Ramen Tottsuan — Restaurant in Hakuba

Walked there from the bus stop after a big day of skiing at 47. Fortunately for me they opened for dinner at 5pm and I arrived 5 minutes before, so was first in and served. They were all sold out of the spicy sesame ramen from the lunch service, so I ordered the salty ramen, gyoza and karaage chicken washed down with an ice cold Asahi. Service was prompt and they had an English menu, food was excellent and as previously stated, the fermented wheat juice was bloody ice cold. Would definitely recommend to my mates, although it is only small and doesn’t take bookings, so you may have to wait. Cash only, so come prepared, but very reasonable value at 2600¥ total (about $27AUD). I have every intention...

This place seems to have quite a fair bit of positive reviews so I decided to drop by here in late spring while passing thru town but was a little disappointed.

Pork broth soup has a weak texture and mild taste, almost bland to me. Even the bland ichiran ramen taste slightly better. Noodles and char siew are average at best, nothing really special about the ramen.

Fried rice is a lot better than the ramen. Unlike most fried rice served at ramen stores that only has rice, shallots and eggs, the fried rice here has a lot more ingredients and taste quite good.

I say forget the ramen, order the fried rice instead of that is even possible. Then again, I don't think there are really good food...

It was fine, but definitely overhyped. We waited over an hour for 2 people at 6:45pm on a Sunday. They had run out of some ingredients by the time we ordered a little before 8pm (including eggs). Service is extremely rushed as they encourage you to call a taxi as soon as you get your food (which we did), but then the taxi came 5 min later and we weren't finished so had to leave food. I think we were literally sitting for maybe 20 minutes? Overall, I'd say not worth the wait unless you've never had ramen in Japan and this is...