Never thought a place like this exist in Japan! I always think that you can hop into any restaurant in Japan and the food would not be too bad. But this one is the worst that I have tasted in Japan, believe me, probably anywhere else you can find ramen, rice or beef. The price is very expensive too compared to the quality of the food! The beef is full of fat (not the marbling type) and some are full of veins (chewed and cannot swallow). They priced these Hida Beef as premium and that really brings down the reputation of real good Hida Beef! The ramen tasted like instant noodle type and soup base is soya sauce with water. The restaurant is well decorated and do not be deceive into believing that the food is well prepared! This place is located at a junction before the bridge which is a good location to lure tourists. I hope this review helps fellow travelers to avoid this place and maybe some improvements can be done too.

Don't deserve a 🌟. It's very expensive but not worth the price. I ordered the hida beef rice, the recommended item in the menu but it's far from good. The hida meat as the main ingredient is good but not how they cook it. It has no taste and very small portion. The takayama ramen taste like a salt water. Very rude customer service

Never thought I’d find a restaurant like this in Japan and that’s not in a good way. This was the only place that looked open in the area, so after a cold day some specialty ramen sounded great. However, you don’t get that here. We were told that they only had ramen. But no extra things, not even a ramen egg. No gyoza, no fried rice. All the ramen was overpriced. We settled for the Takayama ramen and it was just so bland. Tasted like water with some salt. No depth to it at all. The usual awesome service you get in Japan wasn’t found here. So disappointing. Wish I read the reviews before coming here!Only yen accepted.

Ramen noodle is ok, the beef is terrible. We would like to order pork ramen, but the staff said finish. Bids need gyoza is so oily, and the rice taste bad Not recommend to come

I'm not sure about other options on the menu, so I can't give an opinion for the other dishes. This review is specifically for the Hida premium beef ramen which we tried today. The beef was basically slices of fat that was undercooked, I couldn't eat it. The point of a fatty beef is that you grill it to a certain temperature so that the fat melts and compliments the meat component. This was just solid fat floating in salty broth. Please do not order this dish.

While strolling through the enchanting streets of Takayama, my SO and I stumbled upon a plethora of inviting restaurants. Intrigued by its seemingly affordable prices and cozy ambiance, we naively ventured into this establishment. Little did we know that this would turn out to be the most erroneous decision of our lives. We ordered a bowl of ramen and a dish featuring the much-lauded wagyu beef, only to discover that demanding 3150 yen for this abomination should be considered a criminal act. The portion sizes were more suitable for a hamster than a human, and the quality of the meat was nothing short of abonimable. The pictures on the menu, with their uncanny resemblance to heavily photoshopped images, were an utter misrepresentation of reality. The ramen bowl looked as if it were plucked straight from a discount instant noodle pack. Oh, how I lamented my misguided attempt at frugality. Had I ventured a few steps further down the street, I would have spared myself this culinary catastrophe by dining at the restaurant that dared to charge a princely sum of 10,000 yen. Alas, a valuable life lesson learned in the most bitter of fashions. I implore you, dear reader, to heed my cautionary tale and avoid this establishment at all costs. Your precious journey and voracious appetite deserve far better treatment. In the aftermath of this tragic encounter, I was forced to embark on a desperate quest to reclaim the very essence of my taste buds. It was only after locating solace in a local Family Mart that my taste buds were able to experience a glimmer of hope. For a mere 200 yen, I acquired a mundane-looking peanut butter sandwich and a crispy chicken strip, and they tasted like heaven in comparison to this trash. In retrospect, this unfortunate dining experience has left me pondering the nature of existence itself. Contemplating the events that had just unfolded, I found solace in the refuge of a convenience store, where my growling stomach found satisfaction. It is with a heavy heart and a longing for gastronomic redemption that I implore you, dear reader, to avoid this establishment like the plague. May your culinary adventures be filled with delight, and may your taste buds dance with joy elsewhere. On a positive note: you get free water, which is nice.

We were here with part of our tour group, and had a good meal here. I would go back in a heartbeat!

These "local guides" have rated this place so poorly that we decided to go check it out for ourselves. They got it all wrong. The meal we had was delicious. The hida beef Ramen was excellent. Thin savory pieces of hida set in a savory broth with noodles cooked to perfection. The gyoza was also cooked to standard and had a fresh vibrant taste. Same thing with the hida beef rose steak. For a "local guide" to comment that it's a good place for "foreigners" shows a complete bias and is a disservice to the excellent food they create. (BTW we were here for three weeks and had Ramen at 7 different restaurants)

Worst ramen in my life!!! Didn't look at reviews first. Got the hida beef ramen and the meat was impossible to chew. I almost choked on the beef because I couldn't chew it! Garbage meat for 1620 yen. In any other country, I would have sent it back. But I'm in Japan and I don't want to be rude. Just leaving this as a warning. DO NOT EAT HERE!!!!

Worst experience for restaurant service They told me to wait outside in 5 degrees, but inside there were many empty tables. Everyone chose not to wait and go somewhere else. There are many restaurants in Takayama with good service and delicious food. So don't waste your time with this restaurant. This is the first comment I've written for a restaurant. Please believe that I'm telling the truth. I really didn't want to press a single star but the system forced me to press

I had gyoza and hida beef sushi. The gyoza was ok, but hida beef sushi can be improved.

6 January 2023 Had a good lunch here, place was very chic and playing Jazz music. Tried Takayama Noodles and Gyoza. Contrary to some of the previous comments, I quite like that it's tame enough but favourful to my own taste. Especially like the Gyoza and it's crisp. Services was good and fast.

The ramen is so bland. Taste like salt water. And some of the staffs are not friendly.

For foreigners, I would say this restaurant is good but for regular Japanese or frequent traveler, I would say this place is so so... We ordered the Higa beef rice, Higa beef bowl, Higa beef noodle & roast pork noodle. The beef was good but the noodles were average. Food : 3/5 Service : 3/5 Price : 3/5 Ambience : 4/5

I have never tried uncooked rice in Japan before, but this shop has my first time. Winter but indoors was freezing . Food was normal but the price was high.

If you are a foreigner, the staff will give you overly salty frozen gyōza and the Japanese table beside you will have the obviously fresh gyōza. The quality of their noodles are not worth it. It appears like it just came out of a grocery store bag and are charging more than its worth just because of the "Hida Beef." This spot looks great from the outside and is located strategically convenient but if you are looking for quality, this is not the place. If you're looking for a budget meal that will fill you up, then this may be the spot.

Please read this if you’re seeing all the bad reviews. I didn’t go on google maps to check for reviews before and I was shocked to see so many bad ratings! First of all, it is pricey, but that is because it is Hida Beef; it is a famous type of marbled wagyu beef which, if you go across to the butchers store Hida beef is is selling for $20 for ONE HUNDRED grams! Also, it is not two minute noodles. Yes, our meals came out super quick (like 5 mins) and I’m not complaining. But did you know ramen noodles take 50 seconds to cook? Their soup and rice is already predone and already heated. Lastly, there are plenty of locals coming to eat here. Which is a good sign of a good restaurant. Semi-rant over! These people who are giving bad reviews don’t know what Japanese food are, haha! Definitely would come back, mmmm that Hida beef nigiri! So good!

Food was delicious and it was one of the best beef don I have ever had! We had the beef don and beef ramen and both were awesome! It's not the ordinary ramen where you have else where in Japan namely Tokyo but it's one tasty bowl in my opinion. Service was so-so because we had to wait outside for around 5 mins or more even though there were many empty seats inside yet staff insist you would write your name on the waiting list instead of proactively bringing in customers. Overall great experience and satisfying!

Price is fair the food is fair definitely not the best in town. The advantage is that is one of the only open restaurant in the afternoon while most of the food places are off. And when you sightsee you may need food at odd hours.