Konpira Chaya

Really really really really real real real real really really real really real real really very good.

If I lived in Tokyo full time, I’d come out to have curry udon as a comfort food. The soup is really thick and tasty and the udon is cooked al dente– texture is superb. That being said, it’s quite a heavy dish and I wouldn’t want to have it all the time. But it’s great on a cold day, especially when you’re hungry.

This was one of my favorite places that I ate at during a week-​long trip to Japan, and I ate a ton of places. This was definitely one that I would seek out again on another trip to Tokyo, and would recommend to to almost everyone if you like udon and curries.
I stumbled across this place while I was starving, and this place seemed to have a ton of locals, nobody spoke English, there was no English menu, and no picture menu. Perfect — must be authentic and good. Even in the super humid weather (106 °F heat index is no joke), the curry udon soup tasted amazing. If you’re sweating profusely already, a little more sweat won’t hurt.
Almost 90% of the people had gotten the beef curry udon soup, so naturally that’s what I also chose. It did not disappoint — the noodles were really fresh and chewy, and the curry was spiced perfectly, with decent chunks of not-​too-​fatty beef. It was really flavorful without being salty. I got a raw egg in my soup which was a delicious. I finished eating a whole bowl and could’ve kept eating more because it was so good (not because I was still hungry).
The total for this delicious, satisfying bowl of udon curry was ¥1180, which is pretty good for lunch. If you’re staying at the Sheraton Miyako hotel, this place is about a 5 – 10 min walk from the hotel and a great option for food (there’s not a ton of food options around the hotel). I’d definitely come back here again.

My goal when I travel to Japan is to make each meal count, to cover the J food bases. With sushi, shabu-​shabu, ramen, soba, katsu, unadon and tempura under my rapidly tightening belt, it was time for udon.
Based on Unilocal reviews I went for the full, slurpy, bibbed-​up experience of curry udon ordered hot (which is very doable and delicious, not like the co-​co curry scale) with beef and raw egg. The silken wonderfulness was caressed down with a couple Asahi drafts. Post noodle destruction, the remaining, viscous, brown, nectar of the gods was sopped up with rice to complete the gullet packing.
My local friend joined me and our bill was ¥3300, a tremendous bargain. I highly recommend eating here. We arrived ~8pm on a Thursday night. While this little house of pleasure was hopping busy, we were seated and served immediately.

Came here on the recommendation of the hotel concierge at the nearby Sheraton Miyako hotel. This udon/​curry joint sits across the street from Meguro train station.
Real simple menu — what appears to be homemade udon noodles that can either be offered in a soup broth with sides such as fish, pork or tempura; or smothered in a Japanese Curry with beef. Came here twice and had both.
1^st the Udon. Pretty tasty to my American palate but nothing memorable relative to what I’ve experienced before both at other joints in Japan and in the US. Like all udon’s, it really hit the spot and provided that warm and fuzzy comfort food feel I was hoping to get so left satisfied in that respect. In terms of taste — was solid, but I’ve had better.
As I looked around me, I noticed that most of my fellow patrons were wearing bibs and I was never offered one. I soon realized that everyone else had bibs cuz they ordered curry. Apparently, you don’t get a cool bib if all you order is the standard udon soup. As such, came back a couple days later and had the curry dish. Blown away. Didn’t even know the Japanese made curry so I have no frame of reference relative to other similar offerings. But I have had many curries before — both Thai and Indian — and this is a lot better in my humble opinion. Got a lot of strange looks from others as I broke from the typical Japanese stoic and customs based demeanor and lifted my nearly complete bowl to my face to lick out the final drops of sauce. As an ugly American, didn’t really care as I got what I was looking for.
If near Meguro and have a hankering for curry, this is your best bet.

«The meal isn’t over when I’m full. The meal is over when I hate myself.» — Louise C.K.
Well, that Louise C.K. quote is exactly my sentiment whenever I come over here for curry udon.
I love their chewy udon noodle. Its texture is perfect.
Richness of curry.
You can ask for another batch of noodle after you finish it.(About 100 yen)
You can also order a bowl of rice to make risotto.
It feels that my stomach would explode whenever I leave this place.
It’s so good that I regret coming here because overeating is inevitable.