Soba Takama

Located a 5-minute walk away from Tenjinbashisuji Rokuchome Station, 1-star Soba Takama serves glorious soba noodles at highly affordable prices. It might be one of the most affordable Michelin starred meals in the city!

[Soba Takama - image © Florentyna Leow]

Mention ‘Michelin star’ and most people will assume that eating at a restaurant with one will leave you a hundred dollars or several poorer than when you went in. But most people don’t reckon on a restaurant like Takama. The lunch-only Takama serves hearty but exquisitely-made soba noodles that’ll ruin you for most other buckwheat noodles, and a meal there will only set you back around JPY2,500 at most.

[Soba Takama - image © Florentyna Leow]

You have two choices of soba noodles here: the regular ‘mori’ soba made from marunuki (hulled, natural buckwheat) or ‘inaka’ soba made from hikigurumi (whole buckwheat flour). The latter has a more robust profile than the former and makes for a more rustic slurp - unsurprisingly, since ‘inaka’ translates to ‘countryside.’

Noodles aside, there’s plenty of side dishes to keep you occupied. Their dashimaki (Japanese-style rolled omelette with dashi) is a stellar example of the genre, while dishes like miso-pickled tofu and yaki-miso with buckwheat seeds and grated leeks are the kind of umami-packed flavour bombs that beg for a flagon of beer alongside to wash it all down. Go with friends if you can and share a number of side dishes.

Reservations aren’t essential at Takama, but if you do decide to just turn up on the day, expect a queue, since it’s popular enough that customers turn up 30 minutes before opening time to snag seats here.

For more Osaka soba choices, see our Best Soba In Osaka page.

English name:
Soba Takama

Japanese name:
蕎麦 たかま

English address:
7-12-14 Tenjinbashi, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, 531-0041

Japanese address:
〒531-0041 大阪市北区天神橋7-12-14

Opening hours:
11:30am-2:30pm
Closed Tuesday

Price:

Non-smoking section:
Completely Non-Smoking

Reservations:
No Reservations

Nearest Transport:
Subway and Train: 4-minute walk from exit 6 of Tenjimbashisuji 6-chome Station on the Osaka Metro Tanimachi and Sakaisuji Lines, and Hankyu Senri Line.

Telephone:
+81-6-6882-8844

Website:
none

Customer Reviews:
Read customer reviews of Soba Takama on TripAdvisor.

Near To Here:
Soba Takama is located in Osaka’s Kita and Umeda district. See our complete list of things to do in the Kita and Umeda district, including places to eat, nightlife and places to stay.

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