Tsukiji Jisaku — Restaurant in Tokyo

1000 / 10

If you think you’ve had good Kaiseki, think again! Cuz this place will definitely blow your mind 🤯

Very historic and traditional, this establishment has been hosting lunches and dinners for some of the most influential figures in history given their uber delicious and well-presentable dishes, topped with above and beyond omotenashi.

We were escorted to a large and private dining room with a view of the pond consisting of over 100+ koi fish across the country. If that is not mind blowing, i don’t know what is… Where in Tokyo can you find such land to make it all happen?!

Can’t pick a star dish as everything was just too...

So all things around the restaurant are really great - building, staff, rooms, garden. We opted for private room and 55k yen menu single person. You have to add another 20% for service and 10%+ tax? Total was around 170k. For one time experience worth, for going one more time? Totally not. It's so overpriced, and food is not top-notch as you may think. Restaurant says that staff know English - it's not true at all, but they should, looking on that amount of money for service. We used a translator, so we managed to communicate to finish our dinner but of course it prolonged...

Epic disaster - Ducasse prices for worse than conveyer-belt food. Most of the kaiseki dishes tasted like they'd spent a day or more in a fridge. Nasty un-fresh prawns. You're paying for the private-room experience aimed at corporate salaryman nights from hell.. If you are Japanese and invited here by your boss you have made it in life but Western tourists should steer clear. Some kitsch value in the 1978 ambience - boardrooms reeking of stale cigarettes - and the views around...