True love is hard to find
Good ramen
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Your search for good ramen ends here

Our secret (or not-so-secret) recipe: Tonkotsu broth made fresh everyday right in front of you for 12-14 hours. Pork chashu simmered to perfection. Seasoned soft-boiled egg, firm on the outside, soft and gooey on the inside. Marry that with noodles cooked perfectly al dente and you have a ramen bowl so good you have to come back for seconds!

Want it spicy? Love garlic? With chicken instead of pork? You are in luck, all our bowls of ramen can be customized via an easy-to-use iPad® ordering system. Vegetarian/Vegan? We have a ramen for you. Oh, and corn, fresh garlic and seaweed toppings are always free!

Seriously, we also have gluten-free ramen!

All of our ramen (except for Soul) can be made gluten-free. Our rice noodles are specially sourced from Japan to ensure that its firmness and texture match our in-house noodles. We have also recreated the flavor with tamari and got our secret sauce lab-tested as 100% gluten-free!

  • Soul Ramen

    Soul Ramen

    Our signature ramen! Homemade Tonkotsu broth, black garlic oil (mayu) and sweet umami sauce. Served with ground beef and a choice of pork, chicken or tofu.

    Customization: Amount of green onions, pork, chicken or tofu, wood-ear mushroom.

    *contains shellfish
  • Bold Ramen

    Bold Ramen

    Our most popular ramen! Homemade Tonkotsu broth with 11 bold ingredients. Not for the timid! Served with seasoned soft-boiled egg & a choice of pork, chicken or tofu.

    Customization: Amount of green onions, spice level, pork, chicken or tofu, soft-boiled egg.

    *contains shellfish
  • Old Skool

    Old Skool Ramen

    Classic, mild, homemade Tonkotsu broth that will surely comfort the soul. Served with a choice of pork, chicken or tofu.

    Customization: Amount of green onions, pork, chicken or tofu, wood-ear mushroom.

    *contains shellfish
  • Old Skool

    Red Ramen

    Homemade Tonkotsu broth spiked with our sweet and savory red sauce. Served with ground beef.

    Customization: Amount of green onions, spice level.

    *contains shellfish
  • Naked Ramen

    Naked Ramen

    Zero broth, all flavor! Vegan-friendly curly noodles with sweet sesame glaze, squeeze of lime and crunchy whole-wheat breadcrumbs.

    Customization: Amount of garlic, green onions, level of spiciness, pork, chicken or tofu, soft-boiled egg.

  • Cheeky Ramen

    Cheeky Ramen

    Chicken broth + noodle = heaven! Slow-cooked from scratch topped with all-natural chicken breast, seasoned soft-boiled egg and green onion.

    Customization: Amount of green onions, pork, chicken or tofu, egg or no egg.

    *contains shellfish
  • Hippie Ramen

    Hippie Ramen

    Vegan broth for the flower child in all of us. Sweet onion and soy sauce based with a hint of ginger. Served with spinach and a choice of pork, chicken or tofu. Try it with cheese!

    Customization: Amount of green onions, pork, chicken or tofu, spinach, dairy, cheese.

Sides

  • Wagyu Ramen Burger

  • Juicy Pork Bun

  • Chashu Rice

  • Red Rice

  • Fried Rice/Veggie Fried Rice

Extras

  • Kurobuta Pork Chashu

  • All-natural Chicken Breast

  • Organic Tofu

  • Extra Noodle

  • Seasoned Soft-Boiled Egg

  • Sweet Corn

  • Spinach

  • Shredded Seaweed

  • 3 cloves of garlic to press

Our Locations

  • Sawtelle

    2123 Sawtelle Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90025
    (310) 684-2889
    Sun - Wed: 11a-2a
    Thu - Sat: 11a-3a
    FREE valet parking available

  • Melrose

    7111 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046
    (323) 747-1388
    Sun - Wed: 11a-2a
    Thu - Sat: 11a-3a
    1-hr FREE parking at rear w/ validation

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Our Story

Ryu Isobe was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1988 to actor Hiroshi Isobe. He left Japan at the age of 14 to live in Hawaii, being drawn to explore the world and the American lifestyle. Realizing he wanted to be an entrepreneur at a very young age, USC was an obvious choice for college as it has the best entrepreneur program in Los Angeles, which is the entrepreneurship capital of the world.

Ryu was shocked to find the state of ramen in the USA, mostly awful and nothing like the delicious nourishing soups he grew up with. Early in his studies it became obvious to him what to do: establish a tonkotsu ramen restaurant much like what is common on the Tokyo streets but even better.

After countless hours of testing with pro Japanese chefs, Ryu finally found something he is proud of, a unique recipe of all-natural ingredients, handcrafted from scratch, nothing short of addicting. Truly, ramen with a soul!

Ryu was born in the Year of the Dragon, so what's better than opening up "Tatsu", meaning dragon in Japanese, in the Year of the Dragon, in the greatest city in the world!

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