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 propose une expérience culinaire authentique et conviviale à Québec, rappelant les véritables buvettes japonaises. Les visiteurs soulignent régulièrement la qualité des bouillons savoureux et réconfortants, la texture parfaite des nouilles ainsi que des plats incontournables comme le poulet kara age croustillant et les takoyaki. L'ambiance est chaleureuse et intime, soutenue par une équipe accueillante et professionnelle qui assure un service efficace. Bien que l'endroit soit très fréquenté, les clients s'entendent pour dire que la qualité des mets et l'expérience globale justifient largement l'attente. C'est une adresse fortement recommandée pour quiconque recherche une cuisine japonaise authentique, servie en portions généreuses dans un cadre charmant.
Amazing vibes, definitely a good choice if you're in town wanting warm & cozy service & food. Super friendly staff that welcome you from the door. Ramen down to basics, done right.
This ramen shop is a bit far from the Old Town - you'll need to take a bus to get there - but it's totally worth it! The ramen tastes really authentic & the broth isn't overly salty. The beer was perfectly cold & refreshing, & the fried chicken was surprisingly good! They use chicken breast instead of thigh meat, which was a nice surprise. If you have time to visit, I highly recommend trying their fried chicken - it's a must!
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.
Probablement le restaurant le plus spécialisé en ramen dans la ville de Québec.
J'ai pris la version Shoyu & celle-ci représentait parfaitement bien ce que j'avais mangé au Japon. Un bon équilibre du salé, umami. Je prendrais toujours plus de tranche de chashu!
