New Japanese Restaurant Makes Homemade Soba Noodles

SOMERVILLE, MA - A new Japanese restaurant is serving up slurpable homemade soba noodles and fresh sushi to Somerville's Davis Square.

Sugidama, located at 260 Elm St., softly opened Thursday.

The restaurant masterfully makes its own soba noodles and tofu. Their soft opening menu offers: both hot and cold appetizers; tempura; a variety of yakitori; an extensive sushi menu; and soba noodles galore. The restaurant also has a lunch menu if you're into that.

Sugidama is already receiving rave reviews on Yelp.

"Soba broth was rich and a little sweet. Very flavorful sushi with indulgent touch of mayo adding a nice counterpoint to the velvety tuna and crisp roe and cucumber. Both yakitori dishes elevated the flavor of their primary ingredient while adding a little complexity in seasoning," Yelp reviewer John H. wrote.

Restaurant staff said they were complimented by the fact that a lot of children who came into the restaurant finished their whole meal.

"Our homemade Buckwheat soba Contains various types of amino acids such as lysine and arginine. These are essential building blocks for child development, growth and stamina," restaurant staff wrote on social media. "So next time if you stop by with your child, please ask for a plain hot soba we make especially for the kids. Also We are a kid and baby friendly place."

Sugidama's soft opening hours are from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday; and 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, according to Eater.