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Zagin Soba

Name: Zagin Soba
Address: Ground Floor, V.A. Rufino Street corner Ayala Avenue, Salcedo Village, Makati, Salcedo, Metro Manila, PH
Price range: ₱₱

Salcedo

Quiet enough to talk

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

Directions

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

01Kagoshima tori paitan soba, a frothy chicken broth topped with fried sweet potato strips
02Named among the top three shoyu ramen in Metro Manila by SPOT.ph in July 2026
03Bar seats facing the open kitchen, good for one
04A 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

Also worth knowing

Access: What to order: Kagoshima Tori Paitan Soba; chicken shoyu soba; Tori Paitan Mazesoba (soupless) · Special Tori Paitan Soba ₱740 (large); Special Chicken Dipping Noodles ₱780 (large); Tori Paitan Mazesoba ₱510; Beechwood-smoked Pork Chashu Rice Bowl ₱220 (menu as quoted by Our Awesome Planet, April 2026) · Opens 11am and closes when the day's bowls sell out (ABS-CBN, February 2026) · Phone: +63 917 192 7604 · Payment: cash, Visa, Mastercard, GCash, Maya (Philippine Primer, 2025)
Price: ₱₱