Ranking
An editorial ranking of restaurants, cafés and bars: grades from A+ to F, price range, and the Tabelog score where one exists.
Places ranked: 2,446
Tokyo · Fine Dining
An intimate, 8-seat sushi counter in Ebisu where chef Norihito Endo serves a creative omakase. The experience is known for mixing classic Edomae technique with bold charcoal grilling and for the chef's fluent English.
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Osaka · Fine Dining
Experience one of Osaka's most creative French restaurants in Kawaramachi. La Cime offers a single tasting menu that transforms seasonal Japanese produce with refined technique, attracting diners who prize originality.
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Tokyo · Fine Dining
A high-end kaiseki restaurant in Azabujuban, famed for its dramatic finale: a rich rice dish showered with freshly shaved truffles at your table. It's a destination for special occasions, built around rare ingredients and precise counter-side…
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Aichi Prefecture · Fine Dining
A former family teppanyaki steakhouse in Kamiyama, Ichinomiya, near Nagoya, where a Robuchon-trained chef serves French tasting menus at an open counter and finishes the meat on the griddle.
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Osaka · Fine Dining
Experience grand-maison French dining in Umeda, inside The Ritz-Carlton Osaka. La Baie (ラ・ベ) is celebrated for its precise, seafood-focused cooking and classic tableside service, making it ideal for a special occasion.
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Tokyo · Fine Dining
A high-end sushi counter in Ginza known for its two-part omakase. Chef Saeki's lively performance complements a course of luxurious otsumami appetizers followed by classic nigiri, making it a destination for a celebratory meal.
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Tokyo · Fine Dining
A modern French restaurant in Kasumigaseki applying Nordic fermentation techniques to Japanese ingredients. Chef Kato’s counter-style service showcases signature dishes like a unique fermented mushroom soup.
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Tokyo · Fine Dining
A refined kaiseki restaurant in Ginza, Ren Mishina (蓮 三四七) applies classical techniques to exceptional seasonal ingredients. It's known for its precise seafood preparations and memorable rice courses, like a signature spiced curry.
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Kyoto · Fine Dining
A theatrical counter-side omakase in Kyoto where chef Yonemura applies French techniques to local ingredients. Go for the inventive, multi-course experience culminating in a signature 'treasure box' of desserts.
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Kyoto · Fine Dining
A unique single-group Chinese restaurant on a farm in the mountains of Ayabe, Kyoto. Guests experience a meal from field to plate, often beginning with the on-site slaughter of a chicken, for a profound taste of whole-animal cookery.
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Tokyo · Bar
Experience chef Jérôme Quilbeuf's inventive Spanish-Japanese tasting menu at this stylish counter restaurant in Chiyoda's Rokubancho district. Known for its theatrical open kitchen, 36-month Iberico ham, and creative seafood.
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Ishikawa · Fine Dining
Tobi (飛) is an omakase-only sushi counter in Oyamamachi, Kanazawa, near Oyama Shrine. Its chef trained for 25 years at Taihei-zushi and still serves that restaurant's steamed nodoguro sushi.
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Tokyo · Fine Dining
Experience top-tier Chinese cooking in Roppongi without the commitment of a full tasting menu. This is the accessible sister to a famously exclusive restaurant, offering refined à la carte dishes like its signature crispy-skinned Guangzhou pigeon.
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