TokyoRestaurants

Soba restaurants in Tokyo

  1. A

    Kanda Yabu Soba

    A wooden wall and a small garden enclose this venerable buckwheat-noodle shop. When you walk in, staff singing out the orders is one of the first signs that you’ve arrived in a singular, ageless place. Raised tatami platforms and a darkly wooded dining room set the stage for show-stopping soba. There’s a sister branch in Asakusa: Namiki Yabu Soba.

    reviewed

  2. B

    Honmura-an

    The soba is made right here at this minimalist noodle shop on a Roppongi side street; try these delicately flavoured noodles on a bamboo mat, with tempura or with dainty slices of kamo (duck). Honmura-An had legions of fans from when it was a famed and fashionable shop in Lower Manhattan; the owner has since returned home and created legions of fans here, too.

    reviewed

  3. C

    Namiki Yabu Soba

    A wooden wall and a small garden enclose this venerable buckwheat-noodle shop. When you walk in, staff singing out the orders is one of the first signs that you’ve arrived in a singular, ageless place. Raised tatami platforms and a darkly wooded dining room set the stage for show-stopping soba. There’s a sister branch in Asakusa: Namiki Yabu Soba.

    reviewed

  4. D

    Mucha-an

    Perched on a hill inside Chinzan-sō garden, this shop in a wood-built former ryokan (transported from across town) makes its own noodles and serves them simply: on a seiro (bamboo mat on a wooden box), or with kamo (duck), hot or cold. Grab a seat by the window for the best views. When you’re done, there are bamboo toothpicks.

    reviewed