Hachioji Craft & Vegan Ramen

Plastic bowls were provided for hot broth. Ramen was average.

Karaage was nicely fried, and the included spread paired nicely.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

Ramen is great. The broth is flavorful and has spicy options. Happy hour is good! Cool looking place inside. Parking lots all around and street parking

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Vegan tantanmen was delicious and legit spicy.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Honestly one of the best ramen in the USA. Their spicy vegetarian ramen was amazing, the broth did stand true to its name.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This place has more of a Japanese feel in regards to the ambience. The food is really good, a must is appetizer chicken karaaga; the spread with it is amazing. The service is prompt and attentive.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Hachioji Shoyu Ramen, Hachioji Spicy Ramen

The spicy vegan tantanmen was SO good. Maybe one of my top 5 ramen bowls. Definitely come here for the ramen (and they have vegetarian options!).

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

The food is great.

There isn’t a lot of people here, especially during lunch on weekdays.

I recommend!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The server was friendly and attentive. The food was awesome.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Unfortunately, this place was a big disappointment, and I won’t be coming back. The biggest letdown was the food…every single dish I ordered was just not tasty at all.

I was really excited to try the Roasted Duck Bowl, but it turned out to be a cold dish, while I expected something hot and juicy (I wish there was any mention about the cold dish). Then I ordered the Vegan Gyoza, which sadly was the worst gyoza I’ve ever had.

The Yuzu ice cream was okay, but it clearly
wasn’t made from scratch - you could easily find the same one in any Asian grocery store (I checked).

Overall, after this dining experience, I actually left hungry 🥺😭

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 4

So delicious 🤤

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Pretty crowded but service was quick and great. We got a Mazesoba and an Umi Tonkatsu ramen and both were excellent 👌 I highly recommend trying the Mazesoba though as it was really creamy and different. The atmosphere was very casual and the decorations really brought the street food vibe out!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Hands down best ramen in little Tokyo! I like the broth a lot, flavorful but not salty or overpowering. Service is good too!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I ordered the Roasted Duck as an appetizer and Chasu YAMA ramen for lunch. My first time here, and it was quite enjoyable. The roasted Duck was decent, but I may pass on it based off the price in the future. But the ramen was solid. Soup: 9.2, Chashu: 7.9, Toppings: 8.5. The soup was light and hearty, which is a difficult combination when adding black garlic oil. Egg was perfectly cooked with a medium “jammy” yolk. Chasu pork was good, but was not as tender as I’ve had at other places. But the winner in this dish was the soup & noodles, which were fantastic. Overall, great spot for a lunch!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Delicious ramen, outstanding yuzu beer for citric beer lovers, quiet place!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Hachioji Spicy Ramen

First time trying this spot and I really liked it. It's small inside but they also have outside seating. There was a decent amount of people when we arrived but got seated right away. I ordered a Spicy Ramen and Karaage bowl combo which came with a small salad. The salad was simple, light and refreshing. The karaage bowl was good with a decent amount of chicken. Although it was different from other karaage that I've had. It didn't have as much breading therefore not as crunchy. I still enjoyed it though. The spicy ramen was not spicy at first but once I got to the bottom it definitely started hitting! It was flavorful and the meat were small chunks. It was a simple ramen with not too many ingredients in it but still very flavorful. For dessert we got the Yuzu ice cream which also had orange zest and while it was refreshing and a palate cleanser it was slightly overpriced for the amount you get. And to wash everything down I got a Strawberry Nigori Sake which kinda reminded me of a spiked Kerns fruit juice which isn't a bad thing. I thoroughly enjoyed my sake but $17 for a bottle is overpriced. Other than the sake and ice cream everything else was pretty affordable. Ramen was like $16 or $17 and it was a large portion. Also, they have a ton of vegan/vegetarian options so highly recommend to anybody looking for that. Service was great and I would definitely consider coming here again.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5