Tabelog ratingSagamihara Keyaki has been selected for the Tabelog Ramen "Tabelog 100" every year from 2020 to 2025. Its signature is the kombu-sui tsukemen. Two house-made noodles, one silky and one with a buckwheat-like bite, sit in a thick kelp broth. You eat them first with fine salt, local yuzu-pepper and citrus, then dip them in a clear chicken broth. The second signature is the aji-tsuki kaedama, a refill of noodles that arrives already dressed in one of five flavours, such as seafood-soy or garlic, and works as a dish on its own. The broths are made without MSG.
Nearly every review praises the clear, chicken-forward shoyu ramen and its crisp, wheaty thin noodles. Reviewers also single out the two kinds of chashu: melting pork belly, plus moist loin or chicken cooked at low temperature. The block-cut menma (bamboo shoot) comes up again and again. The dark Sagami Black ramen and the meat-heavy makanai-don rice bowl get repeat mentions too. Staff are described as warm and attentive, and the room as clean and stylish.
Not everyone is convinced. A minority found the bowls refined but short of what the queue promises. Isolated complaints mention very fatty chashu, an over-salty shio broth, some pork odour and a faint alkaline smell in the noodles. The kombu-sui tsukemen can sell out.
Reviewers in 2024–2026 paid around ¥1,100–1,190 for shoyu ramen and ¥1,300–1,340 with a seasoned egg. The kombu-sui tsukemen was about ¥1,540, or ¥1,600 with egg, and Sagami Black around ¥1,190. A flavoured kaedama cost about ¥250 (¥200 for a half portion) and the makanai-don ¥300–500. Expect to spend ¥1,000–1,999 at lunch or dinner.
Several reviewers call it pricey for ramen. Most still feel the generous, high-quality chashu and the craft justify the premium.
- Getting there: about 290 m, roughly a 4-minute walk, from Odakyu Sagamihara Station.
- Booking: reservations are not accepted. Walk in and join the queue. Lunch waits of 10–30 minutes are common, while weekday evenings and late afternoon are often quieter.
- Ordering: use the touchscreen ticket machine, sometimes while still in the queue. The restaurant asks that each person places an order (the listing phrases this as one drink per person).
- Payment: credit cards (VISA, Master, JCB, AMEX, Diners, UnionPay) and QR payments (PayPay, d Barai, Rakuten Pay, au PAY, Alipay, WeChat Pay) are accepted. Electronic money (IC cards) is not.
- Seats: 10 in total, made up of 6 at the counter and one table for four. There are no private rooms and no private hire.
- Smoking: non-smoking.
- Parking: none.
