Expect house-made Kanto-style udon, hot and cold, with tempura and $12 starter bowls. It’s open Thursday through Sunday only, with no reservations, no takeout, and service until the noodles sell out.
Quick Facts
- Opens: Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026 (soft opening)
- Where: 1222 E. Colonial Drive, Suite B, Orlando, FL 32803 (Mills 50)
- Hours: Thu–Fri 4–9 p.m. · Sat–Sun noon–2:30 p.m. and 4–9 p.m.
- Good to know: Walk-in only · cashless · no takeout
One noodle, done carefully
Udon Fifty is built around one noodle. The new spot on East Colonial Drive makes house-made Kanto-style udon with its own broths and tempura. It comes from Small Food Group, the restaurant group behind Domu and Chibi Ramen, and it soft-opens Thursday, Oct. 22.
Hot, cold and brothless
The menu splits into cold and hot bowls. Cold udon comes with house tsuyu (a concentrated dashi sauce), scallions, fresh wasabi and lemon. It starts with a $12 Bukkake Udon and a $13 Zaru, the cold dipping-noodle classic, with tsuyu and sesame sauce on the side. Hot bowls start with the $12 Kake Udon in seasoned dashi. From there you can move up to Kitsune Udon ($16) with house-made braised tofu pouches, or a Country-style Sukiyaki Beef Udon ($19).
The bowls worth a second look skip the broth. There’s a Creamy Mentaiko Udon ($17) with spicy pollock roe, shiso and nori crunch. There’s also a Mabo Tofu Udon ($18) and an udon carbonara ($18) made with guanciale, egg yolks, romano and cracked black pepper. Tempura add-ons run $2 to $4.50. Sides include garlic chicken fried rice, a mini gyudon and tempura corn. For dessert, there’s a matcha caramel purin ($6), and sake cocktails, beer and sake round out the menu.
Know before you go
This is a small, walk-in-only room. There are no reservations, no takeout and no delivery, and it serves until sold out. If there’s a line, the staff says it will cut it 30 to 40 minutes before closing based on how many people it can still seat. Weekend lunch ends at 2:30 p.m., so plan around that. It’s cashless, taking cards and Apple Pay. The kitchen says it can’t accommodate gluten-free, vegetarian or vegan diets. The fryer handles sesame and shellfish, the broths and sauces contain fish, and the beef is halal. Park in the lot behind the building off Hillcrest Avenue or on the free neighborhood streets.
Why We’re Hyped
Cold dipping udon, a mentaiko cream bowl and an udon carbonara on one short menu, with $12 bowls at the entry point, from the group behind Domu. The catch is the format: walk-in only, open Thursday through Sunday, and done when the noodles are gone. Go early in the soft-opening run.
The Details
- Soft opening: Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026
- Hours: Thursday and Friday 4–9 p.m. · Saturday and Sunday noon–2:30 p.m. and 4–9 p.m. · first come, first served, until sold out
- Where: Udon Fifty, 1222 E. Colonial Drive, Suite B, Orlando, FL 32803
- Price: Udon bowls $12–$19 · sides $4–$7
- Reservations: None, walk-in only · no takeout or delivery · cashless
- Parking: Lot behind the building off Hillcrest Avenue · free street parking
- Website: udonfifty.com · Instagram @udonfifty
