2024 Restaurant Award Winner
Crowned best Japanese restaurant in the region
About KOI Ramen Bar - Elephant & Castle
Specialist Japanese Ramen Bar aiming to serve the very best ramen at the very best prices, this side of the planet! Every drop handmade, homemade in our Kitchen in SE24. Add our legendary juicy, crispy Gyoza grilled dumplings! Timeout Cheap Eats of the Week, Evening Standard Top 3 Ramen, and rated Outstanding by Giles Coren of The Times Magazine!
Popular with other people
Pure White Tonkotsu Ramen
£11.95Mellow Miso Ramen with Vegetarian TOFU
£11.50Old Skool Shoyu Ramen with PORK
£10.95Old Skool Shoyu with Chicken
£10.95Mellow Miso Ramen with Chicken
£11.50Old Skool Shoyu Ramen with Vegetarian TOFU
£10.95Mellow Miso Ramen with PORK
£11.50Naked Ramen with PORK
£9.50Mellow Miso Ramen with TOFU (Vegan)
£11.50Old Skool Shoyu with TOFU (Vegan)
£10.95
Ramen
Pure White Tonkotsu Ramen
12 hour Hakata style creamy pork soup served with fresh egg noodles, 10 hour slow cooked pork belly slice crunchy black kikurage mushrooms, sliced spring onions and nitamago soya sauce marinated eggs is an optional extra. (All Ramen Seasoned with Pickled Ginger, Roasted Sesame Seeds, and Japanese Chilli Oil.)£11.95PopularMellow Miso Ramen with Vegetarian TOFU
Our special blend of red & white miso, fused with garlic, ginger, onions, Japanese Sake, sesame seed oil and other ingredients creating a lightly textured but tasty sweet savoury soup, served with fresh egg noodles, fried beancurd, beansprouts, grated carrots and sliced spring onions, with the option of a nitamago soya sauce marinated egg. (All Ramen Seasoned with Pickled Ginger, Roasted Sesame Seeds, and Japanese Chilli Oil.)£11.50PopularMellow Miso Ramen with Chicken
Our special blend of red & white miso, fused with garlic, ginger, onions, sesame seed oil and other ingredients creating a lightly textured but tasty sweet savoury soup, topped with fresh egg noodles, beansprouts, grated carrots and sliced spring onions, and now served with juicy slices of tender chicken thighs! (All Ramen Seasoned with Pickled Ginger, Roasted Sesame Seeds, and Japanese Chilli Oil.)£11.50Old Skool Shoyu with Chicken
The original Japanese Ramen - light, refreshing soya-sauce soup based noodles, kikurage black mushrooms, menma bamboo shoots, spring onions. Now served with juicy slices of tender chicken thighs! (All Ramen Seasoned with Pickled Ginger, Roasted Sesame Seeds, and Japanese Chilli Oil.)£10.95PopularOld Skool Shoyu Ramen with PORK
The original Japanese Ramen - light, refreshing soya-sauce soup based noodles, kikurage black mushrooms, menma bamboo shoots, spring onions. Served with pork belly slice. (All Ramen Seasoned with Pickled Ginger, Roasted Sesame Seeds, and Japanese Chilli Oil.)£10.95Old Skool Shoyu Ramen with Vegetarian TOFU
The original Japanese Ramen - light, refreshing soya-sauce soup based noodles, kikurage black mushrooms, menma bamboo shoots, spring onions. Served with Fried Tofu (vegetarian) (All Ramen Seasoned with Pickled Ginger, Roasted Sesame Seeds, and Japanese Chilli Oil.)£10.95Mellow Miso Ramen with PORK
Love Miso, but love pork?! Try our Mellow Miso Ramen with our tender pork belly slice – delicious with the meat juices melting into our Miso soup… just how they eat it in Japan! (All Ramen Seasoned with Pickled Ginger, Roasted Sesame Seeds, and Japanese Chilli Oil.)£11.50Naked Ramen with PORK
Our summer special & now permanent fixture on our menu, tasty NO-SOUP fresh egg noodles, tossed in our own soya sauce blend with lashings of sesame oil, bean sprouts, fried shallots, spring onions. Serve with tasty shredded pork belly. (All Ramen Seasoned with Pickled Ginger, Roasted Sesame Seeds, and Japanese Chilli Oil.)£9.50Naked Ramen with Chicken
Our summer special & now permanent fixture on our menu, tasty NO-SOUP fresh egg noodles, tossed in our own soya sauce blend with lashings of sesame oil, bean sprouts, fried shallots, spring onions. Now served with juicy slices of tender chicken thighs! (All Ramen Seasoned with Pickled Ginger, Roasted Sesame Seeds, and Japanese Chilli Oil.)£9.50Naked Ramen with Vegetarian TOFU
Our summer special & now permanent fixture on our menu, tasty NO-SOUP fresh egg noodles, tossed in our own soya sauce blend with lashings of sesame oil, bean sprouts, fried shallots, spring onions. Served with Fried Tofu. (All Ramen Seasoned with Pickled Ginger, Roasted Sesame Seeds, and Japanese Chilli Oil.)£9.50
Gyoza
Gyoza - Pork
Japanese style grilled dumplings, crispy on the bottom, soft on the top. (All Gyoza seasoned with Gyoza Sauce and Chilli Oil.)£6.95PopularGyoza - Chicken
Japanese style grilled dumplings, crispy on the bottom, soft on the top. (All Gyoza seasoned with Gyoza Sauce and Chilli Oil.)£6.95PopularGyoza - Vegetarian
Japanese style grilled dumplings, crispy on the bottom, soft on the top. (All Gyoza seasoned with Gyoza Sauce and Chilli Oil.)£6.95Vegan
Desserts
Matcha Green Tea Ice Cream (2 scoops)
Soft, smooth and creamy Green Tea Ice Cream. A flavour popular in Japan it's both sweet and refreshing!£5.00Matcha Green Tea Ice Cream (1 scoop)
Soft, smooth and creamy Green Tea Ice Cream. A flavour popular in Japan it's both sweet and refreshing!£3.00
Vegan Menu
Mellow Miso Ramen with TOFU (Vegan)
Our special blend of red & white miso, fused with garlic, ginger, onions, Japanese Sake, sesame seed oil and other ingredients creating a lightly textured but tasty sweet savoury soup, served with wheat noodles, Fried Tofu, beansprouts, grated carrots and sliced spring onions. (All Ramen Seasoned with Pickled Ginger, Roasted Sesame Seeds, and Japanese Chilli Oil.)£11.50VeganOld Skool Shoyu with TOFU (Vegan)
The original Japanese Ramen - light, refreshing soya-sauce soup served with WHEAT noodles, Fried Tofu, kikurage black mushrooms, menma bamboo shoots, spring onions. (All Ramen Seasoned with Pickled Ginger, Roasted Sesame Seeds, and Japanese Chilli Oil.)£10.95VeganGyoza - Vegan
Japanese style grilled dumplings, crispy on the bottom, soft on the top. (All Gyoza seasoned with Gyoza Sauce and Chilli Oil.)£6.95VeganNaked Ramen with TOFU (Vegan)
Our summer special & now permanent fixture on our menu, tasty soup-less WHEAT noodles, tossed in our own soya sauce blend, Fried Tofu, beansprouts, fried shallots, spring onions. Like a stir-fry! (All Ramen Seasoned with Pickled Ginger, Roasted Sesame Seeds, and Japanese Chilli Oil.)£9.50Vegan
Drinks
Coke (330ml Bottle)
£2.50Diet Coke (330ml Bottle)
£2.50Ramune (Lemonade)
£3.25Still mineral water
£1.50San Pellegrino – Orange (330ml can)
£2.00Cold Green Tea (330ml can)
330ml can£2.50Sparkling Mineral Water
£1.50
Alcohol
Asahi Super Dry
(330ml bottle)£4.00Kirin Beer
(330ml bottle)£4.50Rioja Senorial Crianza (Spain Red Wine - 750ml)
£23.00Pinot Grigio Penitino (South Africa White Wine - 750ml)
Wine selections may vary throughout the year.£15.00Hakushika Ginjo Nama SAKE (180ml)
£10.00Pinot Grigio One4One - White Wine (187ml)
Wine selections may vary throughout the year.£4.75Malbec Old Station - Red Wine (187ml)
Wine selections may vary throughout the year.£4.75Sauvignon Blanc Neptune Point (New Zealand White Wine - 750ml)
Wine selections may vary throughout the year.£20.00Albarino Alba Vega (Spain White Wine - 750ml)
£24.00Merlot Pecking Order (South Africa Red Wine - 750ml)
Wine selections may vary throughout the year.£15.00Malbec Old Station (Argentina Red Wine - 750ml)
£18.00
Extras
Nitamago Marinated Egg (Whole)
Soy sauce marinated egg - hard on the outside and soft on the inside.£1.75Japanese La-yu Chilli Oil (15ml)
Japanese chilli infused sesame oil.£1.00Nitamago Marinated Egg (Half)
Soy sauce marinated egg - hard on the outside and soft on the inside.£1.00
