The Top 100 Places to Eat Near Soba Tajima
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Rank 1. 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 2. 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 3. Waketokuyama
Japanese
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Rank 4. Soba Tajima
Soba
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Rank 5. Azabu Kadowaki
Japanese
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Rank 7. hakunei
Contemporary
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Rank 8. L’Effervescence
French, Contemporary
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Rank 9. Ippei Hanten
Chinese
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Rank 11. Ten Yokota
Tempura
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Rank 12. Towa
Japanese
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Rank 13. L'ATELIER de Joël Robuchon
French, Contemporary
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Rank 14. Héritage by Kei Kobayashi
French, French Contemporary
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Rank 15. Tempura Maehira
Tempura
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Rank 16. Sassa
Japanese
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Rank 17. Prisma
Italian
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Rank 18. Sushi Yuki
Sushi
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Rank 19. JO
Beef
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Rank 20. BOTTEGA
Italian
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Rank 21. 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 22. Nishiazabu Taku
Sushi
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Rank 23. Azabujūban Fukuda
Japanese
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Rank 24. Seisoka
Japanese
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Rank 25. Hirō Ishizaka
Sushi
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Rank 26. Piao-Xiang
Chinese
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Rank 27. Ryuzu
French, Contemporary
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Rank 28. 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 29. Kappo Muroi
Japanese
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Rank 30. Jushu
Japanese
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Rank 31. au deco
French
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Rank 32. Manoir
French
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Rank 33. Le Sputnik
French
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Rank 34. Sushi Matsūra
Sushi
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Rank 36. Hakuun
Japanese
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Rank 37. Oryōri Tsuji
Japanese
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Rank 38. NéMo
French
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Rank 39. Mētis Roppongi
French
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Rank 40. Seizan
Japanese
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Rank 41. 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 42. Yama
Creative
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Rank 43. Sushi Tanaka
Sushi
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Rank 44. Joël Robuchon
French, Contemporary
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Rank 45. Series
Chinese
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Rank 46. EWIG
Austrian
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Rank 47. Miyasaka
Japanese
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Rank 49. Akasaka Kikunoi
Japanese
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Rank 50. Nogizaka Shin
Japanese
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Rank 51. Les six
French
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Rank 53. Sushi Miura
Sushi
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Rank 54. Nodaiwa Azabu Iikura Honten
Unagi / Freshwater Eel
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Rank 55. Tempura Motoyoshi
Tempura
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Rank 58. mærge
French
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Rank 59. Monolith
French
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Rank 60. LATURE
French
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Rank 61. Otora
Japanese
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Rank 62. ShinoiS
Chinese
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Rank 63. NISHIAZABU SHANGU
Chinese
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Rank 65. LA TABLE de Joël Robuchon
French, Contemporary
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Rank 66. Saucer
French
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Rank 67. itsuka
Chinese
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Rank 68. Tenoshima
Japanese
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Rank 70. Le Bourguignon
French
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Rank 71. Ma Cuisine
French
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Rank 72. Sorahana
Japanese
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Rank 73. NANAHIRO
Contemporary
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Rank 74. Margotto e Baciare
Contemporary
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Rank 75. Sushi Ryūjirō
Sushi
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Rank 76. RISTORANTE Al Porto
Italian
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Rank 77. Ji-Cube
Chinese
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Rank 78. Alchimiste
French, Contemporary
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Rank 79. Tempura Ginya
Tempura
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Rank 80. 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 81. Rozzo Sicilia
Italian
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Rank 82. LAUBURU
French
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Rank 83. abysse
French, Contemporary
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Rank 84. Sumibi Kappō Shirosaka
Japanese
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Rank 85. T'astous
French
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Rank 86. Yōshoku Edoya
Yoshoku
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Rank 87. Kanda
Japanese
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Rank 88. La Brianza
Italian
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Rank 89. IRUCA TOKYO
Ramen
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Rank 90. AlCeppo
Italian
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Rank 91. Sushi Masashi
Sushi
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Rank 92. Yakitori Hinata
Yakitori
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Rank 93. IL BALLOND'ORO
Italian
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Rank 94. Motoazabu Kushima
Japanese
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Rank 95. Takumi
French
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Rank 96. Tasogare
French
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Rank 97. Courage
French
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Rank 98. Unagi Tokito
Unagi / Freshwater Eel
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Rank 99. TREMOLARE
Italian
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Rank 100. Piatto Mitsu
Italian