Salt Lake City Ramen: Koyote or Tosh's for Your Next Bowl?
Salt & Seek / Salt Lake City
Start with the broth. Koyote offers a clear-stock, Tokyo-style bowl and a sesame-based alternative; Tosh’s State Street menu puts pork broth, curry and shiitake-kelp broth side by side.
These two Salt Lake City ramen stops answer different ordering questions. Koyote is useful when you want to compare noodle and broth styles. Tosh’s makes the choice especially clear when one person wants a pork bowl and another wants a mushroom-based option. Here is what the official menus say, along with the location details that keep you from heading to the wrong branch.
Salt Lake City
Koyote
Koyote sits at 551 W 400 N, Suite 101, in Salt Lake City. Its own story dates the restaurant to 2023 and names chefs Tagai and Oliveira. That ramen-focused background is most useful here as an ordering clue: the menu distinguishes different broth and noodle styles rather than treating every bowl as the same soup with a new topping.
What to order
- The Classic. Tokyo-style soy-sauce chuuka soba, with straight egg noodles in a clear chicken-and-pork stock. Choose it when that stock and noodle combination is the point of your visit.
- Tantan-men. The official listing describes a creamy sesame stock and wavy noodles. It is marked vegetarian, with a vegan option available; ask for that option rather than assuming the standard preparation is vegan.
The Classic’s clear meat stock and straight egg noodles are a different starting point from the creamy sesame Tantan-men. Check the current official menu for prices and today’s availability; no current Koyote price is quoted here.
Plan the visitKoyote explicitly says it is first come, first served and does not take reservations. Build flexibility into the meal if you have a fixed start time elsewhere; no reliable wait-time estimate was available.
Address: 551 W 400 N, Suite 101, Salt Lake City, UT 84116
Salt Lake City
Tosh’s Ramen on State Street
This guide covers 1465 S State Street. Use that address when comparing the menu below: Tosh’s Ramen Express at Woodbine Food Hall is a different location, and its photographs do not establish State Street portions or presentation.
What to order
- Tonkotsu Ramen, $12.95. Pork broth and wheat noodles with pork slices, a soft-boiled egg, bean sprouts and scallions. This is the direct choice if you want the pork-broth bowl on this menu.
- Curry Ramen, $14.95. Beef curry is combined with pork broth, wheat noodles, a pork cutlet, egg and fried bok choy. The cutlet and mixed meat-based broth distinguish it from the tonkotsu order.
- Vegetarian Ramen, $12.95. Shiitake-and-kelp broth with wheat noodles, fried bok choy, king trumpet mushroom, sesame chili oil and vegetables. Ask the restaurant about any ingredient restrictions beyond its vegetarian label.
The curry bowl is $2 more than the listed tonkotsu or vegetarian bowl before tax and any extras. That is a useful menu comparison, not a promise about how much food a particular diner will need.
Plan the visitThe restaurant’s State Street website is the source for these prices and ingredients. Follow its current service information before leaving; the Express account linked beneath the photos is not the source of the State Street menu.
Address: 1465 S State St, Salt Lake City, UT 84115
Choose the bowl before the add-ons
If you want a clear chicken-and-pork broth, start with Koyote’s Classic. If you want sesame-based ramen, ask about its Tantan-men preparation. For a straightforward price comparison at Tosh’s, decide between the $12.95 tonkotsu or vegetarian bowl and the $14.95 curry bowl with its pork cutlet. Keep those prices separate from drinks, sides, tax and tip.
Before you go
Can I reserve a table at Koyote?
No. Koyote’s official site says it does not take reservations and seats guests first come, first served.
Which choices are vegetarian?
Koyote lists Tantan-men as vegetarian with a vegan option; Tosh’s lists a shiitake-and-kelp Vegetarian Ramen. Confirm sauces, toppings and preparation with the restaurant if you need a specific dietary accommodation.
Are the Tosh’s photos from State Street?
No. The images are credited to Tosh’s Ramen Express at Woodbine Food Hall, 545 W 700 S. They are presented as clearly labelled branch photos, not as evidence of the State Street menu or room.
