For the price, I was disappointed of what we received. The portion was quite small for a small size. We've had azuma soba before and for the price we got over three times the food in a set menu. The curry my husband got was very salty and thick. I also did not enjoy the duck soba as the duck was very hard to chew and had a weird scent to it. I'm not impressed with this place. The lunch set menu does look more intriguing than the dinner ones. read more

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It's been a reliable place for almost 20 years that I've been going there but recently it seems to be going downhill. Maybe it's inflation leading to cost cutting? Not sure but it's something to watch. The ambiance and location are nice as always, just the food quality hasn't been quite up to previous standards recently. read more

this place holds a special place in my heart as it was my first dinner date with my boyfriend and it meant so much that he picked a place with a WHOLE DAMN VEGAN MENU OH YES BROWNIE POINTS!! I ordered the cold Tanuki soba with fried tempura & nori and it was SO FRESH & LIGHT & FLAVORFUL & VERY NOMZ! Will def be back here to try their warm soba in the winter! read more

Soba-ya - Soba NOODS - Japanese Near Me - New York, New York

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Like soba? Ok. Good portions? Yes. I'd skip all the fancy options. Just get soba. The tempura was just ok...save the room for a larger cold soba order. Tell your friends to be on time because they will kinda make you wait for first available if you aren't there in full...but that's par for course most places. read more

Adorable soba spot with super efficient service and great food. Came here on a Sunday night and it was crowded but not packed and we were seated within 10 minutes of arriving. We opted for a delightful cloudy sake - the Jozen Aged Junmai Ginjo (in a red bottle) that was being promoted on our table. It was light, sweet and not very strong tasting and super easy to drink. The bottle easily had 6 servings in it as well so for the price it was a steal After much deliberation I got the special vegetarian cold soba which had ginger, spices, Japanese radish, carrots, and shallots. It was served with fresh wasabi (big win) and scallions on the side. The dipping sauce was perfectly flavored and not too salty and complimented the buckwheat well. We also had the cold tofu appetizer which I thought was good but on the smaller side. The only downside of our night was that T got the okra and mushroom cold soba special which I thought was ok but not my favorite. The texture was WAY too slimy for my liking. Otherwise, great, and I'll definitely be back!! read more

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Tastes very pleasant but it is not up to my standards when it comes to portion sizing. I am a big eater hahaha. Service is good as it's a relatively small space and servers can see you. I would come again if I could go for a bite but not when I'm starving read more

The foods here are just delicious. The decor in the restaurant is really warm and with the authentic Japanese style interior design. It's not a huge restaurant, so I won't recommend to have a big group of people to come here at the same time. I ordered a lunch special, which was a combo of rice bowl and soba. Worth every penny deal. I got the eel rice bowl and hot udon. The eel rice bowl was perfect, I love it. Eel was very well sauced, which wasn't salty or greasy at all, and the rice was very soft, which goes with eel perfectly. About the udon, the texture of the noodle was very chewy and the soup was very light, so you can clean your taste buds after the meal. The combo also comes with little vege dishes, which give you a taste of spicy, sweet, and salty. Good combo. Overall, this is a good restaurant with good atmosphere and foods! read more

Soba-ya - Lunch special combo ! Eel rice bowl and hot udon ! Worth every penny and it's delicious ! - Japanese Near Me - New York, New York

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I've been coming here for 20 years and I've noticed the last couple years, the portions have gone down, but prices go up. Soba-ya used to give generous portions. I went this past Sunday and got the season special of Age-tofu (hot) soba, the large portion I went for by the way. There were TWO pieces of tofu. My friend and I were shocked and immediately said "stingy" and "what happened to this place." My friend asked "didn't you get the large portion?" There should have been at least three, even four pieces. So disappointing Soba-ya. I feel it's time to retire or at least start cooking at home. read more

Very classic Japanese spot. Reasonable prices with pretty good quality. I'm not a huge fan of soba, so I can't really judge. But I would say the ambience is very nice and cozy. read more

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Came around 7 pm on a Sunday night with a friend. The place was hopping, with crowds waiting in the entryway and on the sidewalk, though the room itself was peaceful. It's decorated in a typical Japanese style, with light wood and traditional scroll paintings, and a pond up front. It ended up only being about a ten minute wait despite being told half an hour. Lucky us! Although this restaurant may have soba in its name and at the heart of its menu, you would be remiss to skip the back page full of fish-on-rice bowls. I went for the salmon oyako don bowl ($22), and my friend had a veggie tempura one ($15.50). We also had some uni to start; unfortunately, they were out of the special uni with jellyfish, so we had to settle for uni with mountain yam ($12). The uni came out first about ten minutes later. Good quality uni, buttery and salty-sweet, but reminded me of how much I hate mountain yam. Any foam that turns to slime should not be trusted. Our bowls came out ten minutes after. Mine had gorgeous, large chunks of salmon and a reasonable helping of round, red roe. It wasn't the most amazing quality salmon I've had, but the rice was soft and the portion was generous. His was festooned with panko-crusted lotus root, carrots, and other goodies. Service is polite and the pace is appropriate; the volume level is also good for catching up with friends. However, many of the entrees are above $20, and I wouldn't say that anything we had was incredible. Overall, I would say that this is a good place to get a reliable Japanese meal, but it's a touch pricy for what you get. read more

Soba-ya - Uni - Japanese Near Me - New York, New York

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Uhhhhhhhhhhh it's soba? Yeah I felt like the food is alright but does it deserve amazing reviews? It just tastes like regular soba. If you want soba come here but don't expect something life changing. read more

The most consistent authentic Japanese soba experience in all of NYC! Ceviche seasonal appetizer: great chunks of white fish paired with avocados, tomatoes, purple onions, cilantro, and radish. Great citrus soy sauce that coats the ceviche mix which gives this appetizer the tart and savory flavors that pair well with each other! Tuna don mini: portion is good enough for your small average eater who isn't in the mood for something with broth and heavy. Fresh cut tuna with a light soy marination, topped with seaweed and sesame seeds. Great overall traditional rice dish. Nebeyaki: udon noodle soup that comes with ALOT of toppings! Chicken, mushroom, bamboo shoots, green onions, seasonal greens, shrimp tempura, and carrot tempura. Ask for the tempuras on the side so they don't get soggy! Great dish for someone whose really hungry. Great soy broth that's flavorful yet light in bounce so you can go through the whole bowl and actually finish the soup! Stamina: Great intro to the soba world! Hot broth to dunk your noodles in! Now since you dunk your noodles into the broth; the broth is a bit salty. It's not a broth you sip and drink. It's simply made to coat your noodles and slurp up with. The fried garlic chicken is tender and delectable! If your new to the soba dipping experience I highly recommend this dish. Service is great, friendly, and extremely respectable. But don't get upset if you have to park your ass outside and wait for about 45 mins during high peak hours for dinner. It doesn't take away from their service nor their extreme consistency to pump out authentic food! read more

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A group of 8 of us came here for dinner last night at about 7:30pm. We called first to see if we could get a reservation but they said we should just come over and should be fine. When we got there they told us 10min wait. After about 15min they said 5 more min. About half an hour of waiting and they were able to seat us. So, take their wait times with a grain of salt. // Service Service was good and pretty quick. The only thing they got wrong was my nabeyaki. The waitress told me she wrote down "regular tempura" for my order. But when I reminded her I asked for the egg on the side and the tempura soba doesn't come with the egg, she realized she just wrote the wrong thing down and stopped trying to convince me I ordered tempura. // Food The food was delicious! The soba noodles were perfect and the soup was rich and flavorful. The soup for both the soba and udon were the same but the udon was slightly richer due to the mushrooms, fish cake, etc in the soup. Also the udon came extremely hot - it was still boiling when they put it down in front of me so be careful! read more

Soba-ya - Nabeyaki Udon with egg on the side - Japanese Near Me - New York, New York

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My friend tells me this is one of the oldest spots in East Village still standing, opening in 1998. I knew someone who used to work here as a hostess and she said she met quite a lot of celebrities while working at Soba-ya (to list some: Rachel Weisz, Natalie Portman, Jonah Hill). That's not the reason why I came, but I wouldn't have minded a celebrity spotting :P. I came with my group right at 5:30pm when they open on a Thursday, so we were able to get a table immediately. To start, I ordered the Santen-Mori where I could choose three kinds of vegetables. I chose the Kimpira-Gobo Pan Sautéed Mountain Burdock, Satsuma-Imo Glacéed, and Kabocha to Shiitake. The burdock was my favorite of the three because of the cruncy texture. The Japanese sweet potatoes weren't as sweet as I thought. I'd probably skip choosing that next time. I would get the kabocha again. I chose to get a small 100g cold Zaru Soba with nori that comes with a dipping broth with scallions and wasabi. Very simple, but the soba noodles had great texture. They also give you hot water afterwards to pour into the dipping sauce to turn into a soup. The small is actually quite a lot of noodles. I wasn't too full at the end, but I was satisfied. This is a good place to get a healthy meal. If you want to eat a lot, this might not be a good place to go as everything is on the pricey end. I think the lunch specials are a better deal, so I'll have to me back for lunch sometime. read more

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I love the soup base that is served with the soba here. It's so warm and comforting and light at the same time. This quaint little place is snug but not tight enough to make me uncomfortable. I got the nabeyaki udon this time around and I was pleased with the flavors. The one down side is that the chicken had sunk to the bottom of the pot so I didn't even realize it was there until I was alarmist done with my meal. The egg on top was so luscious and rich- packed with the flavors of the broth. I've been here multiple times but this place never disappoints me. I do ave to say that it is slightly pricier that the average soba/ ramen places in NYCHA but it's well worth the money. read more

I had tendon set. Really liked the tempura. Crisp and soft. The souce was perfect too, not salty at but not too sweet. Little pricy for lunch menu but I think it was worth it. read more

Soba-ya - tendon set $24 lunch weekday - Japanese Near Me - New York, New York

The food is good～order the limited lunch box, have to say they are serious about the tempura, they are so crispy~ also the staff or manager of the restaurant are very sweet. They provide the free mini dessert during the lunch time ~ after this "Sample " try ~I found out they are very good on the dessert...will come back next time, even though just for dessert ~lol read more

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This place was exactly what I was asking for. I was scared I would have to wait long coming in on a Saturday evening but I was delighted to find that with a small party of 2-3 we were quickly seated. I think this place has expensive food, but the quality and the ambience, and even the pace were right on. I ordered the ten zaro soba which had shishito tempura and shrimp tempura paired with cold soba. Delicious with the wasabi added and the shrimp tempura was juicy the whole way. Flaky and crispy. My boyfriend ordered the tempura udon and found the noodle delectable and the tempura just like I had described. It's cute, fun, authentic, and tasty. If I had one qualm to say, it would be the waiter or staff were not the most subtle in their approach. Maybe they just wanted to make sure they were taking your order down exactly. Another thing, it was pricey - regular tempura with soba is over 20 bucks. Try this place not because of the price but because it's tasty and actually Japanese read more

Soba-ya - Japanese Near Me - New York, New York

Quick service and delicious options, Sobaya is one of my go to places for hot udon and sake. The interior is clean and traditional. The staff are friendly and helpful when choosing between dishes and ordering. My favorite dish is the Nabeyaki, a hot udon with shrimp and carrot tempura, a soft boiled egg, and various other treats. It's a lot of food for a good price and very high quality. The Katsu Curry is also delicious as well as their cold dishes. I have yet to try one of their bento boxes but have heard they are also delicious. Warning: They will only seat parties with all of the members present. Although I understand this rule for a packed lunch or dinner, it's offputting when the restaurant is empty and you cannot be seated because one person is missing. read more

Soba-ya - Nabeyaki in all its glory - Japanese Near Me - New York, New York

This review is for their lunch service, but I'm sure their dinner service is just as good. Food - We both ordered the lunch box set that comes with 1. broiled fish - salmon 2. salad 3. mini chirashi 4. assorted vegetables - lotus root + sweet potato + some green leaf veggie 5. tempura 6. choice of soba or udon. The fish was honestly a little dry... sorta like it's been out for awhile? Everything else was really good though. I had the cold soba and honestly, it could've been the weather, but it was just what I needed for this scorching heat we dealt with today. The tempura was SOOOOOO perfect. You could tell if the oil they used was fresh or if it's been there for awhile and the tempura was definitely bueno. 10/10 would get this again. I didn't know the set came with their panna cotta, it was light and refreshing. Perfect way to a great lunch! Service - The hostess welcomes you with irrashaimase. We did get there 5 minutes before last call and they let us know that and didn't really rush us, but you could tell they wanted us gone asap. Besides that the server we had was super sweet and attentive which I appreciate. read more

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I've been here twice now and both times have been pretty good! The menu was a bit confusing at first but definitely a good spot for a date or casual catch up! The setting: there's usually a wait if you come here for dinner we waited about 30 minutes for 4 people on a Friday night around 8:30pm. It's a mid-size spot with wooden interior and ambient lighting. The food: We ordered the tuna steak don and tempura udon noodles (all the regular size). The tuna steak was tender and flavorful but I still think the regular size was a bit small. The tempura udon noodles were very good, the noodles were silky and the broth was hot & comforting. The service: the service was good! Nothing spectacular but they did refill our waters and checked up on us every so often. Definitely recommend this spot if youre looking for your soba or udon fix! read more

Soba-ya - Japanese Near Me - New York, New York

Ordered the cold uni soba. It was pretty good and expensive lol $28 for the regular size. the place is nice and clean. The uni was fresh. The dessert is super cute & taste pretty good. I didn't feel fat at all eating the soba + dessert. (or maybe i'm just lying to myself) Anyways, it was a hot summer day and cold soba makes my stomach happy :) read more

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I've got to say that I was quite disappointed with the food here! I ordered the duck soba, the soup tasted like it was just chicken stock mixed with soy sauce.. I am comparing my experience here to Cocoron as they both offer soba noodles, I feel Cocoron's soup/broth is so much better and their menu has more flavor options. My bf ordered the fried chicken garlic soba, and the broth tasted the same as mine, except that it was a little sweeter. It costs almost $20 for a bowl of noodles with protein, but the vegan options were cheaper. The shrimp tempura had way too much batter crumbs (almost double the size of the actual shrimp) and was just flavorless. The portion wasn't that huge, if we hadn't had a snack beforehand, I would've left here still hungry. The restaurant was beautiful and service was good, but I will not be returning. read more

Soba-ya - This costs $60. - Japanese Near Me - New York, New York

All the stuffs just little pricy that what I expect. I think this place should be $$$. Tenzu (regular size cold soba) - was pretty good. Had a bite to it. You need to dip into their sauce to eat it. The most interesting thing was they will give you the soba broth for you mix the sauce and drink it at the end. It tasted funny. I didn't like it. Kinoko (regular size hot soba) - the first few bite was completely fine. If I eat it longer than 5 mins, the soba became very soggy, mushy. Not as good as the first bite. Maybe soba just not meant to be hot. I would recommend the cold soba only. At the end I got the ice cream set - green tea, honey wasabi, and black sesame. Honey wasabi tasted very wired. Just not my taste. Green tea one is kinda bitter and I can accept it. read more

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Had a dinner with friend the other day! The raw fish is quite yummy as well as the fresh tasty uni! Had a duck soba but the duck meat appeared to be too dried. Think it's over cooked. The portion is quite big. The price is reasonable can give it a shot. read more

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Interior is lovely and the food is okay but still id recommend people come here to try it out! Interior: Got that very Japanese feel to it so points for making me feel that authentic nature haha Staff: Oooo I didn't really resonate to well with the rushed service and the sarcasm so yes this brought it down for me unfortunately Eel Soba Combo: Good not great but overpriced! Overall: I mean def a good spot to try out still maybe there something else on the menu I'll like? read more

Soba-ya - Eel Soba Combo - Japanese Near Me - New York, New York

I was looking for a place to have a really nice lunch on my own, and this caught my eye out of all the amazing restaurants in the area. I ordered a tempura hot soba bowl and the mini unagi. I was worried it might've been too much, but i wanted to try as much as i can on my own without looking like a pig. Mind you I still looked like an animal; consuming every grain of rice and cleaning out all the little side dishes of stuff the brought. I didn't want it to end. I could've eaten more in like 2hrs. Easily. Prompt service. Helpful staff. Very relaxing experience. Oh, and the restroom..... they have Japanese toilets. 'nut said. Had to use 'em twice. A+. lmao read more

Sobaya is a Japanese #soba place in #EastVillage. I'm not such of a soba person so I can't judge. I think it was good. However, I want to rave about their desserts & excellent service. I was really hungry that day so the #LunchBoxSet fully satiated me & more! It was massive & included a variety of the best items available at the restaurant. You'll get #ShrimpTempura & a bowl of hot/cold soba/udon with the #chirashi #salad #SeasonalVegetables & #BroiledSalmon On Wednesdays, they have 50% off #desserts. Don't think, just go! The desserts are worth braving the subzero blizzard bomb happening outside. We had #MilkPudding with strawberry, #Manju with #RedBean filling + #MatchaIceCream, & the star of the show, the #Anmitsu (#agar + #RedBeanPaste + #BlackSesameIceCream + #strawberry + #GlutinousBalls). read more

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Don't know if I'll be back, but my friend and I stopped in for a Sunday night dinner after the line at Ippudo was awful. Still craving noodles, we looked up our options and stumbled upon the beautifully elegant entrance of Soba-ya. From both an exterior and interior design perspective, Soba-ya's owners knew what they were doing. Food and service-wise, they did well, too. I'd never had Soba before, and, given the name of the restaurant, I figured this was the place to try. That was definitely a good choice! I ordered the Curry Nanban Chicken & Tokyo Negi in Curry Soup which runs $15.75 for the small size (only a few dollars difference between the small, medium, and large). Some of the reviews said the portions were small, but mine was more than enough. The curry was thick and delicious, the noodles were perfectly cooked, as were the chunks of chicken. My only complaint: though high quality, there wasn't much chicken. For my sad, student wallet, I'm not likely to come back too often, but if I do crave Soba, I'll be back at Soba-ya before going anywhere else. read more

Friday 1pm. They still had the lunch boxes so we got that. Well like I said last time I was meh about it but I decided to give it a second chance and I still don't like it. Sorry the 3 stars is for the lunch box. I still like the soba and udon. Salad - I don't like the dressing Sweet potato - the other time they had pumpkin, both soft and sweet (y) Marinated lotus root - it's very strong in flavor. I was ok with it the first time but this second time I have to admit I don't like it. Chirashi - the rice cube, the rice is dry and flavorless Salmon - yay for big piece of fish If I only ever tried the lunch box I probably wouldn't go back. At least I know I like their soba and udon. Maybe I'll try the lunch set next time. read more

This is probably one of my new favorite spot for an authentic Japanese soba place. The soup base is full of flavors and the soba is perfectly cook not too soft or too chewy. The fried tofu topping were properly marinated and seasoned. Light flavor which perfectly complement the soba. They also offer three different size of bowl. I ordered the regular size which is Perfect portion for me. The price is reasonable for a restaurant in east village. The fizzy yuzu is okay nothing special about it but I am not coming here for the cocktails. More importantly, the food is amazing. I will be back soon. read more

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My go to udon spot - the place has calm, but trendy vibes and the food is delicious and well-priced

ehh this is more of a 3.5 star review actually. I do feel a little harsh to give it 3 stars, but I was just not too impressed with the meal. They have a great lunch set deal at $21 where they give you a lot of mini portioned servings of a variety of dishes along with your main course - soba noodles. I made the mistake of ordering hot soba instead of cold. For some reason, I thought the hot soba would be on a dry platter like the cold one, but just warmer, but mine was in soup. It was good, but nothing too special. I was very disappointed at the mini chirashi rice, because I thought there would be at least some sashimi slices on top but nope there was only egg and some salmon roe. The salad was refreshing and so was the pumpkin on the side. The broiled salmon is okay - I'm not a big fan of it. My boyfriend got the mini lunch set which I think personally is a better deal because he got to pick a rice bowl dish and get to have soba/udon on the side. That's what I would do next time, because they seem to have a lot of interesting rice bowl dishes there. He got the one with eel on top and it tasted great! I'm usually not a big fan of eel rice bowls, but I really liked this one. Overall, this is a great place for its value but I'd try something different from them next time. read more

Soba-ya - Lunch set with hot soba - Japanese Near Me - New York, New York

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Solid stuff Had dinner here with my wife and friends. We got to try a few different things. I enjoyed the salmon don, wish I had more. The brulee for dessert was also great. The Tempura Hot Soba and Uni Cold Soba was just ok. Not a fan of cold noodles and the flavor of the sauce. Want to come back for more don though. read more

Walked by Soba-ya on my way to Veselka a few days ago, bookmarked it, and ended up here last night! This is the kind of place that has the perfect atmosphere, at least in our experience: A nearly full, bustling dining room, that just so happens to have one or two unbooked tables so you can just walk right in. It may not be like this every Saturday evening, but it worked for us. It took a little while for us to place our orders, but once we did, the food came out pretty quickly. I am normally more of an udon person, but when in a restaurant that has "soba" in the name... gotta try it. So I had a small bowl of the hot soba Tanuki (tempura flakes and I think kale?). Although the toppings were few and far between, the flavors were excellent enough to compensate. The soy-infused broth was rich, and the soba noodles were pleasantly al dente. The kale added some crunchiness. Tempura flakes are always a good idea, and I maintain that they added some deliciousness to the broth, but the speed in which they become soggy is rather annoying. I will say that the broth is super salty: Pleasantly so at first, but toward the end of the meal, it got to be a little much. I'd give the soup 4 stars at the beginning of the meal and 3 toward the end. 3.5 stars would be my preferred score, but Yelp forces you to make decisions in life. I also ordered a soba beer (actually called Buckwheat Ale, but called soba beer on the menu), which was actually a bit citrusy. Interesting thing to pair with your noodles, if you want to go for the full buckwheat experience. read more

Had an excellent dinner on a weeknight here. Walked in without a res at 6:30ish and waited about 10 mins. My boyfriend and I shared a trio of vegetables to start (the Japanese pumpkin was my favorite), followed by tempura and duck soba. We weren't overly full, which is nice, but next time I'd probably get a second entree! read more

I wanted to like Soba-ya so badly. The problem is: the older I get, the more my tastebuds need. I will preface this by saying that I used to LOVE soba. Then stopped having access to good Japanese food for a decade, gorged on Texas bbq, then Korean bbq, and then just 100% Korean food for the past year. So my return to soba comes after having MASSIVE FLAVOR, salt, spice, vinegar... vinegar makes me melt... You guessed it: bland. I was underwhelmed by how bland everything was: even after mixing two servings of wasabi in my dipping sauce. It didn't help btw, it just made it painful to eat. But I would rather take the pain over the bland nothingness. The service was really good, and in my younger days when food didn't need to be so strong, I would have probably loved this place. But alas, timing is everything. I get it, I get it... it's Japanese and it's supposed to be subtle. Perhaps I'm just not the refined kind. I'll take my mool nengmyun with a bottle a vinegar and hot mustard, thanks. read more

I never had soba before, until I came here. I'm glad this was my first place to try it because it was delicious. Their lunch set is a pretty sweet deal for the price. For the sample price of $21 you get: A piece of fish, some salad, vegetables, other stuff I don't remember, annddd that soba (your choice of hot or cold! I got cold because it's hot out lol) also to top it off you get a cute little dessert after! Overall everything was pretty good and even though it's a lot you it's not heavy, so you don't feel like a cow after the meal. However, you can definitely share the lunch set with a friend, but I don't blame you for you don't want to... I didn't. Also I like the Decour of this place, it's very nice and traditional looking. It is a little small though, so sometimes it feels a little cramped. And because this place can get busy it can be a little challenging getting a hold of your waiter, or any waiter because everyone so fast to walk away However because the food is so good it's not too upsetting. I would definitely come back! read more

Soba-ya - Sexy lunch set in the front, veggie soba in the back - Japanese Near Me - New York, New York

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I ordered the rice with slice tuna and cold soba bento lunch. The rice bowl with tuna is very tasty and the soba is great quality and is cooked perfectly read more

I have come many times but the one thing I get most often is their limited $21 lunch box that comes with a bento box of sushi rice with shredded egg/ikura, broiled fish (usually salmon), various seasonal japanese vegetables, salad with cold tofu, pickles, choice of soba or udon (hot or cold), and veg or shrimp tempura. The meal ends with a small milk pudding/panna cotta dessert with a piece of preserved strawberry. I never really cared for this dessert every time I've come and gotten the lunch box, the strawberry always tasted off. It would be much better if they gave a slice of fresh strawberry instead. Anyway, the lunch box is such a steal! My friend got the hot duck soba and felt so salty when I kept getting dish after dish HAHA. He didn't really enjoy the duck and I tried a piece, it seems like it was coated with some flour? Not a very satisfying bowl. Definitely go for the bento lunch box or their soba + donburi lunch sets :) My friend ended his meal with the green tea crème brulée and it was delicious! Not too sweet, strong matcha taste. I have also tried their maguro don, super fresh tuna! I do like that they make their soba in house but they don't have my favorite soba noodles. I've tried many throughout the city since soba is my all time favorite kind of noodles (I am a self proclaimed soba connaisseur). I like my soba to have a chewy consistency because that's what makes them so addicting when dipped into the cold tsuyu, but I found soba-ya's noodles lacking. I love soba-ya because they have a variety of dishes and you can get donburi/soba sets, but I don't come for their soba alone, which is why I can't give this restaurant full stars! read more

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