ICHIRAN Hakataten Sampurazachikagainai

Today we tried Hakata-style ramen at the Ichiran Hakata Sun Plaza branch - classic tonkotsu ramen with charsiu, boiled egg, scallion, and spicy “red dry sauce”. After waiting in the queue for ~30 minutes, we completed a form with our ramen preferences (broth, noodle firmness, spice level) and place...d our orders via a ticket machine. Ichiran has a strange booth setup where diners sit in an individual cubicle with partitions, and a bamboo curtain under which you slide your order form and ramen ticket into the kitchen. It's a solo dining experience and there's minimal interation with the staff and other diners. Supposedly it's so you can concentrate on the rich flavour of the tonkotsu ramen without distraction, but the cynic in me suspects that it's so you eat quickly and make way for other paying diners!! It was very good - the broth was very rich and creamy, the noodles were perfect and the charsiu was melt in your mouth tender, but there were no bamboo shoots, seaweed or sprouts (probably have to order at additional cost). It was a terrific and interesting experience - but I probably wouldn't go again.

Visited December 2025

Ichiran was our first meal after arriving in Fukuoka as we were craving a quick bowl of ramen. The line was a little long and snaked a couple times but overall wait was shorter than expected. Inside we sat in the typical cubby and handed over our paper that detailed our preferences for our tonkat...su ramen. Food was delivered shortly and it was very consistent with taste like any other Ichiran location in Japan. However, I do prefer a thicker noodle nowadays but it hit the spot and we could continue with our Fukuoka wanderings on a full stomach.

Visited November 2024

Very good ramen and very interesting restuarant on how they organize seats and tables like an individual cube ! Good experience for foerigners !

Visited September 2024

We had several pork ramen dishes during this three-week trip. One in Kyoto, and two in pork ramen “country”, Hakata in Kyushu, of which Ichiran at Sun Plaza was one. Ichiran was hands down the best of the three. A league ahead. It is incredible that the chain has held its standard to when we first t...asted it back in 2017 in Osaka!

Visited December 2023

Ichiran Ramen is one of the most famous ramen shops in Japan, renowned for its unique restaurant design. Even though the prices may be a bit higher than other ramen shops, the taste makes it worth the money! In Hakata, the lines are much shorter compared to the Tokyo branches, so it is definitely wo...rth a try!

Visited May 2023