Restaurants in Tokyo

Torigin

Part of a chain of yakitori establishments, this no-frills old-timer is typical of the smaller Japanese...

Selan

This restaurant has one of the most envied spots in Tokyo -- on a gingko-lined street that serves as...

Izu'ei

Put aside all your prejudices about eels and head for this modern yet traditionally decorated multistoried...

• Seafood
• Ueno

Sabatini

This restaurant, with its Italian furniture and tableware and strolling musicians, seems as if it has...

Pizzeria Sabatini

This basement restaurant, opened in 1984 by the same brothers from Rome who also opened Sabatini, an...

Mominoki House

Mominoki House dishes could be described as French, except they're the creations of a very busy chef...

Cafe Creperie Le Bretagne

With an inviting open-fronted shop, posters of Brittany, and a French staff, this is the place for authentic...

Daini's Table

This elegant Chinese restaurant, located next to the Blue Note jazz club off Kotto Dori, serves intriguing...

Hiroba

Located in the basement of the Crayon House, which specializes in Japanese children's books, this natural-food...

Tsunahachi

Inside a small, old-fashioned brown building in the heart of fashionable East Shinjuku is the main branch...

• Asian
• Japanese
• Shinjuku

Shakey's

If you want to gorge yourself on pizza, the best deal is at one of several Shakey's around town, offering...

• Pizza
• Shinjuku

Kakiya Sushi

This conveyor-belt sushi bar is more hip than most, attracting a mostly youngish crowd with its contemporary...

Chinya

Established in 1880, Chinya is an old sukiyaki restaurant with a new home in a seven-story building to...

• Asian
• Japanese
• Asakusa

Kandagawa

Dining in this beautiful, old-fashioned, traditional Japanese restaurant, famous for its eel dishes since...

Heirokuzushi

Bright (a bit too bright), clean, and modern, this is one of those fast-food sushi bars where plates...

Taimeikan

This old-fashioned, Western-style restaurant, located in the same building as the Kite Museum (tel. 03/3275-2704;...

Rangetsu

This well-known Ginza restaurant has been dishing out sukiyaki, shabu-shabu, obento (traditional box...

Edogin

There are two Edogin sushi restaurants in Tsukiji, both within walking distance of one another. Since...

Tentake

People who really know their fugu, or blowfish, will tell you that the proper time to eat it is October...

Mugitoro

Founded about 60 years ago but now housed in a new building, this restaurant specializes in tororo-imo...

• Asian
• Japanese
• Asakusa

La Ranarita Azumabashi

The Asahi Beer Tower may not mean anything to you, but if I mention the building with the golden hops...

• Italian
• Asakusa

Zen

• Asian
• Japanese
• Moderately Priced

ZOOT! Japon

• Asian
• Japanese
• Very Expensive
• Shibuya

Yuzen

• Asian
• Japanese
• Very Expensive
• Ikebukuro

Yuyu

• Very Expensive