Top Tokyo Restaurants: 9 Best Local Restaurants in Tokyo

Tokyo is the place to eat. The city has more Michelin stars than New York and Paris together and even if you’re not up for paying 300 euros for a quick sushi lunch, you will always find something tasty and affordable in this culinary metropolis. Of course we recommend eating Japanese food once in Tokyo but the versatile city offers delights from various other cuisines: be it Korean food on Shin-Okubo or Chinese in Yokohama. No-one could possibly ever visit all the (at least 80 000) restaurants and food joints in Tokyo because they are made to cater more that 15 million people daily, but here are some of the (thousands of) hidden gems. The rules being, as always, simple: get out of the tourist spots and be adventurous in picking a random thing in the often only-in-Japanese menu.

Sunaba Sohonke (砂場総本家)

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By Kazue

Old Buckwheat Noodles Restautrant

Sunaba Sohonke (砂場総本家)

Soba (buckwheat noodles) is one of the soul foods of Tokyo. There are three famous soba restaurant brands, and "Sunaba" is one of them. Here, you can enjoy high quality soba in a traditional Japanese building desginated as a cultural property of this area, Arakawa ward.

by Kazue

Seirinkan

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By Isabella

Pizza in tokyo

Seirinkan

If you are in Tokyo and want some pizza, Seirinkan in Nakameguro neighborhood is a must visit! Seirinkan only offers two pizzas, a simple marinara and a margherita. Both are delicious! It's a good place for a date as well. I would recommend you the pasta with scampi... buonissimaaaaaa!

by Isabella

Local Experience

Hightlights of Tokyo in 1-day Private tour

This tour includes all the must see spots for First-timers. We visit Tsukiji fish market, Meiji shrine, Harajyuku, and Asakusa. The most popular tour among our guests!

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6 h

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English

Wokin 魚金

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By Isabella

Sashimi dinner

Wokin 魚金

Very fresh and good sashimi Reasonable price Perfect for a family dinner or date It's a chain so there are many restaurants around tokyo My favorite one is in kamiyama (shibuya), really nice and quiete neighborhood close to shibuya

by Isabella

Kitchen V

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Wine & Tapas

Kitchen V

Takadanobaba is a student area that is usually filled with energetic youngsters who take over most of the bars, little restaurants and food joints. However, Kitchen V has a sign on its door that says: “No students, please” and thus aims to cater a more mature and responsible crowd that keeps this place busy on most of the week.

by Maria

Kanda Yabusoba (かんだやぶそば)

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By Kazue

Renowned Soba Restaurant Loved by Locals

Kanda Yabusoba (かんだやぶそば)

Established in 1880, Kanda Yabusoba has been one of the representative soba (backwheet noodles) restaurants in Japan. Though it was totally rebuild in 2014 due to the fire occured in the previous year, it still conveys the atmosphere of old Japan.

by Kazue

BARBACOA CLASSICO 丸の内店

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Brazilian Churrasco in Tokyo

BARBACOA CLASSICO 丸の内店

Finding a good steakhouse in Tokyo is not the easiest thing, unless you are willing and able to spend more than 100USD. However, this restaurant offers good selection of meats and vegetables below 100USD and it's all you can eat. The location is perfect as well – 2 min walk from Tokyo station.

by Yuki

Local Experience

Hightlights of Tokyo in 1-day Private tour

This tour includes all the must see spots for First-timers. We visit Tsukiji fish market, Meiji shrine, Harajyuku, and Asakusa. The most popular tour among our guests!

Book tour ›

Prices from

60 USD

Duration

6 h

Languages

English

University of Tokyo - Hongo Campus (東京大学本郷キャンパス)

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By Kazue

Top University with Unique Attractions

University of Tokyo - Hongo Campus (東京大学本郷キャンパス)

This tradutional campus has lots of stories. As the top university in Japan, it's been the birthplace of many historical legends. The Yasuda Auditorium located in the center of this campus is known as the base of student movement in 1960s. Back in the old time, the campus used to be the site of the residence of a feudal lord...

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Café 1894

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Feel the Early Modern Times of Japan

Café 1894

This cafe is part of Mitsubishi Ichigokan located 5 minute walking distance from Tokyo Station. It's a replication of the first Western office building in Japan, which was designed by Josiah Conder and constructed in 1894.

by Kazue

Kushiage Aota Kaze

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Kushiage(Deep-fried Skewers)

Kushiage Aota Kaze

You can enjoy seasonal vegetables, meat, seafood with reasonable price. You can enjoy each kushiage with salt, their special dipping source, lemon or miso-dip. They have table-seating and also counter-seating. The advantage of counter-seating is that you can see the chef fry the kushikatsu fresh right in front of you.

by Atsuko