Location: Yamagata
Top Restaurants in Yamagata
Top 10 Japanese food in Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
Reviews on Japanese food in Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. Yamagata is the capital city of Yamagata Prefecture located in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. As of October 2015, the city had an estimated population of 252,632, and a population density of 663 persons per km².
Things to do in Yamagata
10. Hanazen
Overall Ratings
4 based on 26 reviews
Reviewed By LTB511
山形駅から駅前通りを5分ほど歩いたところにある郷土料理屋。土曜日の17時30分頃の訪店だったが結構混んでいる。19時過ぎには満席になっていたようなので、結構な人気店である。店内は中央に大きなテーブルがあり、その周りを半個室が取り囲むように並んでいる。郷土料理、地元の素材を使用した料理が豊富。いも煮も1人前で食べられるのがうれしい。地酒も色々とあるので、是非山形の味を堪能していただきたい。
9. Yamagata no Niku-sobaya
8. Inokoya Yamagatada
Overall Ratings
4 based on 38 reviews
Reviewed By Yew Hong N
There's English menu here. But it's more fun to order from the Japanese menu with lots of photos. If you don't want to pick by dishes, there are courses available, such as the Yamagata Beef Steak set. The Yamagata Specialty set was also interesting and allows you to get a taste of local Yamagata cuisines. The pork skewer with tomato was unforgettable. The Umeshu was also good.
7. Yamagata Nagaya Sakaba
Overall Ratings
4 based on 36 reviews
Reviewed By Wesley S
Fantastic place to eat. All of the food was really good and the whole experience, from climbing through the tiny door to the moment we left was brilliant. In the middle of eating our stew we were handed a "straw hat" which is used for a dance. The Hanegasa dance (or flower hat dance) is performed in the street in the summer. Two of the waitresses led the dance which diners would copy. Fun!The service was great and I would love to visit again.
6. Yamagata Chottotei
Overall Ratings
4 based on 56 reviews
Reviewed By Susumu S
山形名物の肉そばをいただきました。冷たいそばにかたい鶏もも肉の組み合わせが苦手なので、今回は温かいそばでいただきました。うーん・・・温めても肉はかたかったです。すじも残っていて、こりこり。天ぷら（えび、いか、れんこん）とセットで1030円でした。サービスのそば茶はおいしかったです。
5. Mitoya
Overall Ratings
4 based on 43 reviews
Reviewed By 13oliverf
We went there after climbing up Yamadera. The portions re massive and both the cold and the warm soba are very tasty. We had the Tempura soba and the Tempura for the cold soba came on the side. The service is very friendly and the food comes very quickly. The taste is like you would expect from a very good soba place and I can recommend it to everyone who fancies a nice lunch after getting some exercise done.
4. Robata
Overall Ratings
4 based on 38 reviews
Reviewed By Travel_addict13_10
An enjoyable Ghengis Khan style meal. At the table we cooked our own food on a cast iron pan over the flames. We had plates with lamb and an assortment of vegetables. There was plenty of food and it was tasty. We were each given a disposable apron to cope with any splattering of fat from our cooking. It was a lot of fun as well as enjoyable eating. Beers and hot sake were our drinks choices. English menu and some English spoken which helped us. Reasonably priced. Well worth a visit. A very Japanese style of eating. They have seating in the floor but we were offered a table and chairs. It was almost a private area for the six of us. Recommend.
3. Mogami Tei
Overall Ratings
4 based on 51 reviews
Reviewed By 791annd
Restaurant Mogamitei is the Japanese restaurant in the Yamagata Metropolitan Hotel. We stayed there for two nights and had dinner at Mogamitei both evenings. First night we enjoyed their Shabu-Shabu, the beef was local Yamagata beef. The food was beautifully presented. It came with several small appetizers, nicely plated in beautiful Japanese ceramic dishes. The Yamagata beef was outstanding. They served local udon to boil in the broth at the end, some of the best udon we have ever eaten! The second night we ordered a meal where you broil the beef yourself. It also came with a selection of small appetizers. Again a delicious dinner beautifully presented. In spite of the language problems the service was outstanding too!
2. Sobadokoro Shojiya
Overall Ratings
4 based on 72 reviews
Reviewed By Consciousness E
(April 2015) I was looking for something to eat after seeing Yamadera and I saw some delicious looking signs of noodles and vegetables and salads. I was starving but unfortunately I was there too early for those things to be sprouting. LOL! Instead I had the box of noodles (very Al dente) and had a green rice cake dessert. Very delicious.
Yamagata Food Guide: 10 Must-Eat Restaurants & Street Food Stalls in Yamagata
1. Hiratabokujo Hotel Metropolitan Yamagata
Overall Ratings
4 based on 118 reviews
Reviewed By susanmccallum
We are tonkatsu fans, and since we can make it ourselves, we are really fussy. This restaurant serves better tonkatsu than we could ever think of making. The owner has his own farm. We ate here twice and the second time was as good as the first.There was a roast cutlet special for 1300 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the restaurant, and this was good, but there was a fatty side of the cutlet included. We also ate the hire katsu (filet) for 1800 yen and this was worth the extra price if it's in your budget. Definitely I would opt for filet, even if the cheaper version. The rest of the meal is the same for all choices, but if you add 200 yen, you can get tonjiru. Otherwise misoshiru comes.Note that the non-sweet version of the sauce has a strong mustard flavor, and the regular version is quite sweet. There are little packets of mustard and also soy sauce so you can get the sauce mix you like.If you order a meal, you get a cheaper price for drinks.Staff is very nice. And you can't miss this restaurant. As you leave the wicket at the station, turn right toward the Metropolitan Hotel entrance and the restaurant will be your immediate right.
