AFURI Azabujuban — Restaurant in Tokyo

Food: 4.5; Atmosphere: 4; Service 4. Times visited: 5+.

Good, solid ramen place. This is a fantastic place for quick and tasty meal.

Open from 11am to 3:30am, you can get a very good meal, almost anytime.

To place your order, you use a touch screen machine when you first enter. You can pay by cash or credit card (rare ramen shop), some other methods to. The machine is digital, and you can order in English, if needed. The machine will spit out your ticket, which you present to the workers. It usually takes just a few minutes to fill your order.

The place is very clean with an open kitchen, so you can watch them prepare the ramen. The process is quick and efficient.

They have shio (salt) and shoyu (soy) ramen made with a chicken and dashi based broth.

Vegan option: they also have a 100% vegetable-based broth...

This is a ramen spot I keep coming back to. It’s been great to see how it’s evolved—from a traditional push-button ticket machine to a sleek, modern ordering system with English interface. What hasn’t changed is the consistently delicious flavor. Their signature yuzu citrus chicken-based broth is light yet aromatic, offering a refreshing alternative to heavier ramen. The pork chashu is tender and flavorful without feeling greasy. I also love the customization options—you can pick your noodle thickness (thin for me), adjust the amount of chicken oil, and choose to add their intense spice separately. Just note: their default spicy ramen is very spicy. Service can be a bit slow once seated, but it’s worth the wait. Bonus: the quiet, charming neighborhood makes for a lovely...

Ordered the spicy yuzu ramen with the side rice and pork as well as a yuzu highball to top it off.

The food was absolutely amazing and perfectly portioned to be a solid and delicious meal. The combination of spice and yuzu is a perfect match for a cooler autumn day and will both warm and brighten any mood.

The yuzu highball alone is refreshing and a delight to the taste, but when paired with any of the very flavor intensive ramen options- it becomes the perfect compliment to any of the dishes.

In addition, the staff was kind, attentive, and professional. Noting my white attire, unprompted they offered a paper apron in the event of splashes from the red broth, showing great attention to detail and a customer-first mindset.

I'm excited...