The Top 100 Places to Eat Near Nishiazabu Taku
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Rank 1. Nishiazabu Taku
Sushi
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Rank 2. L’Effervescence
French, Contemporary
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Rank 3. Myojaku
Japanese
A nine-seat counter tucked into a basement in Nishiazabu, where a 14-course French-Japanese omakase quietly earned a spot on Asia's 50 Best. The kitchen's obsession here is water, specifically a submarine spring variety that does the heavy lifting instead of the usual broths. The result feels genuinely restrained in the best way, and the room is so calm you'll actually taste things.
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Rank 4. Kappo Muroi
Japanese
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Rank 5. Jushu
Japanese
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Rank 6. Towa
Japanese
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Rank 8. Narisawa
Innovative
Narisawa is the kind of fine-dining room that makes a World's 50 Best ranking feel like an understatement. The chef's concept, satoyama cuisine, pulls from ancient Japanese farming and foraging traditions, then filters it through French and Chinese technique into something that feels wholly new. Guests are mostly couples and quiet power-players who know better than to check their phones. Omakase only, dress sharp, and clear your evening.
- 50 Best 2025 · #21 · The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
- Michelin Guide 2 Stars
- 50 Best 2026 · #37 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
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Rank 9. Prisma
Italian
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Rank 10. hakunei
Contemporary
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Rank 11. Sazenka
Chinese
Sazenka is a 12-seat tasting menu restaurant inside a former diplomat's residence in Minami-Azabu, which tells you everything about the vibe before you've even sat down. The chef weaves Japanese sensibility through classical Chinese cuisine, and the tea pairing is genuinely the move here, not just an afterthought. The crowd is quiet, unhurried, and dressed like they made a reservation months ago, because they did.
- Michelin Guide 3 Stars
- 50 Best 2025 · #71 · The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
- 50 Best 2026 · #21 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
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Rank 12. Hakuun
Japanese
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Rank 14. Azabu Kadowaki
Japanese
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Rank 15. Héritage by Kei Kobayashi
French, French Contemporary
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Rank 16. EWIG
Austrian
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Rank 17. L'ATELIER de Joël Robuchon
French, Contemporary
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Rank 18. Den
Japanese
- Michelin Guide 2 Stars
- 50 Best 2025 · #53 · The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
- 50 Best 2026 · #51 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
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Rank 19. Waketokuyama
Japanese
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Rank 20. Ryuzu
French, Contemporary
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Rank 21. Miyasaka
Japanese
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Rank 22. NéMo
French
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Rank 23. Le Sputnik
French
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Rank 24. Akasaka Kikunoi
Japanese
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Rank 26. mærge
French
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Rank 27. Nogizaka Shin
Japanese
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Rank 28. Ippei Hanten
Chinese
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Rank 29. itsuka
Chinese
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Rank 30. Ten Yokota
Tempura
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Rank 31. Tenoshima
Japanese
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Rank 32. Sushi Ryūjirō
Sushi
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Rank 33. Tempura Maehira
Tempura
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Rank 35. Sushi Masashi
Sushi
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Rank 36. Sushi Miura
Sushi
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Rank 37. LATURE
French
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Rank 38. Monolith
French
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Rank 39. JO
Beef
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Rank 40. Sassa
Japanese
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Rank 41. Sushi Yuki
Sushi
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Rank 42. Mētis Roppongi
French
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Rank 43. Florilège
French
Chef Hiroyasu Kawate's tasting menu counter sits inside the ultra-modern Azabudai Hills complex and holds a spot on both Asia's and the World's 50 Best lists, which gives you a sense of the stakes. The open kitchen wraps around three sides of the room, so you're basically front-row for the whole show. The cooking is French at heart but genuinely Japanese in character, and leaning increasingly plant-forward in ways that actually surprise you.
- Michelin Guide 2 Stars
- 50 Best 2025 · #36 · The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
- 50 Best 2026 · #31 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
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Rank 44. BOTTEGA
Italian
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Rank 45. Piao-Xiang
Chinese
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Rank 46. Hirō Ishizaka
Sushi
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Rank 47. Azabujūban Fukuda
Japanese
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Rank 48. Ma Cuisine
French
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Rank 49. Manoir
French
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Rank 50. Le Bouton
French
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Rank 52. Series
Chinese
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Rank 54. Nishiazabu Ōtake
Japanese
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Rank 55. au deco
French
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Rank 56. Seisoka
Japanese
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Rank 57. Merachi
Italian
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Rank 58. l'élan
French
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Rank 59. Oryōri Tsuji
Japanese
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Rank 60. Jingumae Higuchi
Japanese
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Rank 61. Nishiazabu Noguchi
Japanese
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Rank 62. Sumibi Kappō Shirosaka
Japanese
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Rank 63. Takumi
French
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Rank 64. No Code
Mexican, French
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Rank 65. Crony
French, Contemporary
A cozy, two-story omakase spot in Higashiazabu where the cooking is quietly serious without being the least bit stuffy. The chef spent years in Paris, Copenhagen, and San Francisco, and you can taste all of it, applied to Japanese ingredients with real restraint. Everything on the plate earns its place, waste is genuinely minimized, and the kitchen is fully open, so you watch the whole thing unfold. It's on Asia's 50 Best list, and it deserves to be.
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Rank 67. LAUBURU
French
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Rank 68. Tempura Motoyoshi
Tempura
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Rank 70. TREMOLARE
Italian
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Rank 71. RISTORANTE Al Porto
Italian
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Rank 72. Tanakada Nishiazabuten
Izakaya
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Rank 73. Margotto e Baciare
Contemporary
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Rank 74. NANAHIRO
Contemporary
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Rank 75. JULIA
Contemporary
Tucked into a converted house in Aoyama, JULIA is the kind of intimate fine dining spot where you actually feel like a guest rather than a table number. The chef is one of a rare few women in Japan recognized by both Michelin and Gault & Millau, and the vegetable-forward menu earns every bit of that credibility. The crowd is quietly stylish and clearly knows wine, probably because the sommelier running the room is also the chef's husband.
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Rank 76. Kappo Ryu
Japanese
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Rank 77. Saucer
French
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Rank 78. Ji-Cube
Chinese
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Rank 79. L'AS
French, Contemporary
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Rank 80. La Gloire
French
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Rank 81. Sushi Yuu
Edomae Sushi
Serious Edomae sushi in Nishiazabu, tucked into a quiet residential street away from the Roppongi chaos. What sets it apart is that the chef actually speaks to you, in English, Russian, or Italian, which means the meal feels like a conversation rather than a performance. The crowd is the kind of visitor who did real research, not just whoever got a last-minute table. Traditional nigiri, done with care, no theater required.
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Rank 82. Butagumi
Japanese
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Rank 83. EUREKA!
Sake Japanese Cocktail Bar
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Rank 84. Soba Tajima
Soba
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Rank 85. Sushi Matsūra
Sushi
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Rank 86. Nodaiwa Azabu Iikura Honten
Unagi / Freshwater Eel
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Rank 87. IRUCA TOKYO
Ramen
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Rank 88. Yama
Creative
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Rank 89. Joël Robuchon
French, Contemporary
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Rank 90. Sudachi
Japanese
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Rank 91. NISHIAZABU SHANGU
Chinese
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Rank 92. Les six
French
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Rank 93. Sorahana
Japanese
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Rank 95. Otora
Japanese
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Rank 96. Le Bourguignon
French
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Rank 97. Sushi Tanaka
Sushi
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Rank 98. Tamawarai
Soba
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Rank 99. Kanda
Japanese
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Rank 100. Night Market
South East Asian