Location: Shimoda
Top Restaurants in Shimoda
Top 10 Japanese food in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Find out what Japanese restaurants to try in Shimoda including Gorosaya, Ishitsukasobaya, Sakanadonya, Uogashi, Tonkatsuhajime, Ogawaya, Iso Ryori Tsuji, Tokuzomaru Shimoda, Ichiba no Shokudo Kimmetei, Shimoda Seafood Yamaya
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10. Shimoda Seafood Yamaya
Overall Ratings
4 based on 14 reviews
Reviewed By ivy_05
This was 2200 yen and is worth it ! Taste is delicious and there's plenty of it for one . Unlimited tea access and the restaurant is warm and welcoming . English menu available so please come visit. It's not in town and you'll need to drive . From Shimoda station it's a 40 minute walk (nothing of interest to look at but still a nice walk for fresh air)I come here every time I visit , it's just so yummy and reasonably priced for freshness !
9. Ichiba no Shokudo Kimmetei
Overall Ratings
3 based on 36 reviews
Reviewed By otou2015
朝定食600円 （味のたたき丼）を食べました 開店と同時にほぼ満席になっていました味噌汁もおいしかった朝から食事のできるところは、下田あたりにはあまりなさそうで、貴重です
8. Tokuzomaru Shimoda
Overall Ratings
4 based on 40 reviews
Seafood restaurant in Izu.Sashimi and boiled fish, baked fish, shrimp Ise and abalone are also popular.
Reviewed By sizzla_is
we went there attracted from the big fish(kinmedai) in the sign of the shop, once inside we chosen to eat a whole kinmedai stuffed in a soy sauce, we waited a little bit but the taste was great and also if expensive it worth the price.
7. Iso Ryori Tsuji
Overall Ratings
4 based on 17 reviews
Reviewed By Peter C
This restaurant is located in Shimoda 下田市, founded in 1955, and the owner had been getting the seafood directly from the wholesaler. There is a large tank in front of the restaurant where some of the live seafood are kept there temporarily.Not exactly easy to find, it took us a while to arrive from the narrow road to this eatery. There is a small car park able to accommodate 4 vehicles. Overlooking the harbour in Shimoda, it has a total of 16 seats, half of them on tatami and half on table and chair.I ordered the Grilled Lobster Set 伊勢海老の鬼殻焼き付き御膳 (3,800 yen) which included a whole lobster grilled to perfection with the signature sauce, grilled big clam and conch, squid with seaweed in vinegar sauce, sashimi (three types), salted squid intestines, rice and soup, plus dessert.Honestly this lobster was the best I have ever tasted. Of a good size, the meat was firm but not rubbery, juicy and sweet in taste, with the sauce providing really nice flavors to supplement. The other seafood were also extremely fresh and good, and overall it was simply phenomenal in quality.My wife ordered just the grilled lobster, but it was of a much bigger size, with my parents going for the braised splendid alfonso 金目鯛のつや煮 and assorted sashimi お刺身の盛り合わせ. All of them were great in taste and I also could not believe the total bill for all these was only 12,600 yen!
6. Ogawaya
Overall Ratings
4 based on 31 reviews
Reviewed By MarkR583
I think all they have is unagi and they are swimming in a little bathtub right there in the store. Make you order for lunch and he will have you go away and come back in one half hour to eat the food. So delicious and fresh!!
5. Tonkatsuhajime
Overall Ratings
4 based on 39 reviews
Reviewed By Dutch-7
The master, a very funny person, with his wife and daughter team create wonderful 'Tonkatsu' Deep Fried meats and seafood. The place is simple with down to earth polite service and eat all the sides you like including rice, pasta, miso soup and shredded cabbage.
4. Uogashi
Overall Ratings
4 based on 42 reviews
Reviewed By GinaBRU
Stumbled onto this small family restaurant, around the corner from the Shimoda train station. With just a few tables, and seating on a tatami floor, this was the best prepared red snapper/shiromi. Everything is cooked to order, so there was a bit of a wait, but we’ll worth it. For 1700 yen, you got a whole fish, either grilled or simmered in a soy/sake sauce, a bowl of miso soup and some Japanese pickles. This restaurant also offers a variety of fresh seafood, e.g. crab, lobster, sashimi, etc.
3. Sakanadonya
Overall Ratings
4 based on 79 reviews
Reviewed By sizzla_is
we waited half an hour to have a seat because we went there at 5 p.m. but the place open at 5.30 he conveyor belt was not running so we had to choose from the menu(english) the pieces were quite good but not with the best taste we have been used in Japan. very good unagi.
2. Ishitsukasobaya
Overall Ratings
4 based on 56 reviews
Reviewed By GrasipBangkok
They serve very good and freshly made soba noodles here. You can chose hot or cold and with tempura or with pork in soup. The tofu side dish was delicious, the servings for the tofu is good one person. The place is charming and very traditional. You sit on the tatami mats floor with low tables. The staff do not speak English. Its best to show pictures from Tripadivisor or from there website. This place gets very crowded at noon time with very long lines.
Shimoda Food Guide: 10 Must-Eat Restaurants & Street Food Stalls in Shimoda
1. Gorosaya
Overall Ratings
4 based on 67 reviews
Reviewed By DorothyCheong
This restaurant has English menu which we ordered the sashimi, tempura and hot pot seafood course. It was fresh, delicious and yummy.Restaurant owner was helpful despite the communication breakdown, showed us the map to lead us to our stay in Hamabe no Yu Shimodaso Ryokan as no phone number was indicated for us to drive to this ryokan.
