Ippudo Umeda - Osaka

Enjoy The broth combine well with good quality of ramen. Fast service

Very lively and friendly staffs, gorgeous ramen you should not miss nama beer!!

Very delicious tonkotsu ramen at least for me as a German, might not be the same for some Japanese locals.

Arrived about 8.30pm and was a line down the stairs to the door. The line moved quickly and nearer the door you were given a menu and ordering slip to enable quicker service. The restaurant is small with seating only at the bar. I had a grape sour and spicy black ramen and SO had a beer and special black ramen. The special ramen had an umami taste and a lot of fat (richness) to the broth. I wasn’t a big fan of it, but I really enjoyed the spicy black ramen. It had some oil in the broth but no fat sitting on the surface. The noodles were thin you can only have a standard level of firmness with the black ramen. The kaedama noodles were a little firmer, which we preferred. We ordered the flavoured soft boiled egg on top and it was VERY soft. Like a yolk that had been briefly dunked too slimy for me. I was hoping for the brownish soft boiled egg with firm white and dark yolk. There were 3 different types of egg on the menu and on reflection we should have ordered different ones. Perhaps the salted egg was what we were after? I asked for no chashu, but got it anyway not too bothered, I just lift it out. I also added green onion and kikugare, both were plentiful. Service was fast and staff were friendly with some english. The grape sour was nice enough but a bit sweet tasted like liquified grape gobstoppers. I prefer the other Ippudo in Namba, but it was still enjoyable.

The best ramen in Osaka I have beaten everywhere and sits comfortably in my top five ramen places. There is no English menu, but the staff speaks perfectly English. You will pretend you are in New York and act as if you have some eggs and are not afraid to order.