Tokyo has held the world record for the most Michelin-starred restaurants within a city, beating even Paris. Here are seven favorite restaurants where you are sure to get a high-quality dining experience.
Ginza Kojyu
Ginza Kojyu is usually regarded as a good value for the price compared to similar restaurants. Choose from sushi, over 60 different wines, sake, seasonal offerings or go for its multi-course kaiseki menu in a Zen-like dining room. Chef Toru Okuda has other 2 restaurants in Tokyo, in case a reservation is not available during your stay in the city.
Sukiyabashi Jiro Roppongi
Sukiyabashi Jiro Roppongi is the Michelin 2-starred sushi restaurant which is run by Takashi Ono, the son of Jiro Ono. You can taste the best-quality sushi both for lunch with 15-piece course and dinner 20-piece course. If you cannot find the seats available at Sukiyabashi Jiro in Ginza, just check the availability of Sukiyabashi Jiro Roppongi!
Joël Robuchon Restaurant
World-famous chef Joël Robuchon places an emphasis on his absolute love for food, cooking and eating, an ethos evident in the dishes he creates. Meticulous about the finer details as well as the overall creative process, he succeeds in making every one of his international restaurants personal and individual, providing the customers with his dynamic take on French cuisine. Having been awarded three Michelin stars, it is an unmissable experience when visiting Tokyo.
Kanda
Kanda’s minimalist interior is the perfect setting to allow diners to focus on the quality and intensity of the many dishes placed before them. With a modern twist on Japanese cuisine, the restaurant is small and intimate, with customers often finding themselves chatting to the head chef. Care and attention is carried out in every element, characterized by the restaurant’s impeccable service. The anago sushi and the shark’s fin rice are not to be missed.
Tempura Kondo
Tempura Kondo, a top-rated Tempura restaurant located in Ginza, Tokyo, has got Michelin stars for over a decade. The chief chef Fumio Kondo has dedicated his life to make Tempura and spread the recognition of Tempura across the world since he was 18 years old. Tempura Kondo is the first luxury Tempura restaurant which offers vegetables as well as seafood. If you have to travel on a limited budget, you can experience the Kondo’s authentic Tempura dishes more affordably at lunch time.
Azabu Yukimura
This three-Michelin-starred restaurant, Azabu Yukimura blends traditional kaiseki with contemporary twists and ambitious presentation. Signature plates include mouthwatering combinations of lightly steamed sea urchin with lobster broth jelly and flying fish roe, all enjoyed within the minimalist interior of the restaurant.
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Quintessence
No two dining experiences at Quintessence are ever the same. Customers are given a contemporary French menu selected by the chef which changes daily according to the availability of ingredients at the local market. Quintessence prides itself on its “cuisson”, a unique process of “low-temperature long-time roasting” which releases the best extracts from the meat.
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