Hatsuhana Soba Honten - Hakone

We were staying nearby so we visited around 10 and it was almost full. It's all the grannies working so you can expect it to be good. There's an English menu so it's easy to order. We ordered the oyaku, tori and wild vegetable soba and each one of them was flavourful, umami rich and delicious. Special mention to the wild vegetable soba, there were fiddlehead ferns, mushroom, bamboo shoots and each one of them was naturally sweet. Totally would recommend it if you are in Hakone.

Plenty has been praised about the food in this soba restaurant founded in 1934. Vegetarian friendly. English menu available. Pro tip: queue much shorter in later afternoon. I waited only for 20mins before being seated.

We ate here lunch in November 2022 and enjoyed it. The food was yummy, the service was kind and river view from the window was lovely. Great stop for Lunch!

The soba is good, don’t get me wrong but I think the history and fame is what makes this place so popular. I had the せいろ蕎麦, which is the soba on the site with grated Japanese yam and egg included with the broth. It was very good. The tempura soba also looked really good. I’m not sure I would wait in line again for this though.

The soba and the tempura taste good, can feel the history of this restaurant. The staffs there do not speak English but they do have english menu. You can pay with card or cash.