# Zagin Soba

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## Quick facts

- **Category:** Eat
- **Area:** Salcedo
- **Address:** Ground Floor, V.A. Rufino Street corner Ayala Avenue, Salcedo Village, Makati
- **Hours:** From 11am until sold out; check their social media before going
- **Phone:** +63 917 192 7604
- **Price:** ₱₱

Zagin Soba is the Manila branch of an Osaka paitan ramen shop, opened in September 2025 on the corner of Rufino Street and Ayala Avenue in Salcedo Village. Head chef Shun Sato builds the bowls on a creamy, frothed chicken broth, using Kagoshima chicken and broth sourced from Japan, with noodles made for the shop locally.

The room is small and calm, with bar seats facing the open kitchen. It makes a limited number of bowls a day and closes when they run out.

## Why go

1. Kagoshima tori paitan soba, a frothy chicken broth topped with fried sweet potato strips
2. Named among the top three shoyu ramen in Metro Manila by SPOT.ph in July 2026
3. Bar seats facing the open kitchen, good for one
4. A Tatler Best 2026 pick

## Good to know

- **Best time:** Arrive early; it sells out
- **Good for:** A solo lunch, a quiet bowl for two
- **Reservations:** Queue in person; check their social media before going in case they have sold out
- **Noise:** Calm