This chain, modeled on Japanese ramen bars, is located throughout London and offers a variety of salads, noodles, rice, and stir-fried dishes for an inexpensive quick lunch or pre-theatre dinner. Customers sit at communal tables where fast and efficient servers bring the food at a dazzling pace. Favorites: grilled vegetable or chicken dumplings; ramen dishes; noodles in spiced miso soup topped with grilled salmon and salad greens.

Wagamama Restaurants are conveniently located near  many theatres: Soho (10a Lexington Street), Haymarket/Trafalgar Studios (8 Norris Street), St. Martins Lane (14 Irving Street),, The Strand and National Theatre (Royal Festival Hall).