Wagamama ★★★

Spicy ramen (Photo by Connie Ma)
Spicy ramen
Spicy ramen, Wagamama, London (Photo by Connie Ma)
Ramen, Wagamama, London (Photo by khaybe)
A Wagamama basement dining room, Wagamama, London (Photo by Mike Dent)
A Wagamama basement dining room, Wagamama, London (Photo by Marshall Segal)
Dinner!, Wagamama, London (Photo by Connie Ma)
Saien soba - Whole wheat noodles in a vegetable soup topped with marinated and grilled tofu, zucchini, shiitake mushrooms, baby thai asparagus, snow peas, caramelised red onions, carrots and beansprouts, Wagamama, London (Photo by Holly Hayes)

A chain of fantastic Japanese noodle houses in London

Still riding high on the trend charts, this popular noodle house offers great ramen, crurries, teppanyakis, other Asian soups, and fried rice dishes in a minimalist decor and noisy, common-table seating.

Most mains go for £9–£13—so it is well on teh low end of moderate. Stick to the (free) green tea and a one-bowl soup, and you can easily eat here for under £10. 

There are now a dozen London locations of this British mini-chain (all listed on the website), but I chose the most central for the lisitng data.

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