Kyūbey
Good for: Romance, atmosphere, food, service
- Address
- 8-7-6 Ginza Chūō-ku
- Transport
- Phone
- 03 3571 6523
- Price
- sushi sets lunch ¥4200-8400, dinner from ¥10,500
- Hours
- 11.30am-2pm & 5-10pm Mon-Sat
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!).

