Top Restaurants in Nakano
Top 10 Steakhouse food in Nakano, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Find out what Steakhouse restaurants to try in Nakano including Ikuta, Gyukatsu Motomura Shinjuku, Han no Daidokoro Honten, Han no Daidokoro Kadochika, Ikinari Steak Shinjuku Nichome, Metropolitan Grill, Tsui Teru, Sizzler, Omotesando Ukaitei, Hakushu
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10. Hakushu
Overall Ratings
4 based on 654 reviews
Reviewed By WesleyMCPA
For you USA tourists, this is over the top. This is Benihana on steroids. Overall experience including the quality of the food is over the top. Great owners. Squeezed half our party in without reservation. Great food. Great experience. Must visit in Japan.
9. Omotesando Ukaitei
Overall Ratings
4 based on 233 reviews
Features lacquered beams and pillars, as well as walls covered with Bengala-vermillion plaster and a mosaic wall. The restaurant has an atmosphere where art-nouveau and Japanese style meet, and it is just like a museum. All private rooms are equipped with
Reviewed By bucketlisttravellers
Do yourself a favour and come here. It's the best!We wanted to go to a Michelin Star restaurant while we were in Tokyo as Tokyo has the most Michelin Starred restaurants of any city in the world. We decided to go to this restaurant, which was just off Cat Street. It was on the top level of a shopping centre building, so it took us a little while to find.We managed to get ourselves a table without a booking, which was fortunate. We waited in a plush waiting room that was full of antiques until our table was ready. We were then brought through to a bright open room where chefs were cooking meals in front of their customers. Customers were seated along a table that was facing the teppanyaki hot plates and we took our place towards the end of the table. Behind us there were full length windows that had a view out to the city below. Each group of customers had their own chef and there were a few different lunch sets that you could choose from. We both had the steak lunch course, which was the middle option.We were brought a pretty little seafood appetiser which came with a tomato foam and was absolutely delicious. Next, our chef brought out some fresh clams, opened them up in front of us and cooked them on the grill. The clams were huge and we weren't sure how we'd get through all of it, but after the chef trimmed it down it looked a lot more manageable. That was also very nice.Next, our chef brought out a couple of portions of beautifully marbled steak. We watched eagerly as he expertly cooked the steak on the teppanyaki plate and sliced it into smaller portions for us to eat. He served that with a mount of sliced onion which come with a vinaigrette and also slices of baked garlic.Finally we could choose from garlic fried rice or cold noodles. We had one of each (I preferred the rice) and that came with miso soup and pickles.Next to us a couple must have ordered the most expensive lunch set as we saw some abalone flowering open on the hotplate just before we left. That was cooked alive â which we thought was a bit ethically questionable. Fortunately we didn't have that set.When our meal came to an end we thanked our chef with a "goche so suma deshita". We were then led to an elegant withdrawing room to take our coffee or tea and sweets. We chose a creme caramel and a vanilla cake with strawberries and cream for dessert. They were nice, but we probably would have preferred different options in hindsight. The coffee and cakes were served on delicate china and we had a window seat which overlooked the city. It was very high falutin.We eyed off the dessert trolley from a distance, and when it came around we were asked what we wanted and were told me could have as much as we want. Obviously we went for it and pretty much had one of everything. So much for trying to be refined and fancy! Haha! We joked that we were having petit tens rather than petit fours. This restaurant was one of the highlights of our trip.Thoroughly satisfied, we were given back our coats and our bags and escorted to the elevator.
8. Sizzler
Overall Ratings
4 based on 161 reviews
Sizzler is known for their fresh, abundant, and healthy salad bar and grilled dishes, delivered in a warm and friendly atmosphere with genuine hospitality. Sizzler has eight branches in the greater Tokyo area. The centerpiece Sizzler Salad Bar features ov
Reviewed By CandN07
We had struck steadfastly to Japanese food our whole holiday and on the last 2 days we were craving salad and fruit.Sizzler, opposite the Keio hotel and beside the Hyatt Regency was perfect.We ate dinner and lunch here.Dinner time was much quieter in the restaurant than lunch which had queues both waiting to be seated and at the salad bar.You can just have the salad bar which comes with bottomless soft drinks/ tea/ coffee, dessert, soup, pasta, salad and dessert bar or have this plus a main of chicken, meat or seafood. We tried both but found we only need the salad bar without a main to fill us up.The kids loved it too.Great value for money and lots of choice.Everything was very fresh and the buffet was very and restocked regularly.
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7. Tsui Teru
Overall Ratings
4 based on 37 reviews
Reviewed By pumpkinkin
Tokyo Eye (NHK World Program) made a program on Nakano and recommended this restaurant. I wrote it down and reserved the dinner one month ahead (as recommended). There is a lot of beef hanging inside the fridge in the entrance of the restaurant. Looks promising.The restaurant is famous for it's aged beef as a very reasonable price. We ordered the daily recommendation which is Hokkaido beef sourced from a small farm. The beef came at medium rare BUT inside is cold and outside is not hot. Apparently, the beef hasn't been fully de-freezed to room temperature before cooking. The beef is also very tough. What's the point of aging. It's a worst beef I've ever tried in my over 20 years travel experience in Japan. It's purely a trap. To me, it's a tourist trap. Last but not least, they charged me Yen600 for a few pieces of low quality baguette (tough and dry).
6. Metropolitan Grill
Overall Ratings
4 based on 135 reviews
The bold leather and brick-lined grill counter, enclosed in glass with a featured plate of Himalayan rock salt, stands in the center of the restaurant to welcome you to the Metropolitan Grill. Carefully selected and grilled ingredients from around the wor
Reviewed By Josh K
From the amateur service, to the overuse of foam⦠SMH how 1990s of you... to the clinical amuse Bouche.... to the Underseasoned, and overcooked $150 steak, accompanied by useless red wine reduction, cliché much? And I shouldâve been asked what kind of sauce I prefer. As was mentioned on the menu. Instead they gave me the default ramekin of crap.Creamy Caesar salad as if made from buffet in a sizzlerâs restaurant in Omaha circa 1989.$600 dinner for three people. Give me a breakshouldâve gone to the convenient store, had some beer on the street corner, and talked business al frescoThe one positive was the whiskey sour at the bar afterwards, fantastic cocktail. This actually enabled me to leave without feeling totally ripped offWILL NOT BE BACK. And will ward off any friends who may be inclined to go.
5. Ikinari Steak Shinjuku Nichome
Overall Ratings
4 based on 147 reviews
Reviewed By Soloista-Soul
Like the fact that they weight the piece of steak in front of you. If you agree to take that piece, they will cook as you order. That is really cool.Also like that you have to stand to eat, so there is no sitting around and chit chat...just eat and go!!
4. Han no Daidokoro Kadochika
Overall Ratings
5 based on 1294 reviews
Reviewed By r1sen
Went there with a friend. Both of us got the 8 Meat-Type meal which included some sides.The meat was amazing, but also the sides like kimchi, seaweed, tofu and roast beef.In the end we also got a wagyu sushi and ice cream each, which also where amazing.
3. Han no Daidokoro Honten
Overall Ratings
5 based on 637 reviews
Reviewed By eilishMcN
This place is incredible. The most entertaining chefs and the best food I have had in Japan. The dessert Korean pancake was the icing on the cake. Thank you for an amazing meal, from an very happy and full Irish Rugby Fan x
2. Gyukatsu Motomura Shinjuku
Overall Ratings
4 based on 283 reviews
[Gyukatsu-MOTOMURA ] will continue to provide the taste of "Gyukatsu" in an honest fashion with the idea of "making Gyukatsu a Japanese food culture." Grill fried beef in medium rare on stone palate, and enjoy it with wasabi soy sauce. We cover the meat c
Reviewed By Christine H
Recommended by a friend who lives in Tokyo this hole in the wall restaurant didn't disappoint. You queue on the stairs and a waitress takes your order, when you're seated your food arrives. We we're a family of six and it was difficult to get seats together. The gyukatsu was very good.
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1. Ikuta
Overall Ratings
4 based on 157 reviews
Reviewed By stephantravel
In spite of the excellent reviews we read, this restaurant even exceeded our already high expectations. The staff took very good care of us from beginning to end and, whilst preparing our meat in front of our eyes, would also explain the history and traditions behind the dish. The meat was absolutely excellent (and we are quite demanding when it comes to meat), and the whole experience felt more like dining in a beautiful Japanese home than at a restaurant.Do not miss the green tea mousse with vanilla ice cream as desert either, itâs outstanding. We can not recommend Ikuta highly enough and will definitely be back when we next travel to Tokyo.
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