Ramen Shifu began its journey at number 65 Ayala Street in the popular Barrio Salamanca, Madrid, in 2017.

Its founder, Guo Jianyong, president of the Ayala Japan Group ( a restaurant group specializing in Asian food), had always dreamed of creating a restaurant concept that featured ramen. A menu, that shows the variety and versatility that this noodle soup, originally Chinese and adopted by Japanese society, has cultivated over decades of history and evolution.

The fruit of his effort and dedication during decades of studies and his experience in Japan in learning the “ramen culture” culminated in the appearance of Ramen Shifu. A young, casual concept with a marked street style far from the concept of “oriental restaurant”, adopting the character of “Japanese street food” in its most traditional way. Also depending on the concept of the tavern, set with decorative and thematic elements of the Japanese country.

At Ramen Shifu, our homemade broth is based on the original recipe from the Hakata region, a district of the city of Fukuoka, which its founder, Guo Jianyong, learned firsthand from “ ramen masters” on his many visits to restaurants in the region.

A broth with a rich four-hour elaboration with a dense texture, made with pork bones, whitish and tasty, served with fine noodles. Starting from this base, an extensive ramen menu reflects its great versatility with up to 20 options to choose from. From the traditional Tonkotsu Ramen (characteristic of the Japanese region of Hakata), Shoyu Ramen (the ramen of the Japanese capital, Tokyo) or Miso Ramen (popular in the province of Sapporo) to new elaborations that adapt to more current tastes such as the Fried Chicken Ramen, Ebi Tempura Ramen or the Beef Curry Ramen.

In this way, Ramen Shifu is the ramen restaurant with the most extensive ramen menu in Madrid. In addition, Ramen Shifu, in its goal of positioning itself as the benchmark for ramen in Europe, dedicates special attention to its Spicy Ramen menu. A selection of spicy dishes, with the option to customize the spiciness level from 1 to 5 as part of our “Spicy Challenge” where we encourage our customers to put their spiciness tolerance to the test.

Although our extensive menu is inspired by the tradition of ramen recipes, at Ramen Shifu we are very aware of innovation and the need to adapt to the new times.

An example is our recent vegan menu launched in 2019 with which we want to satisfy our customers who want to reduce their consumption of meat of animal origin. Other examples are our characteristic starters of Japanese street food such as gyozas or takoyakis, our rice and mazesobas menu, the famous Japanese dessert mochis and other specialties complete the gastronomic offer of our taverns for all tastes and lovers of Japanese cuisine.