Nikuya no Daidokoro Shinjuku — Restaurant in Tokyo

My husband and I came here to celebrate my birthday this year, because he knows that I love yakiniku all-you-can-eat and wagyu, so he surprised me by taking me here to have 和牛焼肉食べ放題!!

I was very excited and happy about it, I even forgot to take pictures of the menu and selfie of myself! There were quite some tourists customers and local customs, I guess half half. All of the staff are polite and friendly, when we had something don’t understand, they would patiently explain to us.

We ordered the basic course, cause I am very happy with what they have on that menu already, didn’t want to think too much, I just wanted to start eating ASAP. Surprisingly you can order one person 飲み放題, which was perfect for us, because my husband likes to drink some alcohol occasionally, and I don’t drink alcohol.

After we choose our course, the 100 minutes time started (stop ordering 20 minutes before), to order, would need to scan the QR code on the table, then it would bring you to the ordering website. The menu on the website was quite clear and easy to order, the time counting would also appear on the ordering website.

The veggies, appetisers, soup, rice and curry were out there, have to go to the front and serve yourself, I like that because I can take whatever small amount I want, and try everything. Also all of the drinks are self serve too.

All of the veggies and appetisers tastes good, i enjoyed them, i like spinach and salad the most. My husband likes their potato salad very much.

That was quite some different choices for ordering, we just ordered what looks good, most of them were delicious, but I remember one of the meat was very hard and difficult to swallow. My favourite was some of the Wagyu, that big piece of すき焼きbeef, and beef tongue. Some of the Wagyu were quite soft and juicy, they melt in your mouth… And that big piece of すき焼きbeef tastes amazing, feels so full after eating it. Beef tongue was thin but al dente.

My husband really enjoyed the seafood, especially shrimp. For me, the shrimp tasted good but a bit too salty. We both like the scallops and squid.

My husband had rice with raw egg and beef together, he said it’s amazing, but I forgot to try.

I always order tofu and cold noodles when I eat yakiniku, surprisingly they don’t have tofu, but luckily they have cold noodles. The cold noodles size was perfect for both of us because we were so full, it tasted very refreshing and the noodles texture was quite different from other restaurants, it was chewy but very smooth, we both love it.

We didn’t order any dessert because we always like to enjoy dessert from convenience store after a nice meal.

Although my husband forgot to tell them it is my birthday, but we had an enjoyable time here, we had a great...

We managed to reserve a table a couple of hours before we went for dinner (you can do this on their website). I would highly recommend reserving before you go as it was extremely busy when we were there. We opted for the 6,000 yen/person all-you-can-eat premium Wagyu course. Once we arrived at the restaurant we informed that we could add all-you-can-drink for an additional 1,500 yen/person, which we were happy to do. The all-you-can-eat & drink time limit is 100 minutes. It was not what I expected as many restaurants advertising all-you-can-eat wagyu tend to employ delaying tactics (i.e. minimal staff, slow to bring you order etc.). This was not the case here. Within a few minutes we were presented with our premium wagyu platter, with the various cuts. We were told to scan a QR code and order from there when we had finished with the platter. They informed us that any food leftover will be charged on top, which is fair as I think it's not good to waste food. Our orders on the app arrived within 5 minutes of ordering pretty much every time. Drinks were self-service, so you could go crazy if you wanted to. The wagyu was amazing, as you can tell from the marbling in the photos. It is not the top, top wagyu you will ever have. But for the price/pleasure ratio it totally beats paying 15,000yen only to crave for more. The bill came promptly after the 100 minutes were up (there's a handy count-down on the app to tell you how long you have left). We paid 7,500 yen each and left there barely able to walk, we definitely got our money's worth. If you decide to go, definitely don't cheap out with the lower all-you-can-eat options, go for the 6,000 yen premium option or you'll miss out on the beef...

We were so excited to try this place, however left quite disappointed and 2 of us had diarrhea. We got the 6000 yen course which included several cuts of wagyu. We made reservations the morning of for a party of 5 via google with no issues.

This location is on the 2nd floor. We did not get the all you can drink alcohol package as our 6000 yen course had all you can drink cold tea and soda. We were told to order via a QR code with our phone and the seating limit is only 100 mins with 20 mins prior as the last call.

Like others have mentioned, we did find that several cuts of the meat especially the wagyu were chewy. You were only able to order 5 dishes at once, and not everything ordered came on time. They had a lot of servers but none of them really came by to collect the plates. Most of the items in the foil tins took a long time to cook especially because the grill was small.

TIP: They do not tell you when it is time for your last order. We were going to order our last call at the 20 min left mark, but the website on our phone from the QR code did not let us order anymore. We spoke to a staff member who said we were just past the 20 min mark and we asked if we could order a few more things. She was hesitant, but said yes and took our 5 orders verbally. Of course, 3 of the items we ordered did not come.

Not worth the 6000 yen...