Yoshiike Steak House — Restaurant in Hakone

This was an experience! I did the full course meal with appetizer, soup, salad, meat, rice and desert. Let me tell you everything was cooked to perfection! This is a very intimate setting sitting a total of 16 max in the restaurant. I heavily recommend making a reservation and last call is a 7pm so if you can do it early in the day.

Anyways back to the food, the appetizer was so good I forgot what all of it was there was a carrot paste and salmon, but it was delicious.

Then they brought out a clam chowder and it was amazing, I don’t normally eat chowder but it came with the meal and I couldn’t get it down fast enough.

Then came a small salad, nothing to write home about here. It’s a simple salad, got the job done I enjoyed it.

Next was the main course which was A4 wagyu sirloin, 300 grams of it. WOW was this cooked to perfection. The chef comes out and first prepares some garlic chips, then he shows you your cut of steak and asks for your temperature. He then cuts off all the fat and starts reducing it down right in front of you, however he doesn’t let those drippings go to waste. He saves them to add extra flavor to the leaner portions of meat. Once it been thoroughly reduced he add that to your plate as per cloth crisped starch bites. He then also uses the remaining dripping to season the Daikon. I ate everything that came with this meal.

I also ordered the homemade Ginger ale, not much of a drinker myself, and it was literally the best ginger ale I’ve ever had. The perfect balance between sweet and ginger.

Then finally for desert I had a pistachio ice cream with lemon honey moose. The combination of the two was out of this world. Again pistachio ice cream is not my go too but this place just did everything right.

So TLDR: if you’re in Hakone go here, make a reservation, do the course meal and enjoy...

Move over Steak Satou, Kichijoji, there's a new sheriff in town and his name is Steak Yoshiike, Hakone.

Double the portion for the same price you would pay at Steak Satou. But what about the meat and chef quality?

Check out the photos :

A5 Nagasaki Wagyu - check.

Perfect medium doneness - check.

Fat cut and reduced as a 2nd course with rice - check.

My BIL and i had 2 sets EACH just to be able to try both the A5 Nagasaki and A4 Tottori. That's 300gms of pure bliss for only 14800yen per pax. And the superb ventilation system stops your clothes from absorbing the teppanyaki cooking smell.

Verdict : i would seriously consider taking either the Keikyu Keihin Kaitoku from Shinagawa or the train from Shinjuku to Odawara Station and then renting a car from the nearby Nissan-Rentacar for a day trip just to go eat here.

Reservations are required. If u walk-in and can get a seat, go and buy a lottery ticket while your luck holds. After you finish your meal, drinks are served in a separate seating area overlooking a peaceful pond.

I never thought i would find a joint rivalling Satou in quality and beating it in price, all in one package. It took 7 years but Steak Yoshiike -...

Abysmal place. Lied through their teeth, selective of clientele, biased or just plain liars. Went when the restaurant was 75% empty (6.35pm) to be told it's fully booked. A couple in front just got seated no problem. 50mins later after eating elsewhere they are closing up and the couple who entered in front are the last 2 people in the building. Can't comment...