Best of Soba in Tokyo

Close to Asakusa’s Kappabashi Kitchenware Town. Try this soba-mae restaurant for an enviable kappo experience. You’ll want to make a reservation for seats at the counter where the cheerful restaurant owner will welcome you with first-rate hospitality.

Close to the Nishi-Azabu intersection, this restaurant is recommended for seasonal soba. Using seasonal ingredients, they pursue all the possibilities of what soba can be. The hand-made soba is served with refreshing tsuyu sauce.

The owner-chef visits producers across Japan and adjusts how the soba is ground and prepared according to the grains. Check the information about seasonal à la carte dishes posted inside the shop. No reservations are accepted for lunch, and this restaurant is only open at night on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. There are also other irregular closures from time to time, so be sure to check in advance.

You can order a single soba dish, but we recommend the courses that let you choose vegetable dishes and small bowls. Plus, this restaurant conveniently accepts reservations for both dinner and lunch.

This restaurant in Kagurazaka serves thin-cut soba noodles. We recommend enjoying meoto (couple) soba with soba and udon. After your meal, you can also enjoy a stroll through Kagurazaka and relax at a local cafe.

A restaurant close to Suiten-gu Shrine, a famous place to pray for safe childbirth. It has endless options for soba-mae, such as hot tempura fried right in front of you. This popular restaurant doesn’t accept reservations for lunch, so you’ll want to stop by right when they open.