Laurie Swope for the Boston Globe

Kyle Thomas Hemingway (left) and Greg Dickinson at Seoul Kitchen.

By Devra First Globe Staff

On a Friday creeping toward midnight, business winds down at most Boston hotel restaurants. But at Uni Sashimi Bar at the Eliot Hotel, people are just lining up. They have come to eat ramen, the Japanese noodle soup that is enjoying a moment of culinary trendiness. Uni began serving a late-night menu focused on the dish earlier this year. Those who want to try it can only do so after 11 p.m. on weekends.

In a city that hasn’t been known for its late-night dining options, Chinatown has long been an after-hours destination. Now restaurants in other neighborhoods — even places that serve Western fare during regular hours — are introducing their own late-night menus featuring dishes inspired by Asia.

At Sel de la Terre, a French restaurant in the Back Bay, the kitchen looks toward Korea Tuesdays through Saturdays after 10 p.m. Its Late Night Seoul Kitchen menu offers dishes such as Korean-style fried chicken, steamed buns, and noodle soups.

In the Theatre District, W Boston restaurant Market offers a special menu on Fridays and Saturdays from 10 to midnight. The salmon sashimi, chicken samosas, and mushroom eggrolls cost $10 per plate. And a pop-up restaurant called Guchi’s Midnight Ramen has been a smash, taking over local establishments such as the Gallows and JM Curley for a few nights at a time, selling out tickets in minutes flat.