Tabelog ratingHonetsukidori Ranmaru (骨付鳥 蘭丸) specialises in honetsukidori, Kagawa's other signature dish after udon. It is a whole bone-in chicken leg roasted hard with salt, black pepper and garlic, and it comes two ways. Oya is mature hen, chewy and deeply flavoured. Hina is young chicken, tender and juicy. You cut the leg yourself with table scissors, then mop up the pooled fat with shio musubi (plain salted rice balls) or the cabbage served alongside. The restaurant was selected for Tabelog's 2025 Tabelog 100 list for chicken.
Nearly every review praises the punchy, peppery chicken, and several Japanese diners prefer it to the better-known Ikkaku. Hina is the crowd-pleaser. Oya divides opinion but has devoted fans. Reviewers call dipping the rice balls in the fat essential again and again. The side dishes are often singled out, especially the chilli-oil tofu salad, tori-pon (chicken in ponzu) and the sashimi. Many Korean and Chinese visitors mention friendly staff.
The seasoning is very salty, and several diners found it overwhelming. Oya can be too tough to cut. Foreign visitors repeatedly object to the unexplained ¥350 otoshi (an automatic appetiser charge) and the ¥100 charge for ice. A few describe the room as cramped, noisy or not very clean, and some find the portions small for the price.
Reviewers in 2025–2026 paid around ¥1,100 for hina, ¥1,150 for oya, ¥320 for two shio musubi, ¥540 for tori-pon, ¥960 for a single sashimi plate and ¥620 for a draft beer. One solo diner paid ¥2,070 for chicken and beer, including the otoshi. There is no lunch service. Expect about ¥2,000–4,000 per person at dinner.
Value is fair rather than cheap. Japanese reviewers see it as good value for a filling, memorable regional dish. Some foreign visitors felt the extra charges tipped it towards expensive.
- Getting there: 5 minutes' walk (270 m) from Kataharamachi Station on the Kotoden Kotohira Line.
- Booking: no reservations, walk-in only. Write your name on the list at the door. If you are absent when called, you lose your place. Waits are usually 10–30 minutes and reach 2 hours on holidays. Oya often sells out by early evening.
- Payment: credit cards accepted (Visa, Mastercard, JCB, Amex, Diners). QR payments accepted (PayPay, d Barai, Rakuten Pay, au PAY). Electronic money is not accepted.
- Extra charges: ¥350 otoshi per person and ¥100 for ice.
- Seating: 40 seats, including a tatami room, and no private rooms. There is an 80-minute limit, and you may be asked to share a table.
- Children: welcome, including babies.
- Smoking: non-smoking. Parking: none.
- Language: an English menu is available. Reviewers also mention Korean and Chinese menus.
- Tips: the chicken takes about 20 minutes to arrive and spatters oil. Order plain rice if you dislike salt, and ask for the cabbage if it does not come. Take-out is available.
