The Best French Food in Japan
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The best French food in Japan, according to the experts: the Michelin Guide, Gault&Millau, and The 50 have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Florilège comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Tokyo.
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La Cime and SÉZANNE hold the next two places. The Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Gault&Millau next.
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Rank 1. Florilège
French
Counter seating wraps three sides of an open kitchen at this contemporary French tasting-menu restaurant, so the cooking is more or less a live performance. Chef Hiroyasu Kawate trained in Montpellier and came up under Quintessence's Shuzo Kishida, and the menus now lean heavily plant-forward, local produce carrying more weight than the meat and seafood. Two Michelin stars and a spot on the World's 50 Best.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 2 Stars
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 4 Toques
- The 50 The 50: #36 · The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
- Michelin Guide 2 Stars
- Gault&Millau 4 Toques
- The 50 #36 · The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
Why #1, not #2
Both places show 97. This one's exact Score is 97.4 and the next is 97.0, so it ranks first. We round what you see, but we rank on the exact number.
- #1 Florilège (this place) 97.4
- #2 La Cime 97.0
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Rank 2. La Cime
French
A single bite of boudin noir, fried in batter and colored black with bamboo and charcoal, is how Yusuke Takada opens his case at this sleek modern French restaurant in Osaka's business district. Takada trained in Lyon and cooked at Le Taillevent and Le Meurice before coming home to do something quieter and stranger, folding subtropical citrus from his native Amami Oshima into precise French technique. Two Michelin stars and a spot on the World's 50 Best list.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 2 Stars
- The 50 The 50: #44 · The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
- The 50 The 50: #13 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
- Michelin Guide 2 Stars
- The 50 #44 · The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
- The 50 #13 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
Why #2, between #1 and #3
The places on either side also show 97. This one's exact Score is 97.0, the one above is 97.4 and the one below is 96.9, so it ranks between them. We round what you see, but we rank on the exact number.
- #1 Florilège 97.4
- #2 La Cime (this place) 97.0
- #3 SÉZANNE 96.9
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Rank 3. SÉZANNE
French
The champagne list is organized by the town Sézanne borrows its name from, which tells you something about the level of thought going on here. This is a fine dining room on the seventh floor of the Four Seasons, designed by André Fu, with Tokyo's skyline sliding in after dark. The kitchen is glass-walled and fully on display. The team holds a spot on the World's 50 Best Restaurants, running a contemporary French tasting menu that folds in Japanese ingredients without making a fuss about it.
The awards
- The 50 The 50: #7 · The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 4 Toques
- The 50 The 50: #16 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
- The 50 #7 · The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
- Gault&Millau 4 Toques
- The 50 #16 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
Why #3, not #2
Both places show 97. This one's exact Score is 96.9 and the one above is 97.0, so it ranks second. We round what you see, but we rank on the exact number.
- #2 La Cime 97.0
- #3 SÉZANNE (this place) 96.9
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Rank 4. HAJIME
French
A planet-shaped artwork hangs in the dining room, and if you look closely it resolves into images of food layered into a map of the Earth, which tells you exactly what kind of restaurant this is going to be. Chef Hajime Yoneda runs a three-Michelin-star tasting menu built around a single theme, "Dialogue with the Earth," with the precision you'd expect from someone who trained as a systems engineer before turning to a stove.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 3 Stars
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 4 Toques
- Eater Eater: The 38 Best Restaurants in Osaka, Japan
- Michelin Guide 3 Stars
- Gault&Millau 4 Toques
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Osaka, Japan
Why #4, not #5
Both places show 96. This one's exact Score is 96.4 and the next is 95.9, so it ranks first. We round what you see, but we rank on the exact number.
- #4 HAJIME (this place) 96.4
- #5 Joël Robuchon 95.9
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Rank 5. Joël Robuchon
French
The guéridon trolley still rolls through the dining room, which tells you everything about the register of this three-Michelin-star French restaurant inside a mock château in Ebisu. The kitchen carries Joël Robuchon's name and his exacting ambition, with the chef using Japanese ingredients to pull classic French gastronomy somewhere new. Wear your good jacket and clear your evening.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 3 Stars
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 4 Toques
- Michelin Guide 3 Stars
- Gault&Millau 4 Toques
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #5. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #5 Joël Robuchon (this place) 95.859
- #5 L’Effervescence 95.859
- #5 L’Osier 95.859
- #5 Quintessence 95.859
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Rank 5. L’Effervescence
French
A bowl of steaming risotto, drawn from the tradition of freshly cooked rice in chakaiseki, arrives early and sets the tone for everything that follows. This is a three-Michelin-star contemporary French restaurant in Nishiazabu where Shinobu Namae builds prix fixe menus around Japanese producers and seasons. The meal closes with a weak matcha tea borrowed from the Sowa tea ceremony, which is a quietly elegant way of telling you it's time to go.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 3 Stars
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 4 Toques
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
- Michelin Guide 3 Stars
- Gault&Millau 4 Toques
- The 50 The 50 Discovery
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #5. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #5 Joël Robuchon 95.859
- #5 L’Effervescence (this place) 95.859
- #5 L’Osier 95.859
- #5 Quintessence 95.859
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Rank 5. L’Osier
French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 3 Stars
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 4 Toques
- Michelin Guide 3 Stars
- Gault&Millau 4 Toques
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #5. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #5 Joël Robuchon 95.859
- #5 L’Effervescence 95.859
- #5 L’Osier (this place) 95.859
- #5 Quintessence 95.859
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Rank 5. Quintessence
French
The menu at this three-Michelin-star contemporary French restaurant arrives with deliberate white space, leaving room, the chef says, for your imagination to do some of the work. Shuzo Kishida built the whole project around a trinity: the ingredient, the flame, and the seasoning, three ideas that sound simple until a piece of fish arrives cooked with an precision that makes you reconsider every fish you've eaten before.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 3 Stars
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 4 Toques
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
- Michelin Guide 3 Stars
- Gault&Millau 4 Toques
- The 50 The 50 Discovery
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #5. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #5 Joël Robuchon 95.859
- #5 L’Effervescence 95.859
- #5 L’Osier 95.859
- #5 Quintessence (this place) 95.859
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Rank 9. Crony
French
A cup of tea greets you at the door, and the same leaves come back as ice cream at the end of the meal. That loop captures what this two-Michelin-star contemporary French restaurant in Higashiazabu is doing: a minimal-ingredient philosophy shaped by fermentation, pickling, and roasting, with French and Scandinavian technique applied to Japanese produce. The open kitchen means you catch every move the team makes. It holds a spot on Asia's 50 Best list, and earns it quietly.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 2 Stars
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- The 50 The 50: #34 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
- Michelin Guide 2 Stars
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
- The 50 #34 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
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Rank 10. Est
French
The wine list doubles as a quiet argument for Japanese grapes, with the sommeliers steering you toward muscat bailey A and koshu alongside a sake pairing if you ask. Inside the Four Seasons at Otemachi, this is a tasting-menu French restaurant where the chef sources almost entirely from Japanese producers, and the cooking moves between European technique and local ingredients in a way that never feels like a gimmick. Forbes Four Star.
The awards
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Travel Guide: Forbes Four Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Four Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
Why #10, not #11
Both places show 93. This one's exact Score is 93.2 and the next is 92.9, so it ranks first. We round what you see, but we rank on the exact number.
- #10 Est (this place) 93.2
- #11 ESqUISSE 92.9
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Rank 11. ESqUISSE
French
Lionel Beccat, born in Corsica and shaped by decades in Japan, runs this fine dining room on the ninth floor of a Ginza building, where French technique and Japanese seasonality operate as a single language rather than a fusion gimmick. Two Michelin stars. The set menus shift constantly with the market, and the kitchen tends to send you off with a small gift, which is either charming or slightly baffling depending on your disposition.
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 4 Toques
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 2 Stars
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
- Gault&Millau 4 Toques
- Michelin Guide 2 Stars
- The 50 The 50 Discovery
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #11. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #11 ESqUISSE (this place) 92.918
- #11 Ryuzu 92.918
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Rank 11. Ryuzu
French
A watch crown, "ryuzu" in Japanese, is the small knob that sets everything in motion, which tells you something about how seriously this basement-level contemporary French restaurant in Roppongi takes the idea of precision. Two Michelin stars. The kitchen draws on ingredients from Niigata and the Noto region, and the brigade of chefs, patissiers, and sommeliers moves through service with the kind of coordinated quiet that makes formal dining feel effortless rather than stiff.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 2 Stars
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 4 Toques
- Michelin Guide 2 Stars
- Gault&Millau 4 Toques
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #11. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #11 ESqUISSE 92.918
- #11 Ryuzu (this place) 92.918
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The awards
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Travel Guide: Forbes Four Star
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Four Star
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
Why #13, not #11
Both places show 93. This one's exact Score is 92.6 and the one above is 92.9, so it ranks second. We round what you see, but we rank on the exact number.
- #11 Ryuzu 92.9
- #13 Héritage by Kei Kobayashi (this place) 92.6
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Rank 14. ASAHINA Gastronome
French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 2 Stars
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 2 Stars
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #14. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #14 ASAHINA Gastronome (this place) 92.322
- #14 HOMMAGE 92.322
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Rank 14. HOMMAGE
French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 2 Stars
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
- Michelin Guide 2 Stars
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
- The 50 The 50 Discovery
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #14. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #14 ASAHINA Gastronome 92.322
- #14 HOMMAGE (this place) 92.322
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Rank 16. Nabeno-ism
French
The chef has written a personal philosophy in color: black for unshakeable conviction, white for possibility, orange for fire. This Michelin-starred French restaurant in Asakusa-Komagata runs on that logic, fusing French technique with old Edo ingredients, so sobagaki gets emulsified like a sauce and mochi crackers show up where a canapé might. The neighborhood has been here forever, and the cooking leans into that, quietly and with great precision.
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 4 Toques
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 4 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
Why #16, not #17
Both places show 91. This one's exact Score is 91.2 and the next is 90.8, so it ranks first. We round what you see, but we rank on the exact number.
- #16 Nabeno-ism (this place) 91.2
- #17 Hotel New Otani Tokyo The Main 90.8
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The garden outside is a 400-year-old Japanese landscape dropped into the middle of central Tokyo, which sets an appropriately surreal tone for what follows. This Michelin-starred French restaurant inside Hotel New Otani Tokyo The Main is formal enough that you'll want to dress for it, with cooking that takes the classics seriously. One of over thirty restaurants on the sprawling property, it draws a crowd that came prepared.
The awards
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Travel Guide: Forbes Four Star
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Four Star
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
Why #17, not #16
Both places show 91. This one's exact Score is 90.8 and the one above is 91.2, so it ranks second. We round what you see, but we rank on the exact number.
- #16 Nabeno-ism 91.2
- #17 Hotel New Otani Tokyo The Main (this place) 90.8
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Rank 18. abysse
French
The dining room is kept dark, like something submerged, and the menu follows the same logic: a Michelin-starred French contemporary restaurant built around the idea that mountain streams become rivers that feed the sea. The chef's obsession with seafood started in Marseilles and landed here, in Ebisu, as a kind of philosophical project, Japanese ingredients folded into French technique with the seasons doing most of the arguing.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
- The 50 The 50 Discovery
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #18. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #18 abysse (this place) 90.409
- #18 agnel d'or 90.409
- #18 Alchimiste 90.409
- #18 apothéose 90.409
- #18 BEIGE Alain Ducasse 90.409
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Rank 18. agnel d'or
French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #18. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #18 abysse 90.409
- #18 agnel d'or (this place) 90.409
- #18 Alchimiste 90.409
- #18 apothéose 90.409
- #18 BEIGE Alain Ducasse 90.409
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Rank 18. Alchimiste
French
The chef grows their own vegetables and closes every meal with a financier, a pastry that doubles as a joke about the restaurant's name and the alchemist's obsession with gold. This Michelin-starred contemporary French spot in Shirokanedai takes a quiet but firm position: ingredients don't add up, they multiply. Sea and mountain produce arrive at temperatures calibrated to dissolve on contact, which sounds like a promise and more or less is.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #18. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #18 abysse 90.409
- #18 agnel d'or 90.409
- #18 Alchimiste (this place) 90.409
- #18 apothéose 90.409
- #18 BEIGE Alain Ducasse 90.409
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Rank 18. apothéose
French
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #18. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #18 agnel d'or 90.409
- #18 Alchimiste 90.409
- #18 apothéose (this place) 90.409
- #18 BEIGE Alain Ducasse 90.409
- #18 Droit 90.409
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Rank 18. BEIGE Alain Ducasse
French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #18. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #18 Alchimiste 90.409
- #18 apothéose 90.409
- #18 BEIGE Alain Ducasse (this place) 90.409
- #18 Droit 90.409
- #18 Édition Koji Shimomura 90.409
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Rank 18. Droit
French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #18. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #18 apothéose 90.409
- #18 BEIGE Alain Ducasse 90.409
- #18 Droit (this place) 90.409
- #18 Édition Koji Shimomura 90.409
- #18 ESTERRE by Alain Ducasse 90.409
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #18. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #18 BEIGE Alain Ducasse 90.409
- #18 Droit 90.409
- #18 Édition Koji Shimomura (this place) 90.409
- #18 ESTERRE by Alain Ducasse 90.409
- #18 hakunei 90.409
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The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #18. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #18 Droit 90.409
- #18 Édition Koji Shimomura 90.409
- #18 ESTERRE by Alain Ducasse (this place) 90.409
- #18 hakunei 90.409
- #18 KOGA 90.409
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Rank 18. hakunei
French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #18. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #18 Édition Koji Shimomura 90.409
- #18 ESTERRE by Alain Ducasse 90.409
- #18 hakunei (this place) 90.409
- #18 KOGA 90.409
- #18 L'AFFINAGE 90.409
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Rank 18. KOGA
French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #18. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #18 ESTERRE by Alain Ducasse 90.409
- #18 hakunei 90.409
- #18 KOGA (this place) 90.409
- #18 L'AFFINAGE 90.409
- #18 L'ARGENT 90.409
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Rank 18. L'AFFINAGE
French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #18. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #18 hakunei 90.409
- #18 KOGA 90.409
- #18 L'AFFINAGE (this place) 90.409
- #18 L'ARGENT 90.409
- #18 L'ATELIER de Joël Robuchon 90.409
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Rank 18. L'ARGENT
French
A one-Michelin-star French restaurant in Kasumigaseki where the menu reads like a biography, Shizuoka-grown ingredients meeting time spent in Paris and Copenhagen. The chef pulls Kakegawa tea from their hometown into a foie gras torchon, and mushrooms from local producers go through fermentation before becoming soup. It's a precise, modern kitchen that earns its Nordic references without making a point of them.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #18. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #18 KOGA 90.409
- #18 L'AFFINAGE 90.409
- #18 L'ARGENT (this place) 90.409
- #18 L'ATELIER de Joël Robuchon 90.409
- #18 l'élan 90.409
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #18. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #18 L'AFFINAGE 90.409
- #18 L'ARGENT 90.409
- #18 L'ATELIER de Joël Robuchon (this place) 90.409
- #18 l'élan 90.409
- #18 L'ÉTERRE 90.409
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Rank 18. l'élan
French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #18. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #18 L'ARGENT 90.409
- #18 L'ATELIER de Joël Robuchon 90.409
- #18 l'élan (this place) 90.409
- #18 L'ÉTERRE 90.409
- #18 La Becasse 90.409
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Rank 18. L'ÉTERRE
French
A one-Michelin-star French restaurant on the second floor of a Kagurazaka townhouse, L'ÉTERRE takes its name from a blend of "eternity" and "earth," which is either poetic or a solid riddle depending on your French. The kitchen builds contemporary French menus around Japanese seafood and seasonal produce, with proteins cooked over charcoal, firewood, or straw, old techniques treated as a living practice rather than a costume.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #18. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #18 L'ATELIER de Joël Robuchon 90.409
- #18 l'élan 90.409
- #18 L'ÉTERRE (this place) 90.409
- #18 La Becasse 90.409
- #18 la bûche 90.409
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Rank 18. La Becasse
French
A one-Michelin-star French restaurant in Hiranomachi where the menu is essentially rewritten each time the chef returns from the morning market. The cooking treats French technique as a lens for Japanese terroir rather than a set of recipes to repeat, so sauces and preparations shift with whatever the season is doing that week. The room draws a quietly serious crowd who don't need a printed menu to trust the kitchen.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #18. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #18 l'élan 90.409
- #18 L'ÉTERRE 90.409
- #18 La Becasse (this place) 90.409
- #18 la bûche 90.409
- #18 La Gloire 90.409
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Rank 18. la bûche
French
The chef is at the market every morning, listening to farmers before deciding what goes on the plate. This one-Michelin-star French prix fixe restaurant sits in the rural mountain village of Ohara, and the wood fire burning at the open counter runs on timber from forest thinning, which is either very poetic or very on-brand, probably both. Wild greens, mountain flowers, and game fold the surrounding landscape directly onto the plate.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #18. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #18 L'ÉTERRE 90.409
- #18 La Becasse 90.409
- #18 la bûche (this place) 90.409
- #18 La Gloire 90.409
- #18 La Paix 90.409
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Rank 18. La Gloire
French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #18. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #18 La Becasse 90.409
- #18 la bûche 90.409
- #18 La Gloire (this place) 90.409
- #18 La Paix 90.409
- #18 LA TRACE 90.409
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Rank 18. La Paix
French
A one-Michelin-star French restaurant tucked into a Nihombashi basement, where the name means peace and the cooking takes that seriously. The chef leans on Japanese farmers for peaches, sweetfish, and chestnuts, and keeps the sauces light enough that you can actually taste them. It's French technique in Japanese rhythm, quieter than the grand gestures you'd expect, which turns out to be the whole point.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #18. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #18 la bûche 90.409
- #18 La Gloire 90.409
- #18 La Paix (this place) 90.409
- #18 LA TRACE 90.409
- #18 LATURE 90.409
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Rank 18. LA TRACE
French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #18. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #18 La Gloire 90.409
- #18 La Paix 90.409
- #18 LA TRACE (this place) 90.409
- #18 LATURE 90.409
- #18 Le Sputnik 90.409
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Rank 18. LATURE
French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #18. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #18 La Paix 90.409
- #18 LA TRACE 90.409
- #18 LATURE (this place) 90.409
- #18 Le Sputnik 90.409
- #18 Les Saisons 90.409
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Rank 18. Le Sputnik
French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #18. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #18 LA TRACE 90.409
- #18 LATURE 90.409
- #18 Le Sputnik (this place) 90.409
- #18 Les Saisons 90.409
- #18 mærge 90.409
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Rank 18. Les Saisons
French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #18. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #18 LATURE 90.409
- #18 Le Sputnik 90.409
- #18 Les Saisons (this place) 90.409
- #18 mærge 90.409
- #18 MASHIRO 90.409
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Rank 18. mærge
French
A Michelin-starred modern French restaurant in Minami-Aoyama whose name fuses the French word for "margin" with "merge," which turns out to be a fair description of the cooking. Prix fixe menus run classic French technique alongside something more restless and contemporary, and the two don't so much compete as quietly negotiate. The room is calm and considered, the kind of place where the chef has clearly thought hard about what a blank canvas is actually for.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #18. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #18 Le Sputnik 90.409
- #18 Les Saisons 90.409
- #18 mærge (this place) 90.409
- #18 MASHIRO 90.409
- #18 Mētis Roppongi 90.409
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Rank 18. MASHIRO
French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #18. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #18 Les Saisons 90.409
- #18 mærge 90.409
- #18 MASHIRO (this place) 90.409
- #18 Mētis Roppongi 90.409
- #18 Monolith 90.409
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Rank 18. Mētis Roppongi
French
Kumiko woodwork panels and lacquered counter trays set the tone before the food arrives at this intimate fine-dining room in Roppongi. The chef works over a wood flame, folding Japanese ingredients and seasons into French structure, which the house calls "wakon yosai," Japanese spirit with Western learning. The smoky warmth of the hearth hangs in the air throughout. It holds a Michelin star.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #18. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #18 mærge 90.409
- #18 MASHIRO 90.409
- #18 Mētis Roppongi (this place) 90.409
- #18 Monolith 90.409
- #18 NéMo 90.409
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Rank 18. Monolith
French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #18. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #18 MASHIRO 90.409
- #18 Mētis Roppongi 90.409
- #18 Monolith (this place) 90.409
- #18 NéMo 90.409
- #18 nôl 90.409
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Rank 18. NéMo
French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #18. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #18 Mētis Roppongi 90.409
- #18 Monolith 90.409
- #18 NéMo (this place) 90.409
- #18 nôl 90.409
- #18 SINAE 90.409
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Rank 18. nôl
French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #18. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #18 Monolith 90.409
- #18 NéMo 90.409
- #18 nôl (this place) 90.409
- #18 SINAE 90.409
- #18 Sincère 90.409
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Rank 18. SINAE
French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #18. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #18 NéMo 90.409
- #18 nôl 90.409
- #18 SINAE (this place) 90.409
- #18 Sincère 90.409
- #18 TROIS VISAGES 90.409
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Rank 18. Sincère
French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #18. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #18 NéMo 90.409
- #18 nôl 90.409
- #18 SINAE 90.409
- #18 Sincère (this place) 90.409
- #18 TROIS VISAGES 90.409
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Rank 18. TROIS VISAGES
French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
There are 32 places with the exact same Score, so they share #18. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #18 NéMo 90.409
- #18 nôl 90.409
- #18 SINAE 90.409
- #18 Sincère 90.409
- #18 TROIS VISAGES (this place) 90.409
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Rank 50. L'évo
French
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 4 Toques
- The 50 The 50: #97 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
- Gault&Millau 4 Toques
- The 50 #97 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
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Rank 51. Goh
French
A single 14-seat communal table anchors this French-Japanese omakase restaurant inside Fukuoka's 010 Building, where chef Takeshi Fukuyama, who ran a beloved counter spot for years before closing it, returned with something more sociable. Strangers share the one polished table and work through a borderless omakase together, which is either convivial or a little nerve-racking depending on who's seated next to you. It holds a spot on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants list.
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- The 50 The 50: #60 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
- The 50 #60 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
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Rank 52. amarantos
Contemporary French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
A Tie
There are 23 places with the exact same Score, so they share #52. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #52 amarantos (this place) 85.680
- #52 anpeiji 85.680
- #52 au deco 85.680
- #52 CRAFTALE 85.680
- #52 CYCLE 85.680
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Rank 52. anpeiji
Light French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
A Tie
There are 23 places with the exact same Score, so they share #52. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #52 amarantos 85.680
- #52 anpeiji (this place) 85.680
- #52 au deco 85.680
- #52 CRAFTALE 85.680
- #52 CYCLE 85.680
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Rank 52. au deco
French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
A Tie
There are 23 places with the exact same Score, so they share #52. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #52 amarantos 85.680
- #52 anpeiji 85.680
- #52 au deco (this place) 85.680
- #52 CRAFTALE 85.680
- #52 CYCLE 85.680
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Rank 52. CRAFTALE
Modern French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
A Tie
There are 23 places with the exact same Score, so they share #52. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #52 anpeiji 85.680
- #52 au deco 85.680
- #52 CRAFTALE (this place) 85.680
- #52 CYCLE 85.680
- #52 Différence 85.680
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Rank 52. CYCLE
Modern French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
A Tie
There are 23 places with the exact same Score, so they share #52. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #52 au deco 85.680
- #52 CRAFTALE 85.680
- #52 CYCLE (this place) 85.680
- #52 Différence 85.680
- #52 Dominique Bouchet Tokyo 85.680
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Rank 52. Différence
Japanese-inspired French
The all-white dining room is designed to feel like a departure from ordinary life, which sets a clear intention before the food even arrives. This is a fine dining restaurant built around French technique and Japanese ingredients, with a Michelin star. Desserts folded with vegetables and pastries that borrow from yokan and daifuku signal a kitchen that takes the "sense of Japan" part seriously rather than decoratively.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
A Tie
There are 23 places with the exact same Score, so they share #52. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #52 CRAFTALE 85.680
- #52 CYCLE 85.680
- #52 Différence (this place) 85.680
- #52 Dominique Bouchet Tokyo 85.680
- #52 Empathie 85.680
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
A Tie
There are 23 places with the exact same Score, so they share #52. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #52 CYCLE 85.680
- #52 Différence 85.680
- #52 Dominique Bouchet Tokyo (this place) 85.680
- #52 Empathie 85.680
- #52 hortensia 85.680
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Rank 52. Empathie
French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
A Tie
There are 23 places with the exact same Score, so they share #52. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #52 Différence 85.680
- #52 Dominique Bouchet Tokyo 85.680
- #52 Empathie (this place) 85.680
- #52 hortensia 85.680
- #52 IDÉAL bistro 85.680
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Rank 52. hortensia
French
A one-star Michelin French restaurant on the second floor in Chuo, where the soup stocks are deepened with kombu and the serving vessels are traditional Japanese craftwork. The chef builds the menu around Japanese ingredients and seasonal rhythms, coaxing flavors that read as light and precise rather than rich in the butter-heavy sense. The presentation is colorful enough that the food arrives looking like it was arranged with a ruler.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
A Tie
There are 23 places with the exact same Score, so they share #52. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #52 Dominique Bouchet Tokyo 85.680
- #52 Empathie 85.680
- #52 hortensia (this place) 85.680
- #52 IDÉAL bistro 85.680
- #52 ima 85.680
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Rank 52. IDÉAL bistro
French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
A Tie
There are 23 places with the exact same Score, so they share #52. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #52 Empathie 85.680
- #52 hortensia 85.680
- #52 IDÉAL bistro (this place) 85.680
- #52 ima 85.680
- #52 Jean-Georges at The Shinmonzen 85.680
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Rank 52. ima
Wood-fired French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
A Tie
There are 23 places with the exact same Score, so they share #52. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #52 hortensia 85.680
- #52 IDÉAL bistro 85.680
- #52 ima (this place) 85.680
- #52 Jean-Georges at The Shinmonzen 85.680
- #52 La Baie 85.680
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Rank 52. Jean-Georges at The Shinmonzen
Contemporary French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
A Tie
There are 23 places with the exact same Score, so they share #52. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #52 IDÉAL bistro 85.680
- #52 ima 85.680
- #52 Jean-Georges at The Shinmonzen (this place) 85.680
- #52 La Baie 85.680
- #52 La Biographie... 85.680
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Rank 52. La Baie
Breton
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
A Tie
There are 23 places with the exact same Score, so they share #52. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #52 ima 85.680
- #52 Jean-Georges at The Shinmonzen 85.680
- #52 La Baie (this place) 85.680
- #52 La Biographie... 85.680
- #52 LA TABLE de Joël Robuchon 85.680
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Rank 52. La Biographie...
French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
A Tie
There are 23 places with the exact same Score, so they share #52. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #52 Jean-Georges at The Shinmonzen 85.680
- #52 La Baie 85.680
- #52 La Biographie... (this place) 85.680
- #52 LA TABLE de Joël Robuchon 85.680
- #52 Le Pont De Ciel 85.680
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Rank 52. LA TABLE de Joël Robuchon
Contemporary French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
A Tie
There are 23 places with the exact same Score, so they share #52. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #52 La Baie 85.680
- #52 La Biographie... 85.680
- #52 LA TABLE de Joël Robuchon (this place) 85.680
- #52 Le Pont De Ciel 85.680
- #52 Manoir 85.680
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Rank 52. Le Pont De Ciel
French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
A Tie
There are 23 places with the exact same Score, so they share #52. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #52 La Biographie... 85.680
- #52 LA TABLE de Joël Robuchon 85.680
- #52 Le Pont De Ciel (this place) 85.680
- #52 Manoir 85.680
- #52 MOKO 85.680
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Rank 52. Manoir
French
Paneled walls and hunting-lodge furniture give this French dining room in Hiro its name, and the game on the plate backs up the decor. Wild boar and venison come from hunters across Japan, their savory depth cut by the chef's habit of layering fruit against fermented and salt-pickled accents. The owner doubles as sommelier and pours the French wine himself. A Michelin-starred room where the food leans wilder than the setting suggests.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
A Tie
There are 23 places with the exact same Score, so they share #52. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #52 LA TABLE de Joël Robuchon 85.680
- #52 Le Pont De Ciel 85.680
- #52 Manoir (this place) 85.680
- #52 MOKO 85.680
- #52 Pierre 85.680
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Rank 52. MOKO
French
A one-Michelin-star French restaurant in a former merchant's house that once ran as a dietary school, which tells you everything about the chef's sense of irony. The team ages fish and meat in a curing warehouse to coax out depth, then counters it with vegetables from nearby Ohara and sauces kept deliberately light. Classic French technique filtered through Japanese ingredients, in a city that takes both very seriously.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
A Tie
There are 23 places with the exact same Score, so they share #52. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #52 Le Pont De Ciel 85.680
- #52 Manoir 85.680
- #52 MOKO (this place) 85.680
- #52 Pierre 85.680
- #52 PRESQU'ÎLE 85.680
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Rank 52. Pierre
French
The menu lists only ingredients, leaving the rest to your imagination, which is either thrilling or alarming depending on how your day is going. This Michelin-starred French dining room on the 20th floor of the InterContinental pairs classical technique with Japanese produce, yuzu and chilli threading through dishes that are deliberately light. The views over Osaka do considerable heavy lifting, and the room is spacious enough that you're never eating elbow-to-elbow with a stranger.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
A Tie
There are 23 places with the exact same Score, so they share #52. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #52 Manoir 85.680
- #52 MOKO 85.680
- #52 Pierre (this place) 85.680
- #52 PRESQU'ÎLE 85.680
- #52 PRUNIER 85.680
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Rank 52. PRESQU'ÎLE
Classical French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
A Tie
There are 23 places with the exact same Score, so they share #52. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #52 MOKO 85.680
- #52 Pierre 85.680
- #52 PRESQU'ÎLE (this place) 85.680
- #52 PRUNIER 85.680
- #52 Restaurant Hiramatsu Kōdaiji 85.680
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Rank 52. PRUNIER
Modern French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
A Tie
There are 23 places with the exact same Score, so they share #52. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #52 Pierre 85.680
- #52 PRESQU'ÎLE 85.680
- #52 PRUNIER (this place) 85.680
- #52 Restaurant Hiramatsu Kōdaiji 85.680
- #52 Saucer 85.680
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
A Tie
There are 23 places with the exact same Score, so they share #52. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #52 Pierre 85.680
- #52 PRESQU'ÎLE 85.680
- #52 PRUNIER 85.680
- #52 Restaurant Hiramatsu Kōdaiji (this place) 85.680
- #52 Saucer 85.680
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Rank 52. Saucer
French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
A Tie
There are 23 places with the exact same Score, so they share #52. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #52 Pierre 85.680
- #52 PRESQU'ÎLE 85.680
- #52 PRUNIER 85.680
- #52 Restaurant Hiramatsu Kōdaiji 85.680
- #52 Saucer (this place) 85.680
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Rank 75. Takumi
French
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: Selected Restaurant
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Gault&Millau Selected Restaurant
Why #75, not #76
Both places show 82. This one's exact Score is 82.4 and the next is 81.9, so it ranks first. We round what you see, but we rank on the exact number.
- #75 Takumi (this place) 82.4
- #76 APICIUS 81.9
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Rank 76. APICIUS
French
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The 50 The 50 Discovery
A Tie
There are 21 places with the exact same Score, so they share #76. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #76 APICIUS (this place) 81.899
- #76 Cheval 81.899
- #76 Chez Inno 81.899
- #76 Courage 81.899
- #76 gentil H 81.899
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Rank 76. Cheval
French
The name is French for horse, and the chef named it partly because she was born in the Year of the Horse and partly because the neighborhood translates roughly as "post-horse town," which is the kind of origin story that sounds made up but isn't. This is a French restaurant with an à la carte menu only, the preparations kept deliberately simple, and a risotto on the menu that riffs on a local clam-and-rice dish from the chef's home ward.
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 21 places with the exact same Score, so they share #76. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #76 APICIUS 81.899
- #76 Cheval (this place) 81.899
- #76 Chez Inno 81.899
- #76 Courage 81.899
- #76 gentil H 81.899
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Rank 76. Chez Inno
French
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 21 places with the exact same Score, so they share #76. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #76 APICIUS 81.899
- #76 Cheval 81.899
- #76 Chez Inno (this place) 81.899
- #76 Courage 81.899
- #76 gentil H 81.899
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Rank 76. Courage
French
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 21 places with the exact same Score, so they share #76. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #76 Cheval 81.899
- #76 Chez Inno 81.899
- #76 Courage (this place) 81.899
- #76 gentil H 81.899
- #76 Ginza L’écrin 81.899
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Rank 76. gentil H
French
A second-floor French restaurant in Shirokanedai where the menu reads like a thank-you note, listing each ingredient's origin and the producer behind it. The chef comes to the table with every dish to explain the thinking, which sounds fussy until it isn't. Bread and tea come from the chef's home prefecture of Shizuoka, baked by a classmate, which gives the whole room a quiet, personal logic that most tasting menus only pretend to have.
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 21 places with the exact same Score, so they share #76. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #76 Chez Inno 81.899
- #76 Courage 81.899
- #76 gentil H (this place) 81.899
- #76 Ginza L’écrin 81.899
- #76 Jfree 81.899
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Rank 76. Ginza L’écrin
French
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 21 places with the exact same Score, so they share #76. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #76 Courage 81.899
- #76 gentil H 81.899
- #76 Ginza L’écrin (this place) 81.899
- #76 Jfree 81.899
- #76 Keichitsu 81.899
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Rank 76. Jfree
French
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 21 places with the exact same Score, so they share #76. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #76 gentil H 81.899
- #76 Ginza L’écrin 81.899
- #76 Jfree (this place) 81.899
- #76 Keichitsu 81.899
- #76 KOTARO Hasegawa DOWNTOWN CUISINE 81.899
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Rank 76. Keichitsu
French
The restaurant takes its name from the old Japanese micro-season marking the moment insects stir back to life in early March, which tells you something about how the chef thinks. This is contemporary French cooking shaped by a close attention to what's growing and waking outside, with a single plate often carrying one main ingredient roasted, pureed, and sauced all at once. Yuzu and Japanese pepper quietly move things along with the seasons.
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 21 places with the exact same Score, so they share #76. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #76 Ginza L’écrin 81.899
- #76 Jfree 81.899
- #76 Keichitsu (this place) 81.899
- #76 KOTARO Hasegawa DOWNTOWN CUISINE 81.899
- #76 L’allium 81.899
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The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 21 places with the exact same Score, so they share #76. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #76 Jfree 81.899
- #76 Keichitsu 81.899
- #76 KOTARO Hasegawa DOWNTOWN CUISINE (this place) 81.899
- #76 L’allium 81.899
- #76 L'eau 81.899
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Rank 76. L’allium
French
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 21 places with the exact same Score, so they share #76. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #76 Keichitsu 81.899
- #76 KOTARO Hasegawa DOWNTOWN CUISINE 81.899
- #76 L’allium (this place) 81.899
- #76 L'eau 81.899
- #76 La Kanro 81.899
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Rank 76. L'eau
French
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 21 places with the exact same Score, so they share #76. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #76 KOTARO Hasegawa DOWNTOWN CUISINE 81.899
- #76 L’allium 81.899
- #76 L'eau (this place) 81.899
- #76 La Kanro 81.899
- #76 La Maison Confortable 81.899
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Rank 76. La Kanro
French
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 21 places with the exact same Score, so they share #76. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #76 L’allium 81.899
- #76 L'eau 81.899
- #76 La Kanro (this place) 81.899
- #76 La Maison Confortable 81.899
- #76 Le Bourguignon 81.899
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A fourth-floor French restaurant in Azabu-Juban where the chef trained under Pierre Gagnaire and carried the avant-garde instincts home with him, which is rather the point: the name translates to "comfortable house," and the cooking follows the logic, pairing seafood with meat and fruit with vegetables in combinations that feel less like rule-breaking and more like someone rearranging furniture until the room finally makes sense.
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 21 places with the exact same Score, so they share #76. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #76 L'eau 81.899
- #76 La Kanro 81.899
- #76 La Maison Confortable (this place) 81.899
- #76 Le Bourguignon 81.899
- #76 Michino Le Tourbillon 81.899
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Rank 76. Le Bourguignon
French
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 21 places with the exact same Score, so they share #76. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #76 La Kanro 81.899
- #76 La Maison Confortable 81.899
- #76 Le Bourguignon (this place) 81.899
- #76 Michino Le Tourbillon 81.899
- #76 Middle 81.899
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The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 21 places with the exact same Score, so they share #76. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #76 La Maison Confortable 81.899
- #76 Le Bourguignon 81.899
- #76 Michino Le Tourbillon (this place) 81.899
- #76 Middle 81.899
- #76 MOTOÏ 81.899
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Rank 76. Middle
French
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 21 places with the exact same Score, so they share #76. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #76 Le Bourguignon 81.899
- #76 Michino Le Tourbillon 81.899
- #76 Middle (this place) 81.899
- #76 MOTOÏ 81.899
- #76 Plaiga TOKYO 81.899
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Rank 76. MOTOÏ
French
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 21 places with the exact same Score, so they share #76. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #76 Michino Le Tourbillon 81.899
- #76 Middle 81.899
- #76 MOTOÏ (this place) 81.899
- #76 Plaiga TOKYO 81.899
- #76 Reine des pres 81.899
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Rank 76. Plaiga TOKYO
French
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 21 places with the exact same Score, so they share #76. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #76 Middle 81.899
- #76 MOTOÏ 81.899
- #76 Plaiga TOKYO (this place) 81.899
- #76 Reine des pres 81.899
- #76 Simplicité 81.899
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Rank 76. Reine des pres
French
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 21 places with the exact same Score, so they share #76. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #76 MOTOÏ 81.899
- #76 Plaiga TOKYO 81.899
- #76 Reine des pres (this place) 81.899
- #76 Simplicité 81.899
- #76 Yd’or 81.899
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Rank 76. Simplicité
French
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 21 places with the exact same Score, so they share #76. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #76 MOTOÏ 81.899
- #76 Plaiga TOKYO 81.899
- #76 Reine des pres 81.899
- #76 Simplicité (this place) 81.899
- #76 Yd’or 81.899
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Rank 76. Yd’or
French
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 21 places with the exact same Score, so they share #76. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #76 MOTOÏ 81.899
- #76 Plaiga TOKYO 81.899
- #76 Reine des pres 81.899
- #76 Simplicité 81.899
- #76 Yd’or (this place) 81.899
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Rank 97. Le Musée IDEA
French
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 4 Toques
- Gault&Millau 4 Toques
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #97. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #97 Le Musée IDEA (this place) 79.968
- #97 TSUSHIMI 79.968
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Rank 97. TSUSHIMI
French
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 4 Toques
- Gault&Millau 4 Toques
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #97. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #97 Le Musée IDEA 79.968
- #97 TSUSHIMI (this place) 79.968
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Rank 99. Roku
French
A French counter restaurant where the counter seats exactly six, which is also what the name means, so the math is settled before you sit down. The chef cooks close enough to touch, ferments with koji and miso, and builds dishes around edible wild plants his mother forages in Nagano. His father makes the wooden trays by hand. Dessert belongs to the proprietress. It is an intimate, family-threaded place that feels less like a restaurant than someone's very skilled living room.
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 2 Toques
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Gault&Millau 2 Toques
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #99. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #99 Roku (this place) 79.008
- #99 unique 79.008
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Rank 99. unique
French
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 2 Toques
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Gault&Millau 2 Toques
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #99. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #99 Roku 79.008
- #99 unique (this place) 79.008