Gagana Ramen

It was a surprising good ramen shop located within a billiard. The best ramen I had in Calgary, and among the top ten even included Hong Kong and Japan.

It was a happy surprise to find this ramen store inside of a billiard place!

It may be a bit tricky to find this place, if you see the sign for Mike’s family billiard, go inside, you’ll find Gagana ramen.

The ramen was really tasty, we tried shrimp shoyu and spicy miso. They are both tasty, shrimp one was light but a lot of umami. The spicy miso was a bit spicy and flavorful. Noodle was thin but chewy, Chashiu was charred and delicious.

The owner explained to us that Gagana is a franchise of ramen shops in Japan. I looked up the Gagana in Japan, menu was a bit different but the shop was highly rated. It’s nice to be able to try a Japanese ramen in Calgary! We also tried their chicken. They normally have wings but today they substituted with tulip chicken and it was really good.

Price and reasonable and the owner was very kind.

There were about 20 billiard tables and it was quite busy on Sun afternoon. They charge by min or hour, they serve snacks and drinks including alcohol, looked like.

This place was fantastic! Don't be deceived by the appearance of the building, after all, you're going for some tasty ramen!
The staff are pleasant and kind. We ordered the tonkatsu and the spicy miso ramen. The broth was fragrant and flavourful. Great portion size. We left with our bellies full and satisfied. Definitely a place we'll be visiting again. Thank you for the wonderful meal.

I never would have thought that I'd find my favorite bowl of ramen in a pool hall, but here we are. Absolutely worth a visit.

Really amazing food; the spicy miso ramen was tied for the best ramen I’ve ever had, very similar to ramen you can get in Japan. It is a hole in the wall but I wish it wasn’t; for the food quality, it deserves a lot of customers.

You probably wouldn't expect a place like this inside the Billiards hall, but this place is genuine. The ramen here is probably the closest that I've tasted to the ones I've had in Japan. Makes sense considering that according to the owner this place is a spinoff of the Gagana Ramen stores in Tokyo and he was also trained in Tokyo. The broth here is delicious and full of flavor. The noodles are big and somewhat chewy. The char siu and other toppings are good. Portion size is reasonable. Would definitely recommend. The non-spicy miso and tonkotsu are great.

Easily the best ramen in the city. Hole in the wall, yes. But the food is fresh and delicious!

Phenomenal ramen joint even if the setting is a bit unorthodox. I have tried many ramen joints across the province but I keep coming back for the spicy miso ramen, if the full offering of spice is too much for your palate, you can get half spicy instead or another delicious item on the menu. The noodles are a perfect texture, and the broth is always delicious. Cannot recommend this place enough.

Call it a hole in the wall. The gentleman is amazingly kind and the Ramen is Hands down top notch. Sure the location isn't what you'd expect but doesn't it doesn't reflect the quality of food and service. I hope they get their restaurant back up and running but we are fortunate he has a place to serve us such amazing food. Thank you

Went to this place for lunch today, looks like a billards hall only but has this amazing ramen place inside, only one guy was working and he was amazing. Such a kind person. The spicy miso ramen was incredible. He went over the whole menu with us and was very helpful. Come for the ramen its some of the best ive had. Spring rolls were amazing. The hall itself is a little off putting but come for the ramen and you wont regret it. Also the ramens were huge and only 13$

Food was everything I needed.the placement was funny.but it adds to the hole in the wall idea