Los Angeles

Best Ramen in Los Angeles

From Sawtelle's tsukemen to Little Tokyo's fiery bowls

LA ramen runs deeper than its short list here suggests, and this page will grow as the catalog does. What the current picks share is the thing that matters: broth with real depth, from tonkotsu simmered until it turns creamy to lighter shoyu bowls, noodles cooked with actual attention to firmness, and chashu that has not been sitting all day. Little Tokyo remains the historic center of LA ramen culture, but serious bowls now show up across the San Gabriel Valley and beyond. If a shop offers a firmness choice, take them up on it.