11 japanese ramen rooms in Tokyo we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Tokyo | Japanese Ramen across every city.
Tokyo ramen spans clean late-night bowls and Michelin-honoured shoyu, with branches open into the small hours. Afuri in Ebisu pours a light yuzu-shio ramen from Kochi citrus and stays open until 05:00, while Japanese Soba Noodles Tsuta in Yoyogi-Uehara was the first ramen shop to earn a Michelin star, in the 2016 guide. For the solo-booth tonkotsu format, Ichiran in Shibuya runs 24 hours with its customisation slip.
Afuri Ebisu ★ 4.5
ebisu · Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0013, Japan
Afuri in Tokyo's Ebisu pours light yuzu-shio ramen from Kochi citrus into a chicken-dashi broth. Open 11:00 until 05:00, the canonical late-night clean bowl.
Japanese Soba Noodles Tsuta ★ 4.7
shibuya · Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0066, Japan
Tsuta in Tokyo's Yoyogi-Uehara was the first ramen shop with a Michelin star (2016), held it four years, still pours shoyu with stone-milled noodles.
Ichiran Shibuya ★ 4.0
shibuya · Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0041, Japan
Ichiran in Tokyo's Shibuya runs the solo-booth tonkotsu format 24 hours, with the customisation slip for noodle firmness, broth richness and spicy level.
Ippudo Roppongi ★ 4.2
roppongi · Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032, Japan
Ippudo Roppongi in Tokyo is the Hakata-style tonkotsu chain's late-night branch, open until 03:00 weekends. The standard intro to creamy pork ramen.
Afuri Harajuku ★ 4.4
harajuku · Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001, Japan
Afuri Harajuku in Tokyo is the Yamagata-Kochi yuzu-ramen chain's brightest branch, with a vegan yuzu-shio bowl on the same menu. Open 11:00-23:00 daily.
Ichiran Shibuya ★ 4.0
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0041, Japan
Ichiran in Tokyo's Shibuya runs 24-hour tonkotsu ramen for solo-booth eaters. The vending-machine ticket and slip make it the canonical late bowl.
Afuri Ebisu ★ 4.5
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0013, Japan
Afuri in Tokyo's Ebisu runs yuzu-shio ramen until 05:00 daily. The cleanest late-night clean bowl in the city, three minutes from Ebisu Station.
Ippudo Roppongi ★ 4.2
Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032, Japan
Ippudo Roppongi in Tokyo pours Hakata-style tonkotsu until 03:00 on Friday and Saturday. The standard late ramen between Roppongi Crossing and Ark Hills.
Rokurinsha Tokyo Station late ★ 4.6
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan
Rokurinsha in Tokyo Station Ramen Street pours dense pork-and-fish tsukemen until 22:30 last order. Canonical thick-noodle bowl before the last Shinkansen.
Ichiran Shibuya ★ 4.0
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0041, Japan
Ichiran in Tokyo's Shibuya runs 24-hour tonkotsu ramen for under 1,500 yen including a kaedama refill. Vending machine ticketing, solo-booth seating.
Afuri Ebisu ★ 4.5
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0013, Japan
Afuri in Tokyo's Ebisu serves yuzu-shio ramen for around 1,200 yen, open 11:00-05:00 daily. The lightest clean late-night bowl near Ebisu Station.