Lava Restaurant & Lounge — Restaurant in San Francisco

It's a pretty chill place to grab drinks after work and I've never had any issues with getting a spot. If you're there for HH, I highly recommend also giving their tofu fries a try!

Even though Lava Lounge is first and foremost a bar, I usually come for their delicious ramen. Yep, you heard that right-- Lava Lounge has some solid ramen. It's no Orenchi or Mensho, but their signature broth is actually pretty bomb. I love their shrimp tempura and usually go for the seafood ramen with dumplings added, but you can totally build your own bowl too. I'm a total wimp when it comes to eating spicy food, so I only go for the mild version of the broth. I will most likely keep it that way since I've heard about and witnessed the horror of stronger spice levels!

Lava Lounge is a great lunch option in the soma area and their prices are pretty...

I really liked this bar/restaurant, it was a pleasant surprise. I love whisky and first noted the vast array of Japanese whisky prominently decorating the top shelf. My shorts weren't jerked down on the price of a Yamazaki 12, a now difficult whisky to find as it becomes more scarce. Ken, the bartender embraced my passion for whisky and let me try a Togouchi 10yr on the house. Just after 6:00pm on a Tuesday the place was quite and melodic as a good music gently dripped in the background. I ordered Vegetable Ramen that I would grade a C+; with that said this is a great bar to talk with your loved one or good friend without competing over the noise of a gaggle of other people. Warm and intimate, with good drinks is where this...

Went during their lunch hours because I needed something to cure my hangover and tried their Lava Ramen... OH MY GOD spiciest thing ever!!!! The broth is red. Just pure red. After a few minutes, I was dying so I was forced to eat the thing super slowly. My mouth was on fire. After surpassing her limit of seeing us suffer, the waitress offered to bring out non-spicy broth to mix in and hopefully dilute the spiciness. It helped a little but still, I think my mouth went numb.

Admittedly, I'd do it...