About NEO CUCINA

A real bowl of ramen, anywhere you want one.

A row of NEO CUCINA Pro machines, with a bowl of noodles cooking in front, at a casino market in Rohnert Park, CaliforniaReal store · Rohnert Park, CA

We design countertop machines that boil ramen fresh, for shops with no kitchen and for homes and offices where nobody wants to stand over a pot.

  • 1,000+stores already run our machines
  • 3 to 5 minfor a bowl boiled fresh, start to finish
  • 1 business dayfor a reply from our own support team

Why we built this

Instant ramen is sold almost everywhere. Almost nowhere can you get it hot.

The gap is a kitchen. A hood, a gas line, a grease trap, someone to cook, someone to wash up.

That is an absurd amount of infrastructure for a package of noodles that costs almost nothing. It is also why something people buy constantly is almost never served the way it is meant to be eaten.

We wanted a bowl you could actually get anywhere. Freshly cooked, not softened in hot water, and without any of the things standing in the way.

So we built one. Induction heat, from below, in the bowl the customer eats from. It sits on a counter, runs on a standard outlet, and turns a shelf item into a hot meal in three to five minutes.

That is the whole idea. Everything else we make comes from it.

In real stores

Running in more than 1,000 stores

Convenience stores, bubble tea and drink shops, campus markets, hotels, offices and self-serve ramen bars. Here are a few of them.

See real setups, with photos and video

What we make

Two machines, the same way of cooking

The difference is what you need it to do.

NEO CUCINA Pro countertop ramen machine

NEO CUCINA Pro

The commercial machine. Customers order and cook on their own, and you manage menus and screen content from any browser. It runs in drink shops, convenience stores, hotels, office pantries, and self-serve ramen bars.

See the Pro
NEO CUCINA Studio ramen cooker and hot water dispenser

NEO CUCINA Studio

The same fresh-boiled bowl, sized for smaller spaces. Simple controls, no app, no setup, plus instant hot water for tea and coffee. Built for homes, offices, and small shops that want one machine on the counter and nothing to manage.

See the Studio

How we work

Who stands behind the machine

We design it ourselves

Hardware and software are developed in-house, then manufactured with vetted production partners. When something needs to change, we change it, rather than waiting on someone else's roadmap.

A U.S. company, not a reseller

NEO CUCINA, Inc. is based in Irvine, California. Machines ship from U.S. warehouses, replacements ship from U.S. warehouses, and support is answered by our own team within one business day.

Certified, and you can check

The Pro is ETL Listed and ETL Sanitation Listed, equivalent to UL and NSF standards for commercial equipment. Search Intertek's public directory for model NC-RCP1H under the trade name NEO CUCINA. We would rather you verify than take our word for it.

An inspector logging results on a run test line, every machine loaded with a bowl
Run test on the line, every result logged by hand
A technician mounting the water tank on the induction base
Mounting the tank on the induction base

Buying from us

What you can count on

  • 30-day returnsOn every machine, with no restocking fee. We cover return shipping in the U.S.
  • Warranty1 year on the Pro, 2 years on the Studio.
  • Supportsupport@neocucina.com. Our own team replies within 1 business day.
  • CompanyNEO CUCINA, Inc., based in Irvine, California.

Serve a fresh bowl where you are

One counter or a hundred locations, we can help you work out what fits.