Menson Rage

We arrived at 10:30 on a weekday and there was no wait, the restaurant opened at 11:00. On weekdays, you can eat without waiting if you arrive at the restaurant on time of opening. Old-fashioned style where you are asked to order and pay after eating. Payment is by cash only. ◎Special Shamoi Soba 1650 yen Once you take a sip of the soup, you will be captivated. The chicken flavor and the mild soy sauce taste will make you fall in love with it. The noodles are thin and straight, and the taste of the soup is one of the three best soy sauce ramen I have ever had.

Honestly it was underwhelming and definitely overhyped…not to say it was bad per se, but at ¥1650 a bowl with such underwhelming taste…(yes, I know it can be subtle and I am keen to subtlety, but this wasn’t it, there are better places) cost performance is low. I’m still giving it 4 stars because the shop logo and interior vibes are cool. Soup: ordered the special shamo-soba, something was missing, underwhelming, but once again not terrible either Noodles: standard straight chunks soba noodles, al dente, always goes well with shoyu Toppings: charsiu was good, not great, but good. Not much else topping wise

The Shamo-ramen was good, really well assembled but it lacked a punch. The noodles are nice and chewy but the meat can be better. Overall it's a good ramen but not exceptional. The service is good and quite fast (even if there were 8 people ahead of us). The atmosphere is quite fresh for a ramen bar with tons of skater related art

It’s a famous ramen restaurant in this area. I was really hesitant about which flavor should I get. I went for the one with dry-fish flavor. The taste was special but I think I should take the one with chicken flavor. Anyway, it’s a nice restaurant with young and fresh vibe.

The best noodles I have had so far in Tokyo. They were delicious. The broth was very well balanced and the meat was so fresh and juicy. As a spice lover I wished that there was a spicy ramen option. The staff are very kind, the wait for the food is not too long.

🍜 特製軍鶏そば / tokusei shamo soba 🇯🇵 麺尊 RAGE / menson rage / nishi-ogikubo, tokyo 🗓️ 07/05/2024 (@wei.oframen on ig for my ramen adventure 😚) Menson Rage has sat on my list for far too long. At the end of last year, they fell out of the list of Bib Gourmands. It's honestly quite a bit hard to understand as this bowl was really delicious. Maybe I'm a bit biased here because I seemed to really enjoy shoyu bowls with shamo recently. There's something about the slightly gamey flavor that really makes these bowls unique and addicting to eat. The noodles and toppings were pretty typical for a bowl of this style but they were very nicely executed. The shop also carries a cool, skateboarding aesthetic through their shop's interior and decors. I've also heard good things about their mazesoba that I'll definitely come back for 🫡

Delicious , the base was flavourful but light . The noodles firm and fresh and the toppings were amazing

My favorite ramen shop in Tokyo. Incredibly good Shamo chicken ramen. Be sure to get the Tokusei as you'll get more meat which is definitely worth it.

I can't get enough of Menson Rage ramen. It's in a cute little town of Nishi-Ogikubo. My sister took me here when I was in town last month and it was hands down one of the best ramen I had in awhile. SF ramen sucks lol. The menu is pretty small which was easy for someone like me who is indecisive. Although it says "soba" don't get thrown off b/c it is still ramen. We both ordered the original and also shared a bowl of the chashu don. (I don't recommend sharing this since it's small and if you're hella hungry then you should get your own lol) Other than that, you sit at the counter or at the tables and the rest is just magic. Pricing is not bad either and ramen was delicious. Oh and this place is listed on the Michelin's food guide which means IT'S REALLY GOOD. So go try it out!!

We are big ramen fans and we really enjoyed the ramen we had here for lunch. I read about the place on a ramen blog so I knew they always have two kinds- niboshisoba which is a fishy ramen and shamosoba which is a chicken shoyu ramen. They didn't have an English menu so we just ordered one of each of those and a couple of beers. It looked like they also had a soupless ramen (mazesoba) but we didn't know about that till we saw someone eating it. No big deal because it was a chilly rainy day and we both wanted hot ramen! I really enjoyed the chicken ramen and my husband really enjoyed the fishy ramen. We were lucky that there were only 3 or 4 people in front of us when we got there and so we only waited about 15 minutes. When we left there were a bunch of people in line. Be prepared to wait! The place had a nice hipster vibe and the bathrooms were nice and clean. A great option if you are in the area.