Sobaya - New York

Authentic Japanese soba udon restaurant40.72964 -73.98785 Among a ton of Japanese restaurants in East Village, Soba-ya looks like and really is an ordate Japanese buckwheat soba udon restaurant, exempt not sitting on the floor, tatami mats and leaving your shoes at the door. No other competing Asian cuisines on the menu. Co-owner and mini-mogul, Bon Yagi, prefers authenticity to flash in his restaurants. No QR-codes in this Michelin Bibi Gourmand restaurant. With loud Americans inside, soundproofing is lacking.As appetiser, we ordered in June 2023 Dashimaki Tamago Japanese-style egg omelette, made by rolling thin layer upon thin layer of egg) and miso soup $5). The soup arrived, but not the egg omelette, before our Yasal udon soup with mixed vegetables and mushrooms $22) arrived. Lost in translation? The thick udon broth was hearty and flavourful. Well prepared and enjoyable.Soba-ya serves very good udon, but the service could be better. Recommended.

40.72964 -73.98785 Among a ton of Japanese restaurants in East Village, Soba-ya looks like and really is an ordate Japanese buckwheat soba udon restaurant, exempt not sitting on the floor, tatami mats and leaving your shoes at the door. No other competing Asian cuisines on the menu. Co-owner and mini-mogul, Bon Yagi, prefers authenticity to flash in his restaurants. No QR-codes in this Michelin Bibi Gourmand restaurant. With loud Americans inside, soundproofing is lacking. As appetiser, we ordered in June 2023 Dashimaki Tamago Japanese-style egg omelette, made by rolling thin layer upon thin layer of egg) and miso soup $5). The soup arrived, but not the egg omelette, before our Yasal udon soup with mixed vegetables and mushrooms $22) arrived. Lost in translation? The thick udon broth was hearty and flavourful. Well prepared and enjoyable. Soba-ya serves very good udon, but the service could be better. Recommended.

Happy to stop by here for lunch! As a frequent visitor to Japan, I really recommend their buckwheat noodles! Although some little thing about other dishes that could be improved but overall worth to visit..!Noodles were really really outstanding, chewy but not soggy! And a ince I ordered Ten Zaru, the set came with shrimps tempura. Each of them was huge, crispy, and juicy inside..! AMAZING!For appetizer, I got sliced duck. It was tasty although slightly expensive.Last, matcha crème brûlée as dessert. I was a little bit sad because the burnt sugar didn’t go over all surface (as you may see in the photo, it only covered the middle part. The main cream part was good, a nice twist using matcha to change this European dessert.?Highly recommend to people who would like to have a meal alone. The space is cozy and chill even for single visitors. Would like to visit again for rice dishes..!

It's a lovely japanese soba shop. We ordered the soba with tempura and duck soba. The tempura was surprisingly fresh and good. We are visiting from Toronto and we think that there's no such soba shop like that in Toronto! It's definitely a must-visit spot!

Ordered both the soba and salmon sashimi. The soba noodles were cooked well and did not stick to each other as I ate. But, I was ignored by one of the servers, who seemed to avoid wanting to take my order when I raised my hand and also for when I wanted to ask for the check to pay, despite the fact that he was serving all the other customers sitting in the area I sat in. He made eye contact and simply looked away. Though, it may have been because it was busy when I came :