Ramen Setagaya

Pan Asian Restaurant was founded in 2007. Pan Asian Restaurant specializes in Retail - Family Restaurants.

Ramen Setagaya gets a certain amount of disdain from the true ramen nerds of the East Village, which considers it to be something of a fast-food version of their favorite dish. It isn't cool, and it is a mini-chain, but I don't care. I love those noodles.

When you walk in from the street, Setagaya is the first door on the right. Further back is a totally separate restaurant, Oriental Spoon.

Ramen Setagaya gets a certain amount of disdain from the true ramen nerds of the East Village, which considers it to be something of a fast-food version of their favorite dish. It isn't cool, and it is a mini-chain, but I don't care. I love those noodles.

Since the demise of Honmura An, our noodle forays have mainly focused on the East Village, generally Sobaya and kin, yet this new contender, Setagaya, deserves particular praise for both its intriguing broth and classic style.

Setagaya surprises the ramen aficionado with its distinctive and authentic flavor. You won't find gyoza or much else aside from ramen on the menu here, though a starter...

First Avenue in the East Village, aka "ramen row," has benefited from the addition of Ramen Setagaya, a Tokyo-based ramen chain, which aims to distinguish its noodle joint with a whiff of authenticity (and pork). The tiny space with bar-style seating is marked only by a few kanji signs, an open kitchen with chefs ladling out steaming bowls of ramen, and a large flat-panel TV playing Japanese...

The Scene
In a design touch that borders on cruelty, hungry ramen fans are forced to line up in the hallway outside the glass-enclosed noodle house, with nothing to do but peer in at...

Devoted fans of ramen throng the entry of Ramen Setagya, the first United States outpost of a popular Japanese restaurant. This casual place has a large TV screen playing Japanese programs and stools lined up around the serving counters. Specializing in shio ramen, miso ramen, soy sauce ramen and tonkotsu and pork broth ramen, the delicately crafted noodles are definitely not run of the mill....