The Top 100 Places to Eat Near Yama
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Rank 1. Yama
Creative
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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. Seisoka
Japanese
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Rank 4. Joël Robuchon
French, Contemporary
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Rank 5. Sushi Matsūra
Sushi
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Rank 6. au deco
French
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Rank 7. Hirō Ishizaka
Sushi
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Rank 8. Piao-Xiang
Chinese
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Rank 9. BOTTEGA
Italian
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Rank 10. Sassa
Japanese
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Rank 11. ShinoiS
Chinese
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Rank 12. Alchimiste
French, Contemporary
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Rank 13. Tempura Ginya
Tempura
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Rank 14. Sushi Yuki
Sushi
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Rank 15. Manoir
French
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Rank 16. LA TABLE de Joël Robuchon
French, Contemporary
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Rank 17. 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 18. Jizozushi
Sushi
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Rank 19. Azabu Kadowaki
Japanese
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Rank 20. Yōshoku Edoya
Yoshoku
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Rank 21. Tempura Motoyoshi
Tempura
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Rank 22. Sushi Tanaka
Sushi
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Rank 23. Waketokuyama
Japanese
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Rank 24. Seizan
Japanese
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Rank 26. L’Effervescence
French, Contemporary
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Rank 27. hakunei
Contemporary
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Rank 28. Azabujūban Fukuda
Japanese
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Rank 30. Alternative
French
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Rank 31. Saucer
French
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Rank 32. Ippei Hanten
Chinese
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Rank 33. abysse
French, Contemporary
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Rank 34. Tempura Maehira
Tempura
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Rank 36. Ten Yokota
Tempura
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Rank 37. JO
Beef
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Rank 38. Ensui
Japanese
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Rank 39. Towa
Japanese
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Rank 40. Hibinoryori Viola
Japanese
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Rank 41. IL BALLOND'ORO
Italian
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Rank 42. TACUBO Shirokanedai
Italian
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Rank 44. AlCeppo
Italian
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Rank 45. NéMo
French
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Rank 46. Rozzo Sicilia
Italian
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Rank 47. Prisma
Italian
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Rank 48. Les six
French
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Rank 49. L'ATELIER de Joël Robuchon
French, Contemporary
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Rank 50. Nishiazabu Taku
Sushi
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Rank 51. 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 53. Kappo Muroi
Japanese
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Rank 54. Yakitori Abe
Yakitori
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Rank 55. Jushu
Japanese
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Rank 56. Soba Tajima
Soba
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Rank 57. Melograno
Italian
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Rank 58. L’allium
French
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Rank 59. Oryōri Tsuji
Japanese
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Rank 60. Quintessence
French, Contemporary
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Rank 61. Ponte del Piatto
Italian
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Rank 62. Toriyaki Ohana
Chicken Specialities
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Rank 63. HASUO
Korean
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Rank 64. Sanwa
Italian
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Rank 65. Oryori Ichiho
Japanese
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Rank 66. Requinquer
French
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Rank 67. CIRPAS
French, Contemporary
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Rank 68. T'astous
French
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Rank 69. gentil H
French
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Rank 70. ABBESSES
French
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Rank 71. Shirokane Shin
Japanese
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Rank 72. SŌWADŌ
Izakaya
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Rank 73. 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 74. Clos des Gourmets
French
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Rank 75. AMOUR
French
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Rank 76. Miyasaka
Japanese
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Rank 77. Sillage
French
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Rank 78. Monolith
French
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Rank 80. Sushi Satoru
Sushi
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Rank 81. Tempura Kitagawa
Tempura
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Rank 82. LATURE
French
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Rank 83. Mētis Roppongi
French
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Rank 84. Héritage by Kei Kobayashi
French, French Contemporary
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Rank 85. 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 86. Tempura Miyashiro
Tempura
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Rank 87. Chiso Takayama
Japanese
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Rank 88. Sushi Mikata
Sushi
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Rank 89. Ryuzu
French, Contemporary
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Rank 90. Hakuun
Japanese
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Rank 91. Kuhara
Japanese
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Rank 92. Series
Chinese
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Rank 93. Piatto Mitsu
Italian
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Rank 94. Le Sputnik
French
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Rank 95. Chugokusai KAKYU-BOU
Chinese
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Rank 96. Bistro YEBISU
French
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Rank 97. Otora
Japanese
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Rank 98. fragment Azabujuban
Italian
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Rank 100. CRAFTALE
French