Ramen Restaurants in San Mateo, CA

Ramen in San Mateo at a glance

• Ramen is the 20th largest food category in San Mateo, after japanese and coffee shops and cafes.
• Its 1.2% share compares with 0.2% across the 506 cities in this guide, so San Mateo leans toward ramen.
• Of the 7 listed below, 7 are independent and 0 belong to chains; 7 list a website.

Ramen Restaurants in San Mateo

• Zen Noodle Bar
  Restaurant · Japanese · Ramen · 668 E 3rd Ave
• Li's Knife Cut Noodle
  Restaurant · Japanese · Ramen · 121 W 25th Ave
• Chef Zhao Bistro
  Restaurant · Japanese · Ramen · 2450 S El Camino Real
• Bangkok Patio Bar & Restaurant
  Restaurant · Japanese · Ramen · 615 E 3rd Ave Ste D
• Ajisen Ramen
  Restaurant · Japanese · Ramen · 211 E 3rd Ave
• Menya Inshou Japanese Ramen
  Restaurant · Japanese · Ramen · 2944 S Norfolk St
• Shugetsu 周月
  Restaurant · Japanese · Ramen · 2944 S Norfolk St

Ramen elsewhere in California

Among the California cities in this guide, the most ramen listings are in Los Angeles (67), San Francisco (49), San Diego (24), San Jose (23), Oakland (11) and Fremont (10).

Run a ramen spot in San Mateo?

You share this list with 6 other ramen listings. The ones guests reorder from are the ones that are easy to order from directly. Servestack gives you your own ordering site with zero commission, and Studio designs the menu, flyers and posts to go with it. Run your numbers with the commission savings calculator.

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