Shinjuku Udon Shin: Menu, Waiting, Ticket & Paid Reservation Guide (2026)
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Shinjuku Udon Shin is an udon specialist that cuts and boils the noodles after you order. Here are the bukkake, kake, shoyu, and kamatama udon menu and prices, the on-site waiting ticket, the 2,000-yen-per-person paid reservation, and the waiting and cash-only payment, organized for 2026.
Shinjuku Udon Shin: Handmade Udon Cut & Boiled to Order
Udon Shin (うどん慎) is an udon specialist in Yoyogi, south of Shinjuku Station. It opened in 2011 and was selected for the Tabelog Udon Top 100 in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2024.
🍜 The noodle principles Udon Shin emphasizes are uchitate, kiritate, and yudetate.
✅ Uchitate 打ちたて (freshly made)
They receive dough made from wheat suited to udon every day and rest it overnight. After adjusting the water and salt content, they make only the amount of noodles they will sell that day.
✅ Kiritate 切りたて (freshly cut)
Rather than cutting the noodles in advance, they cut the dough each time an order comes in. It takes a bit longer to prepare, but it minimizes the flour dusted onto the noodles, bringing out a smooth, springy texture.
✅ Yudetate 茹でたて (freshly boiled)
After you order, they boil the noodles in a large pot filled with plenty of water. They check the noodle condition, which changes with temperature and humidity, and adjust the boiling time appropriately each day.
🍜 The broth also differs from typical Sanuki udon.
Instead of a strong iriko (sardine) broth, they use a Kansai-style dashi that blends several kinds of dried fish such as muroaji (mackerel) with Kushiro kombu. To bring out the noodles' delicate flavor, they don't age the broth for long. For the broth they use very soft purified water with minerals and impurities filtered out, so the ingredients' taste and aroma come through cleanly.
Shinjuku Udon Shin Basic Info & Access
Udon Shin is about a 2-minute walk from Exit 6 of Shinjuku Station on the Toei Shinjuku Line, Keio New Line, and Toei Oedo Line.
| Name | Udon Shin (うどん慎) |
| Rating | Google 3.9 (5,176 reviews) / Tabelog 3.69 |
| Awards | Tabelog Udon Top 100 in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024 |
| Hours | 11:00-22:00 (L.O. 22:00) |
| Closed | Open year-round (except Dec 30 - Jan 2) |
| Seats | 12 seats (fully non-smoking) |
| Payment | Cash only (no credit card, e-money, or QR) |
| On-site use | Take a waiting ticket at the entrance, then line up in the queue in front of the shop |
| Paid reservation | ➡️ [Official] Buy a Fast Pass (TableCheck) |
| Address | Soma Building 1F, 2-20-16 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 📍 View on Google Maps |
| Access | 🚇 2 min from Exit 6 of Shinjuku Station (Shinjuku Line, Keio New Line, Oedo Line) 🚇 6 min from the New South Exit of JR Shinjuku Station 🚇 5 min from Minami-Shinjuku Station on the Odakyu Line |
Udon Shin Waiting Ticket, Paid Fast Pass & Waiting
Udon Shin runs an on-site waiting ticket, a free numbered ticket issued at the shop, and TableCheck's paid Fast Pass. Neither method secures a seat in advance or lets you enter immediately.
The on-site waiting ticket is used to register your wait and check the estimated time, and the paid Fast Pass gives you priority over regular waiting customers once a seat opens after your reserved time.
| Type | ① On-site waiting ticket | ② TableCheck paid Fast Pass |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | Free | ¥2,000 per person |
| How to use | Take a numbered ticket in front of the shop | Specify your visit time online |
| Times | Issued around 9:00-18:00 | 11:00-21:00, on the hour |
| Main function | Register wait, check estimated time | Priority when a seat opens |
| Secures a seat | No | No |
| Immediate entry | Not guaranteed | Not guaranteed |
| Extra wait | Possible | Possible |
① How to use the on-site waiting ticket
Per the official Instagram, the on-site waiting ticket is issued from around 9:00 a.m. to around 6:00 p.m. When you register at the tablet at the entrance, your customer number and estimated wait time are shown, and a waiting ticket with a printed QR code comes out.
※ Depending on the day's crowds and how quickly the noodles sell out, ticket issuing may end early.
🍜 How to use the on-site waiting ticket
- Issue a waiting ticket at the tablet at the entrance.
- Check your wait status with the QR code on the printed ticket.
- Hold your ticket and stand at the back of the queue in front of the shop.
- Enter in the order of the line, following staff guidance.
📌 It is not a system that calls people in waiting-ticket-number order. (As of June 2026.) After getting a ticket, you have to line up again in front of the shop.
Actual entry proceeded in the order people lined up on site. The way it's run can change with the visit day and crowds, so prioritize the on-site staff's guidance. The waiting ticket is closer to a tool for managing the number of people waiting and the estimated time than a numbered ticket that secures a seat. So rather than going far after getting a ticket, it's safer to check the QR screen, the line in front of the shop, and staff guidance together.
② TableCheck paid Fast Pass
Udon Shin's online reservation is not a reservation that secures a seat in advance. It is a paid Fast Pass where, if you arrive at your reserved time, you get priority over on-site waiting customers.
In other words, even if you buy a 1:00 p.m. Fast Pass, a seat isn't cleared for you at 1:00 p.m., so you may wait until one opens, and when a seat becomes available you're guided in ahead of the regular line.
➡️ [Official] Buy a Fast Pass (TableCheck)
| Bookable dates | Up to 30 days ahead |
| Bookable times | 11:00-21:00, on the hour |
| Booking fee | ¥2,000 per person (meal cost separate) |
| Secures a seat | No |
| Entry method | After your reserved time, priority when a seat opens |
| Refund policy | No refunds, including cancellation, schedule change, or booking mistakes |
| Date/party change | Cancel the existing booking and rebook |
| No-show penalty | ¥3,000 per person |
| On-the-day notes | For an 11:00 a.m. booking, arrive 20 minutes early; one menu per person |
🚨 Children also incur the ¥2,000-per-person Fast Pass fee. When visiting with a child age 12 or under, you must enter their age in the booking request field.
✅ How to cut down your wait at Udon Shin
Just getting an on-site waiting ticket doesn't actually shorten your wait. To cut the wait without spending money, the most realistic options are to do an open run before the 11:00 a.m. opening, or to visit when there are fewer people waiting by avoiding lunch and dinner times.
✔️ If you want to enter in the first time slot
Arrive before the 11:00 a.m. opening, get a waiting ticket, and check the line in front of the shop and staff guidance. If you only get the ticket first and then leave your spot for a long time, your actual entry order can be delayed.
✔️ If your travel schedule is fixed
Using the TableCheck paid Fast Pass, you can get priority in your chosen time slot. Just note that the seat and entry time aren't confirmed, it costs ¥2,000 per person on top of the meal cost, and it isn't refunded even for cancellation or schedule change.
Udon Shin Menu & Prices: Comparison by Type
The Udon Shin menu is broadly divided into four basic styles: bukkake udon, shoyu udon, kake udon, and kamatama udon. On top of those, toppings like egg, mentaiko, beef, sudachi, tempura, and cheese change the menu name and price.
※ Prices are based on the on-site menu as of June 24, 2026.
| Basic udon type | Feature | Base price |
|---|---|---|
| 1️⃣ Bukkake udon (cold) | Udon eaten with a little cold tsuyu poured over it | ¥950 |
| 2️⃣ Kake udon (cold/hot) | Udon with dashi broth poured so the noodles are submerged | ¥950 |
| 3️⃣ Shoyu udon (cold/hot) | Udon mixed with a rich soy sauce seasoning | ¥950 |
| 4️⃣ Kamatama udon (hot) | Freshly boiled hot noodles mixed with a raw egg | ¥980 |
1️⃣ Bukkake udon: a little cold tsuyu poured over
Bukkake udon is a menu where a rich tsuyu is poured lightly over cold-rinsed noodles and mixed together with the toppings.
| Bukkake udon (base) ぶっかけ | ¥950 |
| No.27 Bukkake + seaweed + Okukuji raw egg + sesame + lemon | ¥1,390 |
| No.14 Bukkake + grated daikon + sudachi + nori | ¥1,480 |
| No.15 Bukkake + onsen egg + beef + spicy sauce | ¥2,380 |
| No.22 Bukkake + sirloin (domestic) + yuzu peel | ¥4,380 |
2️⃣ Kake udon: hot broth udon / cold broth udon
Kake udon is a broth udon with plenty of dashi poured so the noodles are submerged. The hot kake udon can be changed to a cold kake udon.
| Kake udon (base) かけうどん | ¥950 |
| No.4 Kake + beef + shrimp tempura | ¥2,380 |
| No.2 Kake + 6 tempura (2 shrimp, 4 vegetable) | ¥2,980 |
| No.1 Kake + 8 tempura (2 shrimp, 4 vegetable, fish, squid) | ¥3,480 |
| No.3 Kake + sirloin (domestic) + yuzu peel | ¥4,380 |
| No.13 Cold kake + sliced sudachi + myoga + white leek + sesame | ¥1,590 |
3️⃣ Shoyu udon: cold shoyu udon / hot shoyu butter udon
Shoyu udon is udon mixed with a rich soy sauce seasoning. The cold shoyu udon is a menu for lightly enjoying the noodles' springiness and the soy sauce flavor, and the hot shoyu udon adds butter, pepper, and egg.
| Cold shoyu udon (base) しょう油うどん | ¥950 |
| No.16 Cold shoyu + onsen egg + mentaiko | ¥1,490 |
| No.17 Cold shoyu + mentaiko + nori | ¥1,580 |
| No.7 Butter udon + butter/pepper + onsen egg | ¥1,180 |
| No.8 Butter udon + butter/pepper + onsen egg + mentaiko | ¥1,490 |
| No.9 Butter udon + butter/pepper + onsen egg + beef | ¥1,980 |
| No.10 Butter udon + butter/pepper + Nasu premium egg + sweet potato tempura | ¥1,980 |
| No.11 Butter udon + butter/pepper + Nasu premium egg + pork & cheese tempura | ¥2,690 |
| No.12 Shoyu udon + Nasu premium egg + spicy sauce + beef | ¥2,480 |
4️⃣ Kamatama udon: hot udon mixed with raw egg
Kamatama udon is a menu where you mix a raw egg into freshly boiled hot noodles.
| Kamatama udon (base) 釜たま | ¥980 |
| No.5 Kamatama + mentaiko + nori | ¥1,580 |
| No.6 Beef kamatama udon | ¥1,780 |
| No.21 Kamatama + Tokachi parmesan cheese + bacon tempura + butter/pepper | ¥2,480 |
🍜 Zaru udon & tsuke udon: special menus dipped in rich tsuyu or sauce
Zaru udon and tsuke udon are menus where you dip the noodles in a tsuyu or sauce served separately from the cold noodles.
| No.19 Zaru + 6 tempura (2 shrimp, 4 vegetable) | ¥2,980 |
| No.18 Zaru + 8 tempura (2 shrimp, 4 vegetable, fish, squid) | ¥3,480 |
| No.20 Mala tsuke udon | ¥1,490 |
| No.23 Tsuke udon (seafood and chicken broth base) | ¥1,380 |
| No.28 Takamura and Udon Shin two-noodle tsukemen | ¥1,860 |
✅ How to order at Udon Shin for good value
✔️ Adjusting the noodle amount
You can reduce or add to the noodle amount based on the standard portion.
- Half portion: ¥100 off
- 1.5 portions: ¥100 extra
- 2 portions: ¥200 extra
- 3 portions: ¥300 extra
✔️ Using the base udon
Since the more toppings, the higher the price, you can add only the toppings or à la carte tempura you want to a base udon. Pick a base menu from bukkake, shoyu, kake, or kamatama udon, then add only the toppings and à la carte items you need, such as shrimp tempura (¥590), sweet potato tempura (¥690), or onsen egg (¥250). Add ¥590 shrimp tempura to a ¥950 bukkake udon and you can enjoy udon and tempura together for ¥1,540 total.
Udon Shin FAQ Before Visiting
Q. Can I reserve at Shinjuku Udon Shin?
You can buy a ¥2,000-per-person paid Fast Pass on TableCheck. It is not a reservation that secures a seat; after you arrive at the specified time, you get priority over regular waiting customers once a seat opens. The meal cost is separate, and there may be a wait when it's crowded.
Q. From what time can I get an Udon Shin waiting ticket?
Per the official Instagram, it's issued from around 9:00 a.m. to around 6:00 p.m. It may end early depending on the day's crowds and how quickly the noodles sell out. Even with a ticket, you have to line up again in front of the shop, following on-site staff guidance.
Q. Can I pay by card at Udon Shin?
Cash only. Credit cards, transit e-money, and QR code payments cannot be used.
Q. Can two people share one bowl of udon?
Per the official guidance, two or more people cannot share one bowl of udon. Each person who visits must order one udon menu.
Shinjuku Udon Shin can have a long wait, but the springy noodles cut and boiled right after you order make it an impressive udon spot. Visit by doing an open run or avoiding mealtimes, and adding the à la carte tempura you want to a base udon is a good way to adjust the price and portion.
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