Butagumi - an excellent high-end fried pork palace. They have an English menu and are set in a beautiful older building. Service is, of course, flawless.
Soba has great texture. The tempura and egg rolls are popular choices. I had the chicken soup which had a really nice broth. The noodles make the dish. Come before 6pm to avoid the queue.
Have english, chinese and korean menu. Ramen with extra garlic punch is delicious. The braised pork is really melts in your mouth! Come after 2pm no queue
Black truffle ramen at the world's only Michelin star ramen shop. Come get a ticket in the morning (7-8am) for lunchtime seating.
Recently its hour of business got shortened to 1 A.M. As far as I remember it was till sun is up long time ago! If you get the stamp in here you can enter Annex for free, which is open till morning.
the most popular open air bar in Shinjuku Nichome(the largest Gay town in JP). Reopened this year. Used to b the Advocates Cafe. open at 6pm. till 9pm, all-you-can-drink for beer(¥1000).free wifi.
Still my favorite, but you'll smell like oil afterwards - especially if you are at the bar. Sit at the bar to watch them scoop up live eels, shrimp and needle fish before they hit the fryer.
My God it's good! Blew me away by a mile(ง'̀⌣'́)ง highly recommended if you're in a mood for some damn good bowl of udon.
Sit by sushi bar. Order as much raw fish to try. I love the fatty tuna the most. Scallops were so delicious too! Can go back for sure! Love sashimi
Really tiny restaurant which only seats 8 ppl, hence the wait/line up. It's worth the wait though, esp. on a cold day like today! Get the 1st item on the menu, the chicken broth is to die for!!! 😍😋
This place is amazing! Fresh (seaweed still crispy), cheap (2 salmon pcs for ¥105), free green tea, English-friendly and gets sent straight to you via conveyor belt. If you don't go, you lose at life.
Lovely, relaxed soba restaurant - sudachi (citrus) soba was fresh and duck ramen was delicious. Anago tempura light and buttery, futo-maki very yummy. Takes reservations in English and English menu.
First ramen in Tokyo and it was awesome, nice pork broth, not heavy or greasy, nicely cooked noodles. As well we had gyoza and kimchi. Cannot recommend enough!
In our 8 days in Tokyo, we tried 9 diff ramens & THIS ONE was our favorite. (I wish we went back!) It's a short walk north of Shinjuku Station. Look for the 4-5 steps you gotta climb to get in.
Stumbled in here Summer 2007 right after it opened. The owner was the only staff. Absolutely fantastic tonkotsu ramen, added multiple extra ajitsuketamago. Came back a year later and still loved it.
Its all legit Izakaya for salarymen. Few English menus but most staff knows some key words (chicken, pork, etc). You take the plunge, you get rewarded with delicious.
