Menya Sho Honten — Restaurant in Tokyo

食品衛生はひどいです。労働者の手が触れるものに注目してください。

The food is solid. The noodles are well-cooked and the broth is satisfying without being too heavy. However, I would hesitate to recommend this place to anyone unless they change their food hygiene.

The food hygiene is atrocious. Watch what the workers' hands touch.

Worker A (with gloves on): Without ever changing gloves, they wiped down the counter with a rag (maybe the rag for the day or week); cut by hand the chashu pork into slices; added and removed orders from the order board; touched random surfaces; placed by hand chashu slices onto bowls of ramen; touched the rim in multiples places of every ramen bowl before serving; and picked up by hand scallions, menma and other toppings to finish ramen bowls.

Worker B (no gloves on): They cooked noodles (fine); prepared rice bowls; touched their hair and face; touched random surfaces; and picked up by hand scallions to finish rice bowls.

The longer I stayed, the...

This is where the locals eat so be prepared! (I wasn't prepared) There are no English menus and they didn't speak much English. I got in line at 2 and was able to sit at 2:40. I was anxious while waiting but thankfully you can guess from the pictures posted on the vending machine. First row is shio (salt) and second row is tsukemen (dipped) with options to add extra meat, egg, etc.. Third and fourth I believe is miso and soy? Not sure.. But shio and tsukemen were just excellent. Shio ramen is their specialty so try this if it's your first time. It sort of reminds you of campbell's chicken noodle soup but 10 times better. Tsukemen noodle is thicker but its texture is amazing. Ok my mouth is watering just from writing this.. As a tourist I would much rather go here than other touristy places that have English written...

Ramen Sho was on our ramen hit list and we were so excited that the day we visited there was no line! We went for dinner here after attending sunset Shibuya sky on a Thursday just before 7pm to finish the night on a high.

The dynamic bowl of ramen was nothing I’ve tasted before. The broth was light yet full of flavour that I still remember how it tasted. Noodles were also the perfect thickness and texture to compliment the broth and act as the device to enjoy the broth.

Ramen Sho was an absolutely delicious and I high recommend putting this one on your list if you’re a ramen lover. When you want a comforting bowl of ramen that isn’t too rich, Ramen Sho is the go-to.

I am waiting for the day I return to order...