Lavish contemporary and traditional French fare in a luxurious setting here in the Imperial Hotel's flagship French restaurant. Chef Thierry Voisin, formerly of Michelin two-star Les Crayeres in Rheims, mans the kitchen. Breakfast starts at Y3465, lunch at Y5775, and dinner at Y12,600. [feedback]

Uchisaiwaicho 1-1-1, Imperial Hotel Mezzanine. Open 7-10am, 11:30am-2:30, 5:30-10pm daily.

Inexpensive bakery and deli items and salads from the famous no-brand design store Mujirushi. Breakfast is served from 7am. [feedback]

Yurakucho 1-2-1, Toho Theater Crie Bldg Rem Hibiya 2F. Open 6:30am-9:30pm (LO) daily.

Right next to Baden Baden under the rumbling JR tracks, and even sharing the same address, they offer a similar selection of beers. [feedback]

Yurakucho 2-1-8. Open 11:30am-2, 4-11pm. Open every day.

A small-ish branch of this excellent izakaya chain, with a salaryman-centered audience and good honest Kyushu grub. Great gyoza, mysterious mustard-stuffed lotus root, and fantastic daily specials, including seafood fresh from the island. [feedback]

Yurakucho 1-4-1, Hibiya Sanshin Bldg. B1F. Open 11:30am-2:30, 5-10:30pm (Sat. to 8:30). Closed Sundays.

The elegantly appointed main dining room of the Peninsula Hotel offers gorgeous views and an entertaining menu of modern international cuisine. Have fun putting together your own meal of four or six courses (Y11,000 or Y14,000), with down-to-earth dishes like their "Roasted Duck Foie Gras, Ginger Bread-Citrus Marmalade Mille Feuille, Foie Gras Ice Cream, Balsamic Yogurt". For some reason the wine cellar is made up exclusively of half-bottles, starting at around Y3700; wine by the glass from Y1600. The bar area is open 5pm-midnight, with no cover charge. [feedback]

Yurakucho 1-8-1, The Peninsula Tokyo 24F. Open 11:30am-2:30, 6pm-midnight (LO 10pm) daily.

Thai-style "sukiyaki" (fish balls and other delicacies boiled in a broth at your table) is one of the specialties of this Bangkok-based chain. [feedback]

Yurakucho 1-11-1, Bic Camera 6F. Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.

This upscale chain izakaya is known for their excellent grilled meats and vegetables and their well-chosen sake and shochu lists. The decor is sleek Japanese modern. Budget around Y6000-7000 per person with drinks. [feedback]

Yurakucho 2-7-1, Yurakucho Itocia Plaza 3F. Open 11am-3, 5-11:30pm daily.

Five famous Japanese curry shops have gotten together to create this tiny 15-seat counter. Try them all - for Y2500 you can get a set of curries from all five shops, or you can order individual curries for around Y1000 each. (The collaborating shops are Ethiopia, Delhi, Topca, Dom Pierre, and Hongou Petit Feu.) [feedback]

Yurakucho 2-7-1, Yurakucho Itocia Plaza B1F. Open 11am-11pm daily.

The little tasting room in the back of this well-stocked liquor store is a good place to wind up a shopping afternoon or start off an evening in Ginza or Marunouchi. To accompany your wine, there are six different cheeses and other wine-friendly foods like pate, smoked duck and chicken pastrami. [See FULL REVIEW.][feedback]

Yurakucho 2-7-1, Yurakucho Itocia Plaza B1F. Open 11am-11pm daily.

California-style sushi is known for its plump sushi rolls filled with adventurous combinations of ingredients and assertive flavorings. The original Hump is a trendy and popular LA sushi spot, and this Marunouchi outlet attempts to bring California sushi and a bit of Santa Monica excitement to Tokyo. The main dining room looks out over a moat of the Imperial Palace, and there's a gorgeous private sushi bar with four seats plus your own sushi chef. Lunch starts from Y1200, the chef's special dinner is Y8400, and dinner at the private bar is Y20,000. There's also a very attractive lounge area for after-dinner drinks. [feedback]

Marunouchi 2-1-1, Marunouchi MY Plaza 2F. Open 11:30am-late daily.

From the Osaka-based Daidaiya group of restaurants, the Chanto izakaya chain offers creative original dishes incorporating fusion elements and Korean and other Asian influences. [feedback]

Marunouchi 2-1-1, Marunouchi MY Plaza B2F. Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.

Another venture from the Chanto group, this new-style Korean restaurant is billed as a Korean robata, combining Korean cuisine with a rustic Japanese farmhouse-style open-hearth setup. The menu features an unusual selection of grilled meats and vegetables on skewers, as well as spicy chige stews, Dakkalbi chicken stew and samgetang ginseng-chicken soup. [See FULL REVIEW.][feedback]

Marunouchi 2-1-1, Marunouchi MY Plaza B2F. Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.

A very relaxed Italian trattoria, with full-course dinners from Y2835. There are plenty of pastas and salads, mixed prosciutto platters and so on; they even have a take-out deli counter. The Y1000 lunch includes three deli-style appetizers as well as a panini sandwich, lasagna, pasta or risotto of the day. [feedback]

Marunouchi 2-1-1, Marunouchi MY Plaza B2F. Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.

Upmarket French wines and excellent country-style French cooking; chef Masashi Hadachi (formerly of Aux Bacchannales in Harajuku) is in charge of the kitchen. The bistrot-style setting is casual, occasionally cramped. Y4500 prix-fixe for three courses in the evening. Their afternoon cafe menu (2-6pm), featuring sandwiches, steak frites and other light fare, is worth knowing about if you're in need of a late lunch in this neighborhood. [feedback]

Marunouchi 3-3-1, Shin-Tokyo Bldg. 1F. Open 8am-midnight (from 11am weekends). Open every day.

"Slow Dining Asli" pride themselves on their top-quality organic vegetables and free-range chicken from Fukushima. You'll find organic wines and even organic sake and shochu on the drinks menu. [See FULL REVIEW.][feedback]

Marunouchi 3-3-1, Shin-Tokyo Bldg. B1F. Open 11:30am-2, 5-10pm (LO) daily.

French-style Japanese kushiyaki (or is it the other way around?) - charcoal-grilled pork and other meats, with some French dishes like pot-au-feu. The French wine list is very large. [feedback]

Marunouchi 3-3-1, Shin-Tokyo Bldg. B1F. Open 11:30am-2, 5-10pm (LO). Closed Sundays.

A joint venture between Mushu sake pub and several sake companies, Takara serves both Japanese food and Spanish tapas, plus sake, awamori, shochu, excellent Japanese microbrew beer (Baird's), and Spanish wines. [See FULL REVIEW.][feedback]

Marunouchi 3-5-1, Tokyo International Forum B1F. Open 11:30am-11pm daily.

Tsuruhan promises "Kyoto vegetable dining" plus a good assortment of local Kyoto sake brands. The cozy dining room features a big central counter plus a few small tables around the edges of the room. Budget around Y3500 with drinks. [feedback]

Marunouchi 3-5-1, Tokyo International Forum B1F. Open 11am-11pm daily.

Inexpensive bakery and deli items and salads from the famous no-brand design store Mujirushi, inside their huge flagship store in Yurakucho. [feedback]

Marunouchi 3-8-3, Infoce Yurakucho 2/3F. Open 10am-9pm daily.

All their set menus are Y600, and the atmosphere is just like dropping into some night stall in Bangkok - loud pop music, fantastic cooking aromas, and minimal decor. [feedback]

Marunouchi 3-7-11. (under the Yamanote-sen tracks next to Tokyo International Forum) Open 11am-11pm daily.

This first Tokyo branch of one of Kyoto's best Italian restaurants occupies a small, minimal but elegant dining room facing the street. Dinner is either Y7500 or Y10,000 - chef's omakase menu only - with reasonably priced bottles and half-bottles of Italian wines. Lunch from Y2000. [feedback]

Marunouchi 2-7-3, Tokyo Bldg Tokia 1F. Open 11am-2, 6-9pm (LO) daily.

A combination bakery and brasserie; it also features a small standup bar serving ten wines by the glass - a good place to meet up before dining nearby. [feedback]

Marunouchi 2-7-3, Tokyo Bldg Tokia 1F. Open 10am-midnight daily.

This branch of the very luxurious Luxor in Shirogane (from veteran Tokyo restaurateur Mario Fritolli) has a nice view of the plaza across from Tokyo International Forum. Budget around Y7000-10,000 for dinner; lunch from Y1300. [feedback]

Marunouchi 2-7-3, Tokyo Bldg Tokia 2F. Open 11am-2, 5-10:30pm (LO; 2am Thu/Fri) daily.

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) [feedback]

Marunouchi 2-7-3, Tokyo Bldg Tokia 2F. Open 11am-2, 5:30-11pm daily.

Fancy modern French cuisine, with dishes like oyster and fennel soup, foie gras flan, hot organic vegetable salad - plus roast meats like veal, venison, lamb and duck. Main courses average around Y4000; prix-fixe dinners from Y5500; lunch from Y1200. [feedback]

Marunouchi 2-7-3, Tokyo Bldg Tokia 2F. Open 11am-2, 5:30-11:30pm daily.

This cafeteria-style "natural foods buffet" is a real bargain at Y2400 per person, which includes organic fruit juices and fresh-brewed espresso as well as a big selection of Japanese home-style dishes. [feedback]

Marunouchi 2-7-3, Tokyo Bldg Tokia 3F. Open 11am-3, 5:30-9:30pm (LO) daily.

AC's atmosphere and decor are very European in feel, and the large food menu includes surprisingly authentic Belgian specialties like "stoemp" - a hearty platter of mashed potatoes and root vegetables. The bar serves more than 30 Belgian beers, including Leffe Blond and three others on tap. Ample terrace seating is available. Bar open until 4am weeknights, midnight weekends. [See FULL REVIEW.][feedback]

Marunouchi 2-7-3, Tokyo Bldg Tokia B1F. Open 11am-3am (LO), to 11pm Sat, Sun. Open every day.

This "izakaya + cafeteria" has a very welcoming atmosphere for an office-building basement - blue-and-white tile walls, an open kitchen with hams hanging over the counter, chalkboards announcing daily specials, bistro-style seating. The "Kobe home-style" menu includes items like teppan-grilled scallops with Genovese sauce, Kobe-beef tendon stew, salmon with Parmesan cheese - most in the Y500-800 range. [feedback]

Marunouchi 2-7-3, Tokyo Bldg Tokia B1F. Open 11am-2:30, 5-10:30pm (LO) daily.

A very casual counter-bar serving food from Kagoshima and further south - satsuma-age (fish cakes), tonkotsu (pork stew), goya kimchee, and of course plenty of shochu. [feedback]

Marunouchi 2-7-3, Tokyo Bldg Tokia B1F. Open 11am-2:30pm, 5-10:30pm (LO) daily.

Charcoal-grilled free-range chicken is the main focus of Kuruma's menu, supplemented by interesting side dishes like avocado and potato tempura and home-made tofu. [feedback]

Marunouchi 2-7-3, Tokyo Bldg Tokia B1F. Open 11am-1:30, 5-11:30pm (LO) daily.

This hip little cafe is known for their inexpensive, eclectic menu - sandwiches, rice bowls, unusual pizzas, and mains like roast pork with wasabi sauce. Desserts include French toast. Open all day. [feedback]

Marunouchi 2-7-3, Tokyo Bldg Tokia B1F. Open 11am-10:30pm (2am Thu/Fri) daily.

An "event cafe" in the heart of the Maru Biru atrium, at the center of the action. [feedback]

Marunouchi 2-4-1, Marunouchi Bldg. 1F. Open 7:30am-11pm daily.

A souped-up branch of Aux Amis des Vins, one of Ginza's best French wine bars, with a high-octane view. Dinnertime set menus start at Y6300, lunches from Y1800. [feedback]

Marunouchi 2-4-1, Marunouchi Bldg. 35F. Open 11am-2:30, 5:30-11:30pm (LO) daily.

A rarity in Tokyo - a fancy, upmarket Thai restaurant with a skyscraper view. The buffet lunch is Y2500. [feedback]

Marunouchi 2-4-1, Marunouchi Bldg. 35F. Open 11am-3, 5-10pm (LO) daily.

Top-grade robatayaki in festive surroundings, for that expense-account splurge. [feedback]

Marunouchi 2-4-1, Marunouchi Bldg. 5F. Open 11am-2, 5-11pm (LO) daily.

The original branch in Shirogane is famous for their wood-burning pizza oven, which is duplicated here. [feedback]

Marunouchi 2-4-1, Marunouchi Bldg. 5F. Open 11am-2, 5-11:30pm (LO) daily.

Hawaiian-style burgers and sandwiches. The atrium deck is very airy and pleasant, but seating there is limited. [feedback]

Marunouchi 2-4-1, Marunouchi Bldg. 5F. Open 11am-10:30pm (LO) daily.

A branch of the highly popular Nishi-Azabu yoshoku restaurant. The specialty of the house is a dressed-up omelette rice, but the seafood gratin and hamburger steak are also good. [feedback]

Marunouchi 2-4-1, Marunouchi Bldg. 5F. Open 11am-10:30pm daily.

Reliable rotisserie chicken, sandwiches and deli items. There's also a popular weekend brunch featuring rotisserie chicken and various breakfast-y dishes. [feedback]

Marunouchi 2-4-1, Marunouchi Bldg. 5F. Open 11am-3, 5-10pm (LO) daily.

A retail shop specializing in honey, with many different varieties to choose from. [feedback]

Marunouchi 2-4-1, Marunouchi Bldg. B1F. Open 11am-9pm daily.

Michelin-starred traditional French dining overlooking Tokyo Station. Prix-fixe lunches are Y3,500-6,000, dinners Y7,000-12,000. [feedback]

Marunouchi 1-5-1, Shin-Marunouchi Bldg 5F. Open 11am-1:30, 6-9:30pm (LO) daily.

Part of the popular Franziskaner chain, Franz club offers a decent selection of German beers and nice roast meats, sausages, ham and similar fare, served well into the wee hours of the morning. Budget around Y4000 at dinnertime. There's also a deluxe weekend brunch priced at Y2980. [feedback]

Marunouchi 1-5-1, Shin-Marunouchi Bldg 5F. Open 11:30am-4, 5pm-4am daily.

This Kobe-based restaurant serves modern, creative French cuisine. Lunch menus are Y2,100-7,875, and dinnertime degustation menus are Y7,875-12,600. [feedback]

Marunouchi 1-5-1, Shin-Marunouchi Bldg 5F. Open 11am-2:30, 5:30-10pm (LO) daily.

This very attractive restaurant from Australian celebrity chef Luke Mangan is on the expensive side - some might even call it overpriced - but they do have an excellent wine list with approximately 1000 choices, all from Australia. Prix-fixe menus are Y8,000-16,000, or Y13,000-22,000 paired with the sommelier's wine selection. Lunch is Y3,500-8,000. [feedback]

Marunouchi 1-5-1, Shin-Marunouchi Bldg 6F. Open 11am-2:30, 5:30-10pm (LO) daily.

The wine bar of Salt (the Australian restaurant next door), WW offers around 1000 different wines from around the world, including a few dozen by the glass, plus a simple food menu (fish carpaccio, Australian steaks, pork confit). Budget around Y7000 at dinnertime. [feedback]

Marunouchi 1-5-1, Shin-Marunouchi Bldg 6F. Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.

A casual French-Italian bistrot-bar, with lots of original tapas-size dishes, wine by the glass and Belgian beers. [feedback]

Marunouchi 1-5-1, Shin-Marunouchi Bldg B1F. Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.

A fantastic selection of French terrines, quiches, tarts and cakes is yours to take home from Le Jardin Galois, the retail arm of the excellent Brin de Muguet restaurant in Ogikubo. [feedback]

Marunouchi 1-5-1, Shin-Marunouchi Bldg B1F. Open 8:30am-10:30pm daily.

Exotic curries are served at weekday lunchtime only here in the basement of the Palace Hotel. Variations include Australian beef filet curry; fresh fruit curry (made with papayas, apples, kiwi and pineapple); free-range chicken; Russian crabmeat; and mixed seafood, plus limited-time seasonal ingredients. Prices range from Y1300-2500. [feedback]

Marunouchi 1-1-1, Palace Hotel B1F. Open 11:30am-2pm. Closed weekends.

Mostly an all-day cafe/restaurant, although they also have a small deli counter and grocery section with coffees and teas, spices, baked goods, cold cuts, four kinds of smoked salmon, and real dill pickles. Groceries cover the luxury end of the spectrum, with Y1800 jars of pasta sauce and exotic pates. [feedback]

Marunouchi 1-4-5, Mitsubishi Trust Building 1F. Open 7am-11pm daily.

The tasteful Kyoto-modern decor here is definitely the most impressive in the entire Marunouchi Oazo complex. Good-quality Japanese fare, including a good assortment of regional dishes, with a nice casual atmosphere. Lunches start at Y1260, dinner averages around Y6000. [See FULL REVIEW.][feedback]

Marunouchi 1-6-4, Marunouchi Oazo 5F. Open 11am-2:30, 5-10:30pm (LO) daily.

Premium regional sake (from the Morita brewery south of Nagoya) is the main draw here, along with a food menu featuring grilled chicken, fresh seafood and similar fare. Lunch averages around Y2000, dinner Y8000. [feedback]

Marunouchi 1-6-4, Marunouchi Oazo 6F. Open 11am-2:30, 5-10:30pm (LO) daily.

Budget Italian food and wine. [feedback]

Otemachi 1-5-1, First Square Garden B1F. Open 11am-10pm (LO). Closed weekends.

The simple, inexpensive bar menu includes salmon jerky, grilled mussels and lots of fried dishes. There are more than 50 world beers including Heineken on tap, Sam Adams and Budvar. [feedback]

Otemachi 1-6-1, Otemachi Bldg 1F. Open 11am-11:30pm. Closed weekends.