While most of the popular restaurants require reservations, it is nice to know that you can often get in on a whim in Yokocho. It is also useful as a candidate for a day when you have not thought of a restaurant for dinner!
1, Eat Play Works (Hiroo)
THE RESTAURANT, a restaurant hall on the first and second floors of a building just a minute walk from Hiroo Station, is a high-end side street. Famous restaurants such as Jushidan, a new branch of Hakkoku, OXOMOCO, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Brooklyn, and Ăn Cơm, the newest addition to Ăn Đi, which ignited the fire of modern Vietnamese cuisine, are all here.
📍 5-4-16 Hiroo, Shibuya-ku
👉Eat Play Works official website
2, CHAOS KITCHEN (Harajuku)
Chaos Kitchen, a restaurant floor with a mix of restaurants and shops based on the concept of “food, music, and culture” on the basement floor of Shibuya Parco, was designed by architect Sou Fujimoto. It will feature 21 restaurants of diverse genres, including the new business model of “Ata” in Daikanyama, which was listed in the Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand, the gibier and insect cuisine “Rice and Circus”, and the mix bar “Campy!bar”.
📍 15-1 Udagawa-cho, Shibuya-ku
👉CHAOS KITCHEN official website
3, Almost Shinjuku Noren-gai
Located about a 1-minute walk from the East Exit of Yoyogi Station, about a 5-minute walk from the South Exit of JR Shinjuku, and about a 5-minute walk from Kitasando Station, this side street was created by renovating eight entire old private houses. A wide variety of restaurants, including the champagne and gyoza bar “Awabo Champagne Mania” and the Asian cuisine restaurant “Charcoal Grill Asian Bar Aloi Brothers,” make this an ideal place to enjoy a drink in a row.
📍 5-20-10 Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku
👉Almost Shinjuku Noren-gai Official Website
4, Toranomon Yokocho
Toranomon Yokocho is a side street where a total of 26 well-known and popular restaurants in Tokyo have gathered, including Toranomon Shaba Kirakutei+, a branch of Ginza Kakumon, and Toranomon Todaka, which has its main branch in Gotanda, both of which have never had multiple branches before. First, have a drink at the “Kaku-uchi” space, where you can enjoy a small drink, and aim for the next restaurant you want to visit.
📍 Toranomon Hills Business Tower 3F, 1-17-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku
Toranomon Yokocho official website