Rai Rai Tei is a ramen budget eat in Minami Ku, Hiroshima.
Editorially verified August 3, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Lunch service stops at 15:30 from Tuesday to Saturday and the shop is closed on Mondays, so plan around the break.
Address: 3-3 Nishi-Midori-machi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima
Tsubame Ramen feeds western Hiroshima a cheap soy-and-pork chuka soba from a small Higashi-Kanon room a few minutes from the Tenmacho tram stop.
Try: Chuka soba
Tip: The shop runs straight through from 11:30 to 22:00 every day except Sunday, when the shutters stay down.
Reichan starts its Hiroshima soba okonomiyaki at 790 yen inside ekie, which is fair going for a counter built into the Hiroshima Station complex itself.
Try: Soba okonomiyaki
Tip: Squid and prawn toppings push the bill up quickly; the plain soba version is the budget order here.
Bakudanya sells Hiroshima tsukemen for under 1,000 yen in Shintenchi: cold noodles with cabbage, cucumber and a chilli dipping sauce you grade yourself.
Try: Hiroshima tsukemen
Tip: Heat runs on a numbered scale, and asking for a lower number costs nothing and keeps the sauce readable.
Chukasoba Youki in Eba has sold one bowl of Hiroshima chuka soba since 1958, and it remains among the cheapest good lunches anywhere in the city.
Try: Chuka soba
Tip: There is nothing else on the menu, so the queue moves quickly even when it runs out of the door.
Musashibo sells Hiroshima's broth-free tantanmen from a ticket machine in Fujimi-cho, with every heat level priced exactly the same as the rest.
Try: Shirunashi tantanmen
Tip: Buy the ticket before you sit down, and stir the bowl hard before the first mouthful or the chilli oil stays at the bottom.
Lopez charges 730 yen for a griddle cake of vegetables, pork and egg in Hiroshima, or 880 yen with soba added, and the jalapenos cost nothing extra.
Try: Jalapeno okonomiyaki
Tip: Central and South American plates share the board with the okonomiyaki, and the whole menu stays under 1,000 yen.