Best ramen in San Francisco?

[zzztimbo (Tim Chan)]

I’d like to try ramen on par with Mensho. Any suggestions? If there is a place that serves Tsukemen that would be even better.

[sck]

Some useful resources on ramen:

Good Ramen in SF?

What Ramen places in San Francisco itself are good these days?

[San Francisco, Hayes Valley] Nojo Ramen Tavern

Went to Nojo in Hayes Valley for a bowl of ramen after a Saturday afternoon show at the SFJAZZ Center, which is on the same block. Was very crowded even at around 5:30 on Saturday, and the line was even bigger when I left. I had the Chicken Paitan Soy Sauce ramen ($18.50), which has a whole chicken leg, half a soft boiled egg, black garlic oil, lots of scallions and garlic chives, and a little mound of chopped red onion. Also had some fried gobo (burdock root). It was really good. The broth wa…

[San Francisco, Japantown] Marufuku Ramen

I went to Marufuku ramen in the Japan Center Kinokuniya Building in Japantown for a bowl of ramen. I’ve wanted to try Marufuku for awhile but they always seemed to have a long line and I would usually end up at the conveyor belt sushi place a couple doors down. They have a really efficient Yelp-powered waiting list system. You enter your name and phone number into a tablet at the front of the restaurant, and then it will text you when your turn is near to go to the host to check in. It also text…

[San Francisco, SoMa] Ippudo

Japan based ramen chain Ippudo opened up it’s first location in SF recently, on Yerba Buena Lane just off Market street, next to Press Club. This is their second location in the Bay Area along with a location in Berkeley. I’ve been to one of the Manhattan Ippudo locations once before but it was too long to ago to really remember how it tasted. I remember that I liked it. I went to Ippudo SF for a bowl of ramen late on a Sunday night about an hour before closing. You put your name down with the h…

Tsukemen:

Iza Ramen (SF)

I’d been to the Iza Ramen pop-up at Blowfish out on Bryant and decided it was the best ramen I’d had in SF (which is not saying much, both for SF and for my coverage). A month ago they opened a permanent location on Fillmore just south of Haight, a spot I occasionally walk by on my way home after a visit to Toronado. My partner and I walked up to have dinner there on Friday. Some caveats: I have just had jaw surgery and am on a soft diet; I was in Sapporo and Kyoto a short while ago having some…