Ebisu Soba, Takayama — Restaurant in Takayama

Lovely place! First and foremost, part of the staff was quite adept in English (and extremely friendly as well), which made things easier. Also, they have a separate vegetarian menu (~3-4 items), which you need to ask for.

When the term vegetarian was mentioned, they were also asking about other dietary restrictions and wete quite nice about it :). In general, they serve both hot and cold soba, as well as tempura. We tried the cold soba + tempura (non-veg) and a vegetarian soba soup with grated yam. Both delicious and the tempura was fried quite nicely (3 vegetarian tempura and one shrimp). The soup was also great!

Next to the great food our highlight was that we received a mini-manga (their own) describing how to eat soba, which we were allowed to keep :). The experience was overall great and we got what we asked for and even more! Highly recommend and would...

This place is really cute and the atmosphere is cozy and intimate. We were lucky to get a table during lunch time on a weekday. Our waitress was so sweet and provided us with a cute little paper to explain how to enjoy soba in English. We ordered two bowls of hot soba - one with wild vegetables and one with tempura. Both sobas were really delicious. The noodles were alright, nothing out of this world (to me). Maybe we should have tried their cold soba because it seems that is what they are most famous for. Sorry, I know I'm a noob! Anyway, I loved the broth of both and found them to be very rich in taste and not heavy at all. The tempura was also so fresh, light, and really flavorful. The mushrooms in the winter vegetable soba were especially delicious. A...

The place is old, just the right old for the old town Takayama. The main door is sliding and not automatic. Really feels like the old age. Went here during winter. The staff kindly asked us in which country we are from, then they gave us an english instruction for eating their soba which is nice. The hot soba is great for the cold weather. They even recommended us their hot sake 🍶. It’s our first time drinking hot sake and it’s great, I felt hot after trying one sip which also great for the cold weather. My wife loved their ebi tempura which was cooked just right, not too much flour and also huge. They have available comfort room at the back. The place also has heater. The staff can also speak english. Overall we like here and...