Tsuruya

Berkeley, CA · Ramen restaurant

Rating
4.7/5
★★★★★ 4.7
Reviews
20
Rank in Berkeley
#58
of 478 restaurants
City Percentile
74%
rating percentile
Address
Tsuruya, 1926 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA 94704
Phone
(415) 316-5288
Website
www.facebook.com/people/Tsuruya-Ramen/61556820323963
Status
Closed · Opens 12 PM

Tsuruya is a restaurant located in Berkeley, CA. It is one of 478 restaurants listed in Berkeley. Its 4.7-star rating is above the Berkeley city average of 4.4 stars. There are 10 photos associated with this location.

About Tsuruya

Welcome to Tsuruya, your haven for exquisite ramen experiences in the heart of Berkeley, CA! At Tsuruya, we’re dedicated to perfecting the art of ramen-making, bringing you authentic flavors and culinary mastery with every bowl. Our passion for this... More

Hours

Saturday12 PM–3 PM, 4 PM–10 PM

Customer Reviews

★★★★★ 5.0 Angela & Elliot Zhang · Dec 2025

Ramen quality deserved 5 stars. Atmosphere and Service - so so and there’s room for improvement. First, please do not make people wait outside a cold alley. Invert a tablet for people to put in their phone numbers for waitlist. So you can text when your table is ready for the party. Or pay a little bit for Yelp or Google to form your waitlist. Second, please use a QR code for customers to order food at the table. It’s fastest and it would not make any mistakes by the servers. Third, hire more servers as they’re already busy enough. If you claim you’re authentic Japanese Ramen, then do it more efficiently. You can turn your tables quicker that way. One last thing, ask to take out the red onion in your ramen. It doesn’t belong in tradition noodle soup.

★★★★★ 5.0 Ali · Nov 2025

Can't stop thinking about that vegetarian ramen I had. Added a medium amount of spicy paste to make it more flavorful but I think I might need to add a bit more next visit! The broth was the best part. Made me feel so warm inside. The yuzu sorbet was GREAT! loved.

★★★★★ 5.0 James Wang · Oct 2025

They have 4 bases and one can choose between either pork (Tonkotsu) or chicken (Tori Paitan). They also have the option for vegetarian ramen, but this is limited each day. What's unique is that you can have either the regular Hakata, thin noodles, or the Sapporo, medium thick wavy noodles. You can't make reservations, but they have some seating in the clean alleyway where you can wait. Only downside was that it took over 25 minutes for our ramen to be served, but at least the owner came to our table and apologized for the delay.

★★★★★ 5.0 Madhuri Jain · Jan 2026

We ordered vegetarian ramen and it was amazing! The service was excellent. The people are really kind! I forgot my purse in the restaurant and the server came running after us till a block to return us our purse! Really appreciate their food and service. Will definitely come here again.

★★★★★ 5.0 Manny · Feb 2026

As a first timer came from out of town almost about to walk inside the restaurant there was a couple group of people that were already waiting outside. I walked in and it was fully packed with very small space capacity. A minute after an asian lady who might be the owner said it'll be a wait just give it a little wait outside for a few minutes. So I waited outside for about 5-10 minutes she then comes outside the restaurant and brought everyone who was outside towards to the inside at the same time. First off atmosphere inside is amazing and very welcoming, the only downside I would say is for the space inside just being very small and felt compact knowing it can't fit alot of people. I had to sit at the bar area for just myself but the space wasn't too bad. I originally wanted to order th

Accessibility & Amenities

✓ Wheelchair Accessible Entrance

Services

Ramen restaurant

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