6 restaurants Updated 16 September 2026

Restaurants in Tokyo

Counters that publish their hours, and what a meal really costs

6 restaurants in Tokyo, with the ones that publish their hours separated from the ones that do not.

One of the most decorated ramen counters in Tokyo, a sesame-and-Sichuan-pepper tantanmen, and a queue that forms before it opens.

Not to be missed

A soba specialist that stone-mills its own buckwheat daily and stops serving when the day’s dough runs out, five minutes from Omotesando.

Not to be missed

A small counter near Takadanobaba frying pork cutlet to a standard that got it into the Michelin guide, at student-district prices.

Not to be missed

Two stars, a counter of about twenty seats, and a kitchen that treats kaiseki as something to enjoy rather than endure.

Not to be missed

A monjayaki counter on Tsukishima’s Monja Street, on a sourcing caveat we would rather state than hide.

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The tsukemen shop that made Tokyo Ramen Street famous, and the reason half the advice about it online is about the wrong branch.

Not to be missed

The rest of Tokyo

Every other collection in the city guide, with what is in it.