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This guide lists selected restaurants specializing in unagi, anago, and other kinds of seafood.
Please note that sushi and tempura are on separate pages.

About unagi

unagi
Please see our cuisine and menu-reading guide to unagi to learn more.
This guide lists selected restaurants specializing in unagi, anago, and other kinds of seafood.
Please note that sushi and tempura are on separate pages.

About unagi

unagi
Please see our cuisine and menu-reading guide to unagi to learn more.

Unagi, dojo, anago

Bincho - Unagi: Ikebukuro
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
Excellent Nagoya-style grilled unagi eel is served here, grilled over only the finest binchotan charcoal and served with their own special low-salt tamari sauce. Hitsumabushi (a traditional Nagoya...
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
Ishibashi - Unagi: Edogawabashi
Open 11:30am-1:30, 5:30-7:30pm. Closed Sundays.
You'll find top-class unagi at this century-old shop. Shiroyaki (unagi grilled without sauce) is a specialty here, and because grilling starts from scratch the preparation can take 30 minutes or...
Open 11:30am-1:30, 5:30-7:30pm. Closed Sundays.
Nodaiwa - Unagi: Akabanebashi
Open 11am-1:30, 5-8pm. Closed Sundays.
A charming, rustic eel house that's been here for 160 years. Full-course eel meals (unaju teishoku) start at Y2500. The sake is Kikumasamune - your choice of hot or cold.
Open 11am-1:30, 5-8pm. Closed Sundays.
Jubako - Unagi: Akasaka
Open 11:30am-2, 5:30-8pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
This top-class traditional ryotei occupies a beautiful stand-alone house in the middle of Akasaka, and has been serving fine unagi-centered meals for 200 years. Prix-fixe lunches from Y13,000,...
Open 11:30am-2, 5:30-8pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
Nodaiwa - Unagi: Ginza
Open 11am-2, 5-8pm. Closed Sundays.
A more conveniently located branch of the famous century-old unagi specialist in Higashi-Azabu. Full-course menus are Y4,500-10,500; unagi with rice from Y2100
Open 11am-2, 5-8pm. Closed Sundays.
Miyagawa Honten - Unagi: Tsukiji
Open 11:30am-2, 5-8:30pm (LO) daily.
This long-established unagi specialist (since 1894) serves excellent eel in a thick, somewhat spicy sauce. Prices are very reasonable: unaju (eel over rice) from Y2100, full-course menus Y4200-9450. ...
Open 11:30am-2, 5-8:30pm (LO) daily.
Isegen - Nabemono: Awajicho
Open 11:30am-2, 4-9pm (LO). Closed Sundays and holidays.
Anko-nabe is the specialty here, since 1830. (Anko served Sept to April). Budget Y3000 at lunch, Y8000 at dinnertime. (Closed Saturdays in the summer.)
Open 11:30am-2, 4-9pm (LO). Closed Sundays and holidays.
Kandagawa Honten - Unagi: Akihabara
Open 11:30am-1:30, 5-7:30pm. Closed Sundays, 3rd Sat.
The lovely traditional decor of this long-established unagi shop has helped make it popular with foreign visitors. The grilled eel is first-rate, and wild eel is often available in the summer...
Open 11:30am-1:30, 5-7:30pm. Closed Sundays, 3rd Sat.
Komagata Dojo - Unagi: Asakusa
Open 11am-9pm daily.
This famous old shop specializes in dojo (a small eel-like fish), with full-course dinners from Y3800. They also offer a half-dozen variations of traditionally prepared whale meat. Seating is on...
Open 11am-9pm daily.
Bincho - Unagi: Oshiage
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
Excellent Nagoya-style grilled unagi eel is served here, grilled over the finest binchotan charcoal and served with their own special low-salt tamari sauce. Hitsumabushi (a traditional Nagoya serving...
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
Maekawa - Unagi: Oshiage
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
Tokyo-style grilled eel from a Komagata-based shop. Unagi donburi starts at Y4050 for lunch or dinner.
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
šRyogoku - Unagi: Ryogoku
Open noon-2, 5:30-8:30pm (LO). Closed Mondays.
This rather plain-looking counter shop has a 400-year history of selling high-quality eel, and one of the specialties is shirayaki ("white" eel without sauce). Unaju (unagi over rice) is Y2400-2800,...
Open noon-2, 5:30-8:30pm (LO). Closed Mondays.
šAjisen - Izakaya: Tsukishima
Open 5:30-10:30pm (LO). Closed Sundays, Mondays.
A tiny, legendary sake pub with an unusual selection, including many rare koshu (aged sakes). There's also a big list of shochu made from sugar cane. Food highlights include the anago dishes and...
Open 5:30-10:30pm (LO). Closed Sundays, Mondays.
Unagiya - Unagi: Ekoda
Open 11:30am-9:30pm. Closed Fridays.
This long-established neighborhood shop is known for the high quality of their eels, which are brought in every morning from Shizuoka, after which they're left to swim around in a big tub filled with...
Open 11:30am-9:30pm. Closed Fridays.

Grilled fish and sashimi

šHimonoya - Izakaya: Shibuya
Open 11:30am-2, 5pm-5am daily.
Good-value grilled fish, snacks and sake in this lively late-night drinking spot. The specialty is himono (grilled dried fish) from around Japan. Budget around Y2000-3000 per person. There's often...
Open 11:30am-2, 5pm-5am daily.
Uoshin Yonban Third - Izakaya: Shibuya
Open 5-11:30pm (LO) daily.
Another branch of the excellent Uoshin chain, serving fresh fish and other izakaya fare.
Open 5-11:30pm (LO) daily.
Ippo - Izakaya: Ebisu
Open 6pm-1am (LO) daily.
If it weren't for the illuminated sign advertising "Fish and Sake" in English, you might have trouble finding this second-story hideaway in Ebisu. The interior is modestly appointed with a few small...
Open 6pm-1am (LO) daily.
šHimonoya - Izakaya: Meguro
Open 5-11:30pm (LO) daily.
The specialty of the house here is himono - various types of dried fish that are grilled over charcoal. There's plenty more on offer as well though - lovely fresh-seafood sashimi platters that...
Open 5-11:30pm (LO) daily.
Kojiro - Japanese: Shimbashi
Open 11:30am-1:30, 5:30-9:45pm (LO). Closed weekends.
Seafood is the star at this reasonably priced counter shop - the owner is a fisherman and he often serves his own catch alongside the daily selections from Tsukiji. The sake list is well above...
Open 11:30am-1:30, 5:30-9:45pm (LO). Closed weekends.
Himonoya - Izakaya: Yotsuya 3-chome
Open 11am-11pm (LO; Sat -9). Closed Sundays.
There's a good selection of sake to go with your grilled himono (dried fish) and other izakaya fare, all at quite reasonable prices. Lunch is served until 4pm.
Open 11am-11pm (LO; Sat -9). Closed Sundays.
Sakurasaku - Izakaya: Kagurazaka
Open 5pm-midnight daily.
The specialties here are charcoal-grilled fish and seafood on skewers, plus deep-fried fish and vegetables on skewers. There's a big open kitchen and counter area, plus high tables with stools. ...
Open 5pm-midnight daily.
Sanjuro - Izakaya: Awajicho
Open 11am-10:30pm (LO; Sat, Sun -9:30) daily.
We were intrigued by the menu categories at this after-work izakaya - charcoal-grilled meats, charcoal-grilled small fish and charcoal-grilled big fish - all of them prepared over top-grade bincho...
Open 11am-10:30pm (LO; Sat, Sun -9:30) daily.
šOkajoki - Robatayaki: Nakano
Open 11:30am-1, 4-9:20pm (LO) daily.
Excellent grilled fish and meat cooked over an open hearth, robata-style. There's also sashimi and plenty of standard izakaya fare. The charmingly rustic two-story building is reminiscent of a...
Open 11:30am-1, 4-9:20pm (LO) daily.

Other fish and seafood specialties

Denpachi - Izakaya: Omotesando
Open 5-11:30pm (LO) daily.
All kinds of sardine dishes, plus a number of beef-tongue items (perhaps for nutritional balance). Seating is a bit cramped, and customers are packed in like, um, fish in a can.
Open 5-11:30pm (LO) daily.
Kujiraya - Japanese: Shibuya
Open 5-9:30pm (LO) daily.
This traditional whale restaurant has been a Shibuya institution since 1950, although they only moved to their present location in 2019. Whale meat is served a dozen ways - as sashimi, deep-fried,...
Open 5-9:30pm (LO) daily.
šIbiza - Izakaya: Hiroo
Open 6pm-midnight.
Ibiza calls itself a "fisherman's diner," and this unpretentious neighborhood spot offers a great selection of fresh-caught fish and seafood. Simple home-style recipes rely on the high quality of...
Open 6pm-midnight.
Suzunami - Japanese: Roppongi
Open 11am-3, 4:30-8:30pm (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.
Open 11am-3, 4:30-8:30pm (LO) daily.
Kamiya - Japanese: Akebonobashi
Open 11:30am-2, 5-10pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
Fugu is the wintertime specialty here, with fugu-centric prix-fixe dinners starting at Y10,000, with sake or wine to drink. Soba lunches with tempura and/or sashimi are priced Y1260-3150.
Open 11:30am-2, 5-10pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
Surugaya Kahei - Izakaya: Akihabara
Open 11am-11pm daily.
There's a nice selection of some three dozen craft sake to explore at this stylish little bar, with an unusual fish and seafood-centered food menu to accompany your drinks. It's run by a...
Open 11am-11pm daily.
Iki Oyster Bar - Seafood: Tsukishima
Open 6-9:30pm (LO; Sun 5-8). Closed Mondays.
A compact menu of oysters and seafood starters is served in Iki's stripped-down dining room, where the design aesthetic is industrial loft meets dockside fishmonger. You can choose from seven or...
Open 6-9:30pm (LO; Sun 5-8). Closed Mondays.
See also our separate listings for sushi and tempura restaurants.
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Updated 2024-03-01