# 38 Best Restaurants in Tokyo

> Tokyo's top 38 restaurants for sushi, ramen, and yakitori.
- Title: 38 Best Restaurants in Tokyo · Eater | Shortify
- Summary: Tokyo's top 38 restaurants for sushi, ramen, and yakitori. Yukari Sakamoto lists 38 Tokyo restaurants including Omurice at Taimeiken, Yamamoto Noriten, and…
- Keywords: tokyo, restaurants, sushi, ramen, yakitori, omurice, taimeiken, yamamoto noriten, chokemikyo, sezanne, bulgari bar, katsuo shokudo
- Source: Eater — https://eater.com/maps/best-restaurants-tokyo-japan
- Author: Yukari Sakamoto
- Published: 2016-05-25T13:58:51+00:00
- Read time: 3 min
- Topics: tokyo, restaurants, sushi, ramen, yakitori, omurice, taimeiken, yamamoto noriten, chokemikyo, sezanne, bulgari bar, katsuo shokudo
## 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.
## Key takeaway

Yukari Sakamoto lists 38 Tokyo restaurants including Omurice at Taimeiken, Yamamoto Noriten, and others.