Fukuoka Restaurants

  1. Café Serena

    Eaten your fill of rāmen (noodles)? Café Serena, located in Hotel Nikkō Fukuoka, has an unforgettable continental French buffet, as well as an à la carte menu serving succulent roast duck and tropical fruit sorbet.

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  2. CHINA

    CHINA (282-1234; 1F Grand Hyatt Hotel, Canal City; dim sum ¥2800; ;lunch) A Cantonese banquet hall offering all-you-can-eat dim sum.

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  3. Hakata Ippudo Ramen

    Hakata Ippudo Ramen; Look for the big red lantern at the entrance to this cosy and bustling rāmen shop, one of several branches in town. The English menu boasts of Hakata-style gyōza dumplings, traditionally made small so dainty Hakata women would not have to suffer the indignity of opening their mouths too wide to eat them.

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  4. Ichiran

    Ichiran has been serving noodles for 39 years. Unusually, customers eat at individual cubicles, and fill out forms requesting precisely how they want their noodles prepared. Flavour strength, fat content, noodle tenderness, quantity of special sauce and garlic content can all be regulated. An English language request form is also available.

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  5. IMS building

    The IMS building in Tenjin has prime skyline views from its 12th- and 13th-floor restaurants, including No No Budo a busy 'all-you-can-eat' buffet, with fresh fish and meat dishes, noodles, salads, soups and desserts. Nearby is Pietro Corte Mrs Elizabeth Muffin (733-2083) in the basement food court sells sweet muffins with free coffee refills!

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  7. Menchan

    Menchan is a friendly place that opens as dusk approaches. It's a favourite with noodle-lovers who frequent the place to slurp bowls of soup prepared in famous styles hailing from Hokkaidō all the way to southern Kyūshū.

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  8. Nazuki

    This snappy Oyafuko-dori eatery makes excellent cold Korean rāmen and fried rice bowls.

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  9. Pietro Corte

    The IMS building in Tenjin has prime skyline views from its 12th- and 13th-floor restaurants, including No No Budo a busy 'all-you-can-eat' buffet, with fresh fish and meat dishes, noodles, salads, soups and desserts. Nearby is Pietro Corte Mrs Elizabeth Muffin in the basement food court sells sweet muffins with free coffee refills!

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  10. Pik's Coffee Shop

    For bacon and eggs with a uniquely Japanese spin, head for this retro-'50s diner where the music and the menu are straight out of Kansas City, but the cook and clientele are local. Plus root beer and free coffee refills.

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  11. West

    Near the Hakata-gawa, this is a steamy noodle shop with excellent tempura.

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  13. Yamasaki

    Just off busy Oyafuko-dori, this traditional eatery serves up excellent fish, salads and teishoku sets. Grilled sanma (mackerel) or netsuke (red snapper), a salad and beer will cost you about ¥1750. No English sign; look for the small 'Chestnut' signboard. A picture menu is available.

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