Yakiniku is a favorite among both locals and visitors in Tokyo. We’ve selected four yakiniku restaurants that serve delicious, reasonably priced options. These establishments offer course menus and can accommodate group events, such as anniversaries and birthday parties.
Yakiniku Hormone Araiya Shibuya 
Located in Dogenzaka in Shibuya, this restaurant made the top 100 Yakiniku for 2024. This restaurant offers high-quality wagyu beef and fresh hormone, along with their famous thickly sliced beef tongue. The salty beef tongue is priced at 1,870 JPY, while the grade tongue salt costs 2,970 JPY. Known for its cozy and relaxing atmosphere, the restaurant features half-sofa seating and table options, making it a perfect spot for enjoying a meal with family and loved ones. Their hormone selections include Maldivian for 990 JPY, Upper Milo (cow stomach) for 1,100 JPY, and grilled liver for 1,045 JPY. They also offer a small Aariya special curry for 715 JPY, which is a delightful way to end your meal. They have a sister branch “Yakiniku Horumon Araiya Hanare” just a 1 minute walk from the Shibuya store.
This restaurant is one of the top 100 Yakiniku restaurants for 2024. It is renowned for its high-quality Kobe beef, offering a variety of premium cuts. In addition to their exceptional meats, they serve delightful side dishes such as Mochio cold noodles, Gyeran-jjim using whitebait from Amaji island and kimchi caprese. This restaurant is open until 2am, perfect for a late date night.
Recommended dishes include the Kobe beef sirloin ‘Yakisuki’ for 2,000 JPY and the small triangle carpaccio for 2,800 JPY. They also offer premium black wagyu beef tongue for 3,800 JPY. The restaurant is just a five-minute walk from Omotesando Station.
This cozy family friendly restaurant is known for its lively, casual, but friendly atmosphere with an open kitchen where you can see the meat being cut. The staff strives to bring out the best in Yakiniku as well as serving a variety to their customers. For example, on the beef menu, they serve the expert tongue tip 1,188 JPY, wagyu beef rib 1,738 JPY, and Japanese black beef top loin 1,628 JPY. They even have combinations such as They have 3 assortment offals 638 JPY, and 6 assortment offals 1,710 JPY and pot pickled spicy offal 1,270 JPY. They also have pork, chicken, soup, noodles and rice bowls available.
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"Yakiniku Black 5" at Ikebukuro East Exit is a must-try for A5 black hair wagyu beef! The recommended item to try is their “Kanno Set”, 6,500 yen (tax included), 17 dishes, guaranteed to eat full and satisfied. Appetizers include meat sushi and grilled wagyu raw tossed meat, each of which is exquisite, appetizing and layered. The main course is even more exciting! From premium beef tongue, thick-cut beef diaphragm middle-dropped beef ribs to specialty offal, all kinds of parts satisfy your taste buds at once! They also serve grilled fresh shrimp and snail meat; the variety is so numerous that it won’t be boring. Finally, there is the famous bean tang noodles, rich and warming that you can enjoy at the end of your meal.
The environment is comfortable and textured, and the staff will carefully grill every portion of meat for each table to ensure that each piece of meat is grilled just right. Open until midnight, near Ikebukuro Station, perfect for dinner or supper!
Yakiniku Blackhole Shinjuku Sanchome Store
This butcher-shop-style restaurant specializes in Kuroge Wagyu beef and offers two all-you-can-eat courses! The first course features Japanese black beef and domestic beef for 5,478 JPY and lasts 100 minutes. The second option is the Limited Brand Wagyu course, also for 100 minutes, focusing primarily on wagyu beef for 7,678 JPY. They also offer two all-you-can-drink options: soft drinks for 500 JPY and alcoholic beverages for 1,500 JPY, both available for 100 minutes. This is a great place to enjoy a meal and unwind after a busy day, just a four-minute walk from Shinjuku Station.*This tabehoudai plan is only available in Shinjuku-sanchoume and Ikebukuro stores.
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(Please refrain from ordering Japanese black beef raw Yukhoe if you are a child, elderly person, or have health concerns.)
