🍱 Ikebukuro, Japan — Japanese Cuisine Ranking

和食 池袋SANGA（サンガ）

A traditional Japanese restaurant just a two-minute walk from Ikebukuro Station, set one floor below ground in a modern Japanese-style space. The focus is on premium wagyu beef graded A4 or higher and seasonal seafood, served as course meals that you can enjoy at a relaxed pace in private rooms. At lunch, the unaju matsu (grilled eel over rice) has fragrant, crisp-seared skin and tender, fluffy flesh, while in the evening you can savor authentic seasonal Japanese cuisine in a calm, settled atmosphere. This is a place where high-end Japanese dining can be enjoyed at reasonable prices, with quiet, attentive service that adds a real sense of ease and comfort.

松し満

Run by the master of a ryotei (traditional high-end Japanese restaurant) that has welcomed guests ranging from domestic dignitaries to overseas celebrities, this counter-style kappo restaurant is praised for its signature grilled shrimp and sea urchin and its chawanmushi (savory steamed egg custard), along with dishes that change with the seasons, such as chilled chawanmushi in summer and oysters baked in cream in winter. Conversation with the warm, personable master, who also speaks English and Chinese, is part of the pleasure, and the small starter dish served in place of a typical appetizer charge is just 300 yen, with prices reasonable overall so you can take your time and savor each course.

雨ニモマケズ

A Japanese restaurant a five-minute walk from Ikebukuro Station, offering monthly-changing kappo cuisine (a refined multi-course style built around the day's ingredients) in a calm, grown-up setting. The menu draws on seasonal produce and includes hassun (an artfully arranged assortment of small seasonal appetizers), sashimi of ishigakidai and kinmedai, and an eel kaiseki featuring Mikawa eel from the "Unasaki" brand. Each dish is prepared with care and presented beautifully, and guests appreciate the attentive explanations of where the ingredients come from as well as the warm, welcoming service. The restaurant has counter seating, tables, and private rooms, making it a popular choice for dates, anniversaries, and business dinners or entertaining guests.

日本料理 花むさし

日本料理 青山

しなの

南雲

時に団欒

汰佑

さかな竹二久郎 池袋店

和食屋 ふくしま

四季彩茶寮 旬香

おおばたん

割烹吉野

香車

和食 炭kappoたすく

【喫煙可能】 全席個室和食居酒屋 匠 池袋店

池袋 割烹、小料理 秀（Shu）

みつ石

すし割烹 真

割烹 好良久

旬 なか川

和食屋 紗心（さしん）

日本料理 田家

菜奈や

吉泉

御法

叶

日本料理 みまつ

日本料理 天治

藍灯