Site Map
Everything published on this site, listed on one page. Below you will find the homepage, the cuisine and neighbourhood guides, short posts answering common dining questions, and the food tour pages. Nothing is tucked away. If a page exists here, it appears in the list below, grouped by section so you can go straight to the one you want.
Start Here
Begin with the homepage. It holds the main ranked selection of Tokyo restaurants, ordered by how hard each place is to book, so counters that need a reservation well in advance sit near the top and walk-in spots sit further down. Every entry carries the Google rating, price level, ward and what to order, drawn from our own guide, The Tokyo Food List. The pages below then go deeper on individual cuisines, neighbourhoods and the practical side of booking.
- Best Restaurants In Tokyo: all 100 picks sorted by booking need
- Tokyo Restaurant Guides
- Tokyo Restaurant Guides
Restaurant Guides
The guides below split Tokyo by cuisine and by neighbourhood. Cuisine pages gather the restaurants The Tokyo Food List files under each heading, from sushi and ramen to izakaya cooking. Neighbourhood pages take the same approach by area, so an evening in Shinjuku or a morning in Tsukiji begins with places that are open and bookable rather than guesses. Each guide links out from this page.
- Best Ramen In Tokyo: Shops Worth The Queue And Shops That Skip It
- Ginza And Asakusa Restaurants: Polished Counters And Old-Tokyo Favourites
- Shibuya Restaurants Worth Your Evening, From Standing Bars To Booked Counters
- Shinjuku Restaurants Worth Your Evening, From Omoide Yokocho To Booked Counters
- Best Sushi In Tokyo: Counter, Conveyor And Standing Bars By How You Book
- Cheap Eats In Tokyo: Full Meals At Walk-In Counters And Where To Find Them
- Izakaya And Yakitori In Tokyo: Where To Go, What To Order And How The Evening Works
- Michelin Star Restaurants In Tokyo: Which Ones You Can Actually Book
- Omakase In Tokyo: How To Book, What It Costs And What To Expect At The Counter
- Tempura, Tonkatsu And Unagi In Tokyo: The Single-Dish Specialists Worth Finding
- Vegetarian, Vegan, Halal And Gluten-Free Eating In Tokyo: What Is Realistic
- Wagyu And Teppanyaki In Tokyo: Steakhouses, Yakiniku And What The Grade Means
- What To Eat In Tokyo: The Dishes To Order And Where Each One Is Done Properly
Dining Questions, Answered
A restaurant list on its own does not answer everything. Do you need a reservation, and how far ahead should you make one? What happens if you cancel at an omakase counter, where high-end restaurants commonly charge 30 to 50 percent of the course price days before the date, and the full amount for same-day cancellations or no-shows? The answer posts gathered below take these practical questions one at a time, each linked here for quick reference.
- Do Izakayas Allow Foreigners?
- How Do I Make Reservations In Japan?
- How Much Is A Meal In A Restaurant In Tokyo?
- How Much Is A Typical Sushi Dinner In Tokyo?
- How Much Is One Bowl Of Ramen In Tokyo?
- Is Ichiran Or Ippudo Better In Tokyo?
- Is It Better To Use Cash Or Card In Japan?
- Is It Hard To Get A Reservation At Sushi Jiro?
- Is It Rude In Japan To Not Finish Food?
- What Is Anthony Bourdain's Favorite Restaurant In Tokyo?
- What Is The Cheapest Michelin Star Restaurant In Tokyo?
- What Is The Food Capital Of Japan?
- What Is The Number One Restaurant In Tokyo?
- What Should I Not Miss In Tokyo?
- What Is The Etiquette For Eating At An Izakaya?
- Which Restaurants In Tokyo Require Reservations?
- Why Is Omakase So Expensive?
Food Tours
The section that follows lists six food tours and classes, from a Shinjuku izakaya crawl to a Tsukiji market walk and sushi-making sessions in Shibuya and Asakusa. Each has its own page here with the rating, from-price, duration and cancellation terms. Every listing is bookable on the live booking page, and all six can be cancelled free of charge.
- Shinjuku Food Tour in Tokyo Local Eateries
- Tokyo Bar Hopping in Shinjuku: Free-flow, Full Dinner, Golden Gai
- Tokyo Tsukiji Fish Market Food Walking Tour with 5 Tastings
- Tokyo: Shibuya Ramen Cooking Class: Make Tonkotsu, Shoyu & Miso
- Asakusa Tokyo Sushi Making Class: Matcha & Unlimited Sake
- Tokyo: Omakase Sushi & A5 Wagyu Premium Foodie Tour