No foreigners allowed. A near empty restaurant, we walked in, I asked for two seats. I guess my Japanese isn’t good enough because she took one look at us and said«members only» and shoo’d us out.
BRIAN G.
Rating des Ortes: 1 Oakland, CA
Members only. Wasted time finding this place. Don’t bother walked in owner said members only.
Kegan J.
Rating des Ortes: 1 Wichita, KS
Waste of time. I went here based on Lonely Planet but was told«Members Only», which from reading other reviews on here and TripAdvisor means«Japanese Only».
Duy H.
Rating des Ortes: 1 Fort Worth, TX
Don’t bother wasting your time here if you are visiting. I came with my father in law who speak fluent Japanese. We walked in and there is 2 person sitting at the bar with only 2 tables reserved. The waitress ask if we have reservation which we don’t. She then ask the chef if she can seat us. The chef take one look at us and said the restaurant is full and is completely reserved. He apparently does not like gaijin.
Julia T.
Rating des Ortes: 4 Minneapolis, MN
Perfect soba noodles cooked traditionally. Be prepared, very little to no English spoken. We ended up using Wikipedia for names of traditional noodle dishes to ask for. Cold noodles which you dip in to sauce are called mori soba and after you drink the hot cooking water, care not to burn your mouth! Hot noodles in a broth are called Kake soba and with a spice powder sprinkled on are very comforting. Staff are nice but don’t expect super service. Very authentic and well worth the trip. Tip — to help find it, it is opposite the high school and also look at pictures of the restaurant front.
Olivier L.
Rating des Ortes: 4 Paris, France
Masaaki Narutomi does some of the best soba and tempura you can find in Tokyo. Very authentic and understated in a lost corner of Ginza. They say it is best to reserve but I went by myself for lunch without calling and the chef managed to squeeze me in at the counter even though it was packed.
Jennifer K.
Rating des Ortes: 3 Markham, Canada
成富 is famous for it’s fresh handmade Soba(手打蕎麥面), which is quite difficult to find in Toronto, where I live. The restaurant is simple but clean. Menu comes only in Japanese with no photos, but since I know a few character. so ordering was not a problem. Cold Soba with bitter 辛味 daikon(1080 yen) was A-OK with good bite. Of course soba water (蕎麥湯) was served to end the meal. I still need to practice my noodle slurping skill. How can I slurp it so everyone can hear me?