DENJU

350A E State St, West Lafayette - 47906
48 reviews
Japanese

Amazing but too bad cannot dine in

The most authentic Japanese food near Purdue!

Open details incorrect, listed as dine-in available but incorrect, have to order ahead of time and last order is 1hr before they close?!?

I first tried Denju as the pandemic was beginning to wane -- yeah, the numbers are trending downwards, but most people in Indiana have decided everything is over and are out spewing their germs on each other in the most unsafe ways they can come up with. So I have to applaud a restaurant sticking to requiring masks, pick up only, and even setting up a makeshift plastic barrier to slide food to customers from. I feel safer eating here than anywhere else in this town, and that will continue even when the pandemic is truly over. Surely this serious attitude towards safety and cleanliness applies to their cooking in general.I'm a vegetarian, so it's unfortunate that they seem to only have a single option for vegetarians, the vegetable croquettes (with curry sauce, over rice)... but it's hard to complain when they're this good! The sauce, if you don't add spice, has a slightly sweet sort of complex taste, with some chunks of veggies mixed in. It's all clearly freshly made and, considering what's in it, a meal I can feel pretty good about. The amount of food was too much for me to even handle, and even though we picked it up a bit late, it was still nice and warm when we got around to eating it ~20 minutes later.Can't recommend enough, will definitely be back. I only hope they eventually come up with more meat-less options!おいしい!

Ramen, senzaki fried chicken, takoyaki (nice chew, not mushy), and nigiris (fresh stuff, good portion) were legitimately amazing. A little more expensive than the area but well worth the price.

I love their healthy homemade dishes by Japanese owner chef! My favorite best restaurant so far and they are very nice! I found this place on Instagram and their Ramen is special. I can tell the taste is gentle and mild, not the strong taste as other restaurants because they don’t use chemical seasoning and I love the dishes especially authentic Ramen from scratch and fresh Sushi!! This place is new and popular with Japanese people and I really recommend this restaurant for the people who cares for healthy homemade food!

Tastes poorly.

We always pick up during the pandemic. They really save our lives whenever we have no idea what to eat or we’re lazy at cooking by ourselves. Their food is so good. Yuzi ramen is my current favorite. They always update their menu which gives us surprise sometimes. I’m not sure if any new dishes coming in the future would become my newest favorite. By the way, the fried oysters always come with nice quality.

Carry out only with extremely safe protocol! And the Ramen is fresh Delicious!

Pretty pricy stuff, but good