Nokishita Ramen & IzakayaBook dinner
Nokishita Ramen & IzakayaBook dinner
A bowl of spicy miso ramen seen from above, in a dark bowl: creamy miso broth with red chili oil, bean sprouts, slices of chashu, a soft-boiled egg, menma and scallion.

Sapporo miso ramen, here in Larkhaven.

Mai’s hometown bowl: Sapporo miso, rich broth and wavy noodles. Or make it spicy.

  • Lunch Wed–Sun, 11:30–2:30, walk in.
  • Dinner Wed–Sat, 5–11, book ahead.
  • Closed Mon and Tue.

214 Front Street

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Ramen at lunch, an izakaya at night.

Lunch

Ramen only. Walk in. The Sapporo miso is $19.

There’s a vegan miso too, and gluten-free noodles on request.

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Dinner

The izakaya: charcoal skewers, small plates, sake and highballs. Stay a while. Book ahead if you can.

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A new bowl every month.

One bowl that comes and goes, like roasted squash miso with crispy leeks, $20.

Skewers and highballs.

A taste of the menu, off the charcoal and from the bar.

Two chicken and leek skewers, glazed with tare and scattered with chives, on a pale grey stone plate.
A whisky highball over ice in a tall ribbed glass, glowing gold in front of a warmly lit bar.

Off the charcoal, each

  • Negima chicken thigh and scallion, tare 4.50 wheat, soy
  • Tsukune chicken meatball with an egg yolk to dip 5.50 wheat, soy, egg
  • Pork belly salt and shichimi 5
  • Shishito peppers salt 4

Small plates

  • Karaage lemon and Japanese mayo 13 wheat, soy, egg
  • Pork gyoza (6) 11 wheat, soy, sesame
  • Agedashi tofu 10 wheat, soy, fish

From the bar

  • House highball Japanese whisky, soda, lemon peel 11
  • Yuzu highball 12
  • House junmai cold or warm, a glass 9

Allergens in green. Prices in Canadian dollars. Our miso has soy and the broth isn’t certified gluten-free: please ask us.

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軒下 Nokishita

Under the eaves: the spot where you duck in out of the rain.

Ours has 28 seats, 10 of them at the counter. Mai cooks. Theo runs the bar.

Our story

A bowl of ramen from the side, in a pale speckled bowl: chashu, two soft-boiled eggs, sweet corn, bean sprouts, menma and greens over wavy noodles.

Where to find us.

Street parking out front, and a pay lot behind the hardware store.

Call (250) 555-0147

Getting here

Map of Front StreetNokishita Ramen and Izakaya at 214 Front Street, with street parking out front and a pay lot behind the hardware store.Pay lot214HardwarestoreFront StreetStreet parking
Nokishita is the dark building marked with a bowl. Not to scale.

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