The Top 100 Restaurants 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 4. Azabujūban Fukuda
Japanese
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Rank 5. Ten Yokota
Tempura
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Rank 6. 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 7. Ippei Hanten
Chinese
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Rank 8. 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 9. 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 10. Oryōri Tsuji
Japanese
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Rank 11. 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 13. Principio
Italian
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Rank 14. Héritage by Kei Kobayashi
French, French Contemporary
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Rank 16. Mētis Roppongi
French
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Rank 17. Ryuzu
French, Contemporary
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Rank 18. Seizan
Japanese
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Rank 19. Series
Chinese
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Rank 20. L’Effervescence
French, Contemporary
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Rank 21. L'ATELIER de Joël Robuchon
French, Contemporary
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Rank 22. Nodaiwa Azabu Iikura Honten
Unagi / Freshwater Eel
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Rank 23. Sushi Tanaka
Sushi
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Rank 24. Kanda
Japanese
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Rank 25. Waketokuyama
Japanese
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Rank 26. Le Sputnik
French
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Rank 27. Akasaka Kikunoi
Japanese
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Rank 28. Soan Mitate
Soba
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Rank 29. hakunei
Contemporary
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Rank 31. Sorahana
Japanese
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Rank 33. Towa
Japanese
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Rank 34. Nishiazabu Taku
Sushi
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Rank 35. Seisoka
Japanese
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Rank 36. Sushi Miura
Sushi
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Rank 37. Sushi Matsūra
Sushi
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Rank 38. Sassa
Japanese
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Rank 39. Kappo Muroi
Japanese
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Rank 41. Sushi Yuki
Sushi
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Rank 42. Kushiage Ryori Kawata
Kushiage
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Rank 43. BOTTEGA
Italian
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Rank 44. Jushu
Japanese
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Rank 46. Courage
French
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Rank 47. Nogizaka Shin
Japanese
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Rank 48. Sano Sushi
Sushi
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Rank 49. Unagi Tokito
Unagi / Freshwater Eel
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Rank 50. Piao-Xiang
Chinese
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Rank 51. Hirō Ishizaka
Sushi
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Rank 52. Daigo
Shojin
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Rank 53. Tasogare
French
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Rank 54. 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 55. au deco
French
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Rank 56. Prisma
Italian
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Rank 57. Yakitori Hinata
Yakitori
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Rank 59. Sumibi Kappō Shirosaka
Japanese
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Rank 60. Motoazabu Kushima
Japanese
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Rank 61. Sushiya Shota
Sushi
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Rank 62. Yama
Creative
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Rank 63. apothéose
French
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Rank 64. Mitsui
Sushi
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Rank 65. Hakuun
Japanese
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Rank 66. fragment Azabujuban
Italian
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Rank 67. EWIG
Austrian
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Rank 68. Fujisushi
Sushi
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Rank 69. Chugoku Hanten Fureika
Chinese
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Rank 70. Manoir
French
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Rank 71. Piatto Mitsu
Italian
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Rank 72. La Gloire
French
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Rank 73. T'astous
French
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Rank 74. Soba Tajima
Soba
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Rank 75. NéMo
French
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Rank 76. Tenoshima
Japanese
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Rank 77. La Lune
French
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Rank 78. ShinoiS
Chinese
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Rank 79. Ma Cuisine
French
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Rank 80. Koshikiryori Koki
Chinese
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Rank 81. Rozzo Sicilia
Italian
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Rank 82. L'ARGENT
French
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Rank 83. IRUCA TOKYO
Ramen
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Rank 84. Sushi Mikata
Sushi
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Rank 85. Nebuka
Contemporary
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Rank 86. Miyasaka
Japanese
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Rank 87. La Brianza
Italian
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Rank 89. Les six
French
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Rank 90. AlCeppo
Italian
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Rank 92. Shinbashi Sasada
Japanese
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Rank 93. Joël Robuchon
French, Contemporary
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Rank 94. itsuka
Chinese
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Rank 95. Patous
French
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Rank 96. mærge
French
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Rank 97. Une Pincée
French
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Rank 98. Sushi Ryūjirō
Sushi
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Rank 99. Le Bourguignon
French
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Rank 100. Kanshin
Japanese