Open 6pm-1am (LO). Closed Sundays.
Gourmet noodles and izakaya fare, with shochu and wine to drink.
Open 6pm-1am (LO). Closed Sundays.
Open 11am-9pm (LO) daily.
Sarashina soba noodles, the specialty here, are made only from the refined core of the buckwheat kernel. Noodles here are served with two dipping sauces - sweet and spicy - which you can combine as...
Open 11am-9pm (LO) daily.
Open 11am-3:15am (LO) daily.
This popular after-work drinking spot offers very affordable prices - you can enjoy a couple of drinks and snacks here for under Y2000. Deep-fried kushiage skewers start at around Y140, and you can...
Open 11am-3:15am (LO) daily.
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
While this is ostensibly a soba shop, most evening visitors are here for the deep-fried kushiage skewers, served with sake, shochu or beer. Skewers come in a nice range of both seafood and vegetable...
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
Open 11:30am-2, 5-11:30pm (Sat, Sun -10:30) daily.
A sake and soba restaurant, Kuraya serves soba made from 90% buckwheat, supplemented by simple izakaya fare like grilled fish and chicken, and tofu and yuba dishes. The sake is from well-known...
Open 11:30am-2, 5-11:30pm (Sat, Sun -10:30) daily.
Open 11:30am-2:30, 5-10pm (LO; Sat, Sun -9pm) daily.
More than forty craft sakes from small breweries around the country are offered here for your delectation, with most priced at around Y500-700 per 90ml serving. The food menu offers appetizing...
Open 11:30am-2:30, 5-10pm (LO; Sat, Sun -9pm) daily.
Open 11:30am-8pm (LO). Closed Wednesdays.
Probably Tokyo's most famous soba shop, located in a beautiful antique Japanese house with woodblock prints on the wall.
Open 11:30am-8pm (LO). Closed Wednesdays.
Open 11am-8pm. Closed Sundays and holidays.
This long-established shop serves yabu- (rough-) style soba noodles made from a 5-1 mix of buckwheat to wheat flour, plus egg yolks.
Open 11am-8pm. Closed Sundays and holidays.
Open 11:30am-8:30pm (LO; Sat -3:30pm). Closed Sundays.
The original Sunaba was one of the first famous soba shops in Japan, and this branch has been going strong since the late 1940s. Specialties include their tamago-yaki (rolled omelette) and chicken...
Open 11:30am-8:30pm (LO; Sat -3:30pm). Closed Sundays.
Open 11:30am-7:30pm. Closed Thursdays.
Established in 1913, this well-known soba shop serves up noodles in a traditional setting, with cobblestoned floors and some tatami-mat seating, supplemented by big tables that are shared when it...
Open 11:30am-7:30pm. Closed Thursdays.
Open 11am-3, 5-10pm (Sat 11-3). Closed Sundays.
The master at Tanaka commutes in to this shop every day from the far side of Chiba, about two hours away. He is a surfer, and that part of Japan has some nice waves in the morning. That part of...
Open 11am-3, 5-10pm (Sat 11-3). Closed Sundays.
Nikusoba Keisuke - Ramen: Koto-ku
Open 11am-11:30pm daily.
Keisuke is best known for their excellent, potently strong shoyu-style ramen.
Open 11am-11:30pm daily.
Open 11:45am-3, 5-8:45pm. Closed Mon, 3rd Tue.
First-rate noodles in a tastefully austere modern setting, with a tiny garden visible just out the front window. The soba is quite a bit firmer and chewier than average, with a thick and milky,...
Open 11:45am-3, 5-8:45pm. Closed Mon, 3rd Tue.
Honmura An - Soba: Ogikubo
Open 11am-8:30pm. Closed Tuesdays, 3rd Monday.
First-class soba -- they also had a very popular branch in New York City's Soho neighborhood.
Open 11am-8:30pm. Closed Tuesdays, 3rd Monday.
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