IPPUDO Villiers Street is a Japanese ramen restaurant between Charing Cross station and the Embankment. The compact central London branch focuses on carefully prepared broth, noodles and toppings, offering a convenient place for a warming lunch or dinner close to the Strand and Trafalgar Square.
Shiromaru Classic presents the restaurant’s original creamy tonkotsu pork broth with thin straight noodles, pork belly chashu, mushrooms, bean sprouts, bamboo shoots and spring onions. Its balanced, traditional profile reflects the Hakata style of ramen on which IPPUDO built its reputation.
Akamaru Modern adds miso paste and fragrant garlic oil to the pork broth for greater depth, while Karaka Men introduces spicy miso, sansho pepper and roasted cashew nuts. Guests can adjust selected toppings and noodle texture to shape a bowl around their preferred richness and level of heat.
Gyoza, Japanese fried chicken, steamed buns, edamame and other small plates can accompany the ramen or be shared before it. Rice dishes, Japanese beer, tea and soft drinks broaden the choice, while collection and delivery offer alternatives to eating in the Villiers Street dining room.
Address: 31A Villiers Street, Charing Cross, London WC2N 6ND, United Kingdom
Ippudo Villiers St Menu
RAMEN
1. SHIROMARU CLASSIC
IPPUDO’s original creamy tonkotsu pork broth served with homemade thin and straight noodles, topped with pork belly chashu, sesame kikurage mushrooms, bean sprouts, bamboo shoots and spring onions. A classic, Hakata-style ramen.
2. Shiromaru Tamago
>> Shiromaru Classic with nitamago.
3. Shiromaru Chashu
>> Shiromaru Classic with extra portion of pork belly chashu.
4. Shiromaru Special
>> Shiromaru Classic with extra pork belly chashu, bean sprouts, nitamago, spring onions, sesame kikurage mushrooms and seaweed.
5. AKAMARU MODERN
Our original tonkotsu broth, enhanced with IPPUDO’s secret special-blended miso paste and fragrant garlic oil. Served with home-made thin and straight noodles, pork belly chashu, bean sprouts, sesame kikurage mushrooms and spring onions.
6. Akamaru Tamago
>> Akamaru Modern with nitamago
7. Akamaru Chashu
>> Akamaru Modern with extra portion of pork belly chashu.
8. Akamaru Special
>> Akamaru Modern with extra pork belly chashu, bean sprouts, nitamago, spring onions, sesame kikurage mushrooms and seaweed.
9. KARAKA-MEN
Our original tonkotsu broth and home-made thin and straight noodles topped with spicy ‘Karaka’ miso paste, pork belly chashu, bean sprouts, sesame kikurage mushrooms, spring onions, sansho pepper and fragrant garlic oil.
10. Karaka Tamago
>> Karaka-Men with nitamago.
11. Karaka Chashu
>> Karaka-Men with extra pork belly chashu, bean sprouts, nitamago, spring onions, sesame kikurage mushrooms and seaweed.
12. Karaka Special
>> Karaka-Men with extra portion of pork belly chashu.
13. VEGGIE RAMEN
Home-made medium-thin noodles in a seaweed and mushroom dashi broth, enhanced with IPPUDO’s special-blended miso paste and fragrant garlic oil. Served with bean sprouts, sesame kikurage mushrooms, spring onions and fried tofu.
14. SPICY VEGGIE
Veggie Ramen topped with spicy Karaka Miso paste and home-made chili oil. Served with spring onions, bean sprouts, fried tofu, sesame kikurage mushrooms, sansho pepper, and fragrant garlic oil.
15. HAKATA NIKUTON
Home-made thin noodles in our traditional creamy tonkotsu broth topped with simmered sweet & spicy pork belly slices, spring onions, and nori seaweed. A classic Hakata-style staple.
RAMEN TOPPINGS
Ajikiku
Sesame kikurage mushrooms
Tofu
2 slices of sauce-marinated fried tofu
Nori
Seaweed
Negi
Spring onions
Onsen Tamago
Poached egg
Karaka Miso
Home-made spicy miso paste
Nitamago
Marinated soft-boiled egg
Pork Chashu
4 slices of simmered pork belly
Kaedama
Feeling hungry? Get an extra portion of noodles! We recommend ordering Kaedama when you are half way through your ramen – it takes less than 1 minute to prepare, and allows you to enjoy the perfect noodle texture throughout the whole meal. We recommend firm noodles for the best texture. Try very firm noodles for real Hakata-style experience!
Mochi Ice Cream
Ask our staff for available flavours.
SIDE DISHES
Salted Edamame
Boiled edamame soybeans tossed in salt.
Spicy Menma
Bamboo shoots served with home-made chili oil.
Otsumami Crisps
Ask our staff for available flavours.
BEERS
Asahi 330ml
Sapporo Premium 330ml
Kirin Ichiban Shibori 330ml
WINES
La Reserve de Rafegue Sauvignon
Languedoc, France
Ancora Sangiovese
Puglia, Italy
JAPANESE PLUM WINE
Choya Umeshu
JAPANESE SAKE
HAKUTSURU SAYURI
JUNMAI NIGORI Elegant and refreshing unfiltered ‘cloudy’ sake. Light, creamy, and milky, lives up to it’s name: ‘Little Lilly’.
CHIYOMUSUBI RYO
JUNMAI GINJO Bright, yet smooth and subtle. Enjoy a dry finish with subtle bitterness. Light and crisp with smooth texture, this is an every-day easy to drink sake. Best enjoyed alongside food. Mint & nutty notes with subtle vanilla taste.
ICHINOKURA MUKANSA
EXTRA DRY HONJOZO Smooth and clean, this sake is made with mineral-rich deep sea water from a natural spring at the bottom of the North Pacific Ocean. Hints of citrus, pear, and green apple sorbet.
TOSATSURU AZURE
GINJO Premium quality sake made of rice polished to just 23% of it’s original size. It was gifted to Barrack Obama by Japan’s Prime Minister in 2014. Sweet like honey with crisp aftertaste.
ASAHI SHUZO DASSAI 23
JUNMAI DAIGINJO Premium quality sake with delicately dry and acidic taste. As it warms to room teperature it becomes bolder and rich in umami. Sweet notes of strawberries and melon.
SHIRAKABEGURA
JUNMAI DAIGINJO Light and smooth texture with extremely elegant umami and gentle, dry finish. Notes of soy sauce, hints of dragon fruit.
DEWANOSATO 36 SAMURAI
JUNMAI Extremelyl light, fresh and pure like water, with airy texture dancing on the palate. Subtle aroma of honeydew melon and green apple.
JOZEN MIZUNOGOTOSHI
JUNMAI GINJO Take your ramen experience to the next level. Choose your favourite sake and discover new flavours.
SAKE TASTING SET
Selection of 3 sake glasses.
Take your ramen experience to the next level. Choose your favourite sake and discover new flavours.
SAKE BY GLASS
A glass of sake of your choice.
Ask our staff for the best choice to compliment your food.
IPPUDO HOT SAKE
IPPUDO HOT SAKE
Japan’s drink of choice on a cold, winter day.
JAPANESE SPARKLING SAKE
MIO SPARKLING SAKE
Perfect balance of naturally sweet and sour flavours.