34 cheap eats rooms in Fukuoka, editor-picked. the best low-budget rooms in Fukuoka: the places editors actually return to. All Fukuoka food.
Hakata Issou Honten ★ 4.7
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0013, Japan
Hakata Issou's Honten runs to 24:00 every night. Tonkotsu cappuccino foam-headed pork bone broth, ten minutes from Hakata Station on the Chikushi side.
Tip: Open 11:00-24:00 daily. Queues run the block; the late slot from 22:00 clears.
Hakata Issou Honten ★ 4.7
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0013, Japan
Hakata Issou Honten is ten minutes from hakata station on the chikushi side, away from the main station ramen row; tourists usually go to deitos.
Tip: Open 11:00-24:00 daily. Queues run the block; arrive before 11:30 or after 21:00.
Kasanoya Dazaifu ★ 4.6
hakata · Fukuoka 818-0117, Japan
Kasanoya has run umegae mochi on the Dazaifu pilgrimage road since 1922. Grilled-to-order plum-mark rice cakes filled with sweet red bean paste.
Tip: Five minutes from Dazaifu Station. Open daily; no closing day.
Hakata Issou Honten Budget ★ 4.6
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0013, Japan
Hakata Issou's tonkotsu cappuccino comes in under 1,200 yen for the bowl plus a kaedama refill. Worth the queue for the price-to-quality ratio in Hakata.
Tip: Open 11:00-24:00 daily. Arrive before 11:30 or after 21:00 Cash is faster than card.
Kasanoya Umegae Mochi ★ 4.6
hakata · Fukuoka 818-0117, Japan
Kasanoya's umegae mochi at 130 yen each is one of the cheapest day-trip food orders. Grilled-to-order plum-mark rice cakes filled with sweet red bean paste.
Tip: Walk-in only. Open 09:00-18:00 daily; no closing day Cash is faster than card.
I'm Donut? Fukuoka ★ 4.5
tenjin · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0004, Japan
I'm Donut? in Fukuoka is the Hirako lineage's donut shop. Soft, light, chewy nama donuts in classic and seasonal flavours; queues stretch the block.
Tip: Walk-in only, often sold out by 14:00. Closest subway is Tenjin Minami exit 6.
Shin-Shin Tenjin ★ 4.5
tenjin · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0001, Japan
Shin-Shin Tenjin runs to 03:00, the canonical late-night ramen in central Fukuoka. Lighter tonkotsu broth than the Hakata norm with the best yakimeshi side.
Tip: Open 11:00-03:00. Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Shin-Shin Tenjin Honten ★ 4.5
tenjin · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0001, Japan
Shin-Shin pours a Hakata tonkotsu plus the city's better yakimeshi side under 1,200 yen. The 03:00 close anchors the cheaper Tenjin late-night plate.
Tip: Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Walk-in only.
Yanagibashi Rengo Ichiba Lunch Counters ★ 4.5
hakata · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0003, Japan
Several Yanagibashi stalls serve ready-to-eat seafood don, tempura plates and rice balls between 600 and 1,200 yen. The cheapest serious breakfast in Hakata.
Tip: Closed Sundays. Arrive before noon for the freshest stock Cash is faster than card.
Hakata Ikkousha Honten ★ 4.5
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0011, Japan
Hakata Ikkousha's original-froth tonkotsu under 1,200 yen with kaedama refill. Five minutes from Hakata Station; cheaper than Ippudo, same bracket as Issou.
Tip: Daily 11:00-24:00. Vending-machine tickets.
I'm Donut? Fukuoka ★ 4.5
tenjin · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0004, Japan
I'm Donut? in Fukuoka pours nama donuts in classic and seasonal flavours from a small Watanabe-dori shop. The morning queue is the city's most reliable.
Tip: Walk-in only, often sold out by 14:00. Closest subway is Tenjin Minami exit 6.
Yanagibashi Rengo Ichiba Breakfast ★ 4.5
hakata · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0003, Japan
Yanagibashi Rengo Ichiba opens at 08:00 with ready-to-eat seafood don and tempura plates at several market counters. Hakata's best two hours of breakfast.
Tip: Closed Sundays and public holidays. Five-minute drive from Hakata Station.
Ebisuya Udon Hakata Sumiyoshi ★ 4.4
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0018, Japan
Ebisuya's flat Hakata-style udon won the 2014 Japan Udon Championship runner-up. The Kalbi Bukkake bowl with chewy noodles and a Mihoran egg is the signature.
Tip: Open 11:10-18:00, closed Wednesdays. Lunch queues clear by 13:30.
Ebisuya Udon Hakata Sumiyoshi ★ 4.4
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0018, Japan
Ebisuya's flat Hakata-style udon won runner-up at the 2014 Japan Udon Championship. The signature Kalbi Bukkake pairs chewy flat noodles with a raw egg.
Tip: Open 11:10-18:00, closed Wednesdays. Lunch queues clear by 13:30.
Daichi no Udon ★ 4.4
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0011, Japan
Daichi's Hakata Station-front shop runs the city's most-talked-about goboten udon: a tower of crispy burdock-root tempura over a bowl of soft Hakata noodles.
Tip: Open from 10:00 most days. The B2 station-area branch has the shortest queues.
Hide-Chan Yatai (Nakasu) ★ 4.4
nakasu · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 810-0801, Japan
Hide-Chan's yatai on the Nakasu canal pours a lighter tonkotsu often called the perfect post-drinking close. Same operator runs the Ramen Stadium counter.
Tip: Cash only. Six counter stools, walk-in only.
Ebisuya Udon Sumiyoshi ★ 4.4
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0018, Japan
Ebisuya Udon Sumiyoshi on Sumiyoshi in Hakata is the Wednesday-closed udon counter off the main grid, drawing local lunch queues that clear by 13:30.
Tip: Open 11:10-18:00. Closed Wednesdays. Lunch queues clear by 13:30.
Ebisuya Udon Hakata Sumiyoshi ★ 4.4
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0018, Japan
Ebisuya Udon's Kalbi Bukkake bowl at 780 yen was the 2014 Japan Udon Championship runner-up. Flat Hakata noodles, kalbi beef, raw Mihoran egg.
Tip: Closed Wednesdays. Lunch queues clear after 13:30.
Daichi no Udon Hakata ★ 4.4
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0011, Japan
Daichi no Udon goboten udon piles burdock tempura on a soft Hakata noodle bowl. Hakata Station B2 branch is the cheapest counter for a serious udon bowl.
Tip: Open from 10:00. Add a small bowl of rice for the broth soak.
Hide-Chan Yatai ★ 4.4
nakasu · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 810-0801, Japan
Hide-Chan's Nakasu yatai pours Hakata tonkotsu at the canal-side stall for under 1,000 yen. The post-drinking late-night close most locals order.
Tip: Cash only; six counter stools. Walk-in only.
Nagahama Number One Gion ★ 4.3
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0038, Japan
Nagahama Number One grew from a 1971 yatai. The Gion branch sits two minutes from Gion subway and pours a 20-hour tonkotsu over ultra-thin noodles.
Tip: 11:30-23:00 daily, Sundays close at 22:00. Walk-in only; turnover is fast.
Nagahama Number One Gion ★ 4.3
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0038, Japan
Nagahama Number One grew from a 1971 yatai into a Fukuoka chain. The Gion branch pours a 20-hour tonkotsu over ultra-thin Hakata-style noodles.
Tip: Open 11:30-23:00 daily, Sundays close at 22:00. Walk-in only.
Full Full Bakery ★ 4.3
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0012, Japan
Full Full's mentaiko French roll has been a Hakata souvenir since 2002: a soft baguette split and stuffed with mentaiko-butter, sold by the dozen.
Tip: Counter at Hakata Station's Deitos exit. Boxes of six are the standard order.
Nagahama Number One Nagahama ★ 4.3
hakata · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0072, Japan
Nagahama Number One's original Nagahama branch is famously open nearly 24 hours, also serving oden and izakaya dishes alongside the 20-hour tonkotsu broth.
Tip: Walk-in only. Cash, IC and major cards.
Shodai Hide-Chan ★ 4.3
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0018, Japan
Shodai Hide-Chan in Fukuoka: japanese ramen room. Buried inside Ramen Stadium on the fifth floor of Canal City; most travellers walk past for Ippudo.
Tip: Open with Ramen Stadium 11:00-23:00. Vending-machine tickets.
Nagahama Number One Gion ★ 4.3
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0038, Japan
Nagahama Number One Gion pours Hakata tonkotsu at 700 yen near Gion subway. The cheapest seriously-good ramen in Hakata, with a 20-hour pork bone broth.
Tip: Cash and IC accepted. Kaedama refill is 150 yen.
Full Full Bakery Mentaiko Roll ★ 4.3
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0012, Japan
Full Full's mentaiko French roll at 280 yen has been a Hakata souvenir since 2002. A baguette split and stuffed with mentaiko-butter at Hakata Station.
Tip: Counter at the Hakata Station Deitos exit. Box of six is the standard.
Canal City Ramen Stadium ★ 4.2
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0018, Japan
Ramen Stadium runs eight regional ramen counters on the fifth floor of Canal City: Hakata tonkotsu, Sapporo miso, Kumamoto garlic, all under 1,200 yen.
Tip: Vending-machine tickets at each counter; half-portion samplers available.
Manda Udon Tenjin ★ 4.1
tenjin · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0001, Japan
Manda's small Tenjin counter pours a soft Hakata-style udon with the city's better goboten burdock tempura, working lunch crowds through 800-yen bowls.
Tip: Open from 11:00 most days. Cash and IC card; turnover is fast.
Toffee ★ 4.1
tenjin · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0002, Japan
Toffee combines soymilk and tofu from local Mihara Tofu-Ten with espresso. Five minutes from Tenjin Station. The tofu pudding is the most-ordered sweet.
Tip: Five minutes from Tenjin Station. The tofu pudding is the most-ordered sweet.
Maki no Udon Hakata Bus Terminal ★ 4.0
hakata · Hakata Bus Terminal, 2-1 Hakataeki-Chuogai, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka
Maki no Udon is one of Fukuoka's three big udon chains. The Hakata Bus Terminal branch runs the trademark soft Hakata noodle through commuter rushes.
Tip: Open from 07:00 most weekdays. Vending-machine tickets; cash and IC.
Shirouzu Coffee ★ 4.0
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0039, Japan
Shirouzu is a classic Hakata kissaten near Kushida shrine, with siphon coffee, retro upholstery and a morning-set culture that runs to noon.
Tip: Five minutes from Gion Station. Morning set with toast and egg through 11:00.
Maki no Udon Hakata Bus Terminal ★ 4.0
hakata · Hakata Bus Terminal, 2-1 Hakataeki-Chuogai, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka
Maki no Udon is one of Fukuoka's three big udon chains. The Hakata Bus Terminal branch runs niku udon at 600 yen with cheap kashiwa rice on the side.
Tip: Open from 07:00 most weekdays. Vending-machine tickets Cash is faster than card.
Shirouzu Coffee ★ 4.0
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0039, Japan
Shirouzu is a classic Hakata kissaten with a morning-set programme: toast and egg, retro upholstery and a generation-old morning culture that runs to noon.
Tip: Morning set served through 11:00. Five minutes from Gion Station.