Rokusei

I think the best rei-men (cold noodle) ive ever had. I read some comments that the service wasn’t good, but it’s a famous place and there are so many people waiting outside so i get the staffs’ attitude. You gotta be quick. And if you can’t, then it can’t be helped i think. The noodle, btw, was pretty good. It’s made from soba beans so gotta be careful if you have an allergy to soba beans. The waiting time was a bit longer than i expected. We tried to get there at 6pm (evening opening time), but whenever we get there, there were already 5 groups of people waiting outside and there were full inside. So if you wanna get the noodle asap, should arrive there 10min before the opening time.

Arrived at 13:00 on a Tuesday and only had to wait for about 5 minutes before being seated. You are told when you are seated you can only make 1 order so it seems that the focus is a quick turnover which doesn't feel that welcoming. The food is high quality. We tried the cold noodles, hot noodles and spare ribs. The cold noodles had great bite and were really springy. The broth for the noodles is deep but clear and has a clear taste of sesame oil as well which lifts it. The spare ribs easily fall off the bone and have been cooked so long that you can bit through the bone. Although it looks burnt the charred texture and the sweetness of the ribs is a good match, especially when you dunk it in the soup. Well worth a visit.

Had a pork rib soba ramen. Not sure if the broth and a pork burnt ends over rice with sauce. Both were so good, rich, complex flavors. I would eat here 1-2x per week if it was local.

Nice cold noodles on a hot day. But the noodles a bit too hard for my liking. The pork ribs is very good. We came on Friday at about noon. One person in front of us. Queue moves fast

Excellent bowl of cold noodles cooked to Beppu style. I had this after a visit to a public bath and the feeling was great. I ordered the barbecued spare ribs which was cooked so well that the bone can be pulled off cleanly from the meat.

Personal favorite ramen place in Beppu! The ramen typically uses a miso base and the チャシュウラメン is always great. They even have one with a spare rib side!

If you could use a break from the Japanese washoku meals at the ryokans in the area, the Korean-style reimen here won't be a bad option. It's a really small, hole-in-the-wall shop, but these cold, al dente textured noodles of their's is refreshing in the summer.

Staying in Beppu for the week end we really wanted to try the famous local Cold Noodles (Reimen) and Rokusei was recommended on some blog. We read there is usually waiting time but we came at 7pm on a rainy Friday and we had no wait, there were multiple times open. We both took the Kikurage Reimen and some spare ribs. The ribs were very tasty! The noodles were very good, some chewiness to it which adds some nice texture to the dish. The ingredients were very good but thought the broth itself lacked some depth - tasted not much more exciting than a boxed-broth unfortunately. I still recommend it though.