Ginza, Tokyo

Daisaku (Ginza) Traditional Kanto-style Eel Restaurant #1 2-11-2 Ginza Tel: 3541-4668 Opened in 1894. Old and friendly place for eating eels. Very good.  Unagi-nakaire-don is a double sized una-don with kimo-sui, pickles and fruits are: ¥3,500. Simple una-jus are ¥1,600, ¥2,000, ¥2,500. Lunch and dinner.

Hirai (Ginza*) Traditional Kanto-style Eel Restaurant #2 3-4-18 Ginza Tel: 3567-7001 Small and familiar place for frequenters. An una-ju ¥1,400 is good, but try to have UNA-TORO-DON ¥1,300. Roasted eel in grated yam with wasabi-spice on rice. Extraordinarily tasty, but if you have an allergy to grated yam,avoid it. Open 11:30am-1:45pm and 5:30pm-8:45pm Mon-Fri, 11:30am-7pm Sat, closed Sun and holidays. Review in Japanese

Kandagawa (Ginza*) Traditional Kanto-style Eel Restaurant #3 8-14-5 Ginza B1F Tel: 3541-5401 Lunch time una-ju is ¥1,600. A large bowl una-don is ¥2,600. An eel-cook does his job at each time after orders come in. So take time. Lunch 11:00 - 14:00 Dinner 17:00 - 21:30

Nabeya Izuei (Aoyama*) Traditional Kanto-style Eel Restaurant #4 No.2 Miyachu Bldg. B1, 3-8-37 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku Tel: 3408-2889 Review in English Hours: Weekdays: 11:30 - 22:00   Closed between lunch & dinner from 14:30 - 17:00 on weekdays Closed Saturday Sundays & National Holidays: 11:30 - 21:00 Lunch is served between 11:30 - 14:30 Nearest subway station: Gaienmae Station (Ginza line) 5 min. walk

Chanko Kita-no-Fuji (Nakano*) Chanko Nabe Restaurant Nisshin Bldg B1, 1-50-4 Higashi Nakano, Nakano-ku Tel: 3362-1261 Named after the great yokozuna Kita-no-Fuji, this restaurant boasts seven different types of chanko. Kujui chanko is a must-try: 19 different ingredients such as salmon, oysters, chicken, crab, meatballs, Chinese cabbage, carrots and radish in one huge pot. The stock is made fresh every day by simmering suppon (snapping turtle or soft-shelled turtle) for more than five hours and adding nine different spices for just the right taste. Open 5-11pm daily.

Chanko Tomoji (Ryogoku*) Chanko Nabe Restaurant 3-24-4 Ryogoku, Sumida-ku Tel: 3631-4889 The soup made from miso and sesame oil makes this chanko really special. Some regular customers finish off the whole pot of soup before they finish eating the food! Open 5-10pm Mon-Sat, closed Sun and national holidays. ちゃんこ 友路 Nearest stn: JR Ryogoku, east exit.

HYOTAN-YA (Ginza) Traditional Kanto-style Eel Restaurant 1-5-13 Ginza Tel: 03-3561-5615 The authentic eel restaurant of old time. Small and familiar place. Lunch time una-ju is ¥1,200 and ¥1,500 by size of eel.

MIYAGAWA-HONTEN (Ginza) Traditional Kanto-style Eel Restaurant 3-6-1 Ginza, on 7th FL of Matsuya Department store in Ginza. Easy to eat solo.

Shinjuku UN Japanese/Korean/French fusion food Recommended by Choeki Misuzu Bldg 1F, 7-8-3 Nishi-Shinjuku Nearest stn: Shinjuku Open: 11:30am-2pm (last orders 1:30pm) Mon-Fri, 5-11pm (last orders 10pm) Mon-Wed, 5pm-12am (last orders 11pm) Thur-Sat, closed Sun Menu: Japanese Tel: 03-5338-2922 Formal Review Choeki's Review: Ah, I have a restuarant you may want to go to when you're around Shinjuku It's Japanese/Korean/French fusion food.  Portions are a little small though.  Not a formal place, but you should probably dress nice Price ranges from ¥900 to ¥2,500 per dish, ¥600 to ¥900 yen for hors de ouvres, & ¥500 yen cocktails Pretty reasonable for a "fancy" restuarant in Tokyo.  You should make reservations for a table

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