Homemade Ramen Muginae

Hands down one of the best bowls of ramen you can get in Tokyo. So many details here that set the bowl apart - all the meats were top notch and executed to perfection. The shoyu broth brought an end to end smile to my face as only the best bowls of ramen can do. Truly a place that warms the soul both through the noodles and hospitality, which is rare for ramen shops. Absolutely worth the trouble to get a seat.

Took an hour travel and wait but not even able to get a reservation. Because the system changed and the notice is not clear. Even local Japanese were misled by the system. So bad for your customers traveling all the way to queue. You should have at least the first 40 minutes open to in person visitors if you are transferring to online reservations. or you can come out and tell us to book the time-slot before 9 am, so we can try to make a booking and not wasting all our time. 8 people spent so much time to try your food and got kicked away. Should show more respect to your guests.

This is honestly one of the most amazing bowls of ramen I've ever had. Personally I was never a fan of shoyu broths as I prefer heavier broths. However this ramen changed my perception on how deep and umami shoyu broths can be. Although a lighter soup, the flavour was so good. I've added additional wagyu topping and it compliments the ramen very well. If you are ever in the area do give it a try. Do note that reservations start at 9am. You have to be early to get a timeslot that you desire, Especially if you want to eat at 11am as the earlier timeslots fills up fast. It has 8 seats per seating and each seating is 40minutes long. This main store is limited to 100 bowls per day.

I thoroughly enjoyed my experience at Muginae. The ramen’s flavours were exceptional, offering a deep, harmonious blend of chicken and fish broth with shoyu. Every sip was rich, complex, and perfectly balanced—I couldn’t resist finishing every last drop of the broth. I chose the ramen with extra toppings, and it exceeded my expectations. The generous portions and carefully selected toppings elevated the dish, enhancing its already outstanding flavours. The staff managed the store with impressive efficiency, and the seamless online reservation system added to the overall convenience. I highly recommend Muginae to any ramen lover seeking a truly unforgettable dining experience!

I've been trying to go to all of the Michelin ramen restaurants and this is my new favorite of the bunch! (Nakiryu will always have a special place in my heart too.) The steak in the deluxe toppings is some of the best steak I've had in my life. Everything is delicious and so carefully prepared. They have a sign up sheet everyday, so you have to get there early.

The most delicious shoyu ramen I have had in my life! I recommend you to order 上醤油 (Joushouyu), which is a shoyu ramen with special toppings, because the toppings here are extraordinarily delicious. The bowl comes with 3 nori (dried seaweed), 2 pork chashu, 1 wagyu beef, shiso-flavoured chicken, pork wonton, and menma. The shoyu chicken-based soup is not too strong and refreshing, and most noticeably, it's very clear, indicating that the owner delicately controlled the temperature very well when extracting the umami out of chicken. The noodle (men) is a thin type and perfectly cooked. The toppings are extraordinary, especially the chashu, which they said to use 林SPF豚, a specially-breed of pig from Chiba prefecture. The chashe has a perfect fat and a heavenly flavor of roasting, which is so mellow and enhancing the bowl itself. Expect the long waiting (at least one hour) when visiting despite during COVID-19, I went the at 13:00 and got the reservation of the last queue at 14:15. There are only 8 seats inside, so the owners need to manage the queue by letting the customer write their name in a time slot and come back again when the time comes.

We live quite near this ramen place, but since it always has a long queue, it took us a while to try it. They start giving out tickets for the first batch at 10:45AM, so many people were already lined up at about 10:20AM when we arrived. We were asked to go back at 12:45PM. We ordered 2 kinds of special ramen: niboshi (left) and shoyu (right). After all the anticipation and expectations, this place only gets 3 stars from me, because, uhm, well, it was overrated. We have tasted a lot of other better ramen joints than theirs and waiting in line for so long doesn’t do justice, haha! Their soup stocks were too salty. It would have been better if we ordered rice on the side, but they ran out of maguro gohan at that time. Also, the rules that they hand out while you wait in line had English translations BUT their ticket vending machine inside didn’t have English translations, so the foreigners who were next in line to us didn’t know which to order. (They were Filipinos and so I am, so I was able to help them though.) Anyhow, the owners were kind and polite and the shop was clean. However, maybe I wouldn’t spend an hour of waiting again just to eat shoyu ramen. But this is just me/us. Hee hee.

While going to the aquarium wanted to check for a lunch place and found this place on Google. It was holiday and I had to stand in queue for more than an hour. Food was great no complains. It's a small cozy ramen place managed by 2 folks and they were courteous. There is ticket machine but the menu is displayed outside as well, so that you can make up your mind before entering. Go there only if you have sufficient time to spare. You are not allowed to click photos of the kitchen so mind it when you enter.