Za-Ya is a Japanese restaurant in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

Our menu features ramen, poke bowls and select small plates all focused on quality ingredients.

Chef-owner Iveelt Bayart is from Mongolia but grew up living around the world and moved to New York City in October of 1999. He worked in the restaurant industry ever since and has held front of the house positions at some of the best restaurants in the city including managing for Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s wildly successful Spice Market, Gray Kunz’s Café Gray and serving as a General Manager for 3 restaurants helmed by chef Tadashi Ono, among others.

Dinner Menu

Vegetables

Edamame 6

Truffle sea salt

Kinpira 8

Spicy sauteed burdock and carrots / Lotus roots, chili

Cold Tofu 15

House made soft tofu, spicy garlic sauce, sweet onions, snow peas

Arugula Avocado Salad 12

Sesame dressing, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers and lotus root chips

Mushrooms 13

Japanese mushrooms baked in paper, soy citrus oil, shichimi

Korokke 9

Potato, corn and chilies in panko, deep fried, ketchup mayo

Shishito 8

Vegetarian soy dashi, fried onions

Fish and Meats

Poke 18

Tuna, salmon, yellowtail and avocado dressed in house poke sauce over sushi rice

Saba 12

Miso braised mackerel filet, ginger pickles

Unagi pie 13

Eel, scallions baked in puff pastry.

Karaage 12

Boneless chicken bites, dredged in garlic-ginger soy batter, spicy mayo

Okonomiyaki 15

Savory pancake with bacon, cabbage, seaweed, mayo and okonomi sauce, fish flakes

Bulgogi 14

Sauteed thin sliced sirloin beef, onions and green peppers, house bulgogi sauce

Ramen

Gyukotsu 19

Beef bone marrow broth, braised short rib beef, sweet onions, wood ear mushrooms, scallions, garlic chips. Thin noodles.

Gyukotsu Miso (Spicy) 19

Beef bone marrow broth, braised short rib, corn, bean sprouts, scallions. Wavy noodles.

Shoyu 17

Chicken broth, pork belly, spinach, bamboo shoots and scallions. Wavy noodles.

Niboshi 17

Chicken broth, spicy smoky fish oil, pork belly, bean sprouts, scallions. Wavy noodles.

Miso 16

Oat milk and mushroom broth, sweet corn, shiitake mushrooms, scallions, bean sprouts, lotus root chips. Wavy noodles.

Mayu 16

Oat milk and mushroom broth, black garlic oil, house made tofu, wood ear mushrooms, scallions, garlic chips. Thin noodles.

Lunch Menu

Hours and Location

Dinner

Tuesday through Saturday 5:30pm to 10pm

Sunday and Monday

Closed

Directions

321 Starr Street, Brooklyn NY 11237

Reach us via the Jefferson St. Subway Station

Reservations

Book your Za-Ya reservation on Resy

Online Ordering

Order with Toast