Concept site Shokken Ramen is a fictional restaurant, designed and built by Patrick Bushe to show what I make for restaurants. Fictional, by Patrick Bushe

Open 6 days Join the line

Fourteen seats. One line.

We don’t take reservations for the counter. Join the line from your phone and we’ll text you when your seats are close.

Wait right now

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Open 6 days

Usually busy todaySample

    Join the line

    How many people?

    Concept site: you won’t really be added to a line.

    Hours

    • Monday Closed (private events)
    • Tuesday 11:30 am to 3 pm · 5 pm to 10 pm
    • Wednesday 11:30 am to 3 pm · 5 pm to 10 pm
    • Thursday 11:30 am to 3 pm · 5 pm to 10 pm
    • Friday 11:30 am to 3 pm · 5 pm to 11 pm
    • Saturday 11:30 am to 3 pm · 5 pm to 11 pm
    • Sunday 11:30 am to 9 pm

    Last tickets 15 minutes before closing. Between lunch and dinner the pot rests, and so do we.

    Getting here

    • Sawtelle, West Los AngelesLook for the red curtain over the door. The ticket machine is just inside.
    • ParkingTwo-hour street parking on the side streets, and a paid lot behind the block.
    • BusLines on Santa Monica Boulevard and Olympic stop a few minutes’ walk away.
    Chopsticks lifting noodles out of a white bowl

    House rules, nicely.

    • 1One ticket per personEveryone at the counter orders at least one bowl or side.
    • 2Seats in orderWe seat parties in the order they joined, and we keep your seats for five minutes after the text.
    • 3Kids welcomeWe have two booster seats and a half-size bowl for under-tens.
    • 4Slurp awayIt cools the noodles and it’s how ramen is meant to be eaten.