La Table de Joel Robuchon

Description:

• Housed in a reproduction 18th-century French château planted in the midst of swanky Yebisu Garden Place, this ground-floor restaurant offers nouveau French cuisine at a fraction of what meals cost at its more expensive, more romantic, and much more formal sister Joel Robuchon Restaurant (tel. 03/5424-1347) upstairs (where entrees start at ¥7,000/$58/£29 and a magnificent set dinner with more than a dozen dishes costs ¥35,000/$291/£147). La Table allows you to compose your own set meals from a generous list of soups, appetizers, and main dishes. The wine list is extensive, with more than 300 vintages from throughout France, and at reasonable prices to boot. While La Table, decorated in purple and black and with an outdoor garden in fine weather, is fancy enough for most tastes, serious foodies will likely want to splurge on the gourmet feast upstairs.

• © Frommer's 2012

Awards:

Frommer's

•  Highly Recommended 2010