Spanish and Portuguese restaurants
This guide lists restaurants serving Spanish and Portuguese cuisine.
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Amapola (Ikebukuro - Spanish). 5951-6531 Many varieties of paella (from Y3200 for a two-person portion), Spanish standards, and Spanish wines from Y1900 per bottle.   Nishi-Ikebukuro 1-11-1, Metropolitan Plaza 8F. Open 11am-9:30pm (LO) daily. | |
Seafood-heavy paellas, Spanish omelettes and other typical Spanish fare in extremely unpretentious surroundings; full-course dinners from around Y4000. Kabukicho 2-42-11, Casa Shinjuku Bldg. Open 6-11pm (LO). Closed Mondays. | |
Elegant, high-end Spanish food in rather grand surroundings - the former residence of Count Ogasawara. Lunch from Y7000, full-course dinners from Y9000, not including wine. Kawadacho 10-10. Open 11:30am-2, 6-9pm (LO) daily. Tapas and Spanish wines. Udagawacho 34-6. Open 6-11:45pm. Closed Sundays. Madrid (Shibuya - Spanish). 5459-5507 A two-story late-night Spanish bar and restaurant, with your choice of bar snacks and wines or a complete Spanish meal. The upstairs restaurant has a nice selection of charcoal-grilled meats. They even do breakfast! | |
A bit more ambitious than your typical tapas joint, Bikini offers "modern Catalan cuisine," including an extensive selection of pinchos and other small dishes. The Y1800 special lunch includes a platter of five pinchos followed by an excellent seafood-heavy fideua - just like paella, but made with short pasta noodles instead of rice. Budget around Y3500 at dinnertime. Dogenzaka 1-12-5, Mark City East 4F. Open 11am-3, 5-10pm (LO) daily. | |
Tio Tio (Shibuya - Spanish). 5458-4188 This cute and casual tapas bar is popular with the after-work crowd in Shibuya. Start with a glass of fino sherry or a copa de cava for Y500 and ask the staff to shave a few slices off the joint of Jamon Serrano proudly displayed on the counter. Wines by the glass change daily. A few seats are available around the bar, but the front is standing room only.  Sakuragaokacho 16-7, Suzuki Bldg 1F. Open 5:30pm-2:30am. Closed Sundays. | |
This tiny Ebisu standing bar looks as though it's been plucked from the backstreets of Barcelona. Choose from a variety of tapas like bacon-wrapped dates or jamon iberico to snack on as you sip on a glass of wine (Y500-) or fino sherry (Y600-). Ebisu 1-12-5. Open 5:30pm-midnight (LO). Closed Sundays. | |
This stylish little late-night stand-up bar serves a nice variety of hot and cold Spanish tapas and pinchos (small snacks on bread), along with Spanish wines. Most food items are Y250-500, with wines from Y400/glass. | |
Good Spanish fare, including a variety of paellas, from this long-established shop. Budget around Y6000 at dinnertime. Hamamatsucho 1-25-6. Open 11:30am-1:30, 5-10pm. Closed Sundays. | |
This rustic, stucco-walled restaurant features skewered pork delicacies and other regional specialties from the south of Spain along with custom-imported Spanish wines. Under the same management as the ever-reliable Miyakawa wine-bar/restaurant in Azabu-Juban. Budget Y6000-7000 for dinner. Akasaka 9-7-4, Tokyo Midtown Garden Terrace 1F. Open 11am-10:30pm (LO). Closed Mondays. | |
 Miyakawa (Azabu-Juban - Spanish). 3403-2626 A tiny counter bar (plus a few tables) with friendly service and good food. The tapas-style menu includes various Spanish hams, an excellent paella, and a very rich and luscious oxtail stew. You'll also find some pleasantly affordable Spanish wines to go with the food. Azabu-Juban 1-5-4. Open 5-11pm. Closed Sundays. | |
Zurriola (Azabu-Juban - Spanish). 5730-0240 This pristine restaurant in Azabu-Juban specializes in contemporary Spanish cuisine with a respectful nod to modern French gastronomy. Chef Seichi Honda spent nine years in France and Spain before returning to Japan to work at Ryugin and Sant Pau. This pristine restaurant in Azabu-Juban specializes in contemporary Spanish cuisine with a respectful nod to modern French gastronomy. Chef Seichi Honda spent nine years in France and Spain before returning to Japan to work at Ryugin and Sant Pau.
Artistically presented appetizers - ethereal zucchini ravioli veiled in paper-thin slices of pancetta, sprinkled with pickled basil seeds; perfectly cooked squid stuffed with minced shiitake and eringi mushrooms, atop a pool of cabbage sauce - aptly display the chef's verve and creativity.
The same lightness of touch is not immediately evident in the mains, however. A neat rectangle of tender pork tongue and pig's cheek, dusted in herbed breadcrumbs and grilled, was tasty but persistently salty. (This may be just a matter of growing pains - the restaurant opened in April 2011.)
Prix-fixe meals are Y4,800 at lunchtime and Y11,000 at dinnertime (expect a 10% service charge). The cellar stocks over 120 kinds of Spanish wine, with a number of bottles priced comfortably between Y4,000-7,000. [Show more] [Show less] Azabu-Juban 3-2-7, Resort Azabu-Juban 1F. Open 11:30am-1:30, 6:30-9:30pm (LO). Closed Mondays. | |
Excellent tapas and a good selection of Spanish wines and sherries to go with them. The tiny interior includes three small tables plus some stand-up counters to lean on. Toranomon 5-8-11. Open 4-11pm (LO). Closed Sundays. | |
Tasty tapas and main dishes and reasonable Spanish wines from the popular Spanish chain. Akasaka 3-7-17. Open 11:30am-2:30, 5:30pm-2am (LO). Closed Sundays. | |
Bikini (Akasaka - Spanish). 5114-8500 Despite the casual setting - diner-style tables, a big counter and an open kitchen behind it - the menu offers a serious exploration of modern Catalan Spanish cuisine, with dishes like codfish fritters, Iberico pork terrine with figs, stewed oxtail (Y2200), and several traditional rice dishes. Wines are fairly reasonable; budget around Y7000 for food and drink at dinnertime. Akasaka 5-3-1, Akasaka Biz Tower 1F. Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily. | |
Tapas, paellas, wines, and full-course meals with casual, bistro-style service. Ginza 3-2-12, 1/2F. Open 11:30am-2, 5-9:30pm (LO) daily. | |
Muy (Marunouchi - Spanish). 5224-6161 Muy's huge, dramatically lit bar is very impressive, stretching half a city block along the front of the Tokyo Building. The menu includes a big selection of tapas (with numerous Spanish hams), grilled meats and fish, lots of rice dishes, and fideua - Catalan paella made with pasta instead of rice. Budget around Y4-5000 for food at dinnertime. Prix-fixe lunches from Y1400 (Y2500 weekends); wines from Y3700. (Thu/Fri nights to 2:30am) | |
Tasty Spanish tapas (priced from Y300) are the draw here, although oddly they don't serve pinchos-style snacks on bread. The big wine menu starts at under Y2000/bottle, but with only a few choices by the glass. Budget around Y2500-3000 for food. Marunouchi 1-9-1, Gran Tokyo South Tower B1F. Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily. | |
Modern Catalan cuisine - artfully arranged pinchos and tapas and creative main dishes - are on offer at this casual after-work drinking spot. Some twenty types of Spanish wine, including sherries and cava, are available by the glass. Budget around Y3000 at dinnertime. Nihonbashi Muromachi 2-2-1, Coredo Muromachi 2F. Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily. | |
Sant Pau (Nihonbashi - Spanish). 3517-5700 Serious Catalan cuisine in this fancy Tokyo branch of Chef Carme Ruscalleda's famous Barcelona restaurant. The tasting menu is Y21,000, and main dishes run around Y7000 each. (The lunchtime "quick menu" is Y8000.) There's a more informal wine bar downstairs, with some 350 varieties of mostly Spanish wines and a light tapas menu. (Wine bar open to 1am; on Sundays only the wine bar is open.) | |
Carino (Yotsuya 3-chome - Spanish). 3225-6226 "Jamon y vino" is the simple yet enticing concept at this small tapas bar, with Spanish wines starting at around Y3800 per bottle. Typical dishes include Iberico chorizo sausages, Catalan-style pizzas, and grilled meats and seafood on skewers. The food is great, but the pace of delivery can be somewhat leisurely. Budget around Y4000 for food and drink. Arakicho 1, Nakabayashi Bldg 1F. Open 6pm-1:30am (LO). Closed Sundays. | |
Excellent Spanish cooking, including a good variety of tapas dishes; the spicy lamb kebabs are especially recommended. Service is friendly, and the decor is casual and cheerful, with bright yellow tablecloths, bullfighting posters and Spanish music adding to the atmosphere. Yotsuya 3-3, Stream Yotsuya B1F. (from Yotsuya 3-chome walk towards Yotsuya sta, take the second left; the shop is on the right a few doors in) Open 5:30-10:30pm (LO). Closed Sundays. | |
Convivial bonhomie beams from the second-story window of this lively tapas bar in Kagurazaka. Inside, ceramic plates painted in sunny Andalucian colors hang above the brick-lined counter. Bottles of wine, conveniently marked with prices and descriptions, line the tall wooden shelves at the far end of the room. Floor-to-ceiling windows make the space seem bigger than it is - the bar seats a scant twenty-four - and create an atmosphere that feels both intimate and open. [See FULL REVIEW.] | |
El Pulpo (Kagurazaka - Spanish). 3269-6088 Tapas bars and restaurants are over Tokyo, but El Pulpo may be the only place that bills itself as a "marisqueria" - a Spanish restaurant specializing in seafood. The food here is fantastic, using fresh seafood that's delivered directly from Odawara in Kanagawa Prefecture. [See FULL REVIEW.] Kagurazaka 4-3, Miyazaki Bldg 1F. Open 6pm-2am. Closed Sundays. | |
A tapas bar with Spanish wines. Kagurazaka 3-1. Open 5:30pm-4am. Closed Sundays. Vinuls (Ueno - Spanish). 5826-5753 Spanish food and reasonably priced French and Spanish wines, with convenient late-night hours. Budget around Y3000 for food and drink at dinnertime. (From the same management as the Aux Amis des Vins chain of French wine bars.) | |
Tapas and Spanish wines. Tsukishima 1-14-7. Open noon-2:30, 5:30-10pm (LO) daily. A neighborhood hangout with very good, authenic Spanish food and drink at inexpensive prices. Higashi-Nakano 1-22-18. Open 5pm-midnight. Closed Sundays. | |
Spanish wines, tapas, large paellas and nicely prepared main dishes. Sangenjaya 2-11-26. Open 11:30am-2, 5:30-9:30pm (LO) daily. | |
Maika (Jiyugaoka - Spanish). 3722-2073 Okusawa 5-28-15. Open 5-10pm (LO). Closed Tuesdays. | |
Portuguese
The food and drink of sunny Madeira Island in Portugal is showcased here. There are 4-glass tasting sets of Madeira and Port wines, priced at Y1800 each, and a six-course prix-fixe Funchal menu featuring culinary specialties of the island is Y6300. The dining room is attractively laid out, and there's a separate bar are (LO 11pm) and some terrace seating. Jingumae 5-10-1, Gyre 4F. Open 11am-2, 6-10pm (LO) daily. | |
Manuel (Shibuya - Portuguese). 5738-0125 Tokyo's first Portuguese restaurant, with hearty, traditional country-style fare - stews, risotto-style rice dishes, and plenty of fish and seafood. The wines are a bargain, starting at around Y2800/bottle; there's also a selection of Port wines for after dinner. Around Y3000-4000/person including drinks. [See FULL REVIEW.] Shoto 1-25-6. Open 11:30am-2, 6-10pm (LO). Closed Wednesdays. | |
Manuel Churrascaria serves northern Portugal-style charcoal-grilled dishes - pork, chicken and seafood - along with other traditional Portuguese cuisine. The restaurant itself is very cozy, seating around 20 persons, and it really creates the feeling of dining somewhere in the back streets of a Portuguese town. [See FULL REVIEW.] Takanawa 2-3-22-101. Open noon-2:30, 6-10:30pm (LO). Closed Mondays. | |
Suckling pig is the specialty of the house, with a choice of Berkshire pork (kurobuta) from Kagoshima or Iberico pork from Spain (Y4500 and Y6000 respectively for two-person portions). Other mains are lamb stew with herbs and red wine; steamed rabbit meat with turnips; and roast guineau fowl with prunes. And as one might expect there's a good selection of Port and Madeira wines. The dining room is pleasant but far less fancy than this restaurant's Gyre Harajuku branch. Prix-fixe dinners are priced Y4000-7000. Akasaka 5-3-1, Akasaka Biz Tower 1F. Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily. | |
Manuel (Marunouchi - Portuguese). 5222-5055 Authentic Portuguese food and a good selection of wines in this office-basement branch of the popular chain. Budget around Y5000 at dinnertime for food and drink. [Go to branch review] Marunouchi 3-3-1, Shin-Tokyo Bldg. B1F. Open noon-2, 6-10pm (LO) daily. | |
This second branch of Tokyo's Portuguese pioneer restaurant is far more upscale than the Shibuya original, with spacious, comfortable dining rooms (smoking and non) a bigger, more serious menu, and a sommelier. Recommendations include the rabbit stewed in red wine and the potato and dried cod croquettes. The wine list includes both "traditional" and "international" Portuguese wines, depending on your tastes (we prefer the latter). Budget Y5,000-8,000 for dinner, depending on your choice of drinks. There's live folk music some nights - call to check. [Go to branch review] Rokubancho 11-7, B1F. Open 11:30am-2, 6-10pm (LO) daily. | |
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