Nom Nom Ramen

01/25/2026

Due to the anticipated snowstorm tomorrow- we will be closed Sunday, January 25, 2026.

We plan to reopen Monday- stay safe and warm!

06/29/2025

We will be closed July 4, 2025 - Enjoy your 4th of July! 🎆🎇

02/02/2024

I am ecstatic to announce that and will be having our soft open for our new restaurant on Thursday, February 8th, 2024 at 604 South Street. Named 紫蘇 Shiso, which translates to purple perilla, is an Asian minty herb that is wildly popular in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Thai and other Asian cuisine. Incidentally, the kanji purple, 紫 is also my favorite color, and 蘇 is my favorite herb and also my surname.

It has been our dream to open an state of the art open kitchen restaurant serving the two dish we recklessly love and can’t live without: noodles and sushi.

Our goal is to focus heavily on freshness and quality as we make craft noodles and sushi for our guests. That also means we will be making everything from scratch in house. This includes soups, tare (sauces), toppings, and last but not least, fresh in house crafted noodles.

Please be sure to follow us for updates and the official grand opening. If you like to get involved, send me a DM, or email me at [email protected]

02/02/2024

So exciting!

I am ecstatic to announce that and will be having our soft open for our new restaurant on Thursday, February 8th, 2024. Named 紫蘇 Shiso, which translates to purple perilla, is an Asian minty herb that is wildly popular in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Thai and other Asian cuisine. Incidentally, the kanji purple, 紫 is also my favorite color, and 蘇 is my favorite herb and also my surname.

It has been our dream to open a state of the art open kitchen restaurant serving the two dish we recklessly love and can’t live without: noodles and sushi.

Our goal is to focus heavily on freshness and quality as we make craft noodles and sushi for our guests. That also means we will be making everything from scratch in house. This includes soups, tare (sauces), toppings, and last but not least fresh in house noodles.

Please be sure to follow us for updates and the official grand opening. If you like to get involved, send me a DM, or email me at [email protected], 215-645-9711, and located at 604 South Street, Philadelphia, Pa 19147.

09/11/2023

Story day: in late 2011 my family and I traveled to Los Angeles and had Santouka’s ramen at Mitsuwa in Torrance. The bowl just blew us away and we thought- we have to bring ramen to Philly! When I returned from that trip, I gave 2 weeks notice to my cushy manager position at a Main Line restaurant, rented a room in North Jersey for a few months and began my apprenticeship learning how to make ramen, earned minimum wage, and saw my family only 2 days a week. When I returned to Philly for those 2 days I was out searching for a storefront. Stumbled upon 18th Street after only hearing rumors the current owner wanted out. Walked in and asked them to sell to me (even though I had no money) and striked a deal. In a few months we were in debt for 6 figures and opened for business…. 1st Ramen shop in Philly.

Thank you for being our slurpers!

04/05/2023

Our manager of 8 years decided to spend more time with his wife & grandchildren as he has reached retirement age (he looks so young!) We are all sad to lose such a great asset however so glad he can retire now! We were so lucky to have him a part of our team.
Please help us wish Alan L. a happy and healthy retirement! 🎉
We love you and come visit!

02/09/2023

Super Bowl Sunday we will only be open for lunch 11a-2:30pm - GO EAGLES! 🦅 Be safe everyone!

01/14/2023

Cold day to line up! Great time for ramen! Thank you Justin for being a ramen lover 🍜

PC: Chang Li

11/23/2022

After 2+ years of struggles with Covid mandates and employee shortages- We are opening this and every Sunday (11/27/22) 🎉🎉 11:30-3pm and 4:30p-9pm! Come out and ramen!

08/02/2022

We are hiring! Competitive pay and flexible schedule, DM if you or anyone you know is interested.