Nozomiya Ramen — Restaurant in Tokyo

A hole in the wall just behind Mitsui Garden hotel when you come out of the Ueno station at exit 1. Great ramen with a hearty rich flavored soup and meaty gyoza; the only reason I put 4 stars for service is there is so little English. It is self service, get a ticket at the vending machine with the minute pictures to choose your meal. Be sure to go armed with google translate or have your hotel write it down if you prefer your ramen (noodles) soft because if not, it is usually more al dente than I like. If you are a bland eater, also be prepared to ask for less salt. For me, perfect. Counter service only.

However😊, despite the language difficulties, the resulting product is still good enough for me to return 3 x or every time I’ve been in Tokyo since I first tried it in February 2023.

Not cheap, prices have gone up a bit since February and if memory serves, the cheapest bowl of ramen there now us 750 yen. Granted the serving is huge. I can only finish half of the noodles if I’m having gyoza as well. No half orders of noodles or of gyoza here only full orders of 6 pieces...

The black garlic ramen is seriously the best ramen I've ever had. I am a garlic FIEND, like half a bulb in any recipe I'm making kinda fiend, and this- this was god tier. This has convinced me that Japanese ramen is built different. So glad I walked the extra few minutes to go to a ramen shop that has an English option on their ordering machine, never before has my fatigue been turned to vitality so fast....

This ramen shop is very delicious!! The noodle is just perfect for me (and for ones who loves firm noodle too). The soup is thick and very tasty.

The ramen chef is also nice and I also love how they greet the guest when I entered the ramen-ya.

Highly recommend for anyone who want to have good ramen and...