Welcome to Fumi Japanese Curry & Ramen
"Fumi Japanese Curry & Ramen" in San Francisco offers a unique dining experience with a focus on authentic Japanese flavors. The restaurant provides a variety of options, including soy-free and vegan choices, making it inclusive to all dietary preferences. Customers rave about the Teppan Curry, served on a hot iron plate for a caramelized and crispy finish. The generous portion sizes, friendly staff, and flavorful curries make Fumi a must-visit spot for Japanese comfort food enthusiasts. Despite some minor challenges with parking and service, the overall dining experience at Fumi Japanese Curry & Ramen is worth the visit for a taste of Japan in the heart of San Francisco.
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3303 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110, United States3303 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110, United States Hotline: +1 415-757-0901
Welcome to Fumi Japanese Curry & Ramen, a hidden gem located at 3303 Mission St in San Francisco, CA. This Asian-owned restaurant offers a unique blend of Japanese curry and ramen dishes that will tantalize your taste buds.
From their extensive menu, you can choose from a variety of small bites like Fried Squid Legs, Chicken Karaage, and Chashu Buns. Their ramen selection includes options like Pork Katsu Ramen, Seafood Ramen, and the unique California Ramen with crab leg meat and avocado.
One of the standout features of Fumi Japanese Curry & Ramen is their Teppan Curry Rice options, such as the Hamburger Teppan Curry and Steak Teppan Curry. The sizzling hot plates add a delightful caramelized flavor to the curry and rice, making for a truly memorable dining experience.
For those craving something spicy, the Spicy Miso Pork Belly Ramen and Tan-Tan Ramen are excellent choices. And if you're a vegan or vegetarian, Fumi offers a range of options like Vegan Chicken Teriyaki and the Every Green Ramen with tofu and veggies.
The restaurant also offers a variety of Boba Milk Tea drinks and desserts like Tiramisu and Mochi Ice Cream to round out your meal.
Customer reviews rave about the flavorful curry dishes, generous portion sizes, and friendly staff. However, some mention challenges with parking and wait times during peak hours.
If you're looking for a cozy spot to enjoy comforting Japanese dishes in San Francisco, Fumi Japanese Curry & Ramen should be at the top of your list.
Fumi has the best Japanese Curry in the city. I know that's a bold claim to make for a curry place at the edge of the Mission, but it's true! The Teppan Curry is perfect. It's served on a hot cast iron plate which caramelizes the curry sauce and crisps up the bottom of the rice. The sauce itself and the rest of the ingredients are excellent.
Parking is a pain. Ramen is kind of hard to chew. Portion is huge, staffs are friendly, price is decent, love their sizzling plate curry rice with chicken katsu or pork katsu. Curry was thick and flavorful, it was poured from a gravy jar on the sizzling hot place. We visited on a Sat evening, they're understaffed, it was a bit difficult to get their staffs attention for water, order and check. We also ordered the octopus balls and tempura, it's good too, I like to dip the tempura with the curry gravy than the tempura sauce.
a must try curry spot in the mission! my friend had been raving about how delicious the curry was and the portion sizing. we ordered edamame, garlic broccoli, vegetable tempura, and fried calamari for our appetizers. everything was absolutely delicious and came out quickly. my friend ordered the hamburger teppan curry while my bf and i ordered the steak teppan curry. not pictured is the tonkatsu ramen that honestly can be shared amongst two people. i love that it comes in a sizzling plate for our teppan curry so that it's always kept warm! the sunny side up egg paired with the japanese curry was so flavorful. parking is relatively hard to find though as it would be expected in sf. i would love to come again to try their black curry!
Our party of 4 arrived at Fumi Curry around 6:30pm on a Sunday night. Parking was a bit hard to find but we eventually found a spot on the street a few blocks down. The store looks small but like many other places is surprisingly deep and had a separate seating area in the back. It was really warm inside and a little humid, likely from all the teppan curry plates. We were seated quickly at the back and our food came out not long after we ordered. There are signs that speak to how the restaurant cut down their menu to focus on their curry, so I had high hopes that this would be some amazing curry. -pork katsu teppan curry ($16.50): this comes out with a layer of scrambled egg, a nice mound of rice and katsu topped with a lotus chip. The curry comes on the side in a gravy boat, which an employee pours onto the teppan plate for you (though we asked to be allowed to pour the rest of ours on our own). The plate gets VERY smokey and steamy once the curry gets poured on and its surprising how hot these plates are when they come out - you can actually see the print of where the plates have been placed on the table before. The curry was a bit more tart/tomatoey than most curries that I expect to get out at a restaurant, and was a great warming meal. My only wish was that it came with some sort of veggie by default. I did ask for some fukujinzuke pickles halfway into our meal, which helped. Overall, Fumi Curry is a solid curry place with a novel teppan curry option which is fun, though i'm not sure it adds much to the actual dish. When seated in the back half of the restaurant, its a little difficult to flag down a worker for water or the check. Would come back for curry on a cold night!
It's starting to get cold outside and I start craving soups and warm dishes. My coworker had a couple ideas in mind for lunch and I jumped at Fumi for the Curry dishes. I had been once before for the ramen, but was craving curry and we decided to go try it out. To start we ordered the fried calamari, which was good. Each of us ordered a curry rice plate, which was pretty big. We got the chicken katsu curry, pork katsu curry and the tender beef curry. The food came out pretty fast, which was good because we were on our lunch break and needed to get back. Plate was so big I brought my leftovers home. The food was VERY satisfying and warm on a cold rainy winter day.
Japanese Curry is so underrated compared to other more popular dishes such as sushi and noodle soups, but it's the ultimate comfort food and one of my favorite things I've eaten when I visited Japan. There's not too many places in SF you can find quality Japanese curry rice (or at all) so I'm so glad I found Fumi. It's a narrow and unassuming restaurant, but all of their dishes pack a punch. For vegans, they offer several vegan-friendly options! If you're going for curry, they have 2 vegan curry rice dishes! The first one is fried tofu & veggies and the second one is vegan chicken! The faux chicken is actually made form gogo root strips so it's plant-based. It has a great chewy texture and is meaty and filling at the same time. I love the creativity and I think the dish is super delicious. Instead of curry, you can also do the tofu or vegan chicken as a teriyaki bowl instead. If you're craving noodle soup instead, they have a vegetarian/veggie ramen bowl called "Every Green" with tofu and veggies. If you use udon noodles, it is completely vegan! Nice sized portion with a tasty flavor that is sure to comfort you on a cold day. This place fills up quickly as it's a petty popular local spot and you can see the endless take-out orders fly out the door. Once you try it you'll understand why!
Came here for lunch on a Sunday at noon with my husband and best friend. Took a bit for us to find parking - it was all street parking. When you get inside, the space is small - there's probably about 3-4 tables on each side, seating tables of 2 or 4. We went at noon and there was never a time where a party had to wait for a table, it's usually probably 80% full while I was there. We all ordered their teppan curry - I ordered their fried chicken teppan curry and really liked it! It comes to you hot with the egg, rice, and meat on top and they pour the curry around the plate in front of you. I liked the addition of the egg and coming to us in a hot plate! I wish there was more curry - I ran out near the end. The chicken pieces were nice and juicy. It doesn't look like a lot when you get it but each portion definitely filled us up! I was the only one that left with some leftovers to take home for the next day. Service was good too! The woman working there went around frequently to make sure our water was filled!
My daughter and I had just arrived in San Francisco to spend some time with grandma before school begins the Fall session. I've always tried to look for interesting places that will be friendly to my daughter. Fumi has curry and ramen so it fits both the adult and children's palette. My daughter got her customized ramen with corn and a side of pork tonkatsu while grandma got her beef teriyaki. My aunt and I got the sizzling curry plate. The curry's taste was OK but the sizzling hot plate made it an interesting experience. The rice was slightly crisp and made it taste different. As a result, the eggs on the hot place were also burned a little. I asked for mild spiciness but I think it would taste better with more kick next time. The parking might be a little challenging which goes the same for everywhere in San Francisco. Since it was lunch time, it made it harder to find parking. We ended up parking at Safeway since we were going to get some groceries afterwards.