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Kyūbey

Good for: Romance, atmosphere, food, service

  • Address
    • 8-7-6 Ginza Chūō-ku
  • Transport
    • Ginza Line to Shimbashi (exit 3), JR Yamanote Line to Shimbashi (Ginza exit)
  • Phone
    • 03 3571 6523
  • Price
    • sushi sets lunch ¥4200-8400, dinner from ¥10,500
  • Hours
    • 11.30am-2pm & 5-10pm Mon-Sat

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Lonely Planet review for Kyūbey

If you can splurge on only one Tokyo sushi experience, make it this one. Established in 1936, Kyūbey’s quality and presentation have attracted a moneyed and celebrity clientele ever since, seeking incomparable quality and presentation. Go for broke with kaiseki (course menu, lunch/dinner from ¥10,500/15,750), or have it served on pottery by famed artisan Kitaoji Rosanjin for ¥31,500. Otherwise just peruse the Rosanjin exhibition on the restaurant’s 4th floor. Kyūbey continues to make headlines: in 2009, it bought at auction half of a single bluefin tuna that sold for a staggering ¥9.63 million (and sold single cuts of toro from it for ¥2000!).