Top Restaurants in Kita
Kita Food Guide: 10 Must-Eat Restaurants & Street Food Stalls in Kita
Discover the best restaurant in Kita, Japan including Asakusa Imahan Kokusai Dori Honten, Asakusa Okonomiyaki Sometaro, Isen Honten, Innsyoutei, Kailaku Honten, Tonkatsu Marugo, Marukensuisan, Takase Ikebukuro Honten, Tokiwa Shokudo, Ishikawa
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1. Asakusa Imahan Kokusai Dori Honten
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 195 reviews
Reviewed By GeorgeFMarkhamON - Markham
The staff are pleasant enough. The English menu rather non-descriptive. The simpler meals were OK but the sirloin was a disappointment. I asked for the meat to be cooked medium-well, but this was beyond the comprehension of the staff. The meat was served slightly seared and still mooing. I sent it back to the kitchen for additional grilling, but it came back as raw s before. Desserts were rather bland.
2. Asakusa Okonomiyaki Sometaro
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 641 reviews
Reviewed By ajmoreno25 - Asia
Finally found our okonomiyaki go-to place in Tokyo. Not easy to find in a quiet, mostly residential neighborhood. We walked into the wrong place at first but they said we needed Reservations. Glad they turned us away because we walked down the road and saw a hand written sign here saying “Sometaro”. Wear your nice socks since this is a traditional no-shoes place. An English menu is available & includes cooking instructions. You do the cooking here at your table, but they’ll help
if you need it. The okonomiyaki is made w/ batter, no noodles unlike Hiroshima style Okonomiyaki which is our favorite. But we really enjoyed this. The yakisoba was good, but we’ll come back for the okonomiyaki!
3. Isen Honten
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 75 reviews
Reviewed By mt188 - San Francisco, California
I came with relatives who live in the area and knew about this place, which has apparently been around for 85 years. They reserved a private room. The restaurant is small, cramped (typical feel for Japan), and is reminiscent of the Showa (WW2 era). The service is excellent and the tonkatsu is indeed fantastic. It is fried very lightly, so that the crispy part is very airy. It is seasoned perfectly. They also served a few standard side dishes such as tonjiru (a pork based miso strew) which was also delicious. I don't recall whether there was any English language support.
4. Innsyoutei
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 143 reviews
Reviewed By amomfromnyc - New York City
We were spending the afternoon at the Tokyo National Museum and had our concierge call to make Reservations. We were thrilled to be in the gorgeous restaurant housed in a building from 1875 and the tatami room overlooking the garden. Sitting on the floor was fine, and cushions with back rests are also available. Three levels of kaiseki dinners were offered as well as regular entrees on the English menu. We ordered the mid-level kaiseki dinner that consisted of eight courses. The sublime flavors and attention to details were exquisite! Dinner here was one of the highlights of our trip. And it was not that hard to find at the south end of Ueno park. It is next to Gojoten Shrine (with its lovely tori gates) and Google maps could find it by just inputting the name. Please note that there is no English signage at the front of the restaurant.
5. Kailaku Honten
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 66 reviews
Reviewed By 1mightymouse - Footscray, Australia
i now know why there's always a queue to this little shop. i went early today and managed to get a seat immediately.
i ordered oloong chai which arrived bottled by coca cola! and the jumbo gyoza with pork, garlic, ginger, chives are not to be trivialised - they truly are massive, tasty and cheap for yen 360!
6. Tonkatsu Marugo
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 137 reviews
Reviewed By poshluxe u - Maryland
Expected a lot from this resto after Reading all the great reviews. Lined up for an hour on a cold December morning. Finally got seated and the food was so disappointing. Tonkatsu was tender but very bland. Butagumi tonkatsu was so much better.
7. Marukensuisan
Overall Ratings
4 based on 69 reviews
Reviewed By KenOzKen - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
The way to the Oden Bar is a bit complicated.
There are no seats and you stand in front of the table.
You can order the set of Oden and a drink i.e. alcohol, and you enjoy eating it on outside table.
Strongly recommended on a cold evening in Tokyo.
8. Takase Ikebukuro Honten
Overall Ratings
4 based on 113 reviews
Reviewed By masanori136
The Takase is located in Ikebukuro. It's 1 min from Seibu department store in the East exit of JR line.
The Takase building, on the 2nd and the 9th floors, they serve a variety of drinks and light foods.
It's not something like trend cafe styles but Japanese old fashioned style you can enjoy.
9. Tokiwa Shokudo
Overall Ratings
4 based on 61 reviews
Reviewed By Barry C - Sleaford, United Kingdom
This is a busy little restaurant in the
main shopping street of Jiso-dori, Sugamo-
the old folks Ginza. Don't expect English
menus - all the food is listed on the walls
in Japanese and the waitresses don't
speak English!
Don't be put off however, because the food
here is very good, the prices cheap and the
portions generous. We visit here a couple of
times every time we visit Japan. Last April,
I chose Ebi - giant shrimps, which came with
a large bowl of rice, miso soup and Japanese
pickles. This year in October I ordered Sanma -
delicious sea pike. A very large bottle of Asahi
or Kirin costs only 450 yen and most dishes are
in the 850 to 950 range.
They make their profits on fast turnover, so it is
a place for a quick lunch, not a relaxing meal, but
it is an interesting experience for foreign visitors
and the food is very good. If you visit the Sugamo
shopping street, take the opportunity of including
lunch at Tokiwa.
10. Ishikawa
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 116 reviews
Reviewed By NataliePatricia - Singapore, Singapore
Lovely understated yet highly rated restaurant in a nice little district of Tokyo. Book months on advance( we asked our hotel concierge).
9 course chefs menu with fresh tasty ingredients of the day- Heavily weighted towards exquisite seafood and seasonal vegetables.
Paired nicely with well chosen subtlety delicate fruit liquor or shoju and finished with dainty but elegant desert and green tea. Even scored a doggie bag of the most delicious rice made into takeaway parcels.
Greeted warmly by staff and even the chef waved us goodbye from the road.
