Being half Japanese this brought so much joy for me. The quality of the food was amazing. Can’t wait to go back. Please line up 30 min before they open as they get packed and they have one line to order.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Mehikari Tempura, House Made Tofu
Jay Bray
Loved this place, totally worth the wait and will definitely be back
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Vannak Chan
1 hour wait to get in but it's the best soba ever!
Parking: Restaurant is located near some apartments so parking gets tight
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tempura Soba
Anh Nguyen
Love the food and atmosphere. Everything is made in house, great staffs
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Takuma Inagawa
200% recommend!! No.1 quality of Soba noodle in US for sure. Everything is perfect at Soba Ichi, definitely want to come back again!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
David Hsu
The soba is a traditional dish passed along by its caretaker where every proprietor keeps the traditions as strict as possible without tainted biased towards one technique or another ingredient. This truer the product is to the labor and ingredients the more authentic the quality is. We as customers and consumers are just passersby’s to witness the current iteration as it’s peak of existence.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Stefano Bini
what a treat! thanks to an influencer, the place was packed. We waited over an hour but the food was worth and we loved the location. We had sashimi (fresh, amazing), and two types of soba (broth: outstanding). Plus a rather delicious Sake. Sake, like wine, comes in various qualities and their menu reflects it. apparently , they served 250 people last night and ran out of soba!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sarah Vay Kerns
This place is incredible. Every single thing we had was so tasty. I can't wait to go back and try more items from the menu. The wait in line is a bit long, but once you order your food it comes out pretty quickly. Totally worth the wait. The atmosphere is lively and family friendly. The service was great and they were very kind. We made a mistake ordering tea and they were able to make a change after we had already ordered and paid. Very kind. Probably my new favorite place!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Simmered Mackerel, Tamagoyaki, Mehikari Tempura, Hot Soba
Nikhil Shankar
Been here twice and it lives up to the hype. Both the hot and cold soba are excellent, though I have a slight preference for the cold soba. The soba tastes similar to those you’d find in Japan itself (though the prices here, though OK, are higher than across the Pacific). The atmosphere is very cute, good for dates, and the service is friendly. Will be back again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jen Enea
Line moved quickly but lots of things sold out upon arrival. get here early if you have a favorite dish you want! everything was perfect. didnt even get a pic of noodles
Must try at least once! They make the soba noodles in-house fresh, so the buckwheat noodles taste authentic and have amazing texture! The ambiance, to me, was nice and romantic at night too. It's pay at the counter and then someone brings you water and your ordered food according to your table number. Only docked 1 star for the price. It feels pricey for soba, even for the bay area (and especially for pay at the counter, without sit down service) but it's worth trying at least once!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Hot Soba
Yuu Wang
We were a group of five and ordered five appetizers, three desserts, one soba each, and one drink per person. Even after all that, we were still a bit hungry, and the bill came out to over $50 per person. The soba was quite mild in flavor, and the tempura was decent. Among the appetizers, only the salmon was really good. Overall, the food was just okay. We had to wait in line for a long time, and the service was very slow.(the cucumber appetizer, you could make it at home, don’t deserve it)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
Rebecca M
Overall was tasty but a bit on the salty side. I didn't like the cashier up selling us. Yes there are two of us and we ordered 2 appetizers and 1 noodle. We had a 3rd appetizer in mind but was told it's just miso paste so we opted out. And then she goes to say oh appetizer 1 is small and appetizer 2 is little with her fingers showing us how small it is. We ended up getting another noodle which we didn't want to bring home or waste so we stuffed ourselves to suffocation. (We had a late lunch and wanted to try this place.) This totally soured our experience. She did the same thing with the group before us too. That's why the 2 star for service. The wait staffs are awesome though. And hats off to the soba master for making it from scratch! Oh and from the picture the portions werent little little as claimed by the cashier. If you have a minimum charge per person, state that. I'd be happy to comply. If not, up selling is the worst strategy.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 2
Lawrence L
Great hidden restaurant with a nice indoor atmosphere (and more social outside area too). The soba was delicious, and the sides really stood out to me. I recommend the soba cha gelato as a dessert
Being half Japanese this brought so much joy for me. The quality of the food was amazing. Can’t wait to go back. Please line up 30 min before they open as they get packed and they have one line to order.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Mehikari Tempura, House Made Tofu
Loved this place, totally worth the wait and will definitely be back
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
1 hour wait to get in but it's the best soba ever!
Parking: Restaurant is located near some apartments so parking gets tight
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tempura Soba
Love the food and atmosphere. Everything is made in house, great staffs
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
200% recommend!! No.1 quality of Soba noodle in US for sure. Everything is perfect at Soba Ichi, definitely want to come back again!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The soba is a traditional dish passed along by its caretaker where every proprietor keeps the traditions as strict as possible without tainted biased towards one technique or another ingredient. This truer the product is to the labor and ingredients the more authentic the quality is. We as customers and consumers are just passersby’s to witness the current iteration as it’s peak of existence.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
what a treat! thanks to an influencer, the place was packed. We waited over an hour but the food was worth and we loved the location. We had sashimi (fresh, amazing), and two types of soba (broth: outstanding). Plus a rather delicious Sake. Sake, like wine, comes in various qualities and their menu reflects it. apparently , they served 250 people last night and ran out of soba!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This place is incredible. Every single thing we had was so tasty. I can't wait to go back and try more items from the menu.
The wait in line is a bit long, but once you order your food it comes out pretty quickly. Totally worth the wait. The atmosphere is lively and family friendly. The service was great and they were very kind. We made a mistake ordering tea and they were able to make a change after we had already ordered and paid. Very kind.
Probably my new favorite place!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Simmered Mackerel, Tamagoyaki, Mehikari Tempura, Hot Soba
Been here twice and it lives up to the hype. Both the hot and cold soba are excellent, though I have a slight preference for the cold soba. The soba tastes similar to those you’d find in Japan itself (though the prices here, though OK, are higher than across the Pacific). The atmosphere is very cute, good for dates, and the service is friendly. Will be back again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Line moved quickly but lots of things sold out upon arrival. get here early if you have a favorite dish you want! everything was perfect. didnt even get a pic of noodles
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Sashimi Appetizer, Tempura Soba
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Koichi is the real deal
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Must try at least once! They make the soba noodles in-house fresh, so the buckwheat noodles taste authentic and have amazing texture! The ambiance, to me, was nice and romantic at night too. It's pay at the counter and then someone brings you water and your ordered food according to your table number. Only docked 1 star for the price. It feels pricey for soba, even for the bay area (and especially for pay at the counter, without sit down service) but it's worth trying at least once!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Hot Soba
We were a group of five and ordered five appetizers, three desserts, one soba each, and one drink per person. Even after all that, we were still a bit hungry, and the bill came out to over $50 per person. The soba was quite mild in flavor, and the tempura was decent. Among the appetizers, only the salmon was really good. Overall, the food was just okay. We had to wait in line for a long time, and the service was very slow.(the cucumber appetizer, you could make it at home, don’t deserve it)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
Overall was tasty but a bit on the salty side. I didn't like the cashier up selling us. Yes there are two of us and we ordered 2 appetizers and 1 noodle. We had a 3rd appetizer in mind but was told it's just miso paste so we opted out. And then she goes to say oh appetizer 1 is small and appetizer 2 is little with her fingers showing us how small it is. We ended up getting another noodle which we didn't want to bring home or waste so we stuffed ourselves to suffocation. (We had a late lunch and wanted to try this place.) This totally soured our experience. She did the same thing with the group before us too. That's why the 2 star for service. The wait staffs are awesome though. And hats off to the soba master for making it from scratch!
Oh and from the picture the portions werent little little as claimed by the cashier.
If you have a minimum charge per person, state that. I'd be happy to comply. If not, up selling is the worst strategy.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 2
Great hidden restaurant with a nice indoor atmosphere (and more social outside area too). The soba was delicious, and the sides really stood out to me. I recommend the soba cha gelato as a dessert
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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