Muga

Name: Muga
Address: 5 Panton Street, London, St James's, SW1Y 4DL, UK
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7930 5088
Rating: 8

Japanese Restaurant in St James's

8 / 10 from 1 review

Address
5 Panton Street
St James's
London
SW1Y 4DL

Map

History

Telephone
020 7930 5088

Cuisine
Japanese

Region
St James's

Nearest Station
Piccadilly Circus
0.10 miles

Opening Summary
Monday - Thursday:
Lunch: 12:00 - 14:30
Dinner: 18:00 - 22:00

Friday & Saturday:
Lunch: 12:00 - 14:30
Dinner: 18:00 - 00:00

Closed Sundays

Edit Restaurant Information

Muga offers the most authentic Japanese Ramen dishes (i.e. Japanese egg noodle in soup) in London!

Tonkotsu soup is the most popular dish on our Muga ramen bar menu. The soup is based on a delicately flavoured stock made from slowly cooking pork bones, vegetables and Japanese dried fish (niboshi). The stocks are prepared separately and combined for a perfect balance of flavour.

Experience authentic tastes of Japanese cuisine and culture in London including at the traditional brick-built bar where people can enjoy sake and other traditional Japanese drinks.

Muga Picture Gallery

All In London Review

A ramen joint that should be on your radar

London has gone ramen-crazy, with dozens of noodle joints opening in the last couple of years alone to heaps of acclaim. Muga opened in May this year and has so far escaped the public’s attention, but it’s one you should definitely know about.

Located on the edge of Piccadilly Circus, there’s a well-priced menu of ramen, Japanese street food snacks and a drinks list that includes Sapporo and Asahi lagers, the less famous black Asahi Kuronama, sake and shochu.

Among the starters there’s takoyaki, fried dumplings filled with minced octopus which arrive piping hot, and padron peppers generously sprinkled with salt flakes.

The most famous ramen dish on these shores is tonkotsu, made with pork bone broth simmered gently for hours. It’s topped with slices of tender pork belly, kikurage mushrooms, half an egg with a soft yolk and a good dose of chilli which adds a spicy kick that nicely balances out its meaty flavour. The shio ramen is named after the Japanese word for salt, an important component of this broth. There’s more pork belly and egg, bamboo shoots and leek, along with pieces of nori, making it an earthier, more veg-tasting dish than the tonkotsu. The ramen bowls are £9.90, with a choice of thin or thick noodles.

There’s also a good value pre-theatre menu available from 6 till 8pm priced at £13.90 for either ramen or slow cooked pork belly with rice, a side of gyoza, and a drink.
Set over two floors, upstairs seating is at the bar around the kitchen. It’s empty on the Tuesday night we visit, which it really shouldn’t be as it’s excellent value, and delicious.

Reviewed by Leila anonymously
Published on Oct 22, 2015