Asakusa Imahan — Restaurant in Tokyo

Their lunch special is an absolute steal! We came by on a weekday afternoon and the wait was around 30 minutes (convenience stores were just across the store for emergency snacks). They even provided sun umbrellas as we got closer to the entrance and inside the front entrance there were also indoor benches with AC. We had not even stepped into the restaurant yet and the service was already a 10/10!

My first visit I dined on the first floor and this time I was so surprised when the staff directed us to remove our shoes before walking on the tatami mats. We got a pass for our shoes then took the elevator up. The mats felt so smooth and cool under my feet. As soon as the elevator doors opened, we were greeted by a server in a kimono who led us to our table in the dining area. The dining area is so spacious, pretty and brightly lit too. The atmosphere was very serene.

We went with the lunch specials (gyudon and sukiyaki). As we waited, we were given hot towels to clean our hands and served hot tea. This meal was just what I needed. It was simple but so delicious. My sukiyaki set had a few giant pieces of super tender beef, mushrooms, vegetables and a sunny egg yolk in the middle of my rice bowl. It was so much food I could almost barely finish it. After we finished eating, we were served green tea as well. The meal was absolutely amazing! It's a simple dish but the service and atmosphere really elevated the whole dining experience.

The bathrooms also deserved a shout out. There was carpeting, slippers to wear as well as a bidet had a sensor and also a drying function!

This is definitely the place to bring first timers or out of town visitors for sure. It's sure to impress from the moment you walk in to the...

The best sukiyaki I have ever had. I will definitely go again if I visit Tokyo again.

I went to the restaurant 45 mins before it opened. There was already a long line of people waiting there. After the restaurant opened, I waited for another hour to be seated. The 11000 yen set was sold out about 10 mins after the restaurant opened.

I ordered the lunch sukiyaki set. The appetizers were delicious and delicates. The vegetable plates had a lot of vegetable good for sukiyaki. The beef plate had 5 pieces of wagyu beef whose fat spread evenly on the meat. The egg for the sukiyaki was fresh and huge.

The server will cook for us at the beginning and then we can make the sukiyaki ourselves following the instructions. The sukiyaki sauce has a rich flavor. The beef cook in the sauce until medium is tasty and soft. With the raw egg covering the beef, the beef tastes smooth. The vegetables also tasted really good because they were soaked in the sauce.

I also order the beef sushi. The raw beef is really soft. The sushi rice is well cooked. Also, the salt is coarse which fit perfectly with the soft beef since it provides a crunchy taste.

In the end, I also bought the sukiyaki sauce to make...

Yummy Japanese beef, blunt service and vintage dinning environment.

Shabu Shabu does not usually require any cooking skill if the quality of food is at top quality. In fact, Asakusa Imahan can give you very high quality beef that will melt in your mouth. vegetables are also very fresh.

The serving staff could speak mechically English and taugh customers how to Shabu Shabu.

Overall dinning environment is good. However, be careful you are assigned to Japanese dinning table. Then you have to sit in cross legged throughout the meal.

At the end of the lunch, I asked a staff to give me a cup of tea. The lady said in a rude and blunt manner that this was the end of the meal and no tea would be served.

I have never encountered a resturant in Japan to serve their customers like that. Asakusa Imahan is the exception.

Don't know their reason for no on line reservation. You have to arrive at least an hour earlier before they open at 11:30 am. In my opinion, it is not worthwhile doing this, there are a lot of restaurants providing similar cuisine in Asakusa, with top quality of beef and...