The thick udon noodles here are served in a rich, very tasty curry-flavored broth, and served with shrimp tempura, bananas or mochi (rice cakes).

Roppongi 6-2-31, Roppongi Hills North Tower B1F. Open 11am-10:30pm (LO) daily.

A convenient and popular Roppongi Hills branch of one of Tokyo's best shops for tsukemen-style ramen noodles.

Roppongi 6-2-31, Roppongi Hills North Tower B1F. Open 11am-10:45pm (LO) daily.

Situated on Roppongi-dori right in front of Roppongi Hills, this branch of the popular chain offers good German beers, sausages and other snacks, and (relatively) late-night hours.

Roppongi 6-4-1, Metrohat/Hollywood Plaza 101. Open 11am-1am (LO) daily.

Appetizing sandwiches and burgers, deli items and interesting drinks like raspberry soy milk, from the Homeworks burger shop. Take-out and local delivery available.

Roppongi 6-4-1, Metrohat B1F. Open 9am-10pm (LO) daily.

A modern conveyor-belt sushi shop with a high-tech element - an electronic chip in each plate keeps track of freshness, and fish is taken out of rotation after thirty minutes.

Roppongi 6-4-1, Metrohat B2F. Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.

"New-style French dining" in a very stylish dining room. The food is first-rate and the ambience is casual, with all counter seating. The focus of attention is the open kitchen space on the other side of the counter - a performance space really - where the chefs go about their work. [See FULL REVIEW.]

Roppongi 6-10-2, Roppongi Hills Hillside 220. Open 11:30am-2:30, 6-10pm (LO) daily.

The dim sum here is fairly average, but there's a lot of it! Some 51 varieties, including 14 desserts, and all you can eat at lunchtime and all day weekends. The decor is modern and attractive, and non-smoking seats are provided. Y3200 at lunchtime, but tea is extra (from Y800); Y3800 for weekend dinners. There's also a regular menu, and late-night hours on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights.

Roppongi 6-10-2, Roppongi Hills Hillside 2F. Open 11am-10:30pm (LO; -3am Thu-Sat) daily.

Excellent Hawaiian seafood with intriguing Asian influences - there's plenty of Pacific Rim cuisine in Tokyo, but somehow Roy's manages to stay unique. There's also a decent selection of New World wines to go with the food, and a popular weekend brunch (Y3500, or Y7000 with champagne and wine open bar).

Roppongi 6-10-1, Roppongi Hills Westwalk 511c. Open 11am-3, 5:30-10:30pm (LO) daily.

Great Hakata-style yakitori in stylish surroundings; the main branch is a popular Fukuoka destination. Budget around Y4500 for food and drinks at dinnertime.

Roppongi 6-10-1, Roppongi Hills Westwalk 5F. Open 11am-2:30, 5-10:30pm (LO) daily.

Now here's something you don't expect to find in the middle of Roppongi Hills - an old-fashioned down-to-earth izakaya. The specialty at Sakanaya Rokuzo is fish and seafood from around Japan, served raw, basket-steamed or charcoal-grilled. The grill menu also offers a good selection of tempting, meatier items like miso-marinated pork belly, tsukune with yuzu-kosho oroshi, and heirloom Iwate chicken. Now here's something you don't expect to find in the middle of Roppongi Hills - an old-fashioned down-to-earth izakaya. The specialty at Sakanaya Rokuzo is fish and seafood from around Japan, served raw, basket-steamed or charcoal-grilled. The grill menu also offers a good selection of tempting, meatier items like miso-marinated pork belly, tsukune with yuzu-kosho oroshi, and heirloom Iwate chicken.

There's a choice of a dozen good standard craft sake and five varieties of kokuto-joshu (brown-sugar shochu) to drink. Lunch is served until 3pm weekdays, 4pm weekends. Budget around Y3000-4000 at dinnertime. [Show more] [Show less]

Roppongi 6-10-1, Roppongi Hills Westwalk 5F. Open 11am-10pm (LO; Fri, Sat -4am) daily.

Healthy seasonal vegetable-centered cuisine is the concept at this cheerful counter shop, with attractively presented dishes like bagna cauda, vegetable shabu-shabu, grilled shiitake with duck, and grilled acorns. Vegetarian options are available, and take-out bentos are sold from 11am-4pm. Budget around Y5000 for dinner; lunches from Y1300. Open to 1am Fridays and Saturdays.

Roppongi 6-10-1, Roppongi Hills Westwalk 5F. Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.

This flagship restaurant of the Grand Hyatt bills itself as a French brasserie, with a very spacious setting and a dramatic open kitchen. Their all-day service includes breakfast and a popular brunch on weekends. The Y2200 weekday lunch buffet is also worth checking out. The Grand Hyatt's spacious brasserie restaurant has a dramatic open kitchen and outdoor terrace seating. The popular weekend brunch (Y6300+10%) is served from 11:30am-3pm, and comes with a glass of champagne, a choice of main course and a big buffet with eggs cooked to order, French toast, smoked salmon, Parma ham and numerous salads and desserts. The main course options include substantial fare like Australian beef fillet; roast duck breast with duck confit; roast guineau fowl and sauteed scallops.

If you're an early riser and in the mood for something more breakfasty, lavish Western- and Japanese-style breakfasts are served 7-10:30am for Y3700. [Show more] [Show less]

Roppongi 6-10-3, Grand Hyatt 2F. Open 6:30am-10pm (LO) daily.

The Grand Hyatt's Chinese restaurant offers a dim sum buffet at lunchtime every day for Y4200. Budget around Y10,000 per person in the evening for food and drink. [See FULL REVIEW.]

Roppongi 6-10-3, Grand Hyatt 6F. Open 11:30am-2:30, 6-10pm daily.

Excellent grilled meats and flamboyantly expensive New World wines in the Grand Hyatt's flagship restaurant. [See FULL REVIEW.]

Roppongi 6-10-3, Grand Hyatt 6F. Open 11:30am-2:30, 6-10:30pm daily.

Coffee, wireless internet access and good food from the popular Wired Cafe chain.

Roppongi 6-10-1, Roppongi Hills Hillside B2F. Open 11am-11pm daily.

Four types of mozzarella cheese imported from Italy every day make up the centerpiece of the menu here. You can enjoy them with various salamis and dried hams, salads and pasta dishes, and Italian wines. Budget around Y5000 at dinnertime, Y1500 for lunch.

Roppongi 6-10-2, Roppongi Hills Hillside B1F. Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.

This is the English-friendly branch of the legendary Sukiyabashi Jiro in Ginza, run by the original owner's son, where you can enjoy absolutely top-grade sushi and actually talk to the chef, which is at least half the fun. Lunch menus from around Y17,000, dinner from Y24,000 (plus drinks).

Roppongi 6-12-2, Keyakizaka-dori 3F. Open 11:30am-2, 5-9pm. Closed Wednesdays.

It's hard finding a good breakfast in Tokyo outside of the international hotels, but this Roppongi Hills cafe delivers the goods. The breakfast/brunch menu is a mix of European and international influences - freshly made souffles, French-style omelettes, croissants, custom-made salads and buttermilk pancakes. The afternoon/evening menus are a mix of French bistro and international fare - pork rillettes, duck confit, beef-cheek pot-au-feu, falafel croquettes, roast beetroot with goat cheese. Beverages include fancy cocktails, fruit smoothies, and moderately priced wines. [See FULL REVIEW.]

Roppongi 6-15-1, Keyakizaka-dori 1F. Open 7am-10pm (LO) daily.

Dry-aged Australian wagyu steaks are offered at this steakhouse from the Still Foods restaurant group. Prix-fixe dinners start at Y5000, which gets you a 200g Black Angus beef rib steak and a choice of fairly basic starters such as smoked salmon or shrimp cocktail. Wines are reasonably priced.

Roppongi 6-15-1, Keyakizaka-dori 2F. Open 11am-2:30, 5:30-10:30pm (LO) daily.

Billing themselves as the first vegetable sushi specialty restaurant in the world, Potager is very serious about their creations, and their ten-piece nigiri lunch is an entertaining and affordable gourmet treat. This is the kind of place where the waiter describes in loving detail the provenance of each ingredient in each item you're served. (Those descriptions are delivered in either Japanese, English or French, by the way.) For the more visually oriented, a big map at the entranceway shows the many small farms around the country that source the superlative vegetable products used here. Billing themselves as the first vegetable sushi specialty restaurant in the world, Potager is very serious about their creations, and their ten-piece nigiri lunch is an entertaining and affordable gourmet treat. This is the kind of place where the waiter describes in loving detail the provenance of each ingredient in each item you're served. (Those descriptions are delivered in either Japanese, English or French, by the way.) For the more visually oriented, a big map at the entranceway shows the many small farms around the country that source the superlative vegetable products used here.

Lunch comes in two parts of five pieces each, and the beautifully constructed nigiri are arranged in the order in which they should be eaten, so that your palate is treated to a progression of intensifying flavors. Some highlights: a big burdock root soaked with ume plums for eight hours, until it was very soft and intensely colored. A tiny tomato stuffed with a salad of black rice, white rice, balsamic vinegar and minced olives. An Italian-themed piece fashioned to mimic maguro sushi, made with ripe tomato, mozzarella, and a dab of tomato-based sauce.

Continuing the theme of sushi lookalikes: a creamy and delicious carrot mousse, wrapped gunkan-style in nori and looking just like uni. An expensive Tokyo-grown leek, served very simply with a light dab of sauce. And finally, a spicy curry-infused tomato and cream assemblage that was served in a spoon. No soy sauce for dipping, no gari for palate-cleansing, just ten carefully thought-out and self-contained flavor-delivery units. Plus a nice thick soup, which we were told was made from the extra parts of the vegetables that didn't go into the sushi itself.

The decor is sophisticated and just a bit splashy, with a modern-Kyoto color palette and a harvest theme - organized around a huge, smoothly polished sushi counter, with a few small tables and a private room or two off to the side. The ten-piece nigiri lunch is Y2100, with optional desserts and beverages if you want to prolong your meal a bit longer. At dinnertime prix-fixe menus are Y5250 and Y8400; these include more pieces of nigiri and other dishes like risotto, rice soup, chawan-mushi, and salads. Vegan full-course dinners can be arranged if you call a few days in advance. [Show more] [Show less]

Roppongi Keyakizaka-dori. Open 11am-2, 5-10pm (LO) daily.

Fine Italian dining in a casual atmosphere, from the Michelin-starred Sadler restaurant in Milan. Full-course dinners are Y8500, while pizzas and pastas are in the Y2200-2800 range. There's also a very impressive wine cellar. Terrace seating is available in the warmer months of the year.

Roppongi Hills, Keyakizaka-dori, Gate Tower 3F. Open 11am-1am daily.

Superb, inventive American cuisine from noted Tokyo chef Ian Tozer, built around a deceptively casual menu. The dining room is pleasantly smoke-free, and there's outdoor patio seating when the weather permits. Superb, inventive American cuisine from noted Tokyo chef Ian Tozer, built around a deceptively casual menu - rotisserie chicken, grilled meats and fish, substantial salads, and a few regional specialties. All this plus a great boutique wine list, popular all-day brunch on weekends, a smoke-free dining room, and patio seating during the warmer months, in this "modern American brasserie". [Show more] [Show less]

Roppongi 6-6-9, Piramide Bldg. 1F. Open 11am-2, 6-10:30pm (LO) daily.

A Roppongi tradition, still packing in the customers.

Roppongi 6-2-35. Open 11:30am-10pm (LO) daily.

All-you-can-eat shabu shabu from Y5300. Lunch ranges from Y1050-4900.

Roppongi 6-1-20, B1F. Open 11:30am-2:30, 5-10pm (LO) daily.

Reliable sushi from a national chain known for their all-you-can-eat specials, starting at around Y5000.

Roppongi 6-1-20, B1F. (next to Aoyama Book Center) Open 11:30am-10:15pm (LO) daily.

No ordinary soba shop, this is the Tokyo venture of restaurateur Koichi Kobari, who ran the highly acclaimed, celebrity-patronized Honmura-An restaurant in New York's SoHo district before returning to Japan. We're pleased to see that Kobari hasn't lost his magic touch. Of course the shops noodles and tempura items are first-rate, but you'll also find original, creative side dishes and starters along with a decent selection of craft sake and shochu. No ordinary soba shop, this is the Tokyo venture of restaurateur Koichi Kobari, who ran the highly acclaimed, celebrity-patronized Honmura-An restaurant in New York's SoHo district before returning to Japan. We're pleased to see that Kobari hasn't lost his magic touch. Of course the shops noodles and tempura items are first-rate, but you'll also find original, creative side dishes and starters along with a decent selection of craft sake and shochu.

It's fun to come with a group and order an array of small dishes, izakaya-style - the seasonal menu ranges from traditional fare like yuba (tofu skin) with sea urchin and grilled fu (wheat gluten) to avocado salad. If you're feeling extravagant you can call in advance to order a special tasting menu (from Y5000 per person), or you can just stick with a plate of soba or udon noodles (Y800-2000); the sesame dipping sauce is especially recommended. The decor is modern and very tasteful; the attitude is friendly and unpretentious. English menus are available. [Show more] [Show less]

Roppongi 7-14-18. Open noon-3, 5:30-10pm (LO). Closed Mon, 1st, 3rd Tue.

This stunning venture from the Hiramatsu group and the famous French chef Paul Bocuse occupies one of the most spectacular public spaces in Tokyo, inside the new national art gallery. Three-course prix-fixe lunch is Y1800; in the evening a la carte mains average around Y2700.

Roppongi 7-22-2, Kokuritsu Shin-Bijutsukan 3F. Open 11am-9pm (LO; lunch -2pm). Closed Tuesdays.

A large assortment of open-faced sandwiches and other Danish specialties. Sandwiches range from Y800-Y1,200, and at lunchtime (11:30-2:30) they come with salad, wine, and dessert.

Roppongi 7-3-22. Open 11:30am-11pm (LO) daily.

After Sunday mass at The Franciscan Center Roman Catholic Church, Italian nationals flock to Pizzeria 1830 for wonderfully prepared Napolitan pizzas and home-style pastas. The pizzas come with or without tomato sauce, topped with tantalizing combinations like mushrooms and Italian sausage; or ham, mixed mushrooms, artichoke hearts, and olives. Wines are reasonably priced, with a selection of five by the glass and more by the bottle. Budget around Y5000 for dinner.

Akasaka 9-6-28. Open 11:30am-3, 5:30-10:30pm (LO) daily.

The gourmet tonkatsu here is made from tasty premium hybrid pork from a small farm in Yamagata. Katsu sets are priced Y1400-2500, and full-course pork shabu-shabu dinners are Y4500-7500. Lunch starts at Y1000.

Akasaka 9-7-3, Tokyo Midtown Midtown West EB108. Open 11am-9pm daily.

This casual, stylish drinking spot serves gourmet soba and a nice selection of shochu (50 varieties) and sake to go with it; budget around Y1000 at lunch and Y3000 in the evening.

Akasaka 9-7-3, Tokyo Midtown Plaza B1F. Open 11am-10:30pm (LO) daily.

Gourmet hot dogs, chili, gumbo and clam chowder - to stay or to go.

Akasaka 9-7-4, Tokyo Midtown Galleria B1F. Open 7am-10pm (LO) daily.

This small Nagoya-based shop served excellent broiled fish that has been marinated in sake lees. Set meals are priced around Y1000-2000.

Akasaka 9-7-4, Tokyo Midtown Galleria B1F. Open 11am-3, 4:30-8:30pm (LO) daily.

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.

A well-appointed Tokyo branch of the upscale New York Indian restaurant. At lunchtime you can enjoy a Y2000 buffet which includes three curries of the day, vegetable fritters, sauteed vegetables, omelettes and a salad bar. Prix-fixe dinners are Y6500-8000.

Akasaka 9-7-4, Tokyo Midtown Garden Terrace 1F. Open 11am-3, 5-10pm (LO) daily.

This informal wine bar offers a wine-friendly menu of seafood, steaks and chops, including fresh lobster, Washington oysters, BBQ baby-back ribs and catfish burgers. The wine list covers more than 100 wines by the bottle (including some rare finds) and twenty by the glass, with three different carafe sizes so you can organize your own custom tasting. Budget around Y8000-9000 for dinner with drinks.

Akasaka 9-7-4, Tokyo Midtown Garden Terrace 1F. Open 11am-10:30pm (LO) daily.

Original Korean cuisine, including unusual dishes made with medicinal herbs. The Y5000 prix-fixe dinner includes semi-raw beef (sangja) with kiwi fruit, spicy grilled fish, cold Korean noodles and several other courses; lunch is Y1200-1800.

Akasaka 9-7-4, Tokyo Midtown Garden Terrace 2F. Open 11am-midnight daily.

The dining spaces in this heavily design-focused restaurant are tastefully arranged, more European than Japanese in style, as one might expect from Terence Conran's first Tokyo venture. The menu is international in scope, and roast beef is a specialty of the house, with wagon service at dinnertime. Prix-fixe lunches are Y3800-5000 while dinners are Y8400-12,600; there are also plenty of a la carte choices. Most wines are targeted towards big spenders, but there are a handful of decent bottles under Y10,000, such as Penfold's Bin 407 Cabernet for Y7500.

Akasaka 9-7-4, Tokyo Midtown Garden Terrace 4F. Open 11am-midnight daily.

New York's Union Square Cafe has been a popular gourmet hot spot since the mid-1980s, and the Tokyo sister shop captures much of the energy and excitement of the original. The food is typical international cuisine with an emphasis on simplicity and good-quality seasonal ingredients. The dining room is beautiful and well laid out, with excellent lighting and a very comfortable feel. New York's Union Square Cafe has been a popular gourmet hot spot since the mid-1980s, and the Tokyo sister shop captures much of the energy and excitement of the original. The food is typical international cuisine with an emphasis on simplicity and good-quality seasonal ingredients. The dining room is beautiful and well laid out, with excellent lighting and a very comfortable feel.

The menu changes often, but highlights have included the foie gras appetizer - a hefty portion of pan-seared foie gras with orange slices and bamboo shoots; the always-reliable Iberico pork; and tuna filet mignon - big tuna chunks marinated in soy and mirin for a few hours before grilling, served with tasty wasabi mashed potatoes.

The wine list doesn't have all that much under Y8000, but there are a few (like a Penfolds Australian shiraz for Y4800); by contrast they have a lot of impressively expensive bottles for the big spenders in the house. Almost all wines are from Italy, France or California. The bar up front serves a full assortment of cocktails, including an excellent martini.

Lunches are priced from Y3000, dinners from around Y12,000. Although you can find equally good food in Tokyo for about half the price, Union Square is still a good choice for a business dinner or a special lunch. [Show more] [Show less]

Akasaka 9-7-4, Tokyo Midtown Garden Terrace B1F. Open 11am-3, 5-10pm (LO) daily.

Nestled in a corner of the Tadao Ando-designed musuem building, this Tokyo branch of an excellent Italian restaurant in Kyoto has one of the more impressive architectural settings in Tokyo Midtown. The food is first-rate modern Italian; budget around Y5000 for lunch and Y10,000 at dinnertime. Open from 8am weekends.

Akasaka 9-7-5, Tokyo Midtown Plaza 1F. Open 10am-9:30pm (LO; from 8am weekends) daily.

Accessible California cuisine - gourmet pizzas and interesting takes on American standards like meatloaf and Cajun chicken.

Roppongi 5-5-1, Roi Bldg. 1F. Open 11am-11pm (weekends to 5am) daily.

You'll find entertaining dining and festive decor at this fourth Tokyo branch of the popular American chain of Australian-themed steak houses; budget around Y4000 at dinnertime.

Roppongi 6-1-3, Roc Mon 2F. Open 11:30am-3, 5pm-midnight (4am Fri/Sat) daily.

A friendly cafe-brasserie with authentic French atmosphere and good, reasonably priced food. The daily Y1000 lunch is an especially good deal, and is served until 5pm. Evening specialties include north-African dishes like lamb and rabbit couscous and Moroccan tajine. Call ahead to arrange a non-smoking table.

Roppongi 5-17-1, AXIS Bldg 1F. Open 11am-11pm daily.

You'll find American-style burgers, meatloaf, chili and regional Cajun and Tex-Mex specialties here at this Tokyo branch of a Seoul-based restaurant. Their weekend brunch starts extra-early at 9am. Happy hour is 5-7pm weekdays. This bustling American eatery brings the buzz of weekend brunch in Manhattan to Tokyo. The interior, simply decorated with black-and-white photos of New York and slim cab-yellow lamps, makes use of the large windows at the front of the restaurant to create an open feel; in the warmer months, customers spill out onto the deck to dine al fresco.

During brunch hours (from 9-4 on Saturdays and 10-4 on Sundays), the place is packed, and, between her frequent trips to Seoul, owner Suji Park can be seen flitting about the dining room, delivering orders and flashing a brilliant smile.

The staff and clientele are a melting pot of nationalities, but the food is all-American. The brunch menu features classics like Eggs Benedict, country-style pancakes, and steak and eggs (Y2200, Y1700, Y2400), and the food can be washed down with a bottomless cup of coffee (Y600).

Portions are enormous. The omelets are as big as your face, and eating the Jason Burger (Y1700) - stacked with bacon, cheese, and fried onions - requires careful strategy. The New York cheesecake topped with blueberry sauce is decadently dense, and should probably not be consumed by one person alone. Drinks are half price from 5-7 on weekdays during Happy Hour. [Show more] [Show less]

Azabudai 3-1-5. Open 11am-4, 6-10pm (LO) daily.