Japanese Food Spots in Fukuoka Area

  • Hakata-mizutaki Hamadaya, Main Store
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukuoka Fukuoka-shi Hakata-ku Sumiyoshi 1-1-9
  • Oki Yo
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukuoka Fukuoka-shi Chuo-ku Nagahama 3-11-3
  • Original Motoyoshi Ya Main Store
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukuoka Yanagawa-shi Asahimachi 69
  • Rikyu Hakata Station Restaurant
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    4.0
    88 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukuoka Pref. Fukuokashihakataku Hakataekichuougai 1-1 JR Hakata City 9F
    Located inside the Amu Plaza Hakata of JR Hakata City, a mall connected directly to Hakata Station, this specialty restaurant serves beef tongue, a Sendai specialty dish. The staple of the establishment's menu is the beef tongue set meal, which goes great with rice. Other menu selections include beef tongue stew; beef tongue curry; and juicy, thick cut grilled beef tongue; in short, customers can enjoy delicious beef tongue to their heart's content.

    Conveniently located on the 9th floor of AMU Plaza, this restaurants speciality is ox tongue. As I went for lunch, I had to stand in line and wait about 10 minutes. But it was not bad. Combo (ox...

  • Fujiken Daimyo Restaurant
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    4.0
    14 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukuoka Pref. Fukuokashichuouku Daimyou 1-10-22 Maveras Daimyo 1F
    A seafood restaurant located in Chuo Ward, Fukuoka City. Owned and operated by the Fujiken seafood shop in Kashii, the establishment makes full use of its namesake's skills and experience, serving fresh, lively local and wild seafood. Customers can enjoy sashimi, choosing from among seasonal fish swimming in the restaurant's own live tank. The establishment also serves a full array of other dishes, including broiled and stewed seafood.

    大名にある鮮魚店直営のお店です。 美味しいお魚をいただきたいときにおすすめです。 ふじけんさん名物のお通しは、活き車エビの炭火焼きです。 豪華刺身盛り合わせはさすが鮮魚店直営のお店ですね。 ふじけんさん名物のサザエパンや旬魚の煮付け、だし巻き玉子など、どれもとても美味しかったです。 〆には、ふじけん巻きをいただきました。 新鮮なお刺身がたっぷり巻かれたふじけん巻きはとても美味しかったです。 活気あ...

  • Motsunabe Kobayashi
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    4.5
    50 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukuoka Pref. Fukuokashichuouku Imaizumi 1-13-5
    A nabe hotpot restaurant located a five-minute walk from Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) Station on the Nishitetsu Tenjin Omuta Line. Here customers can enjoy offal hotpot, a Hakata specialty dish, made with Japanese black beef from Kagoshima. The restaurant's full menu includes sumotsu vinegared offal, horse liver sashimi, and more. Decorated in Japanese style engendering a relaxing atmosphere, the restaurant also has large televisions from which diners can watch popular sports matches during their meal.

    旅行で行った際に、近くで探してこちらにお伺いしました。 時間も遅かったので、おすすめは品切れでした。 もつ鍋を楽しみにしていましたが、スープは深みがあまり感じられないよーな…。 次の日の仕込みを始めてましたが、たーくさんの化学調味料を使っている様をみて、こんなもんか…と。 今どきの美味しいお店は使っているとは思いましたが、あんなに…(笑) 次は化学調味料不使用のお店に行きたいと思います。

  • Isagiyoshi (Tenjin Restaurant)
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    4.5
    19 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukuoka Pref. Fukuokashichuouku Maiduru 1-9-23
    A seafood Japanese izakaya pub located in Chuo Ward, Fukuoka City where customers can taste fresh, seasonal seafood dishes. The restaurant's large menu includes selections like spear squid ikizukuri and seafood saraudon noodles. Popular selections include the wild longtooth grouper nabe hotpot course, served only in winter. The establishment is perfect for parties, banquets, and all manner of engagements.

    夕方6時からの個室予約を取ってお邪魔しました。すでに満席近し。イカ活造りに大興奮、頂きます!…きゃあきゃあ言って堪能しました…時価です。豊富なメニュー、お肉料理や揚げ物もありますよ。雰囲気も良く、美味しく楽しい時間を過ごせました。

  • Kaisen Shokudo Suika
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    4.5
    6 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukuoka Pref. Fukuokashichuouku Daimyou 1-10-19
    A Japanese restaurant located in Chuo Ward, Fukuoka City. A seafood restaurant operating out of a detached house where customers can enjoy choice dishes made with seasonal seafood selected by a skilled chef. From hearty servings of sashimi to cream cheese tofu, a dish you'll be addicted to after just one bite, the restaurant's menu consists of only the tastiest selections. The establishment also has private rooms perfect for parties and can be used for all manner of functions.

    4人で予約して行きました。座敷に案内されて、まず生で乾杯してお通しをいただきます。お通しも手抜きがなく数種類ありました。刺身盛り合わせ、魚の煮付け、イワシの梅揚げ、肉じゃがなどを注文しました。刺身は新鮮なものを使っています。角が立ってプリプリの食感です。煮付けの味も食べやすいです。イワシの梅揚げは梅肉の酸味が効いてイワシのクセを消しています。バランスのよい味に仕上がっています。肉じゃがは煮込み具合...

  • Kaito
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukuoka Pref. Kitakyushushimojiku Minatomachi 3-3
    A sushi restaurant located in Moji Ward, Kitakyushu City. A conveyer belt sushi restaurant owned and operated by a wholesaler, here diners can enjoy authentic sushi made with season seafood stocked from the market. The establishment also offers a full array of non-sushi dishes for customers to dine on in tatami mat rooms, including baked curry, a Mojiko specialty; and Shimonoseki fugu cuisine. The restaurant is also open for lunch, but only on weekdays.
  • Kashiwaya Genjiro
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    4.0
    38 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukuoka Pref. Fukuokashihakataku Hakataekichuougai 1-1JR Hakata City Amu Plaza Hakata 9F
    A chicken cuisine restaurant serving mizutaki hotpot, a Fukuoka favorite; and other dishes made with tender, flavorful chicken meat. The restaurant's highly popular oyakodon rice bowl (consists of vaunted chicken mixed with choice cooked eggs over rice). Taking great care in the dashi broth used to flavor its mizutaki, the restaurant's version is an original take on the tradition Hakata mizutaki long loved in the Fukuoka area. Diners are sure to enjoy the true deliciousness of chicken here.

    Kashiwaya Genjiro is located on the 9th floor of Amu Plaza at JR Hakata station. So, its ambiance is quite nice. As I went there for lunch, I just took Oyakodon (about $7). With this price, it was...

  • Kanehira Sengyoten Nakasu Kawabata Restaurant
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    4.0
    33 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukuoka Pref. Fukuokashihakataku Kamikawabatamachi 9-152
    A Japanese izakaya pub located in Hakata Ward, Fukuoka City. Here customers can enjoy seafood cuisine made with seasonal fish from the Genkai Sea and other ingredients selected with a skilled eye. In addition to sashimi and nitsuke soy sauce stew course menus perfect for parties, the establishment also offers a full array of a la carte dishes. In addition, the restaurant carries a wide selection of alcoholic beverages which go great with food.

    お店の入り口には生け簀があり、うまい魚が食べられそうな予感。この日はイカの入荷が無いとのことで(前日、食べておいてよかった)、胡麻鯖にカワハギなどを頼みました。2階の個室でしたが、もう少し明るい照明だとお料理が映えるかと。 刺身盛り合わせの内容など理解していないバイト君は論外でしたが。。

  • Echigoya (Imaizumi Restaurant)
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    4.0
    61 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukuoka Pref. Fukuokashichuouku Imaizumi 2-5-6 Imaizumi Square 1F-A
    A motsu nabe offal hotpot restaurant located in Chuo Ward, Fukuoka City. Here customers can enjoy smooth, flavorful offal hotpot, such as the light brown miso motsu nabe made with a blend of three Kyoto style misos. The restaurant's hotpot broth is a perfect complement to its fresh offal stocked straight from the Fukuoka Meat Wholesale Market.

    味はフツーに旨いが接客が全くダメ。金曜日なのに店も空いてるし昔はもっとお客さん多かったのにそのせいなのかな。スタッフの元気がないとか挨拶がないとかではなくもつ鍋屋、飲食店としての教育をスタッフに全くしていない。女性スタッフはもつの追加で鍋に入れる位置が高すぎてスープを飛ばして顔と服にかけるし、男性スタッフは豆腐の追加を持ってきた皿ごと鍋に入れちゃうし、しかも追加のもつと豆腐しか残ってなかったから新...

  • Gin no Ita
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukuoka Pref. Fukuokashichuouku Imaizumi 2-4-35 Imaizumi Central Building 2F
    "A teppanyaki restaurant located in Imaizumi, Chuo Ward, Fukuoka City. Here customers can enjoy Japanese black beef steaks and okonomiyaki savory pancakes made with select ingredients. Other selections from the establishment's expansive menu include the restaurant's famous ""Hakata Imaizumi-yaki"" and avocado canapes. Decorated in Japanese style, the restaurant has counter and tatami mat seating areas and is perfect for parties, banquets, and all manner of engagements."
  • Gohanya Shoboan
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    4.0
    103 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukuoka Pref. Fukuokashihakataku Hakataekichuougai 1-1JR Hakata City 9F, City Dining Kuten
    A nabe hotpot restaurant which serves dishes which go great with fresh cooked bowls of rice. The restaurant also offers Japanese home style dishes and sides made with seasonal vegetables. The restaurant's karashi mentaiko (spicy pollock roe), a Fukuoka specialty; and rice fresh cooked in earthenware pots are particularly popular. In addition, customers can enjoy choice alcoholic beverages, including beer, sake, and shochu.

    This relaxed but, quality restaurant has got everything going for it. Truly pleasant and helpful staff. Relaxed and enjoyable atmosphere with, unusual and fabulously tasty food. Not what l expected...

  • Sushi Kappo Yamanaka Main Restaurant
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    4.0
    102 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukuoka Pref. Fukuokashichuouku Watanabedori 2-8-8
    A famous, long standing sushi restaurant where customers can taste Hakata style sushi. Using fresh, seasonal seafood from the Genkai Sea and other areas, the restaurant offers a wide ranging menu. The Japanese modern decor creates a high class, soothing atmosphere, and the establishment also has private dining areas for customers to take a relaxing meal in. Often used for business entertainment, the restaurant is also frequented by tourists.

    I came across Yamanaka Honten from various reviews and recommendation. The restaurant is near Yakuin station but the entrance is not obvious. The restaurant was full and we didn’t make reservations...

  • Kawashou Main Restaurant
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukuoka Pref. Fukuokashichuouku Nishinakasu 5-13
    A sushi and traditional kaiseki course cuisine restaurant located in Chuo Ward, Fukuoka City. Here customers can enjoy seafood made with the utmost dedication to flavor and ingredient quality, and the establishment is perfect for all manner of dining engagements. Customers eat their meal at the restaurant's plain wood counter while watching every movement of the hands of the master chefs at work.
  • Sushi Masasho
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    4.0
    5 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukuoka Pref. Fukuokashisawaraku Momochihama 2-3-2 TNC broadcast hall 1F
    A sushi restaurant located in Sawara Ward, Fukuoka City. Consisting of counter seating and a tatami mat seating area, here customers can enjoy sushi crafted with fresh seafood by the hands of master chefs. The restaurant's popular 1,000 yen sushi lunch, limited to 10 customers a day, also comes with chawanmushi (savory steamed egg custard) and a salad.

    凄く笑顔の素敵な女将と大将に迎えていただきました。昼は10食限定でしたが、ギリギリセーフでいただきました。ネタは新鮮で美味しく、最後の茶碗蒸しが美味しすぎて感動でした!

  • Uochu
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    4.5
    20 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukuoka Pref. Fukuokashichuouku Imaizumi 1-18-26
    A set meal restaurant located an eight-minute walk from Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) Station on the Nishitetsu Tenjin Omuta Line. Menu selections include a meal consisting of a daily sashimi special and your choice of main dish; those who order it are sure to enjoy the wide variety of fresh, seasonal seafood delicacies included. The restaurant's Japanese modern decor gives it a quiet atmosphere and diners can take in a relaxing meal. The establishment is frequented primarily by locals as well as tourists.

    水曜定休のお店。結局、木-火曜6日間ランチを利用しました。 魚忠ランチは現在、税込み1180(平日限定11:30-16時は税込み1050)です。 平日は昼時12時前-13時半を避けるとほぼ待ち時間ゼロで案内されました。待つ場合はお店入って正面の会計右手にある紙に名前等を記入必須です。土日はグループ客が列を作っていますが昼時を避けると、独り利用なら待ち時間少なめです。 席に着くと(冬なので?)熱...

  • Kiryu
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    4.5
    8 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukuoka Pref. Fukuokashichuouku Tenjin 1 Hakata Daimaru Maru
    "A food stall located in Chuo Ward, Fukuoka City. The stall's abundant menu includes yaki ramen, a dish invented in Hakata; chewy ""Mochimochi Gyoza"" pot stickers, notable for their unique shape and the stall's signature dish; and the ""Mentaiko Tamagoyaki"" egg omelet made with famous Hakata karashi mentaiko spicy pollock roe. Here customers can experience the delights of Hakata food stall culture while sipping on tasty alcoholic beverages."

    天神に住む友人に案内されて、飲んだ後の一杯を食べに行ってきました。人気のお店らしく混んでいました。2人して、ラーメンに瓶ビールを頼みました。替え玉もバリカタで頼んで、満足!屋台の雰囲気を楽しめて良かったです。

  • Nagi no Ki Nishinakasu Main Restaurant
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    4.0
    4 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukuoka Pref. Fukuokashichuouku Nishinakasu 10-1
    A local cuisine restaurant located in Chuo Ward, Fukuoka City. Here customers can enjoy Hakata's famous mizutaki hotpot, motsu nabe (offal hotpot), and fresh seafood. The restaurant's motsu nabe is made with only Japanese brown beef offal from Kumamoto. The broth used for the mizutaki is a cloudy white crafted through long hours of slow simmering. The establishment is the perfect destination for business entertainment, Year-End parties, New Year's parties, and all manner of dining engagements.

    ランチにお鍋と馬刺しを頂きました。 馬刺しは8ピース3,000円と高価でしたが美味しかったです。鍋も、食後の雑炊含めて美味しく頂きました。私たちは奥のボックス席で食事しましたが半個室のようになっていてリラックスできました。お勧めできる九州料理屋さんです。

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The most northerly of Kyushu island’s prefectures, Fukuoka comprises castle towns, seaside parks, and Hakata ramen, one of Japan’s most famous noodle dishes. Whether due to its good location or its unique charm, the prefecture’s capital, Fukuoka city, has been voted one of the most desirable places to live in the country - a close-knit community, a thriving food scene, and accessible nature combine for irresistibly laid-back city vibes.

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