Dynamic Kitchen & Bar Hibiki Yurakucho — Restaurant in Tokyo

I strongly suggest this restaurant put up a 'Foreigners Not Allowed' sign at the entrance so that I wouldn’t have wasted my time.

I planned to have lunch here with my mom today without a prior reservation. The staff at the entrance informed me that there were three groups ahead of us and the wait would be about an hour. Since we weren’t very hungry, we decided to wait. After 30 minutes I noticed that people before us had been seated one after another. I went to check with the staff about the remaining wait time, he told me it would still take another hour. Meanwhile I noticed that he had crossed my name off the list. When I asked why he removed my name, he didn’t answer—instead, he suddenly changed his story and said it would only be another 30 minutes.

At that moment, I realized I was being played. I don’t know whether it was discrimination or something else, but as a foreign visitor, I felt disrespected. If I had stayed to eat there, I would have been disappointed in myself. So I took my mom to another restaurant.

If you're a foreigner traveling in Tokyo, I advise you not to eat here—unless you want to leave feeling angry...

I was very excited to come to this restaurant. I like the location and the atmosphere of this restaurant, which is located at the third floor of the Yurakucho ITOCHiA building, only 1 minute walk from the JR Yurakucho train station. You can see an open kitchen inside, so you can observe how the foods are made. It gets a bit busy around noon but still not every table’s occupied. The food is good but not great. The portion is enough for a lady but can be a bit less for an average man. Coffee & tea self-service is available for free of charge. You can see the passing Shinkansen bullet train from...

The food was delish (although pricey) and we waited over an hour for our meal even though it wasn't very busy. I'll give them a pass this time since it was during Nenmatsu and maybe they had a smaller than usual staff, but even so an hour is a lonnnng wait.

Would definitely come back though, since the food was good. Lunch came with a self-serve drink bar with iced and hot coffee/tea,...