Kanada-Ya - Panton Street in City of London, Westminster

The service was great and super friendly however, we were a party of 5 and only one of us actually liked the food. The starters were really tasty but the ramen was not unfortunately.

I lived in Japan for several years and had a lot of delicious ramen when I was there. The ramen at Kanada-Ya is definitely comparable. I first visited on the recommendation of a Japanese friend and I am now a regular customer. My personal favourites out of the ramen are the Tonkotsu X and the Gekikara. Both have delicious broth and taste very authentic. The Gekikara is very spicy and so I would recommend having the Spicy Yuzu or Tonkotsu X if you do not like your ramen very hot. I also recommend having the Hanjuku egg as an extra. The small plates are very good, especially the Karaage and Pork Gyoza and I can never resist having a dessert and especially recommend the Mille Crêpe and Melting Matcha Fondant. Despite being very busy each time I have visited, the service is also very good with the staff being attentive and helpful without being intrusive. I was particularly impressed that the first time I visited, they found me a table which accomodated my needs. Personally, I really like the atmosphere, as it is very much like a ramen restaurant in Japan with no frills and minimal furnishing. However, it is something to bear in mind if you prefer something more sophisticated and/or for a leisurely meal. I have tried other ramen restaurants in London and there are plenty of good choices, but Kanada-Ya remains my favourite in terms of taste and service.

Extremely poor service by Melissa. It was raining heavily and our family with two young kids was asked to wait outside the restaurant. We were the only customers at the point in time and there was not sympathy by Melissa. Terrible experience. With such poor service, the appetite for the food was gone. Very disappointed. Would have given the worst rating here and I wouldn’t give a star at all. In response to your reply - I saw a group of customers standing at the same area where we were turned away rudely. They were not turned away and were allowed to congregate there for a while sheltering themselves from the rain. Please be responsible and investigate on this matter instead of finding excuses to defend yourselves. Again, if Melissa’s service had been more sympathetic and helpful, I would not have shared my experience on this. The restaurant service ought to be improved quickly. Hence, please reflect upon so that patrons would return. Do not need to be defensive in here. Thank you.

Super! The best ramen i've ever eaten 😍

Amazing ramen with a choice of toppings. The restaurant has the atmosphere of a Japanese ramen shop

There were many bookings but the guy on front studied the reservations and managed to squeeze us in very kindly. We appreciated the effort and the food as always was delicious. The broth is 10/10 and noodles are delightful. I also had the yuzu lemonade which was delicious.

The noodles were hard and I can't recommend it as ramen at all.

Lovely food Excellent service Chefs are lovely people Always friendly & great atmosphere

delicious. had the gekikara. spicy but very good.

Amazing staffs and food. Particularly the ramen was one of the best ones I’ve ever had

One of the Best Ramen I Ever had... Especially the selfmade brew

Best ramen I've ever had! The flavors were incredible, and the onigiri was top-notch. Absolutely loved everything about this place.

Decent food, horrible service and atmosphere. We’re sent to downstairs sits where you barely have space. Our table was literally between the kitchen and the bathroom. We asked twice for our back table that was free but no one did anything. Every ramen is 18£ on average which is expensive taking into account the quality of the place.

We ordered 6 different ramen. Everyone was delicious. We recommend!

Very fast and friendly service, nice atmosphere and delicious ramen!

The best ramen! Absolutely recommended. Excellent service and friendly staff. 4 minute walk from Picadilly

One of the best ramens me and my partner have ever had and we lived in Asia for 6 years!

Over all this place was really good. Ramen broth was really delicious. The chashu was also well seasoned however it looked like 3 thin peaces or roast pork, and the chicken gyoza had some weird spice init that made it unbeatable. maybe I expected slightly too much after living in Japan and experiencing Chef Morimoto’s food. And the last this is the price, for 2 (kind of small looking ramen), gyoza, edamame and 2 drinks we payed £77…. Way too much

Amazing food, great service and cute decor. My new favourite.

Nothing is made in house, and you can taste it. It is extremely expensive for the quality, don’t get lured by the visuals. (Service is not included) The toilets are not clean. Sad.

The best ramen!! Very good service and calm atmosphere

amazing ramen and matcha crepe as usual

Waiting time quite slow. Our soup was not hot.

Very nice place, super great food, nice service

The marinated egg an extrasensory experience

Fantastic establishment. Delicious food. Would definitely come again.

Fantastic! Authentic! Friendly!

Love the food here. Service is great as always

Delicious ramen, best in Piccadilly for sure

The absolute best ramen in London

The food here is exceptional, really delicious

The tamago is the best thing I have tasted in this resto! The whole ramen is a great experience of taste

Being a noodle nerd, I've been here a few times over the years. It's one of the best places to go for a very decent example of Japanese ramen in London. This time around I do find the noodles have changed, being less bouncy. The extra firm noodles do not really feel that firm. Not sure what's happening there but everything in the bowl is otherwise brilliant.

One of the best ramen in town until now

Excellent service- friendly atmosphere and as always, lovely ramen!

Knowing the taste of ramen, I was unfortunately disappointed. I followed the reviews, but unfortunately the taste was lacking in expression and distinctiveness

Fancy a hot Ramen, the Tonkotsu X is really delicious, full of flavor and hearty. Don’t forget to add the Tamago :) Plan to come early, there is a queue. The decoration is pretty and cozy.

Calm environment Lovely staff Great food

Delicious lunch, friendly service! Thank you

Really good ramen and the service was pretty nice. Thanks Mimi

Food is great. Nice and diverse offering of small and large dishes. Staff takes kids into account, and tries to seat a larger party, even though they're already busy.

The food is always 10/10, best ramen and best katsu curry in london.

Good food and atmosphere. Went back on less busy hours as usually is quiet busy. Food was good and service as well.

Small restaurant. Lunch menu is good value for money with free green tea. Ramen was firm and reminds me of Ichiran ramen. But the pork broth is not as thick and flavourful as I would like it to be. Pork was fatty and not that tender also. Egg was flavourful but quite expensive at 2.65£.

Tae Xianle! Everything else is fine

A popular tonkotsu ramen restaurant in London. Kyushu pork bones with a high level of perfection reminiscent of Ippudo. I ordered Tonkotsu X (16.25€), but I felt the portion was a little small. If I had to say anything strongly, I would have liked a little more individuality. Still, I think it's definitely at a high level among Japanese ramen restaurants overseas. The reviews that say it took a long time to be served did not apply to me, and it came out within 5 minutes of ordering! I was a little worried because I was in a hurry, but there was no need to worry.

Delicious and great restaurant. Recommend

Great place. Real RAMEN! Superb service

Nice experience and food but quite expensive.

Fantastic food, world class ramen and great service. I'm a bit old school and just prefer a bill to be given to me rather than scan a QR code and everything else but other than that can't wait to go back!

A lovely little restaurant, great service and prices, wonderful food. Would highly recommend and will definitely come back. I had the Chashu Don and gyozas. The pork was phenomenal, and the pickled ginger packed a delicious punch!

You can't book but we found a table for two. It was a nice meal full of explosion of flavours. I lived the fried chicken! I wasn't a massive fan of the gyoza's but the noodles were awesome with the extra spicy sauce.

Fantastic place for Ramen, Katsu Curry and their onigiris were great too. We’ll definitely recommend the restaurant to our friends and we will be back again. Great costumer service and the restaurant is small like a little cozy knock outside the busy streets of London, perfect to relax and enjoy the food.

Plastic utensils which are known generally speaking to cause health issues which have replaced normal wooden chopsticks and ceramic spoons. the chashu chicken ramen was also not tasty. prior to the pandemic this restaurant was excellent.

Tried out their new-ish menu! The red-texted Cha-Mori Ramen caught my eyes. It's not spicy by default but you can ask for chilli oil or one of their spicy paste extra. The broth was sweet, with certain hints of tanginess. The chashu pork slices and the pulled pork were great. I've always liked the firm noodles here, too. Overall an awesome ramen. Ordered Agedashi Tofu as well. I think it's okay. The crust could have been crispier. Not as much of a highlight as the ramen. This Kanada-ya is small, but very central. It's within a 5-minute walk of Leicester Square / China Town / Piccadilly Circus. Go check out those areas after (or before) your meal.

Great service and amazing food. Really good lunch menu as well as not too expensive. Nice ambience as well. The Onigiri Sake is really tasty and so are the ramens such as the Tonkotsu, Tonkotsu X and the vegetarian option.

Came here after seeing a wonderful show (Your Lie in April) at The Harold Pinter Theatre and ended up loving it. I ordered the Kinolo and chashu tofu ramen with regular noodles, nori and Goma. It was delicious, the broth was flavorful but not too salty. The agedashi tofu was okay, too much ginger in my opinion. Overall, the place was clean, the staff was nice, and the food was tasty. I highly recommend checking it out.

Went for ramen on a weekend. Service and seating was ok. Paid £17 for a spicy ramen (normal portion, not XXL) and an extra egg. Ramen came up with only one egg (meaning that original ramen comes without it). Pork was just cold and not marinated as it should be. Ramen was OK, quite nice, but it definitely shouldn't be £17.

Good ramen, a little expensive but overall in line with other restaurants.

Best bowl of Ramen in London, broth is not greasy, very tasty, the Ramen noodles are just the right texture. The not so good is it's getting ridiculously expensive, the egg is an add-on and the portions aren't as big as other Ramen restaurants.

Pretty sure no words are needed after seeing the photos. Feel sorry for the people who have their first bowl of ramen here.

Really good ramen, definitely one of the best in London! Would come again and recommend to friends.

The ramen was great, service is quite fast, but having to pay online by scanning a qr code was a bit annoying

I had a great time in the Islington branch but this branch was decidedly mediocre. The chicken karaage especially was extremely dry and flavourless and the overpriced cocktail was from a can

We sat all the way against the wall, there wasn't much room. I thought I would get fresh tea, but it was canned, which I thought was a shame. The onigiri was very tasty and soft on the stomach, definitely recommended! But I hated the tofu, it tasted extremely sour.

The karage was disappointing, the ramen portions were small, the staff were on their phones the whole time. Kanada ya used to be good but now is disappointing overall

Very good ramen in central London, they often give you a small snack when you wait to be serve your bowl - yummy.

The best ramen. If you want to have something fast and tasty you should come to eat here.

Decent quick spot, hit the spot for the craving. If you're a real ramen lover always get the firm noodles.

Delicious and authentic japanese food, cozy ambiance and healthy prices. If you cherish ramen, don‘t miss out on a stop.

The Tonkotsu ramen was the best that I’ve tried in London, very delicious broth, friendly staff, will definitely be back

Environment: OK Service: There is only one waiter and it feels quite busy. Dishes: Worst ramen I've had so far in London, the portions were tiny and the soup wasn't tonkotsu at all. I ordered spicy ramen but got the hot sauce separately. The key is that it doesn’t look like hot sauce at all, which is very confusing... I ordered black garlic oil, but it really wasn’t black garlic oil. It was obviously sesame paste. It was so unpalatable and disgusting that it ruined the bowl of noodles when I poured it into the ramen. Ordered a confusing tasteless tofu, a waste of money. The only thing you can eat is mushroom tempura. The main reason is that the price is too expensive and the price-performance ratio is too low. It’s really hard for two people to eat 60 pounds of ramen for me. Where do these good reviews come from? I can only think that this is just a shop that deceives white people who have never tasted authentic ramen.

gone down hill, food quality decreases the bigger they become

We were provided great service despite the member of staffing being alone to deal with a full upstairs area. She was still polite efficient and incredibly kind despite a large number of customers who were somewhat demanding.

I come here for the truffle ramen.

Would give zero stars. Came in at 21.10 to a virtually empty restaurant. Young female staff member deliberately ignored us even though we tried to get her attention to order. Left after 20 minutes without even being offered water. Pathetic.

I was going to the theater today, and I had diarrhea until I ate a bowl of noodles, but the service was great

The driver was friendly and made reasonable time (although delivery was 15 mins or so after original estimate, London traffic I suppose). Unfortunately the broth for the ramen was completely cold. Not even lukewarm, completely cold. I would have had no problem heating it up in the microwave, but I'm staying in a hotel and don't have that facility available to me.

I am giving only 1 star because my friend have food poisoning straight after the food. We suspect that the chicken was not fully cooked. This volmiting has lasted for several hours.

The ramen is definitely tasty — probably one of the best in London. But there are some issues with the restaurant itself that cause a bitter aftertaste. For example, you have to pay extra to have a single egg in your ramen. Another issue is that it doesn’t have the right amount of noodles. We had to order extra because the proportion between broth and noodle wasn’t right. It’s a shame such great ramen just milk cash from costumers like this.

Super quick Service, great playlist, and delicious ramen. 5/5. Will definitely be back!

Great people and authentic Japanese food! From a true Okinawan ginowan!!!

Food was average after having high hopes. The waiter who served us had a terrible attitude. And to round off, he tried to overcharge us. All in all, an underwhelming experience.

Underwhelming food. Noodles did not taste freshly made. Too pricey for what you get. Had many better Ramen in my life!

Kanada-Ya is a Ramen lover's paradise! Their Tonkotsu Ramen is an absolute delight, boasting rich and flavorful broth with perfectly cooked noodles and tender, melt-in-your-mouth pork. It's simply perfection in a bowl!The ambiance of Kanada-Ya is cozy and inviting, with a bustling atmosphere that adds to the excitement of the dining experience.The staff is friendly and attentive, ensuring that every visit is a memorable one. Whether you're a Ramen aficionado or trying it for the first time, Kanada-Ya delivers an unforgettable culinary experience.For exceptional Tonkotsu Ramen that hits all the right notes, Kanada-Ya is the place to be. Five stars well-deserved for their outstanding Ramen and top-notch service!

Didn't leave quite satisfied. Ramen was ok, nothing memorable, I've had better in London. One big minus is the attitude of the servers. Another minus is none of the usual ramen condiments on the table, egg sold separately, portion smaller than most. Chashu pork was excellent, the rest was just average unfortunately.

Had the truffle ramen, with the jammy eggs and the matcha fondant. Everything was absolutely divine. Would definitely come back next time I'm in london!

Did not live up to the hype. Ordered the veg ramen - very ordinary. The spicy yuzu ramen was average too.

The food was so delicious, came so quickly and staff were decent.

I've visited here several times. I always ask to make the broth piping hot but it never came hot, it's like room temperature. I put 2 stars because the service was awful last time. The drink didn't come over 20 mins, the topping was missing but the manager said "Oh, you have sesame around the chashu pork" she pointed one white dot around chashu which wasn't sesame obviously besides no takana, no ginger. At the end, the same manager said "The electricity is gone so can't use the card machine, pls pay by QR code which wouldn't cost anything" but actually we were charged handling fee. I don't enjoy the food, no good service, then no reason to go back anymore.

Good tonkostsu ramen with marinated egg just the way I like it.

Incredible food. The ramen was brilliant! Best egg I've ever eaten. Cannot recommend this place enough.

Great food, friendly staff! Ramen broth was thick and noodles chewy, really nice. Ramen eggs also 👌. Right by the West End theatre area, so make sure to grab a bite here before or after!

Disappointing, good food but mediocre service. Expensive

I came here because I was feeling hungry during the intermission of a performance of The Phantom of the Opera. Ramen shops overseas that are headquartered in Japan tend to have disappointing tastes, but this one tastes almost the same as the main shop. Unlike in Japan, the water is hard and it must be difficult to get the same taste. Since it's a franchise store, they may have to order the soup by air, but it was a satisfying ramen shop.

A regular at Kanada-Ya because I love the broth! Quite rich and satisfying. I always get the Tonkatsu X and karage. Friendly staff and pretty quick service. Just a heads-up, the QR payment system which they use - Sunday charges the customer for using online payment.

Likely gonna edit this review with photos next time - but it was so tasty it was all gone too soon. 😋

5 minutes after we ordered one of the staff asked to see my 17 year old daughters ID which she didn't have. she was asking if she was over 16 as she had ordered a spritzer. My daughter obviously is over 16 and I offered to show a driving insurance quote but this was not sufficient. She would not accept me vouching for my daughter and offering to indemnify her.. The mood was soured and we left. Never experienced that in my entire life. Very disappointing.

Delicious gyoza and ramen broth was exceptional. Good selection of beverages and nice atmosphere. Highly recommend.

Tasty chicken broth and perfect texture of ramen and delicious crispy karaage, highly recommended