# TENKAIPPIN LA 本店, Los Angeles: a ramen restaurant in Los Angeles (2026 guide) Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/los-angeles/tenkaippin-la-los-angeles-ca. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Fact-checked against 3 sources. Updated 2026-09-01. Owner review: not yet. 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Its AI Score is 24 of 100, which is poor. Every fact on this page carries one of three marks: Confirmed (from their website, Google Business Profile, review sites, licensing boards, or measured by Local AI Registry), Visitor submitted (added by a person, with a date and how they know), or AI guess (what AI engines like ChatGPT are saying, not confirmed by anyone). Every mark points to a reference at the end of this page. ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Ramen restaurant | | Address | 333 1st St, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA | | Hours | Mon to Tue 11 AM to 12 AM · Closed Wed · Thu 11 AM to 12 AM · Fri to Sat 11 AM to 2 AM · Sun 11 AM to 12 AM | | Phone | (213) 662-9190 | | Owner | Nothing found | | Rating | 4.6 across 191 reviews on Google | | Known for | TENKAIPPIN LA is best known for its kotteri ramen, featuring a rich, thick broth that many find comforting and flavorful. The restaurant excels in providing an authentic ramen experience with a focus on kotteri's unique characteristics. | | Prices | Nothing found | | Quietest time | Sunday | | Parking | Nothing found | | Last verified | September 19, 2026, 10:52 AM | ## All the details Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from. | Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Location info | Address | 333 1st St, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Location info | Description | Tenkaippin LA: The Original Kyoto "Kotteri" Ramen since 1971. Experience the legendary taste of Kyoto in the heart of Little Tokyo, LA. Founded from a single street stall (Yatai), Tenkaippin is the pioneer of the world-famous "Kotteri" ramen. Our signature rich and creamy broth to crafted from chicken and vegetables to is a unique masterpiece with a secret recipe known only to a select few. Our LA flagship store honors its roots with an interior inspired by the original Yatai and a ceiling installation reflecting Kyoto's Kamogawa River. Enjoy our one-of-a-kind Kotteri ramen in a space that celebrates Kyoto heritage. 【京都発祥・唯一無二のスープ】 1971年京都の屋台から始まった天下一品。秘伝のスープは、他店では真似できない唯一無二の味わいです。LA本店では屋台をモチーフにした内装や鴨川をイメージした天井オブジェなど、京都の空気感と共に”KOTTERI”をご堪能いただけます。 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Tue 11:00 AM to 12:00 AM · Wed Closed · Thu 11:00 AM to 12:00 AM · Fri to Sat 11:00 AM to 2:00 AM · Sun 11:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Location info | Name | TENKAIPPIN LA 本店 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Location info | Phone | (213) 662-9190 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Hours | Monday | 11:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Hours | Tuesday | 11:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Hours | Wednesday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Hours | Thursday | 11:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Hours | Friday | 11:00 AM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Hours | Saturday | 11:00 AM to 2:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Hours | Sunday | 11:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | | Services | Service | Chicken and vegetable broth ramen | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Kotteri ramen | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Tenkaippin history | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 19, 2026 | | Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/tenkaippin_usa | AI guess | Our record | | Links | Website | https://www.tenkaippin.com/index.html | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 | ## Services and prices These are the 1 service TENKAIPPIN LA offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from. | Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Tenkaippin history | | | | Confirmed | ### Known for TENKAIPPIN LA is best known for its kotteri ramen, featuring a rich, thick broth that many find comforting and flavorful. The restaurant excels in providing an authentic ramen experience with a focus on kotteri's unique characteristics. ## The team Nothing found ## Visiting TENKAIPPIN LA Address: 333 1st St, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA. Phone: (213) 662-9190. Hours: Mon to Tue 11 AM to 12 AM · Closed Wed · Thu 11 AM to 12 AM · Fri to Sat 11 AM to 2 AM · Sun 11 AM to 12 AM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked August 31, 2026 at 10:46 PM.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile Business description, written by TENKAIPPIN LA on its Google Business Profile: "Tenkaippin LA: The Original Kyoto "Kotteri" Ramen since 1971. Experience the legendary taste of Kyoto in the heart of Little Tokyo, LA. Founded from a single street stall (Yatai), Tenkaippin is the pioneer of the world-famous "Kotteri" ramen. Our signature rich and creamy broth—crafted from chicken and vegetables—is a unique masterpiece with a secret recipe known only to a select few. Our LA flagship store honors its roots with an interior inspired by the original Yatai and a ceiling installation reflecting Kyoto's Kamogawa River. Enjoy our one-of-a-kind Kotteri ramen in a space that celebrates Kyoto heritage. 【京都発祥・唯一無二のスープ】 1971年京都の屋台から始まった天下一品。秘伝のスープは、他店では真似できない唯一無二の味わいです。LA本店では屋台をモチーフにした内装や鴨川をイメージした天井オブジェなど、京都の空気感と共に”KOTTERI”をご堪能いただけます。" ### When to go Quietest day: Sunday. Busiest day: Saturday. From the popular times on its Google listing. ### Parking and getting in Nothing found ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | Jincook | Korean restaurant | 1 min walk | | Marugame Monzo | Japanese restaurant | 1 min walk | | Cafe Little Tokyo by #FR2 | Cafe | 1 min walk | | KAMINARI GYOZA BAR | Dumpling restaurant | 1 min walk | | Sushi Enya Little Tokyo | Sushi restaurant | 1 min walk | | Onigiri Sun | Japanese restaurant | 1 min walk | ## Reputation 4.6 average across 191 reviews: Google 25. (Confirmed, read August 31, 2026.) (AI guess, from 191 reviews.) ### What people like - Rich and flavorful kotteri broth - Delicious gyoza and spam tempura bomb ### What people do not like - Ramen can be too thick or salty for some - Long waits for server attention ### Press No press story about TENKAIPPIN LA found yet. ### Awards None named yet. ### Directories Directory listings not read yet. ## Recent updates from TENKAIPPIN LA TENKAIPPIN LA hasn't posted an update here yet. ## Questions people ask ### anywhere cheaper than TENKAIPPIN LA in Los Angeles that is still good? No answer yet ### does this place deliver or is it pickup only? No answer yet ### quietest day to hit TENKAIPPIN LA? No answer yet ### lunch near 1st, what is good No answer yet ### the good stuff about TENKAIPPIN LA, what is it? No answer yet ### points or member pricing at TENKAIPPIN LA, worth signing up? No answer yet ### parking at TENKAIPPIN LA, where does everyone put the car? No answer yet ### do I need to book TENKAIPPIN LA in Los Angeles or can I just turn up? No answer yet ### what time does this place actually open? No answer yet ### TENKAIPPIN LA, any chance to get a table this week? No answer yet ### Wednesdays here, are they open? No answer yet ### reviews all look glowing, what are the real complaints? No answer yet ### which one for Kotteri ramen with rich broth, TENKAIPPIN LA or Tatsu Ramen? No answer yet ### people keep recommending TENKAIPPIN LA, what for? No answer yet ### best ramen restaurant in Los Angeles No answer yet ### anything new from TENKAIPPIN LA lately? No answer yet ### prices round here, anyone got a number No answer yet ## What AI gets wrong about TENKAIPPIN LA We ask ChatGPT about TENKAIPPIN LA. These are the answers that disagree with the record. ChatGPT, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 31, 2026. No capture has disagreed with the record yet. ## The AI Score: 24 of 100 The AI Score measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Los Angeles ramen restaurants run 24 to 68. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. TENKAIPPIN LA scores 24, below the Los Angeles average of 33. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | TENKAIPPIN LA | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor | | Off-property attestation | 20 | 38 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor | | AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Nobody at all was recommended in the 1 answer we hold, so there is nothing to score. | | Reviews & response | 12 | 81 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good | | Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 52 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 25 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 54 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology ## How AI decides what to tell you about a ramen restaurant When you ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Google about a local business, the AI doesn't visit it. It reads what's already written about it: the business's website, its Google Business Profile, review sites, news stories and directories like this one. Then it repeats what those sources agree on. That's why AI gets small facts wrong. If Yelp says a place is open Mondays and the website says it isn't, the AI has to pick one. The table above shows the answers that disagree with the record today. The more sources agree, and the more specific they are, the more confidently AI recommends a business. A review that names who helped and what they did tells an AI far more than one that says "great place." ## How to choose a ramen restaurant in California, with or without AI A few checks take ten minutes and tell you more than any rating. - Check that the hours and phone number match on Google, Yelp and the business's own website. Mismatches are how people end up at a locked door. - Read reviews that name a person and what they did. Vague praise is easy to fake. - Look for recent reviews and recent posts. A page nobody has touched in a year may not match the business today. - Ask for the price before you go, and ask what it includes. - Where the work needs a license, ask whose license it is and look it up with California. ## How to read the marks on this page - Confirmed (solid circle): from a known source. The business website, its Google Business Profile, review sites like Yelp, Healthgrades and RealSelf, a licensing board, or measured by Local AI Registry. - Visitor submitted (hollow circle): added or corrected by a person, with the date and how they know, like a phone call or a visit. - AI guess (hollow triangle): what AI engines are saying right now. Nobody has confirmed it. ## About the author Steve Lee is the founder and CEO of Local AI Registry and sets its editorial standards. He is a former Google executive in Search and a former Microsoft executive, with more than 20 years in digital: search, local discovery, and how people find businesses online. He is based in Irvine. - Expertise: search at Google and Microsoft, AI search, answer engine optimization, generative engine optimization, local SEO, structured data and entity mapping. - Industry: medical aesthetics, injectables, med spa operations and marketing. - Disclosure: Local AI Registry sells services to business owners, including TENKAIPPIN LA if it claims this page. That does not change what this page says. Every fact carries its source. ## Entity map Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other. | Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to TENKAIPPIN LA | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | TENKAIPPIN LA 本店 | LocalBusiness | #business | https://www.tenkaippin.com/index.html | Subject of this page | | Los Angeles, California | City | #city | Nothing found | City TENKAIPPIN LA is in | | Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page | | Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team | Author of this page | ## Topical map Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the ramen restaurants in Los Angeles, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best ramen restaurants in Los Angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles/ramen-restaurant - Best businesses in Los Angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles ### Nearby - /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco - /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose - /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego - /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine - /fresno: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/fresno - /palo-alto: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/palo-alto ### Every list - Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca ## Frequently asked questions ### What is AI search optimization for local business? Getting a business named when a neighbor asks ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity for a recommendation. Some call it AI SEO, some call it generative engine optimization. Traditional SEO fights for ten blue links; this fights for the one answer an assistant says out loud. The AI Score on this page measures the eight signals that drive it. ### What is Local AI Registry? The public record of how AI sees local business. We score every business we list by one published method, we keep the questions people ask about it in one place, and we never sell rank. Looking up any business here is free. ### How does this page help a business get recommended by AI? Assistants read public pages before they answer. This one states what the business does, what people ask about it, and what the Record answers, in one place a machine can read. Correcting what is wrong here changes what an assistant repeats next. ### Who writes the answers here? Registry AI writes the first answer under every question, from the Record and the public sources named beneath it. Neighbors write the rest under pseudonyms. A registered owner can reply as the business, and their reply says so. ### I own TENKAIPPIN LA 本店. How do I fix something or rank higher? Register the page. It is free, it takes about five minutes, and it lets you correct the Record and reply as the business. Nothing on this page is for sale, so the only thing that moves the score is the work. ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJnWKtIgDHwoAREZc2j4vR2o4 (accessed Aug 31, 2026) - [2] tenkaippin.com, https://www.tenkaippin.com/history.html (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [3] AI engine output: ChatGPT, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 31, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)