I happened to stumble on Kuma when I was meeting some friends for wing night at 1550s (still pretty good there, by the way). It's a fairly small Japanese noodle shop located on Cedar Hill X, right next to Brannigans family restaurant. It's funny, I was just thinking how Victoria didn't have any good Japanese noodle restaurants after the one downtown closed. They operate Monday through Saturday from 11:00am-9:30pm. They did a great job renovating it from the printer ink store, showcasing a huge stainless steel cooking area behind the counter, some booth seating to the left, and a few smaller tables to the right of the entrance. They also have a pachinko machine if anyone knows how to play!
The menu is fairly basic with a selection of various ramen noodle dishes. They have soy flavoured ramen, salt flavoured ramen, miso ramen, miso bbq pork ramen, and vegetable ramen. There are also a few rice dishes such as: curry rice, pork cutlet don, chicken and egg don, steak don and bbq don. Side dishes included gyoza, rice, kimchi and fried rice. Drinks are pretty standard with soft drinks and green tea.
