Dohatsuten Ramen & Tapas

799 San Antonio Rd, Palo Alto
(650) 493-2878

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Dohatsuten Ramen in Tonkotsu Broth
Taro Pork Ramen with Soy Broth
Asahi's Chashu Ramen
Takochan's Takoyaki
Mentai Takana Don
Nankotsu Karaage
Spicy Miso Ramen
Chicken Karaage
Agedashi Tofu
Shrimp Gyoza

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Featured items
Dohatsuten Ramen
Spicy garlic minced pork, shredded chili, Chashu pork, stewed taro pork, cabbage, carrots, green onions, chives, bean sprouts, and half egg. Soup-except vegetarian soy is made from stock based on pork, chicken, and fish with a variety of vegetables.
Chicken Karaage
Marinated crunchy fried chicken.
Asahi's Chashu Ramen
Braised pork belly-Chashu pork, green onions, bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, and half egg. Soup-except vegetarian soy is made from stock based on pork, chicken, and fish with a variety of vegetables.
Grilled Unagi Yakimeshi
Grilled eel, pickled mustard takana leaves, green onions, sesame seeds, and nori seaweed. Crispy fried rice cooked in a hot cast iron skillet.
Kids Ramen
Chashu pork, sweet corn, and half egg.
Create Your Own Ramen
Only noodles and broth. You could add toppings and customize your ramen. Soup-except vegetarian soy is made from stock based on pork, chicken, and fish with a variety of vegetables.
Gyu Don
Simmered tender thinly sliced beef, sweet onions, and pickled ginger.
Vegetable Ramen
Cabbage, carrots, green onions, chives, bean sprouts, sweet corn, and baby corn. Soup-except vegetarian soy is made from stock based on pork, chicken, and fish with a variety of vegetables.
Pork Gyoza
Fried pork and vegetable dumpling.
Chashu & Takana Yakimeshi
Crispy fried rice with cubed chashu pork, pickled mustard takena leaves, chives, bean sprouts, poached egg, green onions, and nori seaweed. Crispy fried rice cooked in a hot cast iron skillet.
Tan Shio
Grilled beef tongue, onions, green onions, and ponzu garlic sauce.
Dohatsuten Don
Spicy garlic minced pork, green onions, and mayonnaise.
Curry Flavored Beef Yakimeshi
Crispy fried rice with ground beef curry with carrots and onions, eggplants, poached egg, and green onions. Crispy fried rice cooked in a hot cast iron skillet.
Takochan's Takoyaki
Savory wheat-flour batter balls with octopus topped with bonito flakes, seaweed, and wasabi aioli.
Hokkaido Pumpkin Croquette
Fried creamy mashed pumpkin in breadcrumbs.
Chashu Don
Cubed chashu pork, green onions, and seaweed.
Crispy Calamari
Fried calamari with sea salt and creamy spicy sauce.
Shrimp Gyoza
Steamed shrimp and vegetable dumpling.
Green Tea Cheese Cake
Mentai & Takana Yakimeshi
Crispy fried rice with spicy cod roe, pickled mustard takena leaves, dried anchovies, green onions, sesame seeds, and nori seaweed. Crispy fried rice cooked in a hot cast iron skillet.

Cold Tapas
Takowasabi
Marinated raw octopus and wasabi.
Spinach Gomaae
Boiled spinach with sweet sesame sauce.
Otsukemono Set
Takana leaves, eggplant shibazuke, and daikon takuan.
Edamame Hijiki Tofu Salad
Hijiki seaweed shimmered in sweet soy-flavored dashi stock and mashed creamy tofu with sesame.
Spicy Cucumber
English cucumber marinated in spicy sauce.
Cold Tofu
Tofu, green onions, bonito flakes, and ginger.
White Tuna Tataki
Seared Albacore, onions, green onions, daikon, and ponzu sauce.
Kimchee
Korean spicy Napa cabbage.
Wakame Salad
Marinated seaweed salad.

Hot Tapas
Chicken Karaage
Marinated crunchy fried chicken.
Hokkaido Pumpkin Croquette
Fried creamy mashed pumpkin in breadcrumbs.
Tan Shio
Grilled beef tongue, onions, green onions, and ponzu garlic sauce.
Chicken Nanban
Fried chicken marinated in sweet-salty sauce and tartar sauce on top.
Sweet Soy-Glazed Tofu
Crisp fried tofu coated with sweet and savory soy sauce glaze, green onions.
Agedashi Tofu
Fried tofu, dash broth, ginger, daikon, bonito flakes, and nori seaweed. Vegetarian option available upon request.
Takochan's Takoyaki
Savory wheat-flour batter balls with octopus topped with bonito flakes, seaweed, and wasabi aioli.
Pork Gyoza
Fried pork and vegetable dumpling.
Nankotsu Karaage
Marinated fried chicken knee cartilage.
Crispy Calamari
Fried calamari with sea salt and creamy spicy sauce.
Shrimp Gyoza
Steamed shrimp and vegetable dumpling.
Miso Soup
Wakame seaweed, tofu, and green onions.
Spicy Garlic Edamame
Boiled soybeans with spicy garlic sauce.
Nagoya Teba Chicken Wings
Fried chicken wings marinated with sweet-peppered sauce and sesame seeds on top.
Edamame
Boiled soy beans with salt.

Ramen
Dohatsuten Ramen
Spicy garlic minced pork, shredded chili, Chashu pork, stewed taro pork, cabbage, carrots, green onions, chives, bean sprouts, and half egg. Soup-except vegetarian soy is made from stock based on pork, chicken, and fish with a variety of vegetables.
Create Your Own Ramen
Only noodles and broth. You could add toppings and customize your ramen. Soup-except vegetarian soy is made from stock based on pork, chicken, and fish with a variety of vegetables.
Asahi's Chashu Ramen
Braised pork belly-Chashu pork, green onions, bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, and half egg. Soup-except vegetarian soy is made from stock based on pork, chicken, and fish with a variety of vegetables.
Tsukemen Dipping Cold Noodle
Warm yuzu-soy flavored dipping sauce, cubed chashu pork, green onions, bean sprouts, two half eggs, nori seaweed, and no choice of broth. Soup-except vegetarian soy is made from stock based on pork, chicken, and fish with a variety of vegetables.
Vegetable Ramen
Cabbage, carrots, green onions, chives, bean sprouts, sweet corn, and baby corn. Soup-except vegetarian soy is made from stock based on pork, chicken, and fish with a variety of vegetables.
Taro Pork Ramen
Simmered tender pork belly-taro pork, green onions, bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, and half egg. Soup-except vegetarian soy is made from stock based on pork, chicken, and fish with a variety of vegetables.

Kid's Choice
Kids Ramen
Chashu pork, sweet corn, and half egg.
Kid's Organic 100%25 Apple Juice
Kid's Organic Milk
Kid's Organic Lemonade

Iron Yakimeshi (Crispy Fried Rice)
Grilled Unagi Yakimeshi
Grilled eel, pickled mustard takana leaves, green onions, sesame seeds, and nori seaweed. Crispy fried rice cooked in a hot cast iron skillet.
Chashu & Kimchee Yakimeshi
Crispy fried rice with cubed chashu pork, kimchee, chives, bean sprouts, poached egg, green onions, and nori seaweed. Crispy fried rice cooked in a hot cast iron skillet.
Mentai & Takana Yakimeshi
Crispy fried rice with spicy cod roe, pickled mustard takena leaves, dried anchovies, green onions, sesame seeds, and nori seaweed. Crispy fried rice cooked in a hot cast iron skillet.
Chashu & Takana Yakimeshi
Crispy fried rice with cubed chashu pork, pickled mustard takena leaves, chives, bean sprouts, poached egg, green onions, and nori seaweed. Crispy fried rice cooked in a hot cast iron skillet.
Vegetarian Yakimeshi
Crispy fried rice with tofu, edamame hijiki seaweed, ginger wakame, bean sprouts, green onions, sesame seeds, and nori seaweed. Crispy fried rice cooked in a hot cast iron skillet.
Curry Flavored Beef Yakimeshi
Crispy fried rice with ground beef curry with carrots and onions, eggplants, poached egg, and green onions. Crispy fried rice cooked in a hot cast iron skillet.

Donburi (Rice Bowl)
Gyu Don
Simmered tender thinly sliced beef, sweet onions, and pickled ginger.
Oyako Don
Chicken, egg, onions, green onions, and nori seaweed.
Curry Don
Ground beef curry with carrots, onions, and green onions.
Mentai Takana Don
Spicy cod roe, pickled mustard takana leaves, and green onions.
Chashu Don
Cubed chashu pork, green onions, and seaweed.
Dohatsuten Don
Spicy garlic minced pork, green onions, and mayonnaise.
White Tuna Don
Seared Albacore, pickled ginger, wasabi, green onions, and nori seaweed.

Onigiri (Rice Balls)
Onigiri
Rice balls, pressed rice and filling wrapped in nori seaweed, sesame seeds on top
Yaki Onigiri
Grilled rice balls, soy sauce, butter-flavored, and no filling.

Drinks
Strawberry Lemonade
Lemonade Iced Tea
Unsweetened Green Iced Tea
Berry Hibiscus Iced Tea
Diet Coke
Coke
Ramune Strawberry Soda
Japanese carbonated soft drink, unique shaped glass bottle sealed with a fun marble
Sprite
Ramune Soda Original
Japanese carbonated soft drink, unique shaped glass bottle sealed with a fun marble.
Organic Lemonade
San Pellegrino Sparkling Water
500ml
Ramune Melon Soda
Japanese carbonated soft drink, unique shaped glass bottle sealed with a fun marble
Kid's Organic Milk
Kid's Organic 100%25 Apple Juice
Kid's Organic Lemonade

Desserts
Green Tea Cheese Cake
Mochi Ice Cream
Mango Cheese Cake
Ice Cream

Extra Soup/ Rice
Extra Noodles
Extra Soup Small
Extra Soup Large
White Rice
Brown Rice

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Recent Reviews

This is the best Ramen in Palo Alto based on my taste
Broth taste autentic
Toppings are big portions
Noodle to broth ratio is perfect
Soft boiled egg is cooked to perfection
Authentic ramen noodles
The pork is really good soft and tender
The bowl is big
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January 2026
The sweetest Japanese auntie who watched my little kids grow up from babies and doted on them. 💞

I’ve always eaten the same delicious things for years; chicken karaage, tonkotsu ramen, rice balls, rice bowls, whatever that’s suitable & not spicy for sharing with littles..

But today, I tried the spicy clams and kimchi ramen for the first time, after YEARS of not eating spicy stuff due to sharing with kids, AND IT WAS MIND BLOWING!...
November 2025
Had the vegetable soy broth with vegetarian ramen, mushroom broth spicy clam and kimchi ramen, pumpkin croquettes and vegetarian fried rice. The mushroom broth with spicy clam and kimchi ramen and pumpkin croquettes both were good flavor. The remaining 2 items didn't enjoy. Tasted blah unfortunately.

Service and atmosphere both were good and they were very polite and friendly. Not too crowded when I went last. Parking can get a bit tricky but there were...
November 2025

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Dohatsuten Ramen & Tapas

799 San Antonio Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94303
(650) 493-2878