Authentic ramen spot with great service and atmosphere. The karaage chicken was delicious. The ramen was good, but I believe it was just slightly bland. However, everyone has different palates when it comes to ramen, therefore I would still recommend it as a solid option compared to others in Quebec City!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Anton Chykalovets
Mochi should definitely be praised more among comments, it's a really authentic Japanese dessert and very delicious
Ellison Chung
Amazing vibes, definitely a good choice if you're in town wanting warm and cozy service and food. Super friendly staff that welcome you from the door. Ramen down to basics, done right.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
James N
wow, huge lineup in compact space, good for quick eat, parking front door
Twin Fish
This ramen shop is a bit far from the Old Town — you’ll need to take a bus to get there — but it’s totally worth it! The ramen tastes really authentic and the broth isn’t overly salty. The beer was perfectly cold and refreshing, and the fried chicken was surprisingly good! They use chicken breast instead of thigh meat, which was a nice surprise. If you have time to visit, I highly recommend trying their fried chicken — it’s a must!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Anja J.
A small local restaurant. Very friendly service and delicious food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
KY Chu
The ramen in Canada is often not hot enough, but at this place, it arrived steaming with smoke! It was a surprise! The ramen was authentic Japanese, simple flavor but it tasted very good.
My friend ordered the fried chicken, she said it was delicious!
The staff were very attentive. Even during busy hour, they noticed when guests finished their appetizers before serving the ramen. When our water ran low, they quickly refilled it. Since I'm a vegetarian, I didn’t eat my friend's fried chicken, and the staff noticed that and brought out my ramen first.
I didn’t expect such thoughtful service at a ramen shop!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Caitlin Brown
The service and atmosphere were great here. The ramen was good, but not the best I’ve had. I would come back to lunch!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Fredericcc
Let me start with the good things, because, well, there aren’t many, but credit where it’s due. The staff were very polite and efficient, the place was clean, and the location is fairly convenient if you’re coming from Old Québec. So yes, that’s pretty much everything nice I can say.
Now, onto the disappointing part, which is, unfortunately, most of the experience.
First, the portion. I’m not sure if the kitchen uses a jeweler’s scale to weigh noodles, but my bowl couldn’t have had more than 100 grams of ramen. The restaurant is called Tora-Ya, “Tiger’s Den”, but this portion isn’t for a tiger. It’s more like something you’d serve to a Neko, which means a kitten in Japanese.
Then, the flavor, or should I say… the salt. Because that’s pretty much all there was. No depth, no complexity, no umami flavor, just salt. I kept drinking water to dilute it, and by the end, I felt like a water balloon. Even my burps afterward were tasteless. Honestly, this isn’t just far from the ramen I had in Sapporo back in 2017...it’s not even close to what you’d get at a Chinese-run Japanese restaurant in Toronto.
Oh, and one more awkward thing: the restrooms. There are two, and the signs were so “artistically” ambiguous that I genuinely couldn’t tell which was for men and which was for women. I picked an empty one, only to be politely informed by other customers on my way out that I’d used the women’s. Upon closer inspection, yeah, maybe that stick figure had a skirt. Or maybe it was a ghost. Who knows? I understand the store wants to be unique. But just put an “M” and an “F,” or “Homme/Femme,” or even the kanji 男/女.
All in all...my experience was disappointing, overpriced, and oddly confusing. I would not recommend unless you’re on a very strict low-carb, low-flavor, high-sodium diet. And yeah enjoy the guessing games at the bathroom door.
Decent place, but nothing special. Noodles are good, broth (pork/miso?) is wanting, but vide is pretty good. Surprised it’s as popular as it is.
Britton Bettridge
If you want to experience what Japan is like this place is it. Ramen was the best we have had since our trip to Japan. Mochi was spot on the traditional way.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tracy DeLong
Vacationing from New Brunswick, solo and had to have some ramen while in Quebec. I will be back here!!! Sat at the counter. Atmosphere was on point. Loved looking up and seeing he inner workings for the business. Miso was buttery and the pork too melted in my mouth. So much so, I had to slow down the chewing to savour it, karaaga chicken was juicy with the spicy mayo and squeeze of lemon as the coup de grace, great pairing. It was a hot summer day and the Sapppro and Yuzu was more than I could have asked for. WORTH EVERY CENT! THANK YOU!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Rick Peng
Ramen was okay but not impressive. Staff was really friendly and helpful.
Ramen was ok
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Authentic ramen spot with great service and atmosphere. The karaage chicken was delicious. The ramen was good, but I believe it was just slightly bland. However, everyone has different palates when it comes to ramen, therefore I would still recommend it as a solid option compared to others in Quebec City!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Mochi should definitely be praised more among comments, it's a really authentic Japanese dessert and very delicious
Amazing vibes, definitely a good choice if you're in town wanting warm and cozy service and food. Super friendly staff that welcome you from the door. Ramen down to basics, done right.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
wow, huge lineup in compact space, good for quick eat, parking front door
This ramen shop is a bit far from the Old Town — you’ll need to take a bus to get there — but it’s totally worth it! The ramen tastes really authentic and the broth isn’t overly salty. The beer was perfectly cold and refreshing, and the fried chicken was surprisingly good! They use chicken breast instead of thigh meat, which was a nice surprise. If you have time to visit, I highly recommend trying their fried chicken — it’s a must!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
A small local restaurant. Very friendly service and delicious food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The ramen in Canada is often not hot enough, but at this place, it arrived steaming with smoke! It was a surprise! The ramen was authentic Japanese, simple flavor but it tasted very good.
My friend ordered the fried chicken, she said it was delicious!
The staff were very attentive. Even during busy hour, they noticed when guests finished their appetizers before serving the ramen. When our water ran low, they quickly refilled it.
Since I'm a vegetarian, I didn’t eat my friend's fried chicken, and the staff noticed that and brought out my ramen first.
I didn’t expect such thoughtful service at a ramen shop!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The service and atmosphere were great here. The ramen was good, but not the best I’ve had. I would come back to lunch!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Let me start with the good things, because, well, there aren’t many, but credit where it’s due. The staff were very polite and efficient, the place was clean, and the location is fairly convenient if you’re coming from Old Québec. So yes, that’s pretty much everything nice I can say.
Now, onto the disappointing part, which is, unfortunately, most of the experience.
First, the portion. I’m not sure if the kitchen uses a jeweler’s scale to weigh noodles, but my bowl couldn’t have had more than 100 grams of ramen. The restaurant is called Tora-Ya, “Tiger’s Den”, but this portion isn’t for a tiger. It’s more like something you’d serve to a Neko, which means a kitten in Japanese.
Then, the flavor, or should I say… the salt. Because that’s pretty much all there was. No depth, no complexity, no umami flavor, just salt. I kept drinking water to dilute it, and by the end, I felt like a water balloon. Even my burps afterward were tasteless. Honestly, this isn’t just far from the ramen I had in Sapporo back in 2017...it’s not even close to what you’d get at a Chinese-run Japanese restaurant in Toronto.
Oh, and one more awkward thing: the restrooms. There are two, and the signs were so “artistically” ambiguous that I genuinely couldn’t tell which was for men and which was for women. I picked an empty one, only to be politely informed by other customers on my way out that I’d used the women’s. Upon closer inspection, yeah, maybe that stick figure had a skirt. Or maybe it was a ghost. Who knows? I understand the store wants to be unique. But just put an “M” and an “F,” or “Homme/Femme,” or even the kanji 男/女.
All in all...my experience was disappointing, overpriced, and oddly confusing. I would not recommend unless you’re on a very strict low-carb, low-flavor, high-sodium diet. And yeah enjoy the guessing games at the bathroom door.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 4
Restaurantji Recommends
Miso Ramen was delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Decent place, but nothing special. Noodles are good, broth (pork/miso?) is wanting, but vide is pretty good. Surprised it’s as popular as it is.
If you want to experience what Japan is like this place is it. Ramen was the best we have had since our trip to Japan. Mochi was spot on the traditional way.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Vacationing from New Brunswick, solo and had to have some ramen while in Quebec. I will be back here!!! Sat at the counter. Atmosphere was on point. Loved looking up and seeing he inner workings for the business. Miso was buttery and the pork too melted in my mouth. So much so, I had to slow down the chewing to savour it, karaaga chicken was juicy with the spicy mayo and squeeze of lemon as the coup de grace, great pairing. It was a hot summer day and the Sapppro and Yuzu was more than I could have asked for. WORTH EVERY CENT! THANK YOU!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ramen was okay but not impressive. Staff was really friendly and helpful.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
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