Junmai Station

Delicious! Decided to pick up some chicken curry and a teriyaki spam rice "ball" for lunch and was amazingly surprised! I lived in Japan for 4 years and real authentic (un-americanized) Japanese food is hard to come by here in the U.S.. I am so glad I took a chance and came here! The place is small and little room to eat in-store, but they do have some outside tables. The menu is small, but the food is delicious and I saw many people ordering from here! The staff was friendly and food was prepared quick. Cards, cash, & contactless payments accepted!

Really enjoyed this for a quick to-go order in downtown Tampa. The service was very friendly, my food was made quickly, and it was piping hot even after a bit of a walk from the restaurant to my destination. The gyudon was flavorful and filling - though I agree with another reviewer that I expected a little more sauce. I was tempted by their mochi selection and ordered a coconut one for dessert and it was delicious!

I was in downtown courthouse serving jury duty. After sitting many hours in the Jury room waiting to be called. We finally got one hour lunch break. To stretch my legs, I walked couple blocks to Junmai station to get a quick bite. I like onigiri. By the time I got there, they only had couple flavors left. I picked the teriyaki glaze spam and the salted baked salmon. They were both very good. The spam was panfried, a slice of egg was between rice ball and spam and the glaze was sweet. I liked the salmon bit in the rice ball. The rice got good texture. The flavor was balance. The room temperature rice balls tasted just right, no need to be microwave heat up. The place is quite small with a lot of customers waiting for their food. They got quite busy during the lunch hour. This is a unique little shop in downtown Tampa serving authentic, tasty Japanese food.

It's such a cute little restaurant! We walked in after craving some onigiri. There's a rule of only buying 4. That was fine with us as there were only 4 flavors left. We really enjoyed all of our meals. The bowls all came with miso soup! We also ordered edamame, the mochi from japan, and the cheesecake bun! Also very delicious.Our most favorite bowl was the pork belly bowl. It had a nice gingery taste and was perfectly cooked! If we loved here and worked in downtown, we would definitely be here all the time. The employees were always checking in on us and were the sweetest things ever?

This was a great find to enjoy lunch while attending an event at the nearby convention center. Junmai Station has a bit of an unassuming presence but their food and friendly service certainly made a positive impact. We went around 12:45 pm and unfortunately, nearly all of the onigiri were sold out, so definitely worth it to go earlier. We were fortunate to enjoy the salted salmon onigiri which had a good texture on the rice and well-seasoned salmon, with the only wish being that the seaweed wrap was sturdier. We also tried their gyu-don and ahi tuna-don. The gyu-don had the right level of seasoning for our palates, with a good amount of beef and onions in the bowl. The spicy tuna don was also excellent, with sliced, buttery avocado. The miso soup that came with the rice bowls also tasted fresh and properly seasoned.Overall, it was a great visit to Junmai Station and the main recommendation is to get there early to get the chance to try their other onigiri options in addition to their rice bowls.

Authentic musubi place in downtown Tampa? Yes please! While their musubi is authentic and delicious, I thought the price is bit too expensive. On the other hand, the combo meals are reasonable. They come with a delicious miso soup. I loved their Gyudon (very authentic) but could have used a little more sauce (I am used to Yoshinoya). Unfortunately I did not like their curry dish, as it looked more red than authentic Japanese curry and tasted like ketchup was in it. It had nice kick tho. The service was bit standoffish.....I didn't really like the vibe of this place. Not so welcoming and the workers seem unhappy as well. Anyways overall a delicious & authentic Japanese dishes good for takeout. Go there early! Most of musubis are out by 2pm.

One of my favorite lunch spots in the Downtown area! Reasonably priced, consistently fast service and fresh food! I love all of their rice balls and have recently started trying their bowls - which are only $12 and come with a complimentary miso soup! Tried the chicken teriyaki bowl last week and absolutely loved it!

Can't believe we didn't know about this place even though we've been passing by the area frequently. It's a tiny place so most people were taking food to go. A lot of their stuffed rice balls were selling out quick so I'd recommend going there earlier than later if you want to try those. We were able to grab a variety of em (only 1 was sold out, and we were there at around noon). The salmon one and the spam one were my fav!We also got the Buta Don bowl (good, a lil bland imo) and the takoyaki (was too mushy, def had better...). Overall, a good place to pick up some quick, fairly healthy food for lunch!

My favorite grab-and-go lunch spot in downtown. The tuna always tastes high-quality and fresh, never gristly. The portions are pretty solid for the prices and I love, love, *love* their miso soup. Pro tip: call ahead 15-20 mins if you're ordering during peak lunch hours-- this is a popular spot for people working in downtown, and it can't take a bit for the food to come out otherwise. Always worth the wait, though!

Excellent Japanese food. Basically a takeaway place with a few seats inside and out. We had the pork belly bowl and a salty salmon roll. Highly recommend!