Japanese restaurant AOYAGI — Restaurant in Kumamoto

Wow, the food at this wonderful is absolutely delicious. We were very keen to try some local Kumamoto produce and this was very special. Upon arrival we were greeted so well, and shown to an area where we chose our own place to sit because it was empty at this time. (It filled up a bit after a while but not too busy). It’s a top quality restaurant, calm and relaxed, superb environment. Our waitress was so polite and attentive too! So, we had.. the Original Kamameshizenn, Aoyagi's Gomoku Kamameshi has 2 small bowls, sashimi, salad, seasonal mini tempura, chawanmushi, soup, pickled vegetables, homemade tyousenname. Kamameshi is flavored rice with ingredients from the mountains and sea cooked in an individual pot using local natural spring water. The recipe for the stockof Kamameshi has never left the premises und been kept a secret since the establishment of the restaurant. Each pot of rice is cooked to order. This fine meal is the signature dish of the Aoyagi restaurant, we loved it.

We also had: Hibarizenn, containing Aoyagi's specialty horse sukiyaki. (You can change it to red beef sukiyaki for 500 yen if you wish but we didn’t, and we really enjoyed the horse meat.) It comes with White rice, takana-zuke (pickled mustard), hitoji no guru guru, mustard lotus root, salad, chawanmushi (steamed egg custard) A fantastic restaurant very very highly recommend for top-quality set lunches at very reasonable prices, ¥3,300 per person for the meals. Thanks for an...

I came when they first opened for the evening and luckily I was able to be seated. I ordered the beef sukiyaki and small tempura. They were both very good. I didn’t eat much of it because I was too busy talking to the lovely staff! The sushi chefs were so kind and helped me with my meal and he even showed me a picture of his cat! The manager greeted me and we chatted about my travels and the city. I was by myself and they graciously kept me company. They were all so kind and I felt very welcome eating in the restaurant (I was only allowed to stay an hour due to a seating restriction of some kind but I didn’t mind since they explained that to me before I was seated).

Really beautiful food with friendly staff. I would return and I would recommend this to anyone in Kumamoto. It would probably be best to get...

Exceptional Dining Experience at AOYAGI Kumamoto

We had a fantastic dinner at AOYAGI! The food was exceptional, with two outstanding options:

Local Set: The horse sashashi and sukiyaki were highlights. Seasonal Course: Fresh fish sashimi and delicious Shabu Shabu.

The service was top-notch, esp. Hirose san, making for a truly memorable experience. We highly recommend AOYAGI for a delicious and authentic Japanese...