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Fire Ramen Kyoto - Menbaka
Ranked #74 of 16,549 Restaurants in Kyoto
Certificate of Excellence
Price range: ₹560 - ₹1,679
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Dining options: Dinner, Lunch
Neighbourhood: City Center
Description: Menbakaichidai has been a staple in the community for 30 years - burning through the competition with its famous "Fire Ramen." I innocently assumed that the ramen earned its name for being spicy, as are most "fire" dishes in the culinary world. It wasn't until I was inches away from a four-foot flame, that I finally realized this restaurant had taken things to the next level. From yahoo travel post
Reviewed 5 weeks ago

Lovely place. The queue was not ling,however, gets busier. Git a seat under 30 mins. They ask your mother tongue, and prepare safty instructions for you before serving ramen,which is very considerate. Chef,with the boss name badge, is s
Absolutely amazing, and manages to talk to everyone, very cheerful and friendly. Ramen serving is hot, and interesting. However, noodles in it did not impress me much. Gyoza was nice and rice too. Chef can give you some sightseeing advise along with his own Hidden gems of kyoto guide, which I found interesting and will use next time I'm in Kyoto. You can also buy chef's no ramen no life t-shirt as well. Overall very nice experience and people. Food was ok. P.s. they also record video of you when they serve ramen on your phone which I found very nice of them.

Date of visit: November 2024
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Thank marinacova
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Reviewed 5 November 2024 via mobile

Fantastic experience, short wait but when we got in it was brilliant. Ramen was fantastic and beers were extremely cold.

Date of visit: November 2024
Thank Jason H
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Reviewed 5 October 2024

This is a must for anyone who wants good ramen and a one of a kind experience. The staff are super friendly and welcoming. The food was some of the best i’ve ever had. They take photos and videos for you. It was more expensive than the other meals we’ve ate on the trip but worth it for the experience and the amount/quality of the food. 100% recommend everyone to check it out.

Date of visit: October 2024
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Thank Blackbear F
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Reviewed 31 July 2024

Very nice experience, lovely food and very, very friendly crew. It's an amazing experience. Price/quality in good balance. Give them a call to book a timeslot.

Date of visit: July 2024
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Thank Henk V
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Reviewed 21 July 2024

I really wanted to like this restaurant. I was trying to find ramen shop last minute as we just came in from the bullet train. Saw this place on TikTok and thought it was worth it as I seen many good reviews, plus saw the experience was great as well. Now understanding that I am in a different country that Xenophobia and racism is very present. I still wanted to come and enjoy my self in spite but straight to the point. The owner was not very receptive of POC even considering I was with my Asian friend as well. He tended more to the German/ Caucasian tourist more than to us, even with me knowing little Japanese and was trying to communicate respectfully considering I am in another country.At the end of final payment, he asked the other German tourists for pictures and didn’t ask my group until my friend said/asked for it. The experience and the food was still delicious but wished the service directly from him would have been unbiased, the staff was still friendly and receptive to my broken Japanese but seemed to annoy the chef which left me to speak English even though there was sort of a language barrier with the staff. normally don’t write reviews but not a big fan of racism and xenophobia considering at the end of the day I am a paying customer. So if you’re a poc and you decide to go knowing this, good luck.

Date of visit: July 2024
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