A note on the words: yuzu is the fragrant Japanese citrus that defines this shop’s broth; ratanmen is a chilli-oil ramen; shio means salt-based; katsuobushi is shaved dried bonito; a noren is the split curtain hung at a shop’s entrance. Prices are as of this writing (August 2026).
AFURI Roppongi Hills on Tabelog (English) — opening hours, payment details and the Japanese address are kept up to date there, not here.
Drinkers, thank you for waiting. It is Hangover Meshi time.
After drinking too deep the night before, carrying a heavy stomach for the first time in a while, drifting around Roppongi…
Thinking I ought to eat something to revive the stomach, I headed straight for “AFURI” in the Metro Hat at Roppongi Hills, with its stylish frontage of white walls and black noren. I was in the mood for a clean broth scented with yuzu.
Yuzu shio ramen — 1,264 yen
Yuzu ratanmen — 1,446 yen
Kanro tsukemen — 1,355 yen
Hmm. My stomach is a little delicate, so clean yuzu — plus a bit of heat to jolt it awake — is probably right. Which leaves exactly one choice: it has to be the yuzu ratanmen!
It has been ages since I was last at AFURI, I thought, standing at the ticket machine.
Of course — they have the vacuum hand-kneaded noodles! And you can choose your chashu too. There they are! This time: extra-thin noodles with seared chashu.
Hand over the ticket, wait a while, and the ramen appears!
Here it is!! It looks superb!!!
The moment the bowl lands, the fresh fragrance of yuzu rises up.
“This will bring me back to life!”
One sip of the broth and the sharp prickle of chilli oil and chilli powder gently wakes the sleeping stomach, exactly as hoped. Not a hard hit but a slow-acting heat, gentle enough that even a fragile day can take it — which I like very much. Then the acidity of the yuzu and the savour of katsuobushi come chasing after, and your blurred senses return one step at a time. The broth is made with natural water from Mount Oyama in Kanagawa’s Tanzawa range (also known as Mount Afuri), with no chemical seasonings or preservatives at all. On a stomach weakened by heavy drinking, it slips down easily.
The edges of the fragrantly grilled pork belly, gone soft where they have sat in the spicy broth, are irresistible! Before I knew it I had drunk nearly all the soup. I feel substantially revived from the hangover!!!!
So — I went to AFURI to bring a hangover-battered stomach cleanly back to life, and the fragrance of yuzu with that light prickle is exactly right for a hangover! It is in Roppongi Hills, close to the station and easy to drop into, and it is usually not too crowded, which makes it very usable. Every so often I find myself missing that yuzu flavour. Delicious!
May you meet something good to eat today too.
AFURI Roppongi Hills (ramen / Roppongi Station, Nogizaka Station, Azabu-juban Station)
Tabelog lunch rating ★★★☆☆ 3.5
I ate here and paid for it myself. Nothing on this site is a comped meal.
