Tempura Tenkou — Restaurant in Hiroshima

Warm, friendly and beautiful tempura. I attended with my parents and two young children, and we sat in the tatami room seating.

The waitress spoke some English and guided us through the menu, the wine and offered us suggestions on which item to eat with with condiment (different salts, lemon and tempura sauce etc) when different courses were served.

If you are not accustomed to Japanese cuisine or dining, you will not feel like a fish out of water here. The sets are available in English, the food is fresh, prepared beautifully and an overall delight. The staff were kind, the setting was small but comfortable and we were able to enjoy multiple courses of tempura with a...

It’s located on the 2nd floor of the building so look up for the sign on the window. The menu offers a small variety of set meals. We chose the Ume option at ¥3500 which included two tiger prawns, five vegetables, and rice with shrimp tempura. Miso with shellfish and green tea finished the meal. Everything was beautifully cooked and we were given two types of salt and tempura sauce to dip in. The chefs explained for each item which salt/sauce to use. If you measure value by quantity this is expensive, but if you value quality...

Kagurazaka's Tenkou is a luxury spot where dinner courses start from ¥16,000. It takes a little courage to step through the doors, but doing so comes with quite a reward at lunchtime. Their tempura bowl (¥2,500) is topped with two prawns, prawn kakiage and Japanese whiting, as well as vegetables such as lotus root, sweet potato and green pepper. The delicately thin batter is light yet fluffy, and the moderately sweet sauce has a refined flavour. For peace, quiet and great food, this should...