Hakata Ikkousha Tonkotsu Ramen Torrance

Love the black tonkotsu here!! One of my favs. There can be wait times, especially on the weekends, so be sure to get there early

Nice noodle and good staff

Best place to go after a beer from monkfish or a hard day at work.

Quick service. Expect long line. Can waitlist ahead through yelp. Delicious food. Once you done eating they will ask you to leave to turn table.

The food was EXCELLENT!! However you need to be careful how you order your broth spice level and confirm the level with your waiter. I ordered level two and assumed it would come out pretty mild. I don't believe I got the level two. It came out as a level 4! So hot that I couldn't enjoy my food. I honestly think the cook or waiter didn't pay attention to the spice level requested on the sheet. I eat spicy daily and this was definitely not a mild heat level. I asked the waiter to bring out a non spicy broth (vs him taking the whole thing back) so I can transfer my food into a milder broth. The waiter brought a small bowl of broth which didn't make sense!? SMH! I was not able to fit my ramen in this bowl with the broth! I had to again, ask for a larger bowl to transfer the ramen out from the super spicy broth. It was pretty annoying to have to keep asking for what I needed. He works there and should know to bring a larger bowl for the transfer. But again, the food was excellent.

I used to order and pick up a bunch food here most of the time for our company lunch. Only flaws is the employee dosen't care to send you outside to wait even its raining hard even there is space inside and its just only me. And i dont have place to go to take shelter from the rain. They only care about business they dont care about the costumer safety and well being. Food is good but Im disappointed with the service and how they treat costumers so badly. I feel bad if its and elderly person will be treated the same way.

Hakata Ikkousha is one of the staple ramen places in Torrance and one that I love a lot. I really love the ramen and the broth as well. However, this ramen is super heavy, though. The broth is really strong and not super clean like other ramen, so if you like stronger more oily broths, this would be the place to go. Really good karrage as well.