The best places for noodles in Belfast

A fully-licensed restaurant serving some of the best sushi and ramen in Northern Ireland, Kamakura Sushi and Ramen Restaurant has various outlets around the city, including one in East Belfast and one on Donegall Pass. Expertly prepared dishes are made from the freshest ingredients using traditional Japanese flavours and cooking techniques to offer a delicious range of ramen and noodle dishes to suit all tastes.

From delicious Yaki Soba with fresh egg noodles served with your choice of tofu, seafood, or chicken and complete with seasonal vegetables to traditional Japanese ramen, featuring stringy ramen noodles cooked in a flavourful broth with your choice of chicken, pork, salmon, beef, or vegetables, and finished with chilli oil, spices, and various vegetables and pickles. 

Located on the Lisburn Road, Ginza Kitchen is an authentic and popular Japanese restaurant serving up a great array of noodle and rice dishes, as well as plenty of exquisite sushi and sashimi inspired by global flavours. Creative chefs bring the authentic flavours to life using the freshest local ingredients to offer an intimate fine dining experience that you won’t experience elsewhere in the city. If noodles are on your mind, you’ll be spoilt for choice with the incredible selection offered here.

Their Ginza Tonkotsu Ramen comes with a succulent braised pork belly, bamboo, pak choi, egg, and a Rich homemade broth while their flavourful Kimchi Spicy Seafood Ramen is complete with grilled mixed seafood, seaweed, spring onion, sweetcorn, egg, and a rich homemade kimchi stock. Aside from ramen, they also offer various tasty wok-fried noodle dishes such as a tasty Chicken Curry Soba, a Ginza Special Crispy Noodle, and a Stir-Fried Teriyaki Udon. They also offer a great range of tasty vegan and gluten-free options, so those with specific dietary requirements don’t have to worry about missing out.

Two of the best-loved Asian fusion restaurants that Belfast has to offer, both Zen and House of Zen are great spots to enjoy delicious noodle dishes inspired by a range of Asian cuisines. These two award-winning restaurants continue to welcome people from all across Northern Ireland and further afield who are looking for authentic Asian flavours, from Chinese to Japanese, Thai, and Korean.

At Zen, you can choose from their vast array of meat and vegetable main dishes that can be served with your choice of Yaki Udon or Yaki Ramen Noodles. Meanwhile, House of Zen prides itself on offering a ‘little bit of the Orient’ in the heart of the city. You can choose from a great selection of meat, vegetable, and seafood mains, and opt for a side of wok-fried udon noodles or wok-fried soft egg noodles.

Owned and operated by the guys behind the Zen Restaurants, Dumpling Library is another great spot for dining in Belfast’s bustling Cathedral Quarter. Taking diners on a culinary journey around the continent of Asia, this spot specialises in dumplings and small plates. However, they also offer a great selection of larger plates that are full of rich and fragrant Asian flavours.

For example, you could try their delicious ‘DanDan’ Minced Pork Soup Noodles that come with minced pork, pork cracklings, cucumber, peanut, chilli, and spring onion or their fantastic Singapore Curried Vermicelli, complete with prawns, char siu pork, egg, chilli, beansprout, and curry flavour. Taking inspiration from their travels, the flavours here are unique, authentic, and unforgettable, making it a great spot for fans of Asian dining.

If you’re a fan of Vietnamese dining, then you need to check out Botanic Avenue’s Madame Pho. Small and understated, this eatery doesn’t look like much from the outside but as soon as you enter, you’ll be greeted by a haven of incredible Vietnamese smells and flavours. Offering great quality dishes in a casual dining environment, Madame Pho is an unmissable spot when looking for something fresh and delicious to eat in the city.

Their speciality, as the name suggests, is Pho, a classic Vietnamese dish which features a steaming hot bowl of noodle soup served with fillings of your choice. Made from a delicious broth that is simmered for eight hours using local beef brisket, beef bones, and bone marrow with a secret combination of herbs and spices to create a rich and authentic flavour and served with rice noodles, lime, chilli, and fresh herbs, you can expect nothing short of rich authentic flavours here. Their menu is unique and varied with everything from Pho Bo to Pho Tai, Pho Tom, and even Vegan Pho.