KONJIKI HOTOTOGISU

To All Michelin restaurants hunters. First of all, the red Michelin certificate on the entry door is from 2018, at least 5 years old. Second, if you expect superb delicious food in an upscale ambience, this is not your place. To get there, you will have to get the number at 5:30. If you do not stic...k at the door till 6:30, you will not be seated according to your number, because they do not honor the numbers in a sequence. After all, you will have a bowl of a ramen soup, which in my opinion is not better then in many other places. Since Michelin aura made this restaurant very popular, there is a crowd outside waiting for you to leave. The owner put a sign asking you out of respect to others to eat fast, not to have long conversation with your party and others. Just eat and go away. In my opinion, we wasted an evening in Tokyo. Food itself – ton of noodles with broth with 2 pieces of ham and traces of some other stuff. I think this is what ramen should be, but I have no idea what does it have to do with Michelin.

Visited October 2023

Went there at 630pm, had just a few groups infront of us, didn't know that you must have a ticket until we are in the front after queueing for 15mins and there's no more tickets, since they already gave out all the ticket. They should have the courtesy to check everyone in queue and not waste our ti...me. Won't be going back there again.

Visited September 2023

extremely rude staff. They make sure that your experience is terrible by all means. You are constantly told to eat and leave which is difficult considering the ramen is hot. While it does taste good, it is nothing special. 1/10.

Visited June 2023

The soba was interesting, but not among the best in Tokyo by a long shot. Of the Michelin star rated restaurant I’ve eaten at, this is the only one which left me wondering why it got the rating - maybe it’s declined, as happens to some restaurants after they get awards. Separate from the food, the ...service was quite rude - the only interaction I’ve ever had in Japan which I’d call extremely rude. We were pressured to eat faster after being seated for only 10 minutes (clock time, no exaggeration). My wife texted me a question, and the waiter came to tell me not to look at my phone. The waiter started coming by every 2 minutes while I was eating to tell us that other customers were waiting. The table next to us was empty. As we left, we saw a 3 person line. We were out 15 minutes after being seated, regretting we had entered.

Visited March 2020

Perhaps the best soba I've had in Tokyo. I arrived ~5-6 minutes before opening and waited a little over an hour before I got my bowl of noodles. It definitely deserves its star. Just know what to expect of small ramen shops, especially as the demand here is so high. Expect a long wait for a rather s...hort experience and tons of people waiting behind you. If you want to take your time and enjoy precise service, go to a full-service restaurant. Also note that you can only order one bowl of noodles and can't get more noodles - that was a slight annoyance, but understandable given the demand.

Visited January 2020