This place is excellent. Everything about it is awesome. Food feels really home-style. The staff was very nice. Cute setting too. This is a must visit in Boston.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pork Cutlet Combo
Trent
The cutest restaurant in Porter Square! If my math is correct, Tampopo is celebrating 30 years at porter square, so they must be doing something right.
I ordered the tempura combo and was very impressed with what I got. The tempura was light and crispy and the rice was perfectly cooked (some very old comments mention mushy rice but I can say that my rice was cooked to perfection).
When dining in here, you must realize that it is only being run by 2 people, so you may wait a while to get your food as they fill takeout orders; but the food is well worth the wait!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tempura
Egg Taat
Good small place for a special cutlet taste. Two old couple working this place and the taste is honestly not bad for the price they charged. We order the curry with fried pork cutlet and shrimp tempura udon which both are good.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Tempura, Pork Cutlet Combo
L S
Very good at reasonable price. I could give 5+☆ if fried shrimps are a bit larger.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 5
Nora Delaney
I have been coming here for years. The service is incredibly kind and friendly, and the food is delicious. This is a great place to go if you are having a tough day and are just looking for a simple and tasty lunch or dinner.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Brenda
True Japanese home cooking! A tiny little place but it feels like home. Simple, no frills, and affordable. Had the salad and the age dashi tofu. Tastes just like homemade.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried
Sam Santiago
My wife and I have been dining at Tampopo since it opened in 1992. Even though we’ve relocated to another state, we make it part of our visits to Cambridge to enjoy Chef Yasu’s simple yet elegant dishes and his wife’s warm hospitality. Highly recommended.
As another reviewer said it best: tasty, authentic, affordable. Everything you could want. Very sweet owners who deserve patronage
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Kalla Maxine Sy
The tempura udon was the worst I’ve ever eaten. The broth was water and salt — I asked for soy sauce and another sauce and both did not help it at all. I would not recommend the tempura udon. I wish I had bought udon from the next door restaurant.
A cute “mom and pop” shop where a friendly older woman feeds you bigger bowls of food than you except and with such a warm feeling. It tasted like home-made food and all for $28 total (for 2 people). I loved it here and definitely want to come back.
Highly recommend the vegetable tempura and the katsu gyudon. The vegetables are marinated and seasoned to perfection.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shrimp and Vegetable Tempura, Pork Katsu Don, Tempura
Christi Balaki
Goos food at very reasonable prices. The tempura (4/5) is very good and cheap as a side. The chicken cutlet (4/5) is also very tasty as well. The pork cutlets and udon is also great! Service is also very fast.
This place is excellent. Everything about it is awesome. Food feels really home-style. The staff was very nice. Cute setting too. This is a must visit in Boston.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pork Cutlet Combo
The cutest restaurant in Porter Square! If my math is correct, Tampopo is celebrating 30 years at porter square, so they must be doing something right.
I ordered the tempura combo and was very impressed with what I got. The tempura was light and crispy and the rice was perfectly cooked (some very old comments mention mushy rice but I can say that my rice was cooked to perfection).
When dining in here, you must realize that it is only being run by 2 people, so you may wait a while to get your food as they fill takeout orders; but the food is well worth the wait!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tempura
Good small place for a special cutlet taste.
Two old couple working this place and the taste is honestly not bad for the price they charged.
We order the curry with fried pork cutlet and shrimp tempura udon which both are good.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Tempura, Pork Cutlet Combo
Very good at reasonable price. I could give 5+☆ if fried shrimps are a bit larger.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 5
I have been coming here for years. The service is incredibly kind and friendly, and the food is delicious. This is a great place to go if you are having a tough day and are just looking for a simple and tasty lunch or dinner.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
True Japanese home cooking! A tiny little place but it feels like home. Simple, no frills, and affordable. Had the salad and the age dashi tofu. Tastes just like homemade.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried
My wife and I have been dining at Tampopo since it opened in 1992. Even though we’ve relocated to another state, we make it part of our visits to Cambridge to enjoy Chef Yasu’s simple yet elegant dishes and his wife’s warm hospitality. Highly recommended.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pork Katsu Don, Tempura Udon, Pork Cutlet, Tempura, Soup, Pork Cutlet Combo, Shrimp Tempura Udon
Delicious food, lovely atmosphere
As another reviewer said it best: tasty, authentic, affordable. Everything you could want. Very sweet owners who deserve patronage
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
The tempura udon was the worst I’ve ever eaten. The broth was water and salt — I asked for soy sauce and another sauce and both did not help it at all. I would not recommend the tempura udon. I wish I had bought udon from the next door restaurant.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Tempura Udon, Tempura
Restaurantji Recommends
A cute “mom and pop” shop where a friendly older woman feeds you bigger bowls of food than you except and with such a warm feeling. It tasted like home-made food and all for $28 total (for 2 people). I loved it here and definitely want to come back.
Highly recommend the vegetable tempura and the katsu gyudon. The vegetables are marinated and seasoned to perfection.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shrimp and Vegetable Tempura, Pork Katsu Don, Tempura
Goos food at very reasonable prices. The tempura (4/5) is very good and cheap as a side. The chicken cutlet (4/5) is also very tasty as well. The pork cutlets and udon is also great! Service is also very fast.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tempura Udon, Tampopo Chicken Pop, Fried, Tempura, Pork Cutlet Combo
They are not out of business they just went to vacation I been coming here to eat last 20 years they just went back JP for times off
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I've been coming here since i was in college always getting the tampopo chicken which i highly suggest
Edit: took a star off service aa they are closed for a month but the only way to know this is to go there. They didn't update their site or maps entry
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Tempura
Soboro Nasu bowl with fried tofu
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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