Soba?

[mindloop]

Where is the best place to grab some delicious soba noodles for lunch? I live in Williamsburg and am convinced there is nowhere in this neighborhood to get any. But anywhere downtown (below 23rd or so) will do. I will travel to sate this craving.

I don't want/need a fancy place. Just a place that serves delicious soba dishes - cold & hot - to takeout or to scarf down there.

Thanks!

[oonth]

Definitely Soba koh ahead of Soba ya and by some distance. I am a fan of the hot soba with eel tempura. And agree that Honmura An trumped both places but is sadly no more.

Not below 23rd St but a worthwhile new kid on the block is Soba Totto on E43rd St which I tried for the first time late Feb. The noodles were good, so too the curry based broth I opted for, perfect for a cold winter's evening. Lots of other interesting izakaya items on the menu (including one dish featuring ankake sauce which I am a fan of) although the yakitori items we ordered didn't particularly impress. Menu can be inspected on menupages although they don't seem to list the curry soba I ordered.

[kobetobiko]

Another place is soba koh, which I prefer to sobaya.

A more expensive place is 15 East. Their soba chef was the former chef at Honmura An, which had better soba than both sobaya and sobakoh.

[bigjeff]

soba koh has some great flavors for their broths; both the hot and cold are good. the soft shell tempura (ask for it on the side) is pretty damn amazing; they also have a beautiful daikon salad and many of their other veg sides are excellent.

[Lau]

i think soba koh is great, im a big fan, i probably go once a month...i particularily like the cold uni ikura soba

i also think that soba koh is better than soba ya

generally their food is just good (its mostly soba and some appetizers)

[deborah24]

I like Soba-ya. When ever I go, we are pretty much the only Americans in the place. Very tasty and the deserts are great as well.

Soba-ya
229 E 9th St (bet. 2nd & 3rd)
New York, NY 10003
212-533-6966

http://www.sobaya-nyc.com/