We arrived on a Friday at 5:30 PM. There was a short line, but the place was already packed. There is an outdoor seating area and indoor sitting area. The food came out pretty quickly. My favorite dish is actually the sashimi appetizer because the fish was super fresh and delicious. Other dishes we got was the tamago, the hot soba with the shrimp tempura and the hot soba with the duck. Everything was extremely delicious. A little pricey, but expected for Bay Area prices. Food was good overall so I would come again! No parking lot but street parking was easy to find.
Billy Davies
food was decent. refreshing bowl of noodles but I would not go out of my way
it was pretty busy when I got there. you order at the counter and waited maybe 30 minutes to order, no problem. however after I ordered it took 54 minutes to get the food. 54 minutes!! I understand it is a locally small business dealing with recent large crowds. there needs to be a better system to indicate what the wait will be after you have already ordered and paid for your food, because near an hour is too long
ari salomon
Although it’s not cheap for relatively simple Japanese food, and they don’t have full table service, it is a beautiful atmosphere and I really enjoyed it and I would come back. I had the warm soba with fried shrimp tempura. And we had one appetizer each. We did have dessert but not Drinks and it was $60 each after tax and tip.
It’s a little strange that the gelato is served in the paper container, but it was tasty. The mochi dessert was also very good and maybe a little bit more special having a couple different fillings.
Toby Kahn
tempura soba was delightful. duck soba was too. we enjoyed the chicken wings also. The broth is so delicious.
KYUNG KANG
This place is overrated and overpriced. Had so much expectation but only thing I liked was easy parking (b/c it’s ghetto area) and the atmosphere. Learn to make soba at home. You’ll enjoy more
One star off as the duck breast slices still have unplucked feather on the skin that made the dining experience imperfect. Soba should have mixed with flour as I don't think it's 100% buckwheat based on the texture.
The Hojicha gelato is surprisingly awesome!
Dai
Walk in accepted but the wait time is long even though the line is not long. I got there in Friday afternoon and waited for almost 20 mins to order. The owner/ cashier was not nice, when we have 5 adult and 2 elders and order 5 main dishes and 2 side dishes, she was showing attitude. Food took appx 30 mins to arrive. The portion is small. I don't recommend the cucumber dish ($10)
Ned OConnor
I usually review only Asian or South Pacific restaurants. I dislike and usually won't do negative reviews. I believe there's enough people who will do negative reviews if there is really a problem. Soba hand made in Japan is a star circling a star. the foods accompanied with the soba should shine as bright as the soba. I was disappointed there was no 100% buckwheat and yam soba. Due to a survey I try to be gluten free. I found no 100% gluten free buckwheat on the menu. Yes there is an appetizer buckwheat soba only but did not say gluten free and I suspect it had wheat as a binder. I can only quote Shakespeare Much ado about nothing. I enjoy soba but I won't be back to this restaurant.
T T
This was a nice soba spot with good food and a very chill atmosphere. There is indoor seating and a larger outdoor seating area. You order first and then wait to be served. The fried chicken was tasty and very juicy. The soba was cooked perfectly and the dashi was good! Overall a great meal.
The best bite was the sashimi and it paired perfectly with cold soba... So refreshing and light. I loved being there.
Christopher Moran
Great soba, very authentic!
Lawrence
Overrated , overpriced garbage. I have had homemade instant cold soba that taste better than this for less than half the cost.The service was trash, took exactly 40 minutes for two servings of cold soba with pathetic amount of tiny shrimp tempura.
We arrived on a Friday at 5:30 PM. There was a short line, but the place was already packed. There is an outdoor seating area and indoor sitting area. The food came out pretty quickly. My favorite dish is actually the sashimi appetizer because the fish was super fresh and delicious. Other dishes we got was the tamago, the hot soba with the shrimp tempura and the hot soba with the duck. Everything was extremely delicious. A little pricey, but expected for Bay Area prices. Food was good overall so I would come again! No parking lot but street parking was easy to find.
food was decent. refreshing bowl of noodles but I would not go out of my way
it was pretty busy when I got there. you order at the counter and waited maybe 30 minutes to order, no problem. however after I ordered
it took 54 minutes to get the food. 54 minutes!!
I understand it is a locally small business dealing with recent large crowds. there needs to be a better system to indicate what the wait will be after you have already ordered and paid for your food, because near an hour is too long
Although it’s not cheap for relatively simple Japanese food, and they don’t have full table service, it is a beautiful atmosphere and I really enjoyed it and I would come back. I had the warm soba with fried shrimp tempura. And we had one appetizer each. We did have dessert but not Drinks and it was $60 each after tax and tip.
It’s a little strange that the gelato is served in the paper container, but it was tasty. The mochi dessert was also very good and maybe a little bit more special having a couple different fillings.
tempura soba was delightful. duck soba was too. we enjoyed the chicken wings also. The broth is so delicious.
This place is overrated and overpriced.
Had so much expectation but only thing I liked was easy parking (b/c it’s ghetto area) and the atmosphere.
Learn to make soba at home.
You’ll enjoy more
My favourite soba place in the Bay
Ordered 4 items:
Umeshu with soda, Tamagoyaki, Kamo Nanban, Hojicha gelato
One star off as the duck breast slices still have unplucked feather on the skin that made the dining experience imperfect. Soba should have mixed with flour as I don't think it's 100% buckwheat based on the texture.
The Hojicha gelato is surprisingly awesome!
Walk in accepted but the wait time is long even though the line is not long. I got there in Friday afternoon and waited for almost 20 mins to order. The owner/ cashier was not nice, when we have 5 adult and 2 elders and order 5 main dishes and 2 side dishes, she was showing attitude. Food took appx 30 mins to arrive. The portion is small. I don't recommend the cucumber dish ($10)
I usually review only Asian or South Pacific restaurants. I dislike and usually won't do negative reviews. I believe there's enough people who will do negative reviews if there is really a problem. Soba hand made in Japan is a star circling a star. the foods accompanied with the soba should shine as bright as the soba. I was disappointed there was no 100% buckwheat and yam soba. Due to a survey I try to be gluten free. I found no 100% gluten free buckwheat on the menu. Yes there is an appetizer buckwheat soba only but did not say gluten free and I suspect it had wheat as a binder.
I can only quote Shakespeare
Much ado about nothing. I enjoy soba but I won't be back to this restaurant.
This was a nice soba spot with good food and a very chill atmosphere. There is indoor seating and a larger outdoor seating area. You order first and then wait to be served. The fried chicken was tasty and very juicy. The soba was cooked perfectly and the dashi was good! Overall a great meal.
Restaurantji Recommends
The best bite was the sashimi and it paired perfectly with cold soba... So refreshing and light. I loved being there.
Great soba, very authentic!
Overrated , overpriced garbage. I have had homemade instant cold soba that taste better than this for less than half the cost.The service was trash, took exactly 40 minutes for two servings of cold soba with pathetic amount of tiny shrimp tempura.
Perfect way to start a night off 🍜
very authentic
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