The Top 100 Places to Eat Near Sushiya Shota
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Rank 1. Azabujūban Fukuda
Japanese
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Rank 2. Azabu Kadowaki
Japanese
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Rank 3. 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 4. JO
Beef
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Rank 5. Tempura Maehira
Tempura
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Rank 6. 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 7. 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 8. 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 9. Ippei Hanten
Chinese
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Rank 10. Ten Yokota
Tempura
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Rank 11. Oryōri Tsuji
Japanese
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Rank 14. Seizan
Japanese
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Rank 15. Sushiya Shota
Sushi
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Rank 17. Sushi Tanaka
Sushi
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Rank 18. Héritage by Kei Kobayashi
French, French Contemporary
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Rank 19. Ryuzu
French, Contemporary
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Rank 20. Series
Chinese
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Rank 21. Mētis Roppongi
French
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Rank 22. Nodaiwa Azabu Iikura Honten
Unagi / Freshwater Eel
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Rank 23. L'ATELIER de Joël Robuchon
French, Contemporary
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Rank 24. L’Effervescence
French, Contemporary
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Rank 26. Waketokuyama
Japanese
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Rank 27. Sushi Matsūra
Sushi
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Rank 28. Seisoka
Japanese
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Rank 29. hakunei
Contemporary
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Rank 30. Sorahana
Japanese
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Rank 31. Kanda
Japanese
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Rank 32. Le Sputnik
French
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Rank 33. Towa
Japanese
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Rank 35. Sassa
Japanese
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Rank 37. Sano Sushi
Sushi
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Rank 38. Mitsui
Sushi
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Rank 39. Sushi Yuki
Sushi
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Rank 40. BOTTEGA
Italian
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Rank 41. Nishiazabu Taku
Sushi
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Rank 42. Akasaka Kikunoi
Japanese
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Rank 43. T'astous
French
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Rank 44. fragment Azabujuban
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. au deco
French
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Rank 48. Sushi Miura
Sushi
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Rank 49. Yama
Creative
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Rank 51. Kappo Muroi
Japanese
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Rank 52. Daigo
Shojin
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Rank 53. Piatto Mitsu
Italian
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Rank 54. Jushu
Japanese
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Rank 55. Soan Mitate
Soba
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Rank 57. Principio
Italian
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Rank 58. ShinoiS
Chinese
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Rank 59. Courage
French
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Rank 60. Nogizaka Shin
Japanese
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Rank 61. Manoir
French
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Rank 62. Unagi Tokito
Unagi / Freshwater Eel
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Rank 63. Prisma
Italian
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Rank 64. Kushiage Ryori Kawata
Kushiage
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Rank 65. Tasogare
French
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Rank 66. Yakitori Hinata
Yakitori
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Rank 67. Fujisushi
Sushi
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Rank 68. Chugoku Hanten Fureika
Chinese
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Rank 69. 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 70. apothéose
French
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Rank 71. Motoazabu Kushima
Japanese
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Rank 72. Sumibi Kappō Shirosaka
Japanese
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Rank 73. Rozzo Sicilia
Italian
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Rank 74. Sushi Mikata
Sushi
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Rank 75. Soba Tajima
Soba
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Rank 76. La Lune
French
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Rank 77. Hakuun
Japanese
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Rank 78. EWIG
Austrian
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Rank 79. AlCeppo
Italian
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Rank 80. Joël Robuchon
French, Contemporary
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Rank 81. Ma Cuisine
French
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Rank 82. La Gloire
French
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Rank 83. Les six
French
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Rank 84. NéMo
French
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Rank 86. IRUCA TOKYO
Ramen
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Rank 87. Koshikiryori Koki
Chinese
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Rank 89. Yōshoku Edoya
Yoshoku
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Rank 90. Alchimiste
French, Contemporary
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Rank 91. Tempura Ginya
Tempura
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Rank 92. L'ARGENT
French
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Rank 93. Kanshin
Japanese
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Rank 94. Chiso Takayama
Japanese
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Rank 95. Une Pincée
French
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Rank 96. Tenoshima
Japanese
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Rank 97. Miyawaki
Japanese
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Rank 98. La Brianza
Italian
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Rank 99. Nebuka
Contemporary
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Rank 100. Miyasaka
Japanese