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Best Ramen & Noodles in Kyoto

34 places, each checked by our team.

• Aitsu no Ramen Kataguruma (Honten) あいつのラーメン かたぐるま 本店Nishi-Shichijo — A creamy tonkotsu-shio specialist in Nishi-Shichijo, open daily since 2014 and a regular on the Tabelog Ramen 100 list.
• Furaibo 風来房Nagaokakyo — Nine-seat counter in Nagaokakyo serving tsukemen and tantanmen, a Tabelog Hyakumeiten 2023-2025.
• Ginjo Ramen Kubota 吟醸らーめん 久保田Gojo / Kyoto Station north — Miso tsukemen specialist near Gojo whose thick "diamond" noodles took it to the finals of a national tsukemen championship; open daily since 2007.
• Gion Duck Noodles Gion Duck NoodlesGion — Duck ramen down a narrow Gion alley: a rich, clear duck broth, rosy duck chashu and fruit-sauce duck tsukemen, open all day every day.
• Honke Daiichi Asahi Takabashi 本家第一旭 たかばし本店Kyoto Station (Takabashi) — Kyoto's most famous queue for ramen: light pork-shoyu broth piled with sliced pork and green onion, served from early morning till late, steps from…
• Juko Gundan 重厚軍団Ichijoji — Ichijoji's heavy-hitter for thick tsukemen and garlic maze-soba: a small, gutsy shop on the city's ramen street.
• Kaidashimen Kitada 貝だし麺 きた田Kyoto Station north — Shellfish-broth ramen just north of Kyoto Station, open 7:00 to midnight every day: the best early-morning or last-train bowl in Kyoto.
• Kobushi Ramen 拳ラーメンUmekoji / Suzaku — A quirky, creative shop near Umekoji-Kyotonishi with a cult seafood ramen, a chicken paitan called "Knuckle Punch" and abura-soba with egg rice.
• Kyoto Ramen Koji 京都拉麺小路Kyoto Station — A food court of famous regional ramen shops on the 10th floor of Kyoto Station Building, from Sapporo miso to Hakata tonkotsu. The easy way to…
• Mendokoro Janomeya 麺処 虵の目屋Kawaramachi — A second-floor ramen counter in the lantern-lit Hare no Hi Kayu Koji alley right by Kyoto-Kawaramachi Station, famous for clear chicken and duck…
• Mendokoro Toritani 麺処 鶏谷Saiin — Chicken-focused ramen and tsukemen shop near Randen Yamanouchi, a Tabelog Hyakumeiten 2023-2025.
• Menya Gokkei (Ichijoji Honten) 麺屋 極鶏 一乗寺本店Ichijoji — Ichijoji's most famous queue: "dakuku" chicken broth so thick it behaves like gravy, in plain, red (spicy), black (garlic) and fish versions.
• Menya Inoichi 麺屋猪一Teramachi / Bukkoji — Kyoto's most lauded ramen: a crystal-clear dashi broth built like a kaiseki stock, with Bib Gourmand recognition year after year. Elegant, light and…
• Menya Inoichi Hanare 麺屋 猪一 離れShijo-Karasuma — Sister shop of the popular Menya Inoichi, serving dashi-forward noodles in a calm space south of Shijo.
• Menya Sanda 麺屋 さん田Saiin — Ten-seat Saiin noodle shop known for its tsukemen, a Tabelog Hyakumeiten every year since 2019.
• Menya Takakura Nijo 麺や高倉二条Karasuma Oike / Takakura — The 2006 shop that started Kyoto's tsukemen boom: whole-wheat-flecked thick noodles with a rich pork-and-fish dip, plus a classic ramen, near…
• Menya Takei Honten 麺屋 たけ井 本店Joyo — Original shop of a well-known tsukemen brand: rich pork-and-seafood dipping broth and thick whole-wheat noodles.
• Menya Yuko 麺屋 優光Karasuma Oike — An elegant clear-soup ramen shop a minute from Karasuma Oike Station, loved for refined shellfish and chicken broths and seasonal limited bowls.
• Mugi no Yoake 麦の夜明けNishi-Shichijo — A nine-seat counter in western Kyoto with inventive chuka soba: scallop and Sichuan pepper, or beef shoyu and sansho, and a Tabelog score near 3.73.
• Muteppou Sohonten 無鉄砲 総本店Kizugawa — Rural flagship of a cult tonkotsu ramen shop, famous for an extremely thick pork-bone broth.
• Ramen Jiro (Kyoto) ラーメン二郎 京都店Ichijoji — The only Kansai branch of Tokyo's legendary Ramen Jiro: mountains of bean sprouts, slabs of pork, garlic and fat, a minute from Ichijoji Station.
• Ramen Sen no Kaze らーめん千の風Kawaramachi — Tiny counter near Shijo-Kawaramachi with a Japanese-Taiwanese chef, famous for rich, thick-cut chashu that melts in the mouth and a queue that…
• Ramen Tohichi らぁ麺 とうひちShugakuin — Kyoto's refined chicken-shoyu star, beside Shugakuin Station: jidori chicken broth, hand-cut noodles and a kombu-water tsukemen, one of the city's…
• Ramen Tsurumusha らーめん 鶴武者Saiin — Eleven-seat counter ramen shop on Sai-dori in Saiin, a Tabelog Hyakumeiten 2023-2025.
• Seabura no Kami (Mibu Honten) セアブラノ神 壬生本店Shijo-Omiya / Mibu — Kyoto's back-fat ramen tradition meets niboshi: a sardine-shoyu broth showered with pork back fat, near Shijo-Omiya and Mibu-dera.
• Seikou Udoku 晴耕雨読Uji — Uji mazesoba shop known for soupless noodles and soupless tantanmen made with carefully sourced domestic ingredients.
• Shinjuku Menya Fuka 新宿めんや風花Shijo-Karasuma — Despite the Tokyo name, a Kyoto institution: a natural-salt shio ramen shop near Shijo-Karasuma with scallop, charcoal-grilled chicken and tororo…
• Shinpuku Saikan Honten 新福菜館 本店Kyoto Station (Takabashi) — Since 1938, Kyoto's iconic black ramen: an almost ink-dark soy broth that tastes far lighter than it looks, served next to its rival Daiichi Asahi…
• Takayasu (Ichijoji) 高安Ichijoji — The headliner of Ichijoji's 'ramen street', where students queue for creamy tonkotsu-chicken broth and the crisp, juicy karaage served alongside.
• Tenka Ippin Sohonten 天下一品 総本店Kitashirakawa / Ichijoji — The original shop of the Tenka Ippin chain, which began as a street stall in 1971 and invented Kyoto's "kotteri" ramen: a chicken-and-vegetable…
• Tentenyu (Honten) 天天有 本店Ichijoji — One of Ichijoji's original ramen shops, dating to 1971: a creamy but gentle chicken-and-pork "Kyoto kotteri" broth that helped make this…
• Tsukemen Kirari つけ麺 きらりFushimi / Chushojima — A lunch-only tsukemen shop by Chushojima Station in Fushimi: rich seafood-tonkotsu dip, aprons provided, ideal with a sake-district stroll.
• Wajo Ryomen Sugari 和醸良麺 すがりShijo-Karasuma — Beef-offal (motsu) tsukemen in a converted machiya at the end of a hidden Shijo alley: Kyoto's most atmospheric ramen shop since 2008.
• Yamazaki Menjiro 山崎麺二郎Emmachi / Nishinokyo — A small, focused counter near Emmachi with a cult shio ramen and fine house noodles, open only Thursday to Sunday.