Situé au centre-ville de Québec, TORA-YA RAMEN prépare des délicieux ramens servis dans un bouillon chaud avec amour et soin. Vous trouverez également une variété de plats et Tsumami (tapas japonais). Nous servons également des boissons sake, bière, vin et sans alcool.
Tora-Ya Ramen est largement reconnu comme un lieu authentique et chaleureux qui transporte ses clients au Japon grâce à son ambiance et ses saveurs traditionnelles. De nombreux visiteurs apprécient la cuisson parfaite des nouilles, la richesse des bouillons et des plats incontournables comme le poulet karaage ou les takoyaki, soulignant que l'établissement offre une expérience culinaire authentique qui se distingue à Québec. Bien que ce lieu prisé soit petit et nécessite souvent un peu d'attente, l'accueil amical et le service professionnel sont régulièrement salués. Malgré quelques avis partagés sur la richesse des bouillons ou la taille des portions, le consensus général souligne la grande qualité des plats et le confort de l'expérience, faisant de ce restaurant une destination privilégiée pour les amateurs de ramen.
This was my first time visiting Quebec, & missing Japanese ramen brought me to this cozy, charming little spot. The restaurant has a really nice atmosphere.
As for the food, the broth is a lighter soy sauce (shoyu) style. If you prefer authentic, heavy Japanese flavors, you might find it needs a bit more salt-personally, I'm a bigger fan of rich tonkotsu broth. However, the texture of the noodles was absolutely spot on & my favorite part of the meal.
They also offer drinks like Asahi beer & umeshu (plum wine). For me, wrapping up the day with a hot bowl of ramen & a cold beer is one of life's greatest pleasures!
I wonder why I never gave a review before since it's my favorite ramen shop in town. It's the only place I can practice my Japanese since every staff seems to speaks it. The place is small but typical of that kind of place in Japan. The most authentic atmosphere & experience in Quebec city. The food is also delicious & very similar to what you would find in a ramen/Izakaya shop in Japan.
I recommend it to everyone, I've been there multiple time in the past years.
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Delicious (similar to what you can taste in Japan) & kinds for the customer.
However, it is famous & small area ( but feeling like I am in Japan), so need to accept the not enough space among tables, & the waiting time.
Additionally, Hard to find parking lot.
The ramen in Canada is often not hot enough, but at this place, it arrived steaming with smoke! It was a surprise! The ramen was authentic Japanese, simple flavor but it tasted very good.
My friend ordered the fried chicken, she said it was delicious!
The staff were very attentive. Even during busy hour, they noticed when guests finished their appetizers before serving the ramen. When our water ran low, they quickly refilled it.
Since I'm a vegetarian, I didn't eat my friend's fried chicken, & the staff noticed that & brought out my ramen first.
I didn't expect such thoughtful service at a ramen shop!
Let me start with the good things, because, well, there aren't many, but credit where it's due. The staff were very polite & efficient, the place was clean, & the location is fairly convenient if you're coming from Old Québec. So yes, that's pretty much everything nice I can say.
Now, onto the disappointing part, which is, unfortunately, most of the experience.
First, the portion. I'm not sure if the kitchen uses a jeweler's scale to weigh noodles, but my bowl couldn't have had more than 100 grams of ramen. The restaurant is called Tora-Ya,'Tiger's Den', but this portion isn't for a tiger. It's more like something you'd serve to a Neko, which means a kitten in Japanese.
Then, the flavor, or should I say… the salt. Because that's pretty much all there was. No depth, no complexity, no umami flavor, just salt. I kept drinking water to dilute it, & by the end, I felt like a water balloon. Even my burps afterward were tasteless. Honestly, this isn't just far from the ramen I had in Sapporo back in 2017...it's not even close to what you'd get at a Chinese-run Japanese restaurant in Toronto.
Oh, & one more awkward thing: the restrooms. There are two, & the signs were so'artistically' ambiguous that I genuinely couldn't tell which was for men & which was for women. I picked an empty one, only to be politely informed by other customers on my way out that I'd used the women's. Upon closer inspection, yeah, maybe that stick figure had a skirt. Or maybe it was a ghost. Who knows? I understand the store wants to be unique. But just put an'M' & an'F,' or'Homme/Femme,' or even the kanji ?/?.
All in all...my experience was disappointing, overpriced, & oddly confusing. I would not recommend unless you're on a very strict low-carb, low-flavor, high-sodium diet. & yeah enjoy the guessing games at the bathroom door.
If you want to experience what Japan is like this place is it. Ramen was the best we have had since our trip to Japan. Mochi was spot on the traditional way.
Nice little cozy shop. Our family of 7 went there at dinner time. Initially they said may need to split us in 2 tables but in the end gave us one big table. Staff were friendly. I ordered a miso-vege with kale noodles. Fantastic. The vegetables were very fresh. Normally I don't like bamboo shoot in Japanese style, but their bamboo shoot was fresh & the best tasting bamboo shoot I ever ate. My brother who hates vegetables also thought the vegetables tasted really good. I also ordered Umeshu. Best plum wine I drank outside Japan. My family ordered Kara-age (fried chicken). It was juicy & meat was fresh, with not too much starch powder or oil.
Some drawback to improve...
Need a better queuing system for customer. Initially I was a bit confused where to wait & whether need to inform staff that we would like to dine in when a lot of people was crowding around at the door.
It only makes sense to be trying all the French food that Quebec City has to offer, but I missed Asian food after my 3rd day here. We found Tora-Ya, which was the highest rated ramen joint in Quebec City (on Yelp), & everything was delicious! Service was also friendly & attentive. May I add, we were greeted in Japanese by both Japanese & non-Japanese staff members, which was really welcoming! We ordered the miso & shoyu ramens plus takoyaki, tako wasabi & edamame & we couldn't have asked for a better meal!
