Soba Roujina

Simple place! Good noodle! You come in, order (unless you make a reservation, then you get a full set dinner!? I’m not sure on that one since we did walk in, but it seems like that’s how it works by observing other group), eat your food, drink some sake, and get out. We were lucky to be the first group when they opened. Another group came in after 30 minutes and were turned away because it was fully booked. Food wise: maybe it’s best to try the simpler noodle style with just salt and sauce. I went with the duck noodle soup and found the noodle to be pretty good but the duck and broth was good but not as impressive.

There are many soba restaurants in Kyoto, so you can eat according to your taste, but there is a problem here. The menu we ordered was taken to another table, so we kept waiting so long. When I told the waiter, he started arguing with the head in the kitchen. When I had to say that I should cancel the food order because of the next schedule, he hurriedly literally threw the food on the table and left. Whose fault it is? It's a shame to give even 1 point. And ruined the good memories of Kyoto.

The noodles seemed almost crunchy/ fall apart. Slight bitter taste. Was underwhelmed by the side dishes. Got the lunch special hot and cold. Sake was not much and not that good. Tried the ice breaker and just taste watered down with the ice. Nothing special and I am sure there are better soba places around.

I was lucky enough to be the 4th customer when dinner service opened and was seated immediately at around 5.50pm! The cold soba was unique and refreshing and the sides were enjoyable too, especially the roasted duck slices 🦆. The service staff was friendly and did her best throughout. The only thing that took its time was… time itself. The duck arrived about 15 minutes after seating, tempura followed another 15 minutes later, and then…..the cold soba finally arrived 10 minutes after that — roughly 30–40 minutes in total. Perhaps it needed a little extra chilling before being served? ❄️😄 All in all, was a good meal!

We had a great experience here. The food was very refined and the soba simple and delicious. We also loved the sake we had. We had a great time and service was very kind.

It was not made clear to us that in the evenings it is a set menu. An english menu was given to us and before we could even order anything food started showing up. We kind of went with it but when it was explained that one of us didnt eat meat it all went pear shaped. In the end we offered to pay for the appetizer that was brought out and a small plate of tempura and cut our losses as all we wanted was some simple soba and tempura. We were charged 40000yen which for what we ate was pretty outrageous. All up pretty dissapointing given the rave reviews.

At first, they have different prices in Japanese and English menu. When we asked them why, they simply answered that it because Japanese people usually take sake…. And so?))) Anyway we had set- 5 different dishes. But hold on! One of it - just a small cup with smth Two of them- just soba. In my opinion it’s definitely not worth your money and time. No vibe, no interior. Just you and your overprice menu.

This place is legit soba. They offer both hot and cold versions. We had the duck, egg and plain. The noodles are refined and do not taste heavy. The broth is great and we finished it all up. The duck was tender and flavorful. We had several appetizers and all were wonderful. The tempura was light and crispy. The tofu with yuba was memorable and a must for a repeat. The tamago omelette was light and skillfully prepared. I’d recommend this and will be a repeat customer in the near future.