Ginmeisui Ginza — Restaurant in Tokyo

Confusingly located in 3 floors of the building, so you may be a bit confused at first, when you are trying to figure out which floor to pick. In our case we went to the seventh one, and there they navigated us to the right one. You are given an option between a place at the counter, which offers a better show and I guess a nicer culinary experience, and a salon, which gives more of a privacy and relaxed atmosphere.

The restaurant offers several predesigned tasting menus, including the ones with the famous Kobe beef. I would have welcomed a printed menu in which we could see what is actually included in the menu (in ours it was vaguely described, e.g. seasonal soup, dessert, fish, etc.) as the level of English of the waiter wa not as great, but nothing Google translate could not solve.

Unfortunately, not all the courses were that great, and I am not really sure if they worked well together, rather they stood well on their own as individual meals.

Overall, the food was of good quality, the service was nice, but that is all to be expected given the price tag. What I actually enjoyed the most, was the privacy the salon offered, which allowed us to have conversations and fun without external...

Came here with the hope of a great finish on our last night in Japan. It was a nice meal on the whole but do not expect fine dining which the prices would hint at.

Let me get the bad things out the way… a place charging Y10,000+ I would hope not to be eating with disposable Bamboo chopsticks, really ruins the texture & taste of any meal. The lighting was really bad. It was all spotlights on your head/face and could barely see what the chef in front was cooking. The food was on the whole bland and minimalist - usually with small portions I would expect flavours to pop, but it unfortunately didn’t deliver that. Serving near raw vegetables (tomatoes and cucumbers) at this level just doesn’t cut it.

Ok now that’s done, the good things. Nice atmosphere, great wine, good service and friendly chefs & waiters.

Maybe it is Ginza and the price vs expectations, but this was a big disappointment. I hope they can raise their game as the standard we’d come to expect across Japan is so...

Impressive restaurant and design. First class layout and aesthetics. We chose the Kobe and Spiny Lobster option. The Kobe was not the best I’ve had and the lobster was really the size of a shrimp. I realized most restaurants in Japan tend to rush the dining experience if your the last seating of the night. We sat down at 8 and they finished our service at 9. 1-hour for a teppanyaki dinner might’ve been faster than going to Benihana with my kids. The price was over $200 a head with some standard grade sake. I don’t think I can recommend this experience. Maybe it’s better if...