食べログラーメン TOKYO 百名店２０２3

Tabelog, Japan’s most credible restaurant-ranking site, once again gave 100 shops in Tokyo the coveted Hyakumeiten award. If you see the plaque, poster, or sticker in a shop you can be assured that this is one hardcore ramen hunters have fallen in love with.

Although the list is not a ranking, I listed the shops in order of their overall Tabelog score out of five. Anything over a 3.5 is considered quality and anything over a 4.0 is considered top-class. Only one shop in Japan is above 4.0, but these numbers are constantly evolving so you should take everything with a grain of salt.

In 2023, Tabelog changed things up. There are now four areas, each with its own hyakumeiten. Tokyo, Osaka, East Japan, and West Japan all have 100 for a total of 400 ramen shops. Happy hunting you ramen lovers!

1. らぁ麺や 嶋 (Shima in Nishi-Shinjuku)
2. 宍道湖しじみ中華蕎麦 琥珀 (Kohaku in Kamata)
3. Ramen FeeL in Ome
4. 中華そば しば田 (Shibata in Setagaya)
5. むかん (Mukan in Nakanosakaue)
6. Homemade Ramen 麦苗 (Muginae in Omori)
7. 麺屋吉左右 (Menya Kissou in Kiba)
8. 中華ソバ 伊吹 (Ibuki in Itabashi)
9. ジャパニーズ ラーメン 五感 (Gokan in Ikebukuro) (New Entry)
10. 中華そば 多賀野 (Takano in Nakanobu)
11. 銀座 八五 (Ginza Hachigo in Ginza)
12. 成城青果 (Seijoseika in Rokkakoen)
13. 創作麺工房 鳴龍 (Nakiryu in Otsuka)
14. 入鹿TOKYO 六本木 (IRUCA in Roppongi)
15. 麺処 しろくろ (Shirokuro in Kamitakaido)
16. 入鹿TOKYO (IRUCA Tokyo in Higashi-Kurume)
17. 味噌っ子 ふっく (Hook in Ogikubo)
18. Ramen Break Beats in Yutenji
19. 三ん寅 (Santora in Shinjuku)
20. 桜上水 船越 (Sakurajosui Funakoshi in Sakurajosui) (New Entry)
21. メヂカそば 吟魚 (Kingyo in Hino) (New Entry)
22. 麺屋 さくら井 (Sakurai in Mitaka)
23. Japanese Soba Noodles 蔦 (Tsuta in Yoyogi-Uehara)
24. タンタン (Tantan in Hachioji)
25. 手打麺祭 かめ囲 (Kamei in Chofu)
26. 中華蕎麦 ひら井 (Hirai in Kokubunji)
27. 麺屋一燈 (Itto in Shin-Koiwa)
28. つけ麺 道 (Tsukemen Michi in Kameari)
29. 中華そば 児ノ木 (Chigonoki in Nakai)
30. Tokyo Style Noodle ほたて日和 (Hotate Biyori in Akihabara) (New Entry)
31. 中華そば べんてん (Benten in Narimasu)
32. 純手打ち だるま (Daruma in Nakano)
33. 一条流がんこ総本家分家四谷荒木町 (Ganko in Yotsuya)
34. らーめん亭 ひなり竜王 (Hinari Ryu in Ota) (New Entry)
35. 柴崎亭 つつじヶ丘本店 (Shibasakitei in Tstsujigaoka)
36. らぁめん 葉月 (Hazuki in Tamagawa, Tokyo)
37. 麺創庵 砂田 (Sunada in Sugamo)
38. 中華そば 西川 (Nishikawa in Setagaya)
39. 函館塩ラーメン 五稜郭 (Goryokaku in Ogikubo, Tokyo)
40. 支那ソバ おさだ (Osada in Oyama)
41. ほっこり中華そば もつけ (Chukasoba Motsuke in Hachioji)
42. 燦燦斗 (Sansanto in Higashi-Jujo)
43. らぁめん 山と樹 (Yamatoki in Koenji, Tokyo)
44. 麺や金時 (Kintoki in Nerima)
45. 寿製麺 よしかわ 西台駅前店 (Yoshikawa in Nishidai)
46. ラーメン屋 トイ・ボックス (Toy Box in Minowa)
47. 中華そば 和渦 TOKYO (Waka in Shinagawa)
48. カネキッチン ヌードル (KaneKitchen Noodles in Higashi-Nagasaki)
49. 中華そば屋 伊藤 (Ito in Akabane)
50. ラーメン 健やか (Sukoyaka in Mitaka)
51. Ramen にじゅうぶんのいち (Nijubunnoichi in Arakawa)
52. 長男、ほそのたかし (Hosono Takashi in Nermina) (New Entry)
53. つけめん金龍 (Tsukemen Kinryu in Kanda)
54. らーめんMAIKAGURA (MAIKAGURA in Chitose-Funabashi)
55. 中洲屋台長浜ラーメン初代 健太 東京高円寺本店 (Kenta in Koenji, Tokyo)
56. 西永福の煮干箱 (Niboshi Hako in Eifukucho)
57. there is ramen in Ogikubo (New Entry)
58. 鴨中華そば 楓 (Kaede in Hachioji) (New Entry)
59. 麺処 ほん田 秋葉原本店 (Honda in Akihabara)
60. らーめん飛粋 (Hiiki in Kamata)
61. らぁめん小池 (Koike in Kamikitazawa)
62. MENSHO in Gokokuji
63. 自家製中華そば としおか (Toshioka in Kagurazaka)
64. 一番いちばん (Ichiban Ichiban in Machida)
65. ラーメン二郎 三田本店 (Jiro in Mita)
66. キング製麺 (King Seimen in Oji)
67. あさひ町内会 (Asahicho Naikai in Itabashi, Tokyo)
68. 中華ソバ ちゃるめ (Charume in Kojiya)
69. 六厘舎 (Rokurinsha at the Tokyo Ramen Street)
70. 麺や 七彩 (Shichisai in Hatchobori)
71. はやし (Hayashi in Shibuya)
72. 青島食堂 秋葉原店 (Aoshima Shokudo in Akihabara)
73. こうかいぼう (Kokaibo in Kiyosumi)
74. 煮干鰮らーめん 圓 八王子本店 (En in Hachioji)
75. 麺処 晴 (Haru in Uguisudani)
76. らぁ麺やまぐち (Yamaguchi in Waseda)
77. 田中商店 本店 (Tanaka Shouten in Adachi-ku)
78. 竹末東京Premium (Takesue in Sumida-ku)
79. 町田汁場 しおらーめん進化 本店 (Shinka in Machida)
80. はつね (Hatsune in Nishi-Ogikubo)
81. 支那そば たんたん亭 (Tantantei in Hamadayama)
82. 神名備 (Kamunabi in Nishi-Nippori)
83. 中華蕎麦 蘭鋳 (Ranchu in Honancho)
84. 風雲児 新宿本店 (Fuunji in Shinuku)
85. むぎとオリーブ 銀座本店 (Mugitooribu in Ginza)
86. 中華麺店 喜楽 (Kiraku in Shibuya)
87. 麺屋ひょっとこ 交通会館店 (Hyottoko in Yurakucho)
88. つけ麺 五ノ神製作所 (Gonokamiseisakujo in Shinjuku)
89. 麺屋 翔 本店 (Menya Sho in Shinjuku)
90. 銀座 朧月 (Oborozuki in Meguro)
91. 中華蕎麦にし乃 (Nishino in Hongo)
92. 煮干しつけ麺 宮元 (Miyamoto in Kamata)
93. ソラノイロ ARTISAN NOODLES (Soranoiro in Kojimachi)
94. 麺処 銀笹 (Ginzasa in Ginza)
95. らーめん改 (Kai in Kuramae)
96. 麺処 びぎ屋 (Bigiya in Meguro)
97. かしわぎ (Kashiwagi in Nakai)
98. スパイス・ラー麺 卍力 西葛西店 (Spice Ramen Manriki in Nishi-Kasei)
99. RAMEN CiQUE in Asagaya
100. ラーメン巌哲 (Gantetsu in Waseda)

This was the first year where I had already eaten at all 100 shops before the list came out. I braved the insane lines of shops like Hotate Biyori and Sakurajosui Funakoshi. I trekked into the wilderness of Hachioji for Kaede. I stumbled upon “there is ramen” before there was any hype (they were also awarded a Michelin Bib Gourmand this year). Ah . . . who am I kidding . . . I just made sure I had visited all of the top-ranked shops in advance and spent a lot of free time eating ramen. I almost had the same for East Japan, but I got the flu and had to cancel a road trip to a famous shop in Gunma a few days before the 2023 list was released. When the list came out I was at 99 out of 100. Osaka and West Japan are another story. Hopefully, I can spend some time on the road in early 2024.

I identify as a ramen hunter, a word one of us coined for ramen-obsessed foodies with a desire to travel as far as we can to try different shops. Raota (ラーオタ) is a combination of ramen and otaku (Japanese culture nerd) but this is technically for people who ONLY want to eat ramen and scoff at the idea of something like sushi or pizza. Are you a ramen hunter? A raota? A Jirorian? We welcome you!

Tokyo — Osaka — East Japan — West Japan