Senrigan

If you add the 'yasai mashi' (extra vegetables) topping, a large amount of bean sprouts will be piled on top of your ramen, as shown in the picture. I believe this is one of the few Jiro-kei ramen shops that tastes better than some of the Jiro ramen branches. However, be aware that during lunch or dinner hours, the line can get long, and you might have to wait for over an hour.

Very voluminous, oily, garlic, caloric jiro-type ramen. The food quality is great and the price is worth its taste unless you dislike the jiro ramen. This ramen shop is always full of people so the staff made their own rule to run the business efficiently and keep the place quietly. The problem is that the first visitors (including my first visit) do not well recognize about the rule. If someone breaks the rule such as playing smartphone games, the staff get upset and say “No phones while eating”. Although you do not make them angry, you can leave the shop only with the good experience. But if something wrong happens, you will eat ramen having the bad feelings. It feels like I just focus on telling the bad things about the shop, but my point is you might have bad experience. Other than that, the food is very good and I recommend to visit this place!

Very good Jiro inspired ramen shop near Higashi Kitazawa station. The hiyashi chuka, which is only available in the summer, is definitely my favorite thing on the menu. Definitely worth the hour wait

There is always a long line of waiting people. I waited around 30 mins until my ramen finally served to me. But, it's worth to wait to eat the ramen. I'd say most of people get to like this ramen.

Great Ramen. Thick and salty broth. If you live in the area, come back another day when it is less crowded. (or early in service) The noodles are special and make it a full success.

Great Ramen place, the ramen they serve here has a really big amount of noodles and they offer a lot of toppings for free (best to order all toppings - zenbu onegaishimasu). The normal size (futsu) portion made me want to roll outside of the restaurant instead of walking, it might be better for women to order a half size bowl (hanbun). I have to warn you though that this ramen is really heavy, like I already hinted. There's a lot of fat in it, fatty meat and karage. The amount of bean sprouts is also humongous, you have to eat through a mountain of it before you see the noodles. But it's worth every yen of the price, in addition to being really cheap compared to other ramen places, you get a huge amount of food for your money. If somebody is still hungry after a futsu bowl, I'll call you master for a day (there's even a big bowl, but I didn't have the guts to try it). So why did I write every Japanese term down? Well, this place has nobody who can speak English and there might be an English menu, but they will all talk to you in Japanese and they won't understand it if you order in English, so you have to point and order it :) There's also one more huge problem that seems to be the case for every well-known restaurant in Japan: they just have limited seats, just 12. So you might want to get there early to line up (about 5 o'clock p.m.?) As there will be a gigantic queue as soon as they open up. We went there a few times, and the first time we had to wait more than 1 hour and the queue went on till the other side of the street... That's also the reason why you might want to eat a little bit faster as there's always a huge amount of people waiting to get in to eat. But it's always an indicator for a good restaurant in Japan when there are a lot of people lining up to get in. All in all great place to to eat until you're completely full, but it has a few downsides.

The price is just very acceptable. Ramen was good, not excellent but the portion was just super large. Service is kind, professional and very helpful. If you are looking to eat big for a good money, I would definitely recommend this place.

Decent place, especially if you're a student trying to grab a bite. I really like the garlic in the ramen, and the portions are huge. I learned the hard way - do NOT order the large portion, however hungry you are - it is much larger than you expect. The line is long, but I think it's definitely worth the wait, but the service from the employees is very poor because of the many restrictions of the restaurant - the point is to go in, eat, and then get out.