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Marufuku Ramen
Ramen Restaurant
Japantown, San Francisco
"regular Chicken paitan ramen is the best chicken ramen in the city"(6 Tips)
"Arguably best ramen in SF (that and Mensho)"(3 Tips)
"The best Tonkotsu Ramen I’ve had in the city."(3 Tips)
"The regular chicken paitan is the best."(2 Tips)
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May LeeAugust 1, 2017almost two hour wait during weekend- but this is definitely an above average/ good ramen. safe combination of hakata 博多 ramen - pork, egg and noodles!
Upvoted Feb 19
One of the best ramen spots in the city! I like the pork ramen, the egg is perfect 👌 the chicken ramen is good too for its value (whole leg + ramen)
Upvoted Feb 12
Got the pork DX and the chicken paitan, would recommend - amazing broth and noodles, if you want paitan though you'll have better luck at Mensho Tokyo
Upvoted Feb 23
Diana ArzDecember 7, 2018Come at lunch on a weekday to avoid the lines. We tried different small dishes, from fried 🦑 to pork sliders, everything was delicious 😋. Can’t wait to go back to try ramen.
Julia LuJuly 31, 2018There’s always a line out the door right when it opens so either get there early or come later. Get the pork belly ramen!!
Nate SJuly 10, 2019They only use Yelp for their waitlist, so sign in there 1-2 hours before you arrive. (My wait on a Tuesday was ~2 hours). Once seated, the ramen was just ok. Glad I tried it but wouldn’t go again.
Tobias SchmidtSeptember 30, 2017One of those bowls of ramen that's great in all respects: deeply flavorful broth, thin, chewy noodles, toppings cooked to perfection. Note: I thought even medium spicy was too spicy
Staff PicksApril 26, 2017Marufuku Ramen, located in Japantown is known to be one of the best ramen in the Bay Area. Try Marufuku's Hakata-style ramen!
Shruthi GowdaJuly 12, 2021I had chicken paitan (spicy) The chicken chashu was poached to perfection,it just melted in my mouth! Nojo(hayes) had deeper flavours in the broth IMO. Definitely worth a try.- The regular Chicken paitan ramen is the best chicken ramen in the city
Alice MOctober 18, 2017Go all in with the hakata dx if you love pork. Perfect meat, perfect broth, perfect soft boiled egg.
Michele 🐧March 13, 2017Tonkatsu is delicious. Kakuni melts in your mouth. They forgot my egg so make sure you get what you pay for!
Natalie KOctober 22, 2018Really good ramen. Even the chicken ramen was delicious (normally easier to mess up)
Sharon PithawallaMarch 26, 2018The most amazing vegetarian broth and most delicious ramen I've had hands down!
Stephanie WeiApril 19, 2018Love their broth but the wait is so long. They also only use the thin, straight style of noodles
Winnie WuJune 25, 2017Ramen is good, but the Karaage here is the best I've had in SF. Very reasonably priced too!
Chris KantarjievApril 26, 2018The tonkatsu broth is heavenly - above and beyond. Also the cha-shu. But the overall bowl was ... OK. Egg was overcooked. Noodles were undercooked. Similar for the chicken paitan - amazing broth, but.- Jiexi CaoFebruary 7, 2019I though I was over tonkotsu ramen, but this one is legit. Line up in Yelp before showing up!
Michael CabotJanuary 24, 2023Ramen broth had good flavor. Spicy is spicy. I ordered the extra noodles but it was too much.
Lisa JohnsonMay 10, 2023My daughter who is 1/4 Japanese, her grandmother is from Fukuoka, loved the ramen!
Bobbie McLellanJuly 16, 2017Tonkatsu ramen spicy version is good but I feel others in the city are better.
J SApril 8, 2018Line is ridiculous here. Hakata DX broth not too heavy and noodles very good but meat is better at mensho for sure.
Elad OssadonMay 25, 2019It's an ok ramen. Not as good as ones I had in Japan. Booked through Yelp, arrived on the time the app said, and waited *almost an hour* for a table. Not worth it.
Prins PoloJanuary 12, 2023I’ve had hundreds of ramens in Japan and elsewhere… This one is just a greasy spicy soup, not a ramen unfortunately
Susan LaiOctober 3, 2019Just ok ramen & chicken karaage was too greasy. Other hot ramen places much better. No need to return. Too expensive too.
Uli SchlegelJuly 9, 2019Too crowded, waiters are basically waiting behind you back until they can reuse the desk with the next, waiting guests
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Marufuku Ramen
1581 Webster St Ste 235
San Francisco, CA 94115
United States
San Francisco, CA 94115
United States
Open until 3:00 PM, reopens later (Show more)
- Tue–Fri
- 11:30 AM–2:00 PM
- 5:30 PM–9:30 PM
- Sat
- 11:30 AM–3:00 PM
- 5:00 PM–9:30 PM
- Sun
- 11:30 AM–3:00 PM
- 5:00 PM–9:00 PM
(415) 872-9786
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