The Best Yakiniku 30 Restaurants in Japan 2024

We have prepared for you 30 of the most popular and recommended yakiniku restaurants in Japan. Discover the best restaurants Japan has to offer.

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1. YORONIKU

Grilled meat
GEMS Ebisu 8F, 1-11-5 Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

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“Ban YORONIKU” is in a good location, a 5-minute walk from Ebisu Station. Opened in September 2017 as a sister restaurant of Yoroniku, a famous yakiniku restaurant in Minami Aoyama that has been visited by many celebrities. As with Yoroniku, it soon became a hot topic among trendsetters, and from the time it opened, it became a hot topic for reservations. The menu basically consists of only two courses. The yakiniku that is offered in the well-thought-out course is all dishes that you can feel with all five senses. As a new sense of yakiniku, he will create a new page in his own yakiniku history.
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2. Rin Yakiniku

Grilled meat
〒104-0052 Tokyo, Chuo City, Tsukishima, 1 Chome−27−1 １Ｆ

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Yakiniku Rin in Tsukishima is a popular restaurant known for their delicious beef tongue and shiitake mushrooms. The meat is tender and the mushrooms are juicy, with a concentrated flavor that spreads in your mouth. They have a variety of recommended meats, so it's perfect for those who want to try different types. The atmosphere inside the restaurant is calm and ideal for enjoying your meal. If you want to eat yakiniku in Tsukishima, why not visit Yakiniku Rin?

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3. Jinbocho Shokuniku Center Shimokitazawa

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2 Chome-25-4 Kitazawa, Setagaya City, Tokyo 155-0031

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4. Yamagen

Grilled meat
1 Chome-22-10 Itabashi, Itabashi City, Tokyo 173-0004

Yamagen is renowned as one of Tokyo's best horumon-yaki restaurants. The horumon has an intensely rich flavor, with the finest fat melting in your mouth. The balance between the meat and rice is superb, and the beer and non-alcoholic beer are delightfully refreshing. The staff is also very friendly, and the atmosphere of the restaurant is great, making it a casual and enjoyable place to visit.

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5. Charcoal Grill Yuuji

Grilled meat
11-11-1 Udagawacho, Shibuya City, Tokyo 150-0042

This yakiniku restaurant in Shibuya is famous for its hormone yakiniku, and is about a 10-minute walk from JR Shibuya Station. The carefully pre-processed hormone is juicy and fresh. You can enjoy them in a variety of ways, including grilled, sashimi, tataki, and stewed. In addition to horumon, other fresh meats are also available, and the side menu is substantial, with curry being particularly popular. If you like horumon, you must visit this popular restaurant at least once to make a reservation.

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6. Kitashinchi Harami

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Osaka, Kita Ward, Sonezaki Shinchi１-11-5

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A harami specialty restaurant run by a chef from Ponte Vecchio. Thick, fatty harami meat is grilled, sliced, and served. The chicken harami, Iberico pork harami, and offal are also highly regarded for their beautiful appearance and delicious taste. Truffle egg rice and kimchi are also recommended. This is a restaurant that meat lovers cannot resist. with ginger ponzu sauce, and the spicy special curry ojiya at the end of the meal. Please spend a pleasant time in the cozy shop.

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7. Wagyu Matsushita Kamidori Branch

Grilled meat
Osaka, Kita Ward 3, Sonezaki Shinchi１-３−３０Kitashinchi Koda Building 2F

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Located a 3-minute walk from Osaka Kitashinchi Station, Wagyu Matsushita Kamidori-ten offers a variety of menu options including steak bowls and yakiniku sets made with black wagyu beef, as well as Morioka cold noodles in the summer. The yakiniku is cooked to perfection with high-quality, tender meat and sizzling smoke. The calm atmosphere of the restaurant allows for a relaxing dining experience, and the reasonable prices make it an attractive option for yakiniku lovers.

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8. Yakiniku 1129 Takaida

Grilled meat
7 Chome-6-32 Takaidahondori, Higashiosaka, Osaka

A yakiniku restaurant founded in 1950. It has three locations in Osaka, and the Takaida location, which opened in 2020, is conveniently located just a 1-2 minute walk from the station and has a spacious parking lot. The restaurant's concept is to challenge the industry's lowest cost ratio and offer high-quality meat at the most reasonable prices in Japan, making it a popular and affordable option. Orders can be placed for just one piece of meat, and the menu also includes kalbi, horumon, and hamburgers. It's a great place for a lovely dinner or lunch.

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9. Yakinikuen Ning

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1 Chome-6-32 Higashishinsaibashi, Chuo Ward, Osaka

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This is a restaurant that is difficult to make reservations for, whose "thick-sliced leek-wrapped tongue" became a hot topic on Instagram. The restaurant has three branches in Osaka City, each of which offers different cuts of meat. The owner himself is a connoisseur of domestic meat, and this is a popular restaurant where you can enjoy his specialties at a relatively reasonable price.

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10. Yakiniku Horumon Sakagami Umeda Honten

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Osaka, Kita Ward, Toganocho, 10−20 1F 101号 藤田ビル

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Yakiniku Hormone Sakagami Umeda Main Store is a restaurant where you can enjoy delicious and hot hormone at a reasonable price. The hormone is grilled right in front of you, and combined with the white and black sauces, it has an excellent taste. The seating is only at the counter, so you can savor the flavor of the meat slowly. It's a restaurant that you would want to keep as a secret.

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11. Daitouen Main Branch

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1-1-1 Kamikawabatamachi, Hakata Ward, Fukuoka, 812-0026

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12. Yakiniku Kirakuya

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9-33 Futamataseshinmachi, Higashi Ward, Fukuoka, 812-0065

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13. Yakiniku Nixuke

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Fukuoka, Kurume, Higashimachi, 34−72 EAst 1F Izumi Building

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14. Mr. Aoki

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Fukuoka, Iizuka, Tsurumio, Ippongi １１１７−１

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15. Yakiniku New Yoko

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Fukuoka, Chuo Ward, Haruyoshi, 3 Chome−23−3, Arte Tenjin, 1F

Yakiniku New Yoko, a sister restaurant of Fukuoka's top-class yakiniku restaurant Sudou, offers a casual atmosphere with a red-themed interior. Orders are placed through a QR code and customers generally cook the meat themselves, but some menu items are cooked by the staff. The restaurant uses high-quality meat from Sudou. Additionally, there is a contrasting style between the two sister restaurants, adding to the unique experience. The restaurant offers reasonably priced meat and is cleaned up every six months, so feel free to stop by and enjoy delicious meat.

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16. Bulhyanggi

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Yamaguchi Prefecture Yamaguchi City Kurokawa 3736 Fuji Grand Yamaguchi

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At Bulhyanggi, which means “scent of grass” in Korean, you can enjoy charcoal-grilled meat at a reasonable price. In a semi-private room with horigotatsu, you can fully enjoy cooking without worrying about other people, and you can also taste homemade kimchi and sherbet at authentic Korean yakiniku. Because it is located in a large shopping mall, you can spend meaningful time until the reservation time.

17. Yakiniku Yacchan Kyobashi

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3-1-3 Higashinodacho, Miyakojima Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

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Popular yakiniku restaurant with thick-sliced tongue and offal. There are 14 counter seats in the store, and it is also recommended for one person. The thick-sliced “Joshio Tongue” with fine cuts on the surface is characterized by its firmness and softness that melts in your mouth. Other popular items include the senmai sashimi served with ginger ponzu sauce, and the spicy special curry ojiya at the end of the meal. Please spend a pleasant time in the cozy shop.

18. all over

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Luna Rossa B1F, 6-6-22 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo

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The calm interior with chic colors is equipped with large and small private rooms. All of the meat procured at Nihonbashi Ningyocho's "Hiyama", a long-established store specializing in high-quality Japanese beef, was founded in 1912 and is carefully selected. We would like you to try the meat dishes that will impress the gourmets.

19. Charcoal Grilled Meat Fuchioka

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Royal Heights Kyodo 1F, 1-5-8 Kyodo, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

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A restaurant where you can taste the finest yakiniku made with female A5 rank Japanese black beef. The owner-chef Hiroyuki Fuchioka opened his own restaurant, Sumibi Yakiniku Fuchioka, after accumulating experience at the famous Charcoal Grill Nakahara. From time to time, he purchases Kuroge Wagyu beef in good condition and cuts the meat by hand after receiving an order. The seasoning of the meat is also changed according to the state of the meat to maximize the umami of the meat. In addition to the yakiniku, the "Hirekatsu Sandwich" is also popular because of the excellent compatibility between the juicy meat and the bread.

20. Atje Kiyamachi Dumpling Store

Grilled meat
Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto City Shimogyo Ward Kawaramachi Kiyamachi Danguri down east side

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An original hormone-based yakiniku that develops mainly in Kansai. Based on the concept of "offal shop where you can casually stop by", the highest quality offal starting with salted salt is offered in the best condition with carefully selected pedigree beef through the "deposit beef system", which is rare in Japan.

21. Meat sea bass

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4-11-8 Asakusa, Taito Ward, Tokyo

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A yakiniku restaurant directly managed by a butcher. The high freshness and low price of meat unique to a butcher shop is attractive, and they offer Japanese black beef "Tamura beef" and Hokkaido Japanese beef "Biei black beef" at a very reasonable price. The “Specially Selected Wagyu Beef Tongue”, which is attractive for its beautiful marbling and thickness, is especially popular. There are table seats and sunken kotatsu seats in the store, which can be used according to the number of people and the scene. This is a restaurant where you can enjoy meat with guaranteed quality and taste at a reasonable price.

22. Sake with Yakiniku Ichiwa Chitose Funabashi Main Store

Grilled meat
1F, 2-27-1 Sakuragaoka, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

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This is a restaurant where you can enjoy A rank Kuroge Wagyu beef from Kagoshima Prefecture, which is ranked number one in the Wagyu Olympics. You can enjoy exquisite meat such as ribs and loin. JRS is the most popular menu item. It's best to sear both sides for 7 seconds and dip it in the egg yolk.

23. Ushigoro S. Ginza

Grilled meat
7-7-7 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo GINZA777 ADC BUILDING 6F

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Luxury yakiniku in all private rooms. Enjoy the highest quality meat in Ginza.

24. Yakiniku red meat Kugato 33895

Grilled meat
Tokyo, Minato-ku, Shiba 5-12-7 Kazor Mita 1F

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A sister restaurant of the popular yakiniku restaurant "Akami Nikugato" in Ningyocho, Tokyo. The owner Mr. Miura carefully selects wagyu beef from all over the country, and Mr. Marko, who trained at a French restaurant, prepares unique and attractive dishes. Rare beef such as shorthorn beef from Urushibara Ranch in Ninohe City, Iwate Prefecture, and thickly cut Wagyu beef lean rock are recommended. We will create a menu for your guests.

25. Jimbocho Meat Center

Grilled meat
1F, 2-16 Kanda Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

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A popular yakiniku restaurant where you can enjoy special domestic beef yakiniku and rare cuts of offal. You can enjoy the pleasant texture of the meat when you bite into it, the natural sweetness of the meat that melts on your tongue, and the juicy juice that spreads in your mouth. The lunch menu includes all-you-can-eat options, so you can enjoy high-quality yakiniku at a reasonable price.

26. Yakiniku Sudo Haruyoshi

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Fukuoka Prefecture Fukuoka City Chuo Ward Haruyoshi 3-11-19 1F

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Since opening in 2013, this popular restaurant has received support from many people, mainly through word of mouth, and has many repeat customers. The meat is carefully selected by the owner, Mr. Etsuo Sudo, and is carefully grilled by a professional staff called "Yakishi" so that you can eat it with the best doneness. At Yakiniku Sudou, which is highly trusted for its high-quality ingredients and customer service, we would like you to taste the best yakiniku that you have never experienced before.

27. Kyoshoran Main Store

Grilled meat
Kyobashi ROOBO 4F, 2-11-22 Katamachi, Miyakojima Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

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A popular yakiniku restaurant that everyone in Osaka knows about. With three main courses, you can enjoy elegant and high-quality meat at a reasonable price. It's so hearty that even men will be full with the ladies' course. There is also a free refill service for oolong tea, rice, and soup.

28. genuine

Grilled meat
2F, 6-14-7 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

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A restaurant where you can enjoy fresh raw meat in a variety of ways. The popular menu item, Yukhoe Bruschetta, is a baguette coated with garlic butter that goes well with the yukhoe. We also recommend the “silk loin,” which is thinly sliced loin and eaten by covering it with rice. There are many high-quality wines that go well with meat dishes, and it is a popular restaurant where you can fully enjoy high-quality raw meat.

29. Seitaien Shibadaimon

Grilled meat
Parkside Shibadaimon 1F, 1-7-4 Shibadaimon, Minato-ku, Tokyo

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The Shiba Daimon branch of the "Mecca of Meat" with several branches in Tokyo. From the meat to the charcoal grill and charcoal, they are sublimated into the taste. Among the group stores, this is a popular store with particularly high quality in terms of interior decoration and volume. With good access to business districts and the monorail, it is bustling with people both for lunch and dinner.

30. Yakiniku Hiromiya 3rd store

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2-9 Sumiyoshi-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo

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"Yakiniku Hiromiya 3" is a branch of the popular yakiniku restaurant "Yakiniku Hiromiya" located about a 2-minute walk from Akebonobashi Station. It offers high-quality meat that puts high-end restaurants to shame at reasonable prices, just like the main restaurant.

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