Hakataikkosha Kyotoramen Koji

Chain ramen restaurant. It was strangely hard to find somewhere serving what a westerner might call 'ordinary tonkotsu ramen', and we ended up here in the Kyoto Station 'Ramen Street'. The place gets a bad press as it's touristy but for us it was fine, it was what we wanted that day. Nothing special... but a quick, typical bowl of tonkotsu ramen. Store is quite small so you have to wait for seats but people eat quickly.

Visited August 2025

Having had this amazing ramen in Hakata, I was super disappointed with this branch. They either need to step up maintaining their hygiene in the kitchen, throw away their expired food or give those wash cloths a thorough cleanse (perhaps replacing them would be better). The shop reeked of a sour sme...ll which I cannot pin-point and unfortunately stayed with me for a good 5 minutes until I was able rush out for a breath of fresh air outside the building. What was supposed to be a half-cooked egg with a runny yolk turned out to be a hard-boiled egg which is definitely unacceptable in any standard. No chance for photos as the smell was getting to me real bad.

Visited June 2019

I came in because of the very long queue, I trusted all those people but... I made a mistake! Terrible smell inside and terrible ramen!

Visited August 2018

Came here after reading many good reviews. It turned out to be the worst ramen I ever had. To begin with, the ramen is more expensive than other places in general(above 1000 yen for ramen only), as it’s in the Kyoto station building, above isetan. However, the price didn’t not reflect the quality o...f the ramen! The noodles were soggy, the chashu slices were bland and had a strong unpleasant pork smell. The broth was bad too, too salty. It’s a tonkotsu ramen and I suppose broth should have the natural sweetness taste after hours of boiling with pork bone. But the broth just taste so artificial and very very very salty. I have tried ramen at other places in Kyoto and Tokyo, this is by far the worst ramen. I wouldn’t recommend anyone to come here for ramen. There are better place for ramen in Kyoto.

Visited January 2018

We stopped by here at the Kyoto branch which at the tenth floor of the Kyoto JR station. Self service for ordering and pre-payment at the kiosk, and then the ramen is served quite quickly. The stock is think and ramen is thinner than traditional ramen. They have two branches in Singapore, at Changi ...T3 and Tanjong Pagar.

Visited September 2017