Japanese Food Spots in Aichi Area

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Category

Gourmet / Alcohol

Japanese Food

atsutahourainoki Honten

4.5

659 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aichi Pref. Nagoyashi Atsuta-ku Goudochou 503

The key to the flavor is the secret sauce that has been passed down from generation to generation since the establishment of the restaurant. Located near Atsuta Jingu Shrine, the restaurant is also available for shrine visit dinners.

10 reasons not to eat Unagi Don in Atsuta Horaiken Honten (the right place) 1. Too far, it took 3,400 yen for taxi from Nagoya Station. As for train, it’s not convenient at all 2. Can’t be book...
Atsuta Horaiken (Matsuzakaya Branch)

4.5

849 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aichi Pref. Nagoyashi Naka-ku Sakae 3-30-8 Matsuzakaya Nagoya store South Front 10F

This eel restaurant is located on the 10th floor of the South Building of Matsuzakaya department store in Naka Ward, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture. The main location which registered the trademark for the “hitsumabushi” eel dish, has been around since 1873. They use specially selected high-quality eel and grill each one carefully over Kishu Bincho charcoal with their secret sauce that has been passed down over the years. The first bowl is usually eaten as-is; the second with spices; the third with tea poured over it; and the fourth however one pleases. The “unagi kaiseki” (eel banquet) is great for special gatherings.

Good food, nice restaurant, middle of the shopping area sakae. There is afternoon break, so please check when you wanna go.
Atsuta Houraiken Jingu Branch

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aichi Pref. Nagoyashi Atsuta-ku Jingu 2-10-26

A venerable traditional ryotei restaurant which was founded in 1873. The restaurant serves eel cuisine, including hitsumabushi eel on rice, a Nagoya specialty. The restaurant’s a la carte menu includes many dishes made with Aichi seafood. The unagi kaiseki eel course meal requires a reservation. The restaurant also offers a menu of takeout items which can be brought home to enjoy.
Misokatsu Yabaton (Yaba-cho Main Shop)

4.0

582 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aichi Pref. Nagoyashi Naka-ku Osu 3-6-18

A long standing restaurant dedicated to miso katsu cutlets, a Nagoya specialty. Since Yabaton was founded in 1947, it has continued to use only select ingredients and the same favorite recipes. Yabaton uses high quality pork with a focus on pork from southern Kyushu. The restaurant’s secret miso sauce is carefully prepared with soybean miso naturally fermented for a year and a half. Yabaton also takes care to keep the frying oil from getting too heavy and causing upset stomachs. In addition to eating in, the restaurant also sells popular take-home bento box lunches and tenderloin cutlet sandwiches. Yabaton also sells merchandise featuring the restaurant’s mascot, Bu-chan.

It is a chain and there are several restaurants in Nagoya; they propose few options with fried pork (tonkatsu) with their special miso sauce. The combo is great! I recommend the fillet and also the...
Uotaro Main Shop

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aichi Pref. Chitagunmihamachou Toyoka Harago 32-1

A shop and restaurant where you can enjoy an abundance of fresh seafood from Ise Bay and Mikawa Bay. The seafood market area stocks some 400 varieties of seafood and marine products. In addition to buying seafood for home use, there’s also a barbecue area, cafeteria, and stalls serving delicious seafood treats. In the beachside barbecue area, you can grill fish, shellfish, meats, and enjoy dessert as well. The cafeteria has tables and tatami mat seating where you can enjoy a slow and relaxed meal. The market’s food stalls serve a variety of casual dishes you can enjoy on the spot like oysters cooked in the shell.
Misokatsu Yabaton (Nagoya Station Esca Restaurant)

4.0

319 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aichi Pref. Nagoyashi Nakamura-ku Tsubakichou 6-9 Esca underground shopping area

A long-standing tonkatsu breaded pork cutlet chain located in the Esca underground mall. Renowned for its miso katsu cutlets, a local Nagoya favorite made with select ingredients and covered with a secret recipe miso sauce, this popular establishment often sees lines of waiting customers, particularly during lunchtime. The restaurant boasts a deep-seated popularity with tourists as well as locals on their way home from work.

This location is conveniently in the underground Esca arcade right next to the Nagoya station. We came at lunch time and had to wait, but the line moved quite quickly. This is not a restaurant for...
Sekai-no-Yamachan Main Store

4.0

102 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aichi Pref. Nagoyashi Naka-ku Sakae 4-9-6

The famous dish at Sekai-no-Yamachan is Maboroshi-no-Tebasaki, chicken wings with a taste that has not changed since its founding, and one of the popular aspects of this store is that all of the courses require three hours. Guests can relax and savor their dishes that come with a reasonable price and are very filling. The Miso Kushi Katsu and Miso Uzura (quail) Tamago Fry on the grand menu are also popular and many repeaters come back for them. It is approximately 10 minutes from Sakaemachi Station on the underground Meijo Line.

Great fun family style restaurant. Economic prices and food full of flavor. They are famous for their chicken wings. These are a must try. Drinks were also good value. They become busy at dinnertime.
Unagi no Kanemitsu Main Restaurant

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aichi Nishio-shi Isshikicho Ishikihigashi Shimo Futa

An eel restaurant located in Isshiki Higashishimoniwari Isshiki-cho, Nishio City. The restaurant serves unaju eel boxes, kabayaki broiled eel drenched with sauce, shirayaki plain grilled eel, and a signature eel liver and kabayaki rice bowl. The restaurant's high quality, live eel is raised in an adjoining pond owned by the Kanemitsu Tansuigyo KK company and is broiled over high grade ubame oak charcoal. In addition to hitsumabushi eel rice, the restaurant's pork hitsumabushi is also popular.
Torikai Sohonke (Nagoya Station West Exit Shop)

4.0

47 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aichi Pref. Nagoyashi Nakamura-ku Noritake 1-7-15

Torikai focuses on local products for local consumption, and so uses Nagoya’s famous Cochin chicken, one of Japan’s most famous breeds, as well as others like Mikawa Akadori. They offer carefully cooked dishes, including of course the standard yakitori grilled skewers, as well as their award winning Kodawari no Tebasaki wings, and Nagoya Kochin Oyakodon chicken and egg rice bowls. It’s located five minutes’ walk from JR Nagoya Station.

Nagoya cochin is good, but you have to pay780yan as tip. The problem is，they didnt tell you untill the payment. They said its a Japanese rule. Even though you should have told the customer aboyt...
Maruha Shokudo Rinku (Tokoname Restaurant)

4.0

57 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aichi Pref. Tokonameshi Rinkuchou 3-9-5

A Japanese seafood restaurant located in Tokoname City, Aichi Prefecture. Here you can enjoy the Rinku Teishoku set, which comes with the restaurant's popular breaded, deep-fried shrimp; sashimi; ikizukuri; and course meals made with fresh, seasonal seafood. The restaurant has a banquet hall and can accommodate tourist groups. The establishment even has parking for large busses. Adjoined by a roadside rest station, many customers come here to enjoy a meal and pick up a souvenir or two.

平日のランチに訪れました人気店ですが空いており10分以内で席に通されました数あるメニューの中からエビフライとお刺身が楽しめ梅ちゃんセットを注文しましたが大変ガッカリしましたまるは食堂は30年程前から豊浜の店に何度も行っていますが以前とは全然異なります刺身はアピタで買えるレベルエビフライは固くてジューシーさがまるでありませんタルタルソースが袋入りのものが出てくるなんて弁当か！っ...
Misokatsu Yabaton (Sakae CentRise Restaurant)

4.0

45 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aichi Pref. Nagoyashi Naka-ku Sakae 3-3-21 St. Rise Sakae B1F

A long-standing tonkatsu pork cutlet chain located on the first basement floor of CentRise Sakae renowned for its misokatsu breaded cutlets covered with miso sauce, a Nagoya favorite. The restaurant employs universal design principles and can accommodate wheelchairs. The establishment is frequented by locals as well as many tourists.

味噌カツはとても美味しく頂きました。ただ、食事中に店員さんがなかなか捕まえられないのと、 3人でご飯のお代わりをお願いした際、器が新しいものとなっておらず、グループ内でシャッフルされていたと思われる点でこの評価としました。
Shirakawa Joshin Main Shop

4.5

138 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aichi Pref. Nagoyashi Nishi-ku Jousai 4-20-12

A restaurant which orders select eel from various areas depending on the season. Shirakawa’s hitsumabushi eel over rice is prepared with particular care and is extraordinary. Rich and flavorful, the hitsumabushi is made with a secret sauce which has been fermented, used, and topped off for decades; domestic brand-name rice; and a thin dashi stock. Pour hot tea over your rice leftovers to enjoy them chazuke style. The chef’s eye for quality ingredients, knife mastery, and intuition for when the eel is perfectly grilled all contribute to an overwhelming sense of craftsmanship (and flavor) that delights even the most discerning eel-lover. Located a two minute walk from Joshin Station on the Tsurumai Line.

The restaurant is located on the 9th floor of Meitetsu Building along side with 8-10 other restaurants. Waiting time as displayed outside is about 20-30 mins. At about 4+, there is no queue but you...
Ibasho

4.0

65 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aichi Pref. Nagoyashi Naka-ku Nishiki 3-13-22

Ibasho serves one of Nagoya’s famous specialties: Hitsumabushi, a dish of chopped kabayaki (slow grilled with a special sauce) eel on rice said to go all the way back to the Taisho period (1912–1926). At Ibasho, when 2 or more customers order the Hitsumabushi it comes out in one big “hitsu” dish, which is apparently the traditional way of serving it. In addition to Hitsumabushi they have other kabayaki eel dishes including rice bowls, and whole long eels. It’s located about five minutes’ walk from subway Higashiyama Line Sakae Station.

Super traditional, super good and it doesn’t kill your wallet. I highly recommend this place. Nagoya is know for their “shitsumabushi”. This is the place to have it. If you’re in the area this...
Todai Chaya

4.0

43 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aichi Pref. Taharashi Iragochou Koyama 2814-4

A Japanese seafood restaurant located close to Koijigahama Beach in Tahara City, Aichi Prefecture. The restaurant offers a variety of dishes made with Iwagaki oysters, huge Japanese littleneck clams, and other seasonal seafood. From the second floor, diners can enjoy their meal along with a view of the nearby ocean. Cape Irago is also located nearby, and the restaurant is a popular destination for area tourists.

灯台茶屋定食を頂きました。伊良湖岬なだけあり、お刺身が美味しい！パートナーは伊良湖黒牛牛丼を食べていました。美味しい美味しいと食べていましま。そして伊良湖と言ったら大アサリ！コレもその場で焼いてくれて美味しい！そして何より岩牡蠣を食べることが出来。大きくて半生みたいで本当に美味しかった。また行きたい。帰りに大将がお土産的なパインをくれて、恋路が浜で美味しく頂きました。
Shirakawa (Sakae Gas Building Restaurant)

4.0

79 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aichi Pref. Nagoyashi Naka-ku Sakae 3-15-33 Gas Building Basement 1F

A hitsumabushi eel rice restaurant standing along Otsu-dori Avenue in Sakae, Naka Ward, Nagoya City. The restaurant serves eel meat perfect for hitsumabushi grilled with a secret recipe sauce served with rice and tea selected based on its excellent pairing with hitsumabushi. The restaurant offers hitsumabushi and mini hitsumabushi courses as well as una-don eel over rice bowls, unaju eel boxes, and sashimi and tempura gozen meals.

The line was quite long and it took more than an hour of waiting to get in. The food and service was excellent although we have had better unagi in other places. The tea that is suggested to be eaten...
Meifutsu Tenmusu Senju (Main Shop)

4.5

60 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aichi Nagoya-shi Naka-ku Osu 4-10-82

This shop in 4 Chome, Osu, Naka Ward, Nagoya City specializes in tenmusu (rice balls with tempura inside). Their main shop in Tsu City, Mie Prefecture was originally opened as a tempura restaurant. Once a dish made for staff, it became a specialty store selling tenmusu and become known as the originator of tenmusu. They're made with premium rice from the Iga, Mie Prefecture and tempura fried in top-quality corn oil.

Operated by an elderly couple with several assistants. This place only offers one type of food - Tenmusu. A kind of sushi like food with fried shrimp. It comes in a set of 5 and you could dine in or...
Aji-dokoro Kano

4.0

37 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aichi Nagoya-shi Naka-ku Sakae 3-4-110

A restaurant which lovingly prepares miso-katsu cutlets using choice ingredients in Nagoya, the home of miso-katsu, Kano has been a beloved local favorite for over 50 years. Kano uses soybean miso fermented for three years, homemade panko bread crumbs, and Koshihikari rice sourced from various regions chosen depending on the season. You’ll never forget the flavor once you try one of Kano’s carefully crafted miso-katsu. A three minute walk from Sakae Station on the Nagoya Municipal Subway.

カツ丼が食べたいと栄周辺で探した時に発見したお店。かなりの裏通りにあってこのご時世にこんな密な状態で食べていいのかと思ったもののお店のただならぬ雰囲気に押されて味噌カツ丼をいただきました。よく見たらミシュランのプレート店でびっくり。狭い店にお客さんがひっきりなしに来るのもよくわかりました。ただこの店にはまるのは味噌カツをどれだけ愛してるかによると思います。私は味噌カツをそんなに愛してないので、味が...
Atsuta Houraiken (Matsuzakaya Basement Branch)

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aichi Pref. Nagoyashi Naka-ku Sakae 3-16-1 Matsuzakaya Nagoya store main building B1F

Founded in 1873, this longstanding restaurant lets visitors enjoy eel dishes in a casual atmosphere and offers takeout as well. It’s on the first basement floor of the main Matsuzakaya building in Naka Ward, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, inside the “Gochiso Paradise” area. Its flagship item is the excellent “hitsumabushi,” which uses a secret sauce passed down through the generations and healthy, Kishu Bincho charcoal-grilled eel prepared by expert chefs. There’re also eel rice bowls, “umaki” (omelet-wrapped eel), “mabushi nori maki unagi” (flavored eel rice rolled with seasoned laver), “sansho-ni” (boiled eel with Japanese pepper) set that makes a great gift, and more.
Doteyaki Shimasho

4.0

27 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aichi Pref. Nagoyashi Naka-ku Sakae 2-1-19

A doteyaki stew restaurant located in Naka Ward, Nagoya City. Established in 1949, this long-standing restaurant is famous for its continuing to painstakingly craft its signature doteyaki according to the same time-honored recipe. In addition to doteyaki created with plenty of Hatcho miso, the restaurant also offers dotemeshi beef sinew over rice, dote-omelet rice, and other rice bowl dishes.

評判は以前から知っていたが、中々平日に行く事が出来なかった。１７時頃ならと思い入ったが、既に満席。しかし、それ以前に来て退席する人が多く、少し待っただけで入れた。おでん、どて煮ともに味が染み込んでいて、大変美味。お酒も熱燗が丁度合っていて、素晴らしく、大変満足した。一人３０００円ちょっとで、満足させてもらえるのは有り難い。ご馳走様でした。
Hitsumabushi Bincho Esca Store

4.0

142 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aichi Pref. Nagoyashi Nakamura-ku Tsubakichou 6-9 Esca underground shopping area

This eel specialty restaurant, famous for their version of the Nagoya specialty hitsumabushi (eel rice bowl), is located in the Esca Underground Shopping Center beneath Nagoya Station. Their hitsumabushi uses carefully selected eels which are covered with their secret sauce that uses a rich tamari-soy sauce base and cooked over ubame oak charcoal to create a luxuriant sweet-smelling dish. The taste of the crisp grilled skin is unbelievable. Their kimoyaki (grilled eel liver) and shirayaki (unseasoned grilled eel) are also popular menu items. Being located right next to the bullet train ticket gates this is the perfect place to round off a business trip or vacation.

I was looking for take out and decided to go for hitsumabushi once again. So I went to ESCA and stumbled upon this restaurant. First impression was that this must be good since there is a long queue...

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Aichi Areas

Aichi is a prefecture of great natural beauty with Nagoya city at its heart, a busy hub home to a labyrinth of underground shops and the 17th-century Nagoya Castle. Castles are easy to find in this history-rich prefecture, but the highlight for history buffs has to be the Museum Meiji-mura, where preserved buildings from the turn of the 20th century are displayed in all their grandeur in an outdoor museum.