Many soba restaurants offer sobayu, hot water in which soba noodles have been boiled, in yuto (lacquered pot used for pouring hot water or sake) as a beverage to accompany the tsuke-men type of soba dish.
蕎麦を茹でるのに用いたゆで湯の蕎麦湯（そばゆ）を、浸け麺の蕎麦に添えて湯桶で飲用に出す店が多い。