Both super healthy and flavorful curry. Located in an area you'd go just for this restaurant, a pretty tiny place (only 14 seats available), and is usually packed with customers. Besides chicken curry, there's beans/seasonal vegetable curr…

A great Yakitori restaurant, very affordable and yet superb quality. Listed in the Bib Gourmand of the Michelin Guide. Felt this place is definitely worth it. Popular for their chicken-stock soy-sauce-based Ramen, too. I was a lot more imp…

A nice little restaurant that is popular for its deep-fried, bread-crumbs-coated shrimp and fish dishes. The beef meat ball and curry dishes also seem pretty popular. The shrimp is particularly good and it's definitely worth a try. My rati…

A very well-known Napoli-style pizzeria, seemingly loved by many locals. Looking at the score in Tabelog, honestly I felt it's a bit overratet, but I guess the score shows how much the locals love this restaurant. Good service and atmosphe…

Photo credit: Tabelog Great soy-sauce based, "Niboshi"-fish soup stock Ramen (popular for its "Tsukemen"-style Ramen) that comes with two different types of noodles to dip and eat. I personally like the thicker noodles, but the other one i…

"Shio" in Japanese means salt and "Shoga" is ginger, so it's a chicken-stock-based Ramen with salt and ginger flavor. Pretty light taste, ginger doesn't stand out too much. You can eat it like a chicken ginger soup, so the flavor may be a …

Here are my top 5 hamburgers available in Tokyo. 1. AS Classics Diner Quality beef, finely balanced with a bunch of different toppings. The Roppongi branch is very convenient to go to. tokyodiningout.hatenablog.jp 2. MUNCH'S BURGER SHACK A…

Serves well balanced hamburgers and other dishes like steaks and pancakes, nice interior/atmosphere, open on weekends/until late. 3 branches in Tokyo as of March 2017, convenient locations, can be used for a date meal. A nice option to hav…

Source: facebook page A good Yakiniku option in this area. Well balanced, reasonably priced. Quality beef. The portion feels a bit small for me for the pricing and I'd appreciate more sauce on each dish (you'd need to ask for it). Pretty l…

Source: Tabelog Source: dressing Super famous beef Yakiniku restaurant in Tokyo, as famouns as the legent "Nikuyama" (Too popular to make a reservation now). Probably it gets ranked in top 3 in Tokyo for Yakiniku category. There are two ot…

You might have noticed, I'm a huge fan of Tonkatsu and I'd say Tonkatsu is probably the best wayt to cook and eat pork. Here's the list of my best Tonkatsu ever. #1 Tonkatsu Daimon Aoki (in Daimon & Kamata) tokyodiningout.hatenablog.jp Not…

Nice combo dish with quality Tendon (Tempura on top of rice) and Udon. You get to choose from a few different combinations and what ever you choose, it's fairly affordable and filling. I'd say this restaurant can be very much liked and pop…

Photos: website Owned by a well-known French pastry chef, 4 branches in Tokyo as of February 2017. Each bread has a little twist to it. Unique combinations of ingredients and toppings. Though a bit more expensive than ordinary bakeries, th…

This small curry restaurant is run by the well-known Tonkatsu restaurant "Tonkatsu Aoki", so you get to eat pretty much the same quality of Tonkatsu to go with their curry. There's actually the original branch (Kamata branch) next door, so…

Photos: Tabelog Lots and lots of vegetables, and....vegetables! Feels alreayd healty once you step in the place. During the lunch time you have all-you-can-eat (vegetables) option for some of the plate dishes. Affordable and filling. Most …

There are a few different Soba dishes are available and they change the menu pretty often. This time I had the dipping Soba (noodles and soup served separately) with roasted duck meat, and the Soba (noodles in the soup) with roasted fish m…

It's interesting that they only serve Yakisoba during the lunch time, and it turns into a small bar in the evening. Went for lunch and it was good. I'd recommend you try Yakisoba for lunch first and if you like it, come back for the bar me…

"camp" is a curry restaurant that has 5 branches in Tokyo (as of January 2017), and this one "camp express" is located inside Shinagawa station (inside the JR ticket gate) so is pretty convenient to go to when using JR Line. Open from earl…

Photos from website Quality bakery that has many branches inside/outside Tokyo. Some of them have a space to sit down and eat. Pretty much all of their breads are good, though not cheap. Recommend you try at least a few for the first time.…

Well known, traditional Tonkatsu restaurant that has a long history. Interestingly, its Tonkatsu sandwich (to go) is more popular/recognized than its Tonkatsu to eat in there. I also never sat in and had Tonkatsu there, but rather called t…

Quality Tonkatsu (pork cutlet), well-known in this area, usually crowded. They take a long time to deep-fry their pork and you should expect to wait for a good 30 minutes after ordering it. It's very moist, tender, flavorful. Definitely wo…

Photos by sakura007 New Zealand's beef & lamb restaurant located right by Tokyo Tower. Nice tower view at night, even from the balcony seats. Awesome to be out there during the spring and summer. Casual lunch menu is available while dinner…

One of my best Ramens I've ever had *but* this one is not for everyone, particularly because its noodles come very soft ("over-cooked" for many people). For some reason a lot of Ramen lovers in Japan tend to like *under-cooked* noodles tha…

One of the greatest Udon restaurants in Tokyo. Absolutely great, but just so crowded all the time. Must expect to wait in the line for over 30 minutes unless you get there 1 hour earlier. Still worth a visit if you want to experience Udon …

Photos above from website This place is all about "Choripan", which is an Argentine-style sandwich with a spiced chorizo. Exotic and complex flavors. Pretty good taste-wise, and yet felt a bit pricy for its portion. Could be the only place…

Quality Napoli-style pizza restaurant that has some other branches in/outside Tokyo. This branch may be most accessible especially for visitors as it's located in the Roppongi/Azabu-Juban area where you'd probably hang out once during your…

Awesome Ramen, particularly its freshly-made noodles! (They make it right there based on your order). Never had Ramen noodles that are as good. It's just so impressive. Fish-stock, soy-sause based, fairly simple soup that goes well with th…

Photo: Facebook Photo: https://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1310/A131003/13185240/ Named after "Love me tender", sort of funny if you think about it. Great lamb is served here (beef & pork too). Lunch is exceptionally reasonable considering its qual…

Photos: http://www.tendan.co.jp/ Yakiniku restaurant from Kyoto. Only 2 branches available in Tokyo as of 2016. They do a very good job making private spaces in the restaurants so that you can relax and enjoy your meal without caring about…

Photo from Tabelog Awesome place to eat beef (and pork) at exceptionally reasonable pricing. The portion's huge too. You'll be stunned how much meat you can get with what you pay. Make sure to bring a few people with you so that you can en…