Ginza Shinohara**
Ginza Shinohara, two Michelin stars and a consensus top 3 Kaiseki restaurant in Tokyo by local food reviewers.
Extremely hard to make reservation unless you know a regular.
His hassun of the season is probably the best decorated in Tokyo and his hospitality and story telling is top notch as well (according to people fluent in Japanese).
Overall the food quality was great and a good deal considering it was only 43,000 yen after tax and service charge.
I wouldn’t say his cooking is top 3 in Tokyo but the combination of hospitality, good price performance and atmosphere takes it to the top echelon of kaiseki in Japan.
1. Abalone in liver sauce in ice bowl with duck loin
2. Grilled summer Ayu fish
3. Grilled figs with sesame miso
4. Grilled conger eel
5. Grilled soft shell turtle
6. Monaka filled with passion fruit and foie gras
7. Hassun
8. Kohada sushi
9. Chicken and uni in yuba
10. Grilled sea bream
11. Shrimp in shaoxiang wine and hand roll with tuna
12. Hot pot with lobster, matsutake mushroom and clam
13. Corn and sweet fish rice
14. Wagyu
15. Lobster stock miso soup
16. Red bean cake
by balldem824
7 Comments
Yea I wanted to book this, all booked out 🙁
Looks amazing. Glad you had a great time.
Is that an issue if one does not know Japanese? Have a reservation there later in the year.
I paid 35K in March 2023, so the price has now gone up by 20% !
Looks like a lot of fun!
I just ate there last week and had a completely different menu.
It actually wasn’t too difficult to book on Omakase, you just have to book it right when the seats open up (based on the time disclosed on omakase).
Which month is this? Odd that they have Ayu now. I have only been once but find the food average. Prefer his disciple’s restaurant Kitagawa in Ginza or Hiro Kado in Oita
Thanks for sharing!
Just noting reservations are are hard, but I wouldn’t say “extremely hard” to book. They release a lot of seats at the appointed time each month. They are all picked up within a minute of release, but as long as you click fast, you can get it. I got it on my first try, going in May.