Tempura Abe Ginza 8-chome — Restaurant in Tokyo

We wanted to have tempura for dinner and came across this restaurant through Google Maps. It's up on the third floor, a few doors down from Shiseido Parlour and above Atlantis (the shop). We chose the omakase and we were really glad we did. Ten different items, all fried to perfection and served piping hot. Chef Abe will provide suggestions of how each course should be consumed. He's a very kindly man and speaks English well enough. I ate most of mine with just lemon juice and salt. There is a rice dish to wrap things up before dessert with coffee and tea. We thoroughly enjoyed the meal. The food was indistinguishable from another tempura restaurant we had been visiting in Ginza. This one is in much more modest but cozy surroundings and much more reasonably priced. It is very reasonably priced for the quality of food and service that you get. This is going onto our list...

I had an excellent meal here. It was a set menu, but you allowed to request additional items without being charged extra. Chef Abe speaks English well and told which tempura item to dip in salt, lemon juice, or tentsuyu. Each tempura item was cooked perfectly. The coating was light and each item’s food quality was outstanding. Customer service was so good that before I sat down for meal, I went to put some moisture drops in my eyes and when I tilted my head forward the waitress had a box of tissues waiting for me to use. I was thinking to myself “where did you come from”. Overall, it was a high quality meal with a very attentive staff and a...

We enjoyed a truly wonderful lunch here. Reasonably priced. The set had several vegetables, a prawn, white fish, and included soup. The chef fries each piece to order and serves them to you one by one, fresh and hot. It's tiny, only about 8 counter seats, but it looked like they had another room for larger parties. The entrance is hard to find so look for the sign. It's not obvious. I'll post a photo of the sign. Sadly I didn't have any food photos, it was all...