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38 Best Restaurants in Tokyo
Tokyo's top 38 restaurants for sushi, ramen, and yakitori.
In brief
Tokyo's top 38 restaurants for sushi, ramen, and yakitori. Yukari Sakamoto lists 38 Tokyo restaurants including Omurice at Taimeiken, Yamamoto Noriten, and others. Originally reported by Eater.
Tokyo's Dining Scene
Restaurants in Tokyo are known for shokunin, people who focus on a single skill to the point of obsession.
Chef Expertise
These chefs dedicate their lives to the smallest details of a cuisine: the optimal temperature for oil when frying tempura, the perfect texture for sushi rice, the ideal sear on grilled unagi.
Historical Continuity
This long-term commitment separates Tokyo from other great dining cities and has fostered continuity in the restaurant scene.
Early Specialties
Some of the earliest restaurants in Tokyo also served sushi, tempura, and unagi, along with soba, sukiyaki, and other specialties still represented today.
Accessibility
Though Tokyo is infamous for a few highly regarded spots that are impossible to get into without an introduction by a regular, visitors will find more than enough to love.
Quarterly Updates
We update this list quarterly to make sure it reflects the ever-changing Tokyo dining scene.
Pricing Ranges
Our write-ups include insider tips from experienced writers and editors, as well as a rough range of pricing for each destination, ranging from $ for quick, inexpensive meals with dishes largely under $10 to $$$$ for places where entrees exceed $30.
October 2026 Additions
New to the map in October 2026: The tea master at Chokeikyo offers traditional, modern, and even cocktail options.
Yamamoto Noriten
The handroll sushi bar reaches new heights thanks to legendary nori from the revered shop Yamamoto Noriten.
Sezanne
The baton has been passed to a new chef at Sezanne and it continues to shine.
Bulgari Bar
Finally, yet another pizza spot at Bulgari Bar for a metropolis spoiled with top pizzerias.
Koffee Mameya Kakeru
This spacious warehouse is a sister shop to the original Koffee Mameya Kakeru, a popular boutique in Omotesando.
Tanikoretani
Former New York City architect Shinji Mizutani opened Tanikoretani in the Kiyosumi Shirakawa neighborhood with his brother, Tomoji.
Yamariki
Yamariki in Morishita, an older part of Tokyo, is a shinise restaurant, meaning that it dates back one-hundred years.
Tsukishima Monja Street
You’ll find dozens of shops lining this street in the Tsukishima neighborhood all serving monjayaki, a local dish similar to Osaka’s okonomiyaki.
Taimeiken
In Juzo Itami’s movie Tampopo, there’s a scene in which a cook surreptitiously makes omurice for Tampopo’s son Tabo.
Yamamoto Noriten
Manhattan has more handroll bars than Tokyo. But the nori specialty shop Yamamoto Noriten, in business since 1849, has started to close that gap.
Il Ristorante
On the 40th floor of the Bvlgari Hotel Tokyo, Il Ristorante - Niko Romito’s long dining room, decorated in carnelian orange and boasting a vaulted ceiling, feels like a chapel to haute cuisine.
Sézanne
Chef Steve Lancaster is the new chef at Sézanne, formerly the number one restaurant in the world.
Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo
Glass shrimp, uni, monkfish liver, and scallops are highlights on his menu at the Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Marunouchi.
At a glance
Yukari Sakamoto lists 38 Tokyo restaurants including Omurice at Taimeiken, Yamamoto Noriten, and others.
