01 / ABOUT THE PLACE
About this place
Izakaya En strikes an easy balance between a hearty ramen shop and an unpretentious drinking spot. Diners purchase meal tickets from the vending machine out front before taking a seat, keeping the experience relaxed whether you are dining on your own or gathering with friends around a table.
Tonkotsu Broths and Varied Noodle Bowls
The noodle lineup is anchored by pork-bone tonkotsu ramen, available with either a soy sauce or salt tare base. Diners can tailor their bowl with different toppings, from nori tonkotsu ramen and scallion tonkotsu ramen to cabbage-and-bean-sprout broth or a loaded special tonkotsu bowl piled high with extras. The menu also branches out beyond the standard bowl, featuring pleasantly spicy tsukemen dipping noodles, rich seafood tsukemen, Nagoya-style Taiwan ramen, and miso ramen.
Fixed-Price Plates and Drinks for the Evening
As dusk sets in, affordable small dishes take center stage alongside drinks. The appetizer selection is organized around flat price tiers, starting with 200-yen bites like edamame, kimchi, and chilled tofu, moving up to 280-yen dishes like squid tentacles, century eggs, and chicken with scallion ponzu, and reaching 300-yen choices such as deep-fried cheese and scallion chashu pork. Enjoying pan-fried gyoza or crisp fried wontons over a draft beer, highball, Hoppy set, or fruit sour, then finishing the evening with a bowl of ramen, is a classic way to experience the shop.
Tucked into the residential streets of Nishiogu in Arakawa Ward, this neighborhood haunt serves just as well for a filling midday meal as it does for unwinding over drinks at the end of the day.
