Honmura-an Ogikubo

Quite hard to estimate the size of this large Japanese restaurant. Only the deepest quarter is shoeless, and the front room had about 5 tables for 4 out of five or six rooms overall. Menu features soba, but has a full spectrum up to banquets meals. They gave me an English menu without my asking, and it seems kind of out-of-date. I had already checked with them in my best Japanese about just getting a drink (since I already ate lunch). Garden is pleasant but not large and no music. Coffee wasn't an option and the default tea wasn't mentioned, but must come free. No Wi-Fi. My oolongcha was fine, but I was stretching it as a place to rest and study for a bit. I'm still in willing to call it a high four stars overall on the atmosphere and because I like soba. And Google Maps is again using the wrong shoebox. Okay, I answered the question about what I spent, but I think most people spend two or three thousand yen.

What a wonderful surprise it was to find Honmura-an-Ogikubo. The space is quite large and beautiful. I had cold soba with duck dipping sauce and it was amazing. My wife has hot soba in mushroom broth which she enjoyed very much. We also had tofu skin and duck pancakes which was really delicious. The biggest surprise for me is that this gem has a 4.2 star rating which simply does not do it justice.

Had amazing soba Wanted to try the seasonal soba but was sold out The roe was amazing as well as the oysters

Really high-quality soba with a super little amount of portion. You will never be satisfied with just one plate of soba. Definitely, you should order some additional meals.

Upon entering you'll see a window where they make their soba noodles from scratch. You'll shell out a bit more yen here but the food quality and ambiance makes it all worth it. Staff was accommodating and friendly, and there's an english menu.

The real Soba noodle place with spacious inside. Had Soba-Gaki after a while. It was really good. Came with nice Wasabi. The seat close to the entrance was so freezing, unfortunately. Should have made reservation...

Great place for soba, I believe this is the original location of this chain?

My favorite Old soba house,