YAKINIKU TORAJI — Restaurant in Tokyo

A hidden gem! After a long and rainy day we were looking for a nice cosy dinner. We stumbled upon this restaurant and were greeted very warmly. The staff was so kind and patient with us, changing the grill and helping with grilling the seafood and cutting it up for us. Even with their limited English and our limited Japanese, they took their time to help us out and make sure we had an amazing evening

We even got ice cream and green tea as dessert! The food was just amazing. The meat was so nice and tender, and the seasoning was spot on, not too much and not too little.

The ambience was also very nice. We were sitting in a separate booth. We could barely hear the noise from other customers. The best part, we did not smell like meat and bbq at the end of the evening!!!

I would definitely recommend this place! We had a...

I was staying at Pullman Hotel Tamachi which is just next to this place. Craving for yakiniku and ordered the standard course (6000yen) as it has some wagyu cuts and a good mix of other types of meat. I dined alone and reached before 6pm so it was not crowded but I feel that they were very slow to finally serve the food. Additionally it took very long to wait for the cold noodles and dessert (part of the course) after I informed 2 servers. I was sort of in a rush as I planned to head elsewhere but eventually only managed to leave slightly before 7.30pm. I think all the meats were great but portion was not a lot and not quite value for money...

Toraji, being a franchise restaurant, offers reasonable price and that’s about it. The services by the staff there and quality of the meat are certainly lacking compared to other Yakiniku specialty restaurants (non franchise ones). The staff really need to learn how to provide good standard services. One good thing at this location is that it is not that busy and they offer more individual...