Ten food places in Hakata and Fukuoka City are listed here with their opening hours, closing days, one dish with its price where the official site gives one, and what each official page says about reservations. The list follows our Japanese guide. It is not a ranking, and it is built from official pages, not from visits. Two places have a date to know: Yoshizuka Unagiya is closed from Monday, October 26 to Thursday, October 29, 2026, and Kawabata Zenzai Hiroba opens only on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, holidays and event days.
In short
- Hours range from Ganso Nagahama-ya, open from 6:00 to 1:45 the next morning, to Tempura Hirao, which stops taking orders at 20:00.
- Reservations: Tempura Hirao takes none at any branch. Yoshizuka Unagiya takes them for two or more people. Kawataro has online booking.
- Three official sites show no prices: Ganso Nagahama-ya, Ippudo Daimyo Main Store and Kawabata Zenzai Hiroba.
- Karo no Uron’s official site has an English page, and Yoshizuka Unagiya’s has an English menu page. The others are in Japanese, and none says whether the staff speak English.
Checked with official pages on October 11, 2026.
The ten places at a glance
| Restaurant | Food | Hours | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ganso Nagahama-ya | Ramen | 6:00–1:45 (next day) | Dec 31–Jan 5 |
| Ippudo Daimyo | Ramen | 11:00–22:00 | Not stated (all 7 days listed) |
| Karo no Uron | Udon | 11:00–17:00, until sold out | Tuesdays |
| Tetsunabe Nakasu | Gyoza | Mon–Fri 17:00–24:00; Sat, Sun, holidays 11:30–24:00 | None |
| Kawataro Nakasu | Live squid | Lunch 11:45–14:00; dinner 17:30–22:00 | Obon, New Year |
| Takanosuke | Izakaya, hot pot | 16:00–23:00 | Irregular; Dec 31, Jan 1 |
| Yoshizuka Unagiya | Grilled eel | 10:00–21:00 | Wed; 2nd and 4th Tue; Oct 26–29 |
| Yakitori Hachibei | Yakitori | 17:00–23:30 | None |
| Kawabata Zenzai Hiroba | Sweet red-bean soup | 11:00–18:00 | Open Fri–Sun, holidays, events only |
| Tempura Hirao Main Store | Tempura | 10:30–20:00 | Dec 31–Jan 2 |
Times are 24-hour. Where a place has a last order, it is given in its section. Hours and closing days can change, so check the official page or call before a long trip.
1. Ganso Nagahama-ya (元祖長浜屋): ramen from 6:00
Official site
Ganso Nagahama-ya is a ramen shop in Nagahama. It is open from 6:00 to 1:45 the next morning and is closed only from December 31 to January 5. The official site says the shop began as a food stall in 1952, and that the main shop and a branch were merged into the current shop in 2010.
The official site shows no menu or prices, and does not say whether you can reserve. It gives directions by car (the Trust Park Nagahama parking building, ground floor) and by bus. By subway, it lists a 20 to 30 minute walk from Akasaka Station.
Address: 2-5-25 Nagahama, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka (Trust Park Nagahama 3, 1F). Google Maps. Phone: 092-711-8154
2. Ippudo Daimyo Main Store (一風堂 大名本店): ramen in Daimyo
Official site
The store page lists the same hours on all seven days, 11:00 to 22:00, with last order 30 minutes before closing. No closing day is stated, and the store is listed as open every day. The page also says child chairs are available. It accepts cash, major credit cards, transport IC cards, QR payments and e-money.
The official menu page says Hakata Shoyu Ramen (博多しょうゆらぁめん), a soy sauce ramen made with soy sauce from Daimyo, is sold only at this main store. That information is dated June 2025. Neither the store page nor the menu page lists prices, and neither says whether there is an English menu. Ippudo’s official page also says the company started in 1985.
Address: 1-13-14 Daimyo, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka. Google Maps. Phone: 0570-031-206 (a 0570 navi-dial number, as listed on the official page).
3. Karo no Uron (かろのうろん): udon since 1882
Official site
Karo no Uron is an udon shop in Kamikawabata. The official site says it opened in 1882 and that its name comes from “kado no udon” (corner udon shop). The site describes soft Hakata noodles and a gentle broth. Plain udon or soba is ¥500, and the shop closes when it sells out.
Other prices on the official menu: gobo tempura udon ¥750 (the site calls it the most popular), maru-ten udon ¥720, and udon with meat ¥1,080. Whether these prices include tax is not stated. It is closed on Tuesdays, or the next day if Tuesday is a holiday. Temporary closures are posted on the top page. The official site has an English version, and the page says the shop is a 5-minute walk from Gion Station on the subway. Reservations are not mentioned.
Address: 2-1 Kamikawabata-machi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka. Google Maps. Phone: 092-291-6465
4. Tetsunabe Nakasu Main Store (鉄なべ 中洲本店): bite-size gyoza
Official site
Tetsunabe serves gyoza (dumplings) in the Nakasu area. Grilled gyoza, seven bite-size pieces, is ¥561 including tax. Boiled gyoza (six pieces) is also ¥561, and the menu has a water gyoza served in soup.
The main store is open Monday to Friday 17:00 to 24:00 and on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays 11:30 to 24:00, with last order at 23:30. From 15:00 to 17:00 only the first-floor counter is open. The shop page lists no closing day. It does not describe reservations or English menus; the site has a contact form.
Address: 1-5 Nishinakasu, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka. Google Maps. Phone: 092-725-4688
5. Kawataro Nakasu Main Store (河太郎 中洲本店): live squid sashimi
Official site
Kawataro describes itself as a live-fish restaurant with 60 years in business, and as the place where squid served live-cut (ika ikizukuri, 活き造り) began. The lunch squid sashimi set is listed at ¥4,180 including tax. Confirm the price when you book.
Lunch is 11:45 to 14:00. Dinner is 17:30 to 22:00 Monday to Saturday (last food order 21:00) and 17:00 to 21:30 on Sundays and holidays (last food order 20:30). The shop may close earlier depending on its stock. It is closed during Obon and the New Year holidays.
The official site has online booking, and for lunch the booking time is fixed at 11:45. It lists cards (Visa, Mastercard, JCB, American Express, Diners), private rooms and 230 seats, and no parking.
Address: 1-6-6 Nakasu, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka. Google Maps. Phone: 092-271-2133
6. Takanosuke (味食家 たかのすけ): a Japanese-style izakaya in Noke
Official site
Takanosuke is an izakaya (Japanese pub) in Sawara Ward, Fukuoka City. The official page lists 16:00 to 23:00 with last order at 22:00, says guests can enter after 22:00, and says it is open on Sundays. It closes on irregular days, and also on December 31 and January 1.
The official site lists courses at ¥3,500, ¥5,000 and ¥7,000, and hot-pot courses at ¥3,500 and ¥5,000, all before tax. The pages do not say how to book. The site also still shows an old notice from 2019 about price changes, so ask about current prices when you call. Cards accepted: Visa, Mastercard, JCB, American Express. Parking: 6 contract spaces and 5 in front. The page lists a 15-minute walk from Noke Station on the Nanakuma subway line.
Address: 8-1-2 Noke, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka. Google Maps. Phone: 092-804-1125
7. Yoshizuka Unagiya (吉塚うなぎ屋): grilled eel in Nakasu
Official site
The official site says the restaurant opened in 1873. It is closed from Monday, October 26 to Thursday, October 29, 2026 for renovation, and on Sunday, October 25 it may stop serving when the eel runs out. From October 30, the private rooms with sunken seating are due to become table-and-chair rooms.
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Regular hours are 10:00 to 21:00. Seating starts at 10:30, last order is 20:15, and phone answering starts at 9:00. It is closed on Wednesdays and on the second and fourth Tuesdays, and during Obon and the New Year holidays. Eel on rice (una-don) with two pieces is ¥2,260, and three pieces ¥3,010, including tax. The official site also has an English menu page.
Reservations are accepted for two or more people; a single guest cannot reserve. Private rooms can be booked from 3 months ahead and cost 10% of the bill as a room charge. Seat-only reservations are for up to 4 people, from 1 month ahead. The restaurant has 5 parking spaces.
Address: 2-8-27 Nakasu, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka. Google Maps. Phone: 092-271-0700
8. Yakitori Hachibei Shoninbashi-dori (焼とりの八兵衛 上人橋通り店): yakitori in Kego
Official site
This is the Shoninbashi-dori branch of Yakitori Hachibei (焼とりの八兵衛). Eat-in hours are 17:00 to 23:30 with last order at 23:00. Takeout and delivery run 17:00 to 22:30. The page lists no closing day. The official menu page says the restaurant adds a ¥500 charge (small side dishes and so on). The deep-fried green pea skewer is ¥308 including tax.
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The official page lists a private room for 6 to 8 people, says the whole restaurant is non-smoking, and accepts various cards. There is a web booking link on the shop page. Whether the staff speak English is not stated.
Address: KEGO Eight Building 1F, 1-4-27 Kego, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka. Google Maps. Phone: 092-732-5379
9. Kawabata Zenzai Hiroba (川端ぜんざい広場): sweet red-bean soup
Official site
Zenzai is a sweet red-bean soup. The Kamikawabata Shopping Street Promotion Association runs this plaza. Its page says the original Kawabata Zenzai shop opened in the early Taisho era (the 1910s), closed in 1985, and was revived by the local shopping street. It is open 11:00 to 18:00 only on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, holidays and shopping street event days.
The page does not list prices, and it does not mention reservations. A decorated Yamakasa float (kazariyama) from the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival stands in the middle of the plaza, along with other festival displays. Per the page, the Number 8 float, Kamikawabata-dori, is displayed there again after the festival ends on July 15.
Location: inside the Kamikawabata shopping street (上川端商店街), Hakata-ku, Fukuoka. Google Maps. Phone: 092-281-6223 (the number of the shopping street association, which runs the plaza).
10. Tempura Hirao Main Store (天麩羅処ひらお 本店): tempura set meals
Official site
Hirao’s main store is open from 10:30 to 20:00; orders stop at 20:00 and the store closes at 20:30. This comes from an official hours notice dated March 24, 2025, which was still posted on October 11, 2026. It is closed December 31 to January 2, and the page notes this can change. The official FAQ says no Hirao store takes reservations, so you queue and buy a meal ticket.
Set meals come with rice and miso soup. The vegetable set is ¥940, the tempura set is ¥1,060, and the shrimp set is ¥1,210, all including tax; prices at the Daimyo and Tenjin Acros branches are higher. Extra-large rice costs ¥50 more.
The official guide says to line up first and buy tickets from the ticket machine when your turn comes. Each guest who orders a set meal gets a free dish of squid shiokara (salted squid); a refill is ¥50, once per person. The official guide dates that service to 2025 and says it may end without notice.
Address: 2-4-1 Higashi-Hirao, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka. Google Maps. Phone: 092-611-1666
Common questions
Can I reserve a table at Tempura Hirao?
No. The official FAQ says no store takes reservations. If your party is not all present when staff call your turn, the next party is seated first.
Can I reserve a private room at Yoshizuka Unagiya?
Yes, for two or more people, from 3 months ahead. The room charge is 10% of the bill. A single person cannot reserve.
Can I book lunch at Kawataro online?
The official site has an online booking link. For lunch, the booking time is fixed at 11:45.
Can I enter Takanosuke late at night?
The official page says guests can enter after 22:00, and last order is 22:00.
Can I get more squid shiokara at Tempura Hirao?
The official guide says you can buy one refill per person for ¥50. It dates this to 2025 and says it may end.
Next steps
- Hakata Issou, Hakata Ekihigashi Main Store: another ramen shop near Hakata Station, open 11:00 to midnight.
- Getting around Fukuoka City: subway, buses, IC cards and day passes.
- Your first nomikai in Japan: what to expect at an izakaya or a drinking party.
Prices and hours can change. Check the official page or call before you go.
Sources (checked October 2026)
- Ganso Nagahama-ya (official)
- Ippudo Daimyo Main Store (official store page) and Ippudo menu (official)
- Karo no Uron (official, English) and menu (Japanese)
- Tetsunabe: shops and menu
- Kawataro Nakasu Main Store (official), access and lunch menu
- Takanosuke (official) and access
- Yoshizuka Unagiya: shop information, menu, rooms and reservations, English menu and notice of closure, October 26 to 29
- Yakitori Hachibei Shoninbashi-dori (official) and food menu
- Kawabata Zenzai Hiroba (Kamikawabata Shopping Street Promotion Association)
- Tempura Hirao Main Store, hours notice, menu, how to enjoy Hirao and FAQ
- Japanese version
