The Top 100 Places to Eat Near Principio
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Rank 1. Azabu Kadowaki
Japanese
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Rank 2. JO
Beef
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Rank 3. Tempura Maehira
Tempura
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Rank 5. Azabujūban Fukuda
Japanese
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Rank 6. Ten Yokota
Tempura
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Rank 7. 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 8. Ippei Hanten
Chinese
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Rank 9. 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 10. 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 11. Oryōri Tsuji
Japanese
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Rank 12. 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 14. Principio
Italian
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Rank 15. Héritage by Kei Kobayashi
French, French Contemporary
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Rank 17. Mētis Roppongi
French
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Rank 18. Ryuzu
French, Contemporary
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Rank 19. Seizan
Japanese
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Rank 20. Series
Chinese
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Rank 21. L’Effervescence
French, Contemporary
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Rank 22. L'ATELIER de Joël Robuchon
French, Contemporary
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Rank 23. Nodaiwa Azabu Iikura Honten
Unagi / Freshwater Eel
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Rank 24. Sushi Tanaka
Sushi
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Rank 25. Kanda
Japanese
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Rank 26. Waketokuyama
Japanese
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Rank 27. Le Sputnik
French
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Rank 28. Akasaka Kikunoi
Japanese
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Rank 29. Soan Mitate
Soba
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Rank 30. hakunei
Contemporary
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Rank 32. Sorahana
Japanese
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Rank 34. Towa
Japanese
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Rank 35. Nishiazabu Taku
Sushi
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Rank 36. Seisoka
Japanese
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Rank 37. Sushi Miura
Sushi
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Rank 38. Sushi Matsūra
Sushi
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Rank 39. Sassa
Japanese
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Rank 40. Kappo Muroi
Japanese
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Rank 42. Sushi Yuki
Sushi
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Rank 43. Kushiage Ryori Kawata
Kushiage
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Rank 44. BOTTEGA
Italian
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Rank 45. Jushu
Japanese
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Rank 47. Courage
French
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Rank 48. Nogizaka Shin
Japanese
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Rank 49. Sano Sushi
Sushi
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Rank 50. Unagi Tokito
Unagi / Freshwater Eel
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Rank 51. Piao-Xiang
Chinese
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Rank 52. Hirō Ishizaka
Sushi
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Rank 53. Daigo
Shojin
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Rank 54. Tasogare
French
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Rank 55. 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 56. au deco
French
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Rank 57. Prisma
Italian
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Rank 58. Yakitori Hinata
Yakitori
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Rank 60. Sumibi Kappō Shirosaka
Japanese
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Rank 61. Motoazabu Kushima
Japanese
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Rank 62. Sushiya Shota
Sushi
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Rank 63. Yama
Creative
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Rank 64. apothéose
French
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Rank 65. Mitsui
Sushi
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Rank 66. Hakuun
Japanese
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Rank 67. fragment Azabujuban
Italian
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Rank 68. EWIG
Austrian
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Rank 69. Fujisushi
Sushi
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Rank 70. Chugoku Hanten Fureika
Chinese
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Rank 71. Manoir
French
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Rank 72. Piatto Mitsu
Italian
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Rank 73. La Gloire
French
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Rank 74. T'astous
French
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Rank 75. Soba Tajima
Soba
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Rank 76. NéMo
French
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Rank 77. Tenoshima
Japanese
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Rank 78. La Lune
French
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Rank 79. ShinoiS
Chinese
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Rank 80. Ma Cuisine
French
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Rank 81. Koshikiryori Koki
Chinese
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Rank 82. Rozzo Sicilia
Italian
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Rank 83. L'ARGENT
French
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Rank 84. IRUCA TOKYO
Ramen
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Rank 85. Sushi Mikata
Sushi
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Rank 86. Nebuka
Contemporary
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Rank 87. Miyasaka
Japanese
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Rank 88. La Brianza
Italian
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Rank 90. Les six
French
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Rank 91. AlCeppo
Italian
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Rank 93. Shinbashi Sasada
Japanese
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Rank 94. Joël Robuchon
French, Contemporary
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Rank 95. itsuka
Chinese
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Rank 96. Patous
French
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Rank 97. mærge
French
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Rank 98. Une Pincée
French
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Rank 99. Sushi Ryūjirō
Sushi
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Rank 100. Le Bourguignon
French