Aoba Ramen Hommamonya — Restaurant in Osaka

The restaurant is incredible! Clean and GOOD! Oh my good! This place deserves your time if your in Osaka. Me and my wife have travelled Japan for two weeks and a half and have eaten in many restaurants and this restaurant is miles ahead ahead in price and quality.

Thirty three years in business and holding strong, this family owned restaurant has excellence and service in mind. In matters of 5 minutes you have the best pork belly that you can try in all of Osaka.

The owner himself takes takes pride and joy in being extreamly quick and perfect with his abilities. Food looks JUST like it does in the pictures. The pork belly MEALTS in your mouth! Every bite is as amazing as the first!

There's wagyu and then there is this homey restaurant that beats the service and quality of "up-scale" restaurants.

I would eat here everyday without any exaggeration! My only regret is that I ate...

I went on a Monday around 1:30 PM. The store info on Google Maps says it will close at 2 PM and will later reopen in a few hours, but the shop keeper welcomed me and one other customer (who arrived 15 minutes later) into the shop.

The menu is written in Japanese, but the shop keeper explained it in simple English. The rice was already sold out when I came, fortunately I intended to get the pork belly ramen.

Ramen with 5 slices of pork belly is 1600 yen. The pork belly was really delicious and tender. I personally like tonkotsu/hakata ramen broth better, but the pork belly made up for that.

Will definitely...

Fantastic ramen, made right in front of your eyes. I'm normally a fan of a thick, creamy hakata tonkotsu ramen, but this place was amazing. The pork belly melts in your mouth, and is well worth getting the five piece. The noodles are perfect, the vegetables are fresh, and the broth is wonderfully flavorful yet very clean. We ate here both nights we stayed in Osaka, and it was just as good the second time around.

There's no English menu, but the owner speaks well enough to walk you through ordering. Great place, very cozy and comfortable. If I ever come back to Osaka, I know the first place I'll...