicken on the side had delicious spices in the batter.
Restaurantji Recommends
Amazing food and wonderful staff! Its truly an oxford gem. Highly recommended the sushi and hotpot!
Lovely restaurant, welcoming environment and all staff were efficient and friendly. Food was amazing 10/10 definitely go
Gets the job done. Had a nice Tonkotsu ramen on a cold Jan day and nice sushi box in the summer. Nice solid option.
I love them all so much:)
Very tasty tonkotsu ramen