Nicest noodles: Top Calgary ramen shops

Japan’s favourite comfort food is easier to find than ever in Calgary. These particular restaurants serve beautiful bowls of broth chock full of sliced pork, diced veggies and noodles, noodles, noodles.

Nicest noodles: Top Calgary ramen shops
Ian Doig By

Muku Japanese Ramen

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326 14 St NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1Z7

Staff cheerfully salute arrivals and departures at this dedicated ramen bar just west of downtown on 14th Street Southwest. And there’s plenty of positivity in the piping hot bowls of ramen that are Muku’s specialty. Among the bestselling bowls here are regular, spicy and black-garlic tonkatsu (pork) ramen. Soups all feature some combo of sliced pork, nori (seaweed), corn and fish cake and may be garnished with boiled egg halves. Also try the jya jya men, a cold ramen bowl with spicy ground pork and vegetables.

Shiki Menya

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824 1 Ave Ne, Calgary, AB T2E 0C3

This top ramen shop in Bridgeland serves both classic and new-fangled ramen bowls with considerable flair. Go with classic tonkatsu served with barbecue pork, onion, soft-boiled egg and pickled bamboo shoots or try an updated twist on the ramen theme such as the tonkatsu black, which is prepared with soft-poached egg and pork as well as black garlic oil and squid ink. Arrive early for lunch: the place does not take reservations and serves just 150 bowls a day.

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Japanese Noodle House

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B-1334 12 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T3C 3R9

Also serving sushi, sashimi and entrees such as chicken katsu curry, this Beltline restaurant’s eponymous ingredient is featured in a selection of ramen soups. Available with soy or miso broth, its big, beautiful bowls include spicy beef and spicy pork as well as fried cod.

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