Butasute Gekumaeten — Restaurant in Ise

Tonteki set 200g (Ichishi Special Pork Shoulder Loin) 1,680¥ Beef bowl regular set 90g (Domestic Japanese Black Beef Chopped) 1,280¥ 📍Butasute Gekumaeten, Ise, Mie

When exploring Ise’s Geku Shrine area ⛩️, a must-try stop is Butasute Gekumaeten, a historic shop since the Meiji era 🏮. Famous for crispy menchi katsu and croquettes made with rich Ise beef 🐂✨, plus hearty gyudon and sukiyaki 🍲, the shop also serves tonteki, the iconic pork steak dish that originated right here in Mie 🍖🔥. It’s where history, local flavor, and comfort food come together 🙌.

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Really nice place nearby the Geku. If you go I recommend the tonteki ("pork steak") which is a specialty from Mie prefecture and relatively rare in the rest of Japan compared to other food served here. The korokke are great too if you want some extra food...

平日の夕方18:00頃で並ばずに入店出来ました。 牛丼（並1280円）を頂きました。 並は90g,上は肉がグレードアップして100gで1880円でしたが、肉量としては並で十分でした。 吉野家のような牛丼とは異なり、甘辛いタレで焼いた焼肉丼といった感じでご飯が進みます。 コロッケが130円でしたのでこちらも追加でオーダー。 ホクホクとした甘さのあるコロッケは食べ歩きには向いていますが、ご飯のおかずには若干不向きな印象です（個人的感想ですが） 店内はきれいです。 サービスはマニュアル化されていて、若干ドライに感じました。

I had a beef bowl (regular 1,280 yen). The regular size was 90g, and the high-grade size was upgraded to 100g for 1,880 yen, but the regular size was enough in terms of the amount of meat. Unlike beef bowls at Yoshinoya, this was more like a grilled meat bowl with a sweet and spicy sauce, which went well with rice. I also ordered a croquette for 130 yen. The fluffy and sweet croquette is perfect for eating on the go, but I feel it is not very suitable as a side dish for rice (this is my personal opinion). The interior of the...