Yayoiken Higashi Ueno — Restaurant in Tokyo

This place is basically waiting for your food and self serve the rest, but in a good way! You ran out of rice? You can go get more for free! You want more water? Just walk 5 steps and it’s around the corner!

This spot is really nice if you’re looking for a nice Japanese meal/ breakfast and not wanting to spend too much, as technically with the free rice refills you can eat whatever you want on the menu and not worrying about not getting full!

The quality of the meal also is really nice!

My only complaint will be that out of all the places I have been in Japan, this one took the most to serve my food, but it was still worth it, definitely would come back!

(I got the pork cutlet for less...

This was the most accessible restaurant near the place we stayed at. I got to experience a part of what the locals experience on the daily as there was no tourist going to this place aside from us. Walking in, we were greeted by a kiosk that has a decent English menu and good-enough translated instructions/procedures to get your order. The place was really clean, and the food was delicious. There were also free refills of rice and soup which was such an amazing addition to an already great restaurant. The servers were also really quick and attentive. If you're near this area and you want to experience blending in with the locals while eating great food, this is the...

Food's great (for the price point), and the servings were large enough that a larger dude like me was full with one set + chicken karaage. And the chicken karaage (fried chicken) is highly recommended, it's damn delicious, with a dash of lemon and their original spice.

There's booth seatings for 4 pax, as well as 2 pax tables and counter style solo seats in a row. Good for a budget meal that fills you up while being tasty. Easy to find, it's along the main road. A bit over ¥1000 per pax. They were generous with the rice and you can get more, and their clam miso was full of clams and was flavourful.

Highly...