Best places: Kaiseki restaurants in Japan

🫤 Got a very bad first impression as the server was very rude and we didn’t expect this type of restaurant. Not even lower class restaurants will treat a customer like this. We were placing the order for each person and he said just to add up all the course and tell him the total number of meals we wa...

👍👍 We made a reservation the same day and was pleasantly accommodated even with 6 people! You’re definitely paying for a quality over quantity. However, workers were so friendly, wonderful environment and great way experience an authentic Japanese shabu-shabu dinner. We ordered the beef and pork course...

Upscale kaiseki restaurant serving refined multi-course meals focused on seasonal ingredients.

Intimate, minimalist venue for thoughtfully plated, traditional multi-course Japanese meals.

Fine-dining restaurant serving a seasonal & carefully sourced menu of innovative Japanese dishes.

👍👍 This is a beautiful establishment nestled in a Japanese garden near Tokyo Tower. The food is healthy, delicious and elegantly presented (I particularly like the tofu simmered in soup, it was so rich in flavour). The service is impeccable. This is absolutely one of the best restaurants we visited in...

Sleek space for select Japanese fare, with meat & fish sizzled on table-side hotplates, plus garden.

👍👍 The real Japanese dining experience. Not inexpensive but considering the food, ambience and service, it's well worth it. Beef, chicken course grilled at the table over charcoal... great dining experience. Hard to get to but they have a shuttle but taxi is also an alternative. Highly recommended.

Informal eatery with lake views, offering hot pot meals & creative seafood plates.

👍 Healthy dinner at a soup shabu-shabu shop 🍲 I went there because it was open on Sunday night without any timing in the neighborhood! ️ The inside is surprisingly large, and all the rooms are private rooms, and each private room has a large floor plan and is comfortable. Dashi shabu-shabu is a s...

👍 It is convenient because there is a bus to the station ⇄ shop. The separate private room and garden are very calm. I think lunch is good because you can see the garden and spend a luxurious time. The service was not excessive, so the sense of distance was good. The food was a seasonal course, but t...

👍👍 Coming from Europe where Sushi is widely spread, the feeling that I had after eating sushi at Onodera, is like trying it for the very first time. We went for lunch in four people and they reserved a dedicated room for us. The Chef prepared, one by one, thirteen incomparable piaces of art. The freshn...

😠 The worst restaurant experience we’ve ever had. We’ve been to so many fine dining restaurants and several Michelin restaurants too and this has to be a total utter disaster. The food was just horrible. Both my husband and I are foodies and we appreciate unusual cuisine with unusual ingredients. Firs...

😠 Reservation at 9 PM and ordered the 30,000 and 26,000 yen set meals. Servers were frantically running around in and out of the room and were making mistakes. Before we could even finish our meal, they brought desert and the bill and asked us to pay. Kicked us out of the restaurant at 10:30 PM saying...

Refined property offering multiple restaurants, plus lush gardens, a spa & an indoor pool.

Revered institution serving traditional Nagoyan unagi eel dishes in a tranquil setting.

Simply furnished rooms in a relaxed inn offering a restaurant & a communal bathhouse.

Kaiseki cuisine & bento box lunches served in a serene dining room with expansive garden views.

Laid-back rooms, some with balconies, in a relaxed hot spring hotel featuring a restaurant & a bar.

High-end, multicourse dining in a charming centuries-old house with a waterwheel outside.