The planned Ramen Tatsu-ya Pflugerville restaurant would bring an Austin-born ramen favorite to FM 685. Known for slow-cooked broth and a personality shaped by music and Japanese food culture, the brand has a new dining room in the works at 18725 FM 685, Building 2, Suite 300.
A newly registered project outlines a $1.4 million restaurant finish-out covering 2,952 square feet. For local diners, the draw goes beyond another construction project: it puts a familiar Central Texas name closer to home.
From Austin kitchens and DJ booths to ramen
Ramen Tatsu-ya’s founding story starts with Tatsu Aikawa, who balanced kitchen work with DJ sets in Austin’s hip-hop scene. His later experience in a Michelin-starred kaiseki and sushi kitchen helped shape his approach to food.
When Aikawa returned to the idea of opening his own restaurant, ramen connected his early years in Japan with his life in Austin. The first shop opened in 2012. Its mission centered on introducing diners to carefully prepared Japanese ramen, beyond the instant noodles many Americans knew.
That mix of food and culture remains part of the brand’s identity. Its restaurants pair ramen with music, artwork and distinct interiors. However, the sources reviewed do not establish the design or artwork planned for Pflugerville.
What goes into a bowl
The brand’s published menu gives newcomers a place to start. The OG combines pork-bone broth cooked for more than 60 hours with chashu pork, a marinated egg, mushrooms, scallions and sesame seeds.
Other bowls take the broth in different directions. Sho-Yu adds a soy-sauce blend, while Mi-So-Hot brings spicy pork broth and miso. Tsukemen offers noodles with a concentrated dipping broth rather than a traditional soup bowl.
There are alternatives to pork-based broth, too. The listed Nu Skool uses almond-milk tonkotsu with mushrooms, tofu and vegetables. Diners can also customize bowls with extra toppings or flavor “bombs,” including citrus and chili combinations.
A few things to share
Beyond ramen, the existing menu includes Japanese curry rice bowls, gyoza and Sweet & Sour Yodas. Those Brussels sprouts come with apricot vinegar, black pepper and garlic. They give a group options to share while everyone chooses a bowl.
These examples describe the existing brand menu. The final Pflugerville menu, pricing and service details have not been confirmed.
Ramen Tatsu-ya Pflugerville adds to its suburban reach
The company already has a north-suburban presence in Round Rock. Its June 2024 opening announcement introduced a shop at 2132 North Mays Street in Rock Creek Plaza and described demand for locations farther north.
The current location directory also lists restaurants across Austin and Houston. Pflugerville would add another community to that footprint, rather than mark the company’s arrival in Central Texas.
The Ramen Tatsu-ya Pflugerville address sits along FM 685 amid the broader Cornerstone retail area near State Highway 130 and State Highway 45. Ironwood’s leasing materials show a Costco-anchored development and an established restaurant cluster. The brochure does not identify the ramen suite, so its older tenant map should not be read as this restaurant’s floor plan.
Elsewhere in the city, Hao Hao’s planned Pflugerville restaurant offers another example of an established regional dining name expanding its reach. The two projects are in different developments.
Construction plans and what comes next
The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation registration, filed October 22, 2026, identifies the project as RT11, LLC dba Ramen Tatsu-ya. It describes a new restaurant finish-out inside a new building, not a renovation of a former restaurant.
The filing estimates construction from February 8 through June 30, 2027. It lists Keystone 1916-11, LLC as the owner and NCG & Associates, LLC as the design firm. Those construction dates are estimates, not a confirmed opening schedule.
A restaurant-specific city permit or approved tenant plan was not verified in the municipal records reviewed. The Ramen Tatsu-ya Pflugerville project is registered with the state, but that registration alone does not establish local approval or permission to open.
For now, the clearest story is a new neighborhood option for a brand that grew from Austin’s food and music scenes. The build-out would bring its slow-cooked bowls to another part of the metro, with an opening date still to come.