Ebisu Soba, Takayama

More than 100 years old, this place serves fresh-made soba with an option for a selection of sides, ranging from hide beef, grated yam or tempura. Depending on the time there’s sometimes a queue but it’s fast moving and efficient and you’ll get a great experience in no time. The wait staff and friendly and helpful. Do consider a stop if you’re in the area.

A 127 year old restaurant. Had Tororo Nameko Zaru Soba - Cold soba with tororo (grated yam) and seasoned nameko mushrooms. And interesting way to eat soba. Delicious! 😋 Staff was friendly. Place is rustic.

The seasonal duck soba is balance and considered as Michelin. Price is reasonable and we spend 4,100 yet for 2 bowls. I will give 1 star and will come again next week!

They have a vegetarian menu which is basically vegan (be careful because the tempura contains eggs). It was the most delicious soba I’ve ever had in japan. I hope that they can make tempura without eggs in the future..

Traditional handmade soba. Good clean taste. Not very expensive. Queue moved quickly. Staff were friendly. Would recommend if you’re looking to get a meal in the area.

In a tourist city, this historic soba is kind of tasty, we are a bit late of lunch time and handmade soba are all sold out. However, soba is still tasty, and servants friendly notify us how to eat their food.

The place is old, just the right old for the old town Takayama. The main door is sliding and not automatic. Really feels like the old age. Went here during winter. The staff kindly asked us in which country we are from, then they gave us an english instruction for eating their soba which is nice. The hot soba is great for the cold weather. They even recommended us their hot sake 🍶. It’s our first time drinking hot sake and it’s great, I felt hot after trying one sip which also great for the cold weather. My wife loved their ebi tempura which was cooked just right, not too much flour and also huge. They have available comfort room at the back. The place also has heater. The staff can also speak english. Overall we like here and we’ll comeback

This place is really cute and the atmosphere is cozy and intimate. We were lucky to get a table during lunch time on a weekday. Our waitress was so sweet and provided us with a cute little paper to explain how to enjoy soba in English. We ordered two bowls of hot soba - one with wild vegetables and one with tempura. Both sobas were really delicious. The noodles were alright, nothing out of this world (to me). Maybe we should have tried their cold soba because it seems that is what they are most famous for. Sorry, I know I'm a noob! Anyway, I loved the broth of both and found them to be very rich in taste and not heavy at all. The tempura was also so fresh, light, and really flavorful. The mushrooms in the winter vegetable soba were especially delicious. A wonderful place!