7 Restaurants around Tokyo Station Honored by World Top Gourmands

1. Tapas Molecular Bar ☆ (Innovative Cuisine) 

This restaurant offers creative and original cuisine that might make you think of the legendary restaurant El Bulli. You can experience entertainment with this extreme food that's prepared down to a molecular level. The 20-course meal that starts with appetizers will satisfy both your heart and your stomach. The sushi bar-style counter has 8 seats. Reservations required.

HP: www.mandarinoriental.com

Address: Mandarin Oriental Tokyo 38F, 2-1-1 Nihonbashi Muromachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo (Google Map)

2. Restaurant Sant Pau ☆☆ (Spanish Cuisine)

This Spanish restaurant uses Catalan cuisine as a base to create their own original dishes. You can enjoy genuine Spanish food here thanks to the recipes and ingredients sent straight from the main branch in Spain as well as a vast wine menu. There's a cigar bar and a wine bar, and you can enjoy the fantastic tapas as well.

HP: https://savorjapan.com/0006040673/

Address: Coredo Nihonbashi Annex, 1-6-1 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo  (Map)

3. Sakuragawa ☆ (Japanese Cuisine)

The seasonal menu changes every month, and it's as beautiful as it is delicious. The high-class ingredients are made using traditional techniques by skilled craftsmen chefs, so you can enjoy cuisine from the old days. It's a very convenient restaurant as they offer table seats, tatami seats, private rooms, etc. to match with your needs.

HP: r.gnavi.co.jp (Japanese Only)

Address: 2-1-1 Muromachi Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo  (Google Map)

4. Shofukuro ☆ (Japanese Cuisine)

This is a restaurant where you can enjoy traditional Japanese food in a wide private room in the middle of Tokyo. Make no mistake, you'll be completely satisfied by the taste, visual, and portion size of the course chosen to match your budget. There are also courses that you can enjoy at a counter seat during lunch.

HP: www.shofukuro.jp

Address: Maru Building, 2-4-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (Google Map)

5. Signature ☆ (French Cuisine)

This French restaurant is supervised by a young yet talented chef. You can enjoy modern French cuisine inspired by Japanese food looking down over the city of Tokyo. For lunch, you can order reasonably priced 3-course meals depending on your budget. There is also an extensive wine menu.

HP: www.mandarinoriental.com

Address: Mandarin Oriental Tokyo 37F, 2-1-1 Muromachi Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo (Google Map)

6. Sense ☆ (Chinese Cuisine) 

This modern Chinese restaurant offers cuisine based on Cantonese food. The ingredients are received from around the country and prepared by the chef that has more than 30 years of experience. There is an a la carte menu, but the weekend lunch tea course is also very popular. You can taste a variety of Chinese teas that the chef personally selected in Hong Kong, and they also offer liquors like wine and Shaoxing wine.

HP: www.mandarinoriental.com

Address: Mandarin Oriental Tokyo 37F, 2-1-1 Muromachi Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo (Google Map)

7. Fukamachi ☆ (Tempura)

The chef at this neat, counter-only restaurant makes the tempura with great timing so you can eat it right when it's fresh. The menu has affordable rice bowls and courses where you can enjoy different kinds of tempura. At the end of the course, you can enjoy a light tendon (rice bowl with tempura shrimp).

HP: https://savorjapan.com/0006029535/

Address: A-M Kyobashi Building 1F, 2-5-2 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo (Map)