Japanese Ramen Restaurant Ippudo Will Open a Third London Site | Eater London

"Opening on Thursday 11 January, this international Japanese ramen chain's third London outpost is a 38-cover restaurant on Villiers Street right by Charing Cross Station. The new site provides both restaurant-style seating and a traditional dining bar where customers can watch chefs prepare fresh, steaming bowls of ramen. The menu features signature bowls such as the Shiromaru Classic and the spicy Karaka‑Men, and will serve the Hakata Niku Ton — described as “a bowl full of tradition” and named after the original Hakata ramen shop in Fukuoka that opened in 1985. For the first time at a London branch, visitors will also be able to order ramen to take away; the chain first arrived in London in 2014 (Central Saint Giles), added a Canary Wharf venue in 2015, and now operates over 240 restaurants across 13 countries." - Andrew Leitch