Hi everyone! Was doing some last minute research on Kaiseki lunch in Tokyo and thought I'd see if anyone had any thoughts. For context, I am trying to book a Kaiseki lunch in Tokyo on a Wednesday. I am looking for something convenient to more central Tokyo and hoping for a restaurant that offers the dinner menu at lunch. It would be the final meal before leaving Japan and would like to end it on a good note trying the full experience which I generally consider to be dinner. On that note, also aiming for relatively good reviews while being not too hard to book. I think a budget under 40K JPY (hopefully closer to 30K) per person should cover most options I think.
I remembered a great article here: https://tokyotabletrip.com/en/342. I noted a few restaurants on here no longer seem to offer lunch though: Ginza Koguma, Shirokanedai Kobayashi, and Sekihoutei.
I used the article last time to try Tagetsu and liked it. Was planning to revisit but they are renovating their restaurant during the time I'm planning to be there so now I'm trying to find an alternative.
Of the places open for lunch on a Wednesday and otherwise fitting what I'm looking for, Nogizaka Shin looks most promising, though online reservations only seem to open about 2.5 weeks in advance on Tablecheck unless I'm missing something.
Seika Kobayashi looked possible, though it seems like a call would be required to reserve the dinner menu at lunch as I could not find that option through online reservation services.
Another restaurant I saw was Tsu no Kamizaka Koshiba: https://tabelog.com/en/tokyo/A1309/A130903/13200286/ I've never really heard anything about this restaurant before though and while lunch reservations appear possible they don't seem possible online and I see nothing about the menus available.
As a final back up, I heard of a restaurant named Genyadana Hamadaya but I prefer counter-style and this one didn't look like that. The 20% service charge also seemed quite high vs. everything else I've noticed before.
Would love to hear people's thoughts, especially if I'm missing a good place that does dinner at lunch or if a restaurant's lunch menu is close enough to their dinner menu that I shouldn't exclude it. Even if I can't include it in this trip, there's always next time! Thank you!
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I can't vouch for any of those as I haven't been but Nogizaka Shin and Koshiba are on my list to visit. One more to add to your list is Tanimoto which serves the full dinner menu at lunch on Wednesdays. I've heard it can be quite variable but at some point I'd like to go.
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Thanks for the suggestion! I had actually looked at Tanimoto but on Omakase they unfortunately didn't seem to have availability for the day I was looking for.
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You may also want to try your luck with Shinohara? As I speak they have seats for Wednesday lunch this week (but all other days are fully booked as one might expect).
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Thanks for the suggestion kk! I did see that cancellation but I'm unfortunately pretty inflexible on timing and would rather not take the chance of waiting for a cancellation on that day and me spotting it haha. Was surprised to see it though! Perhaps, with a little work or luck, I might be able to try Shinohara in the far future!
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A follow up but after looking closer I realized most of the places I was considering on the above list, as well as outside this list, either didn't offer online reservations for lunch, lacked availability for the date I was looking for, or had some sort of issue that appeared to prevent online lunch reservations. I guess next time I'll make sure to take the trouble of actually filling out the online form to see if it really works! For example, after deciding to include lunch courses as an option, I tried to book Uchiyama. But after selecting a seating type, Tablecheck told me there was no availability. This happened for both counter and private table seating.
Rather than working with my hotel concierge, I went with Haramasa as they had a high score and I could easily make an online reservation. Not sure anyone would be interested in a write up, but perhaps I'll add my opinion once I've been. Thanks to Saito for the original article and to the other contributors for your comments!
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