Yurinoki — Restaurant in Tokyo

This restaurant inside Tokyo National Museum requires museum admission to access, making it essentially a captive audience situation. As practically the only dining option within the national park complex, it naturally draws crowds of hungry museum-goers throughout the day. The food quality is decent but nothing exceptional - think standard museum café fare rather than a culinary destination.

Given the inevitable crowds and waiting times, I'd strongly recommend eating before entering the museum or planning your visit around off-peak meal hours. While it's convenient when you're already inside and don't want to leave the grounds, the combination of average food and long waits makes it more of a necessity than a pleasure. If you're planning a full day at the museum, consider packing snacks or timing your visit to avoid the lunch rush. It serves its purpose, but don't expect a memorable dining experience to complement your cultural...

We had a quick bite in between visiting galleries at the Tokyo National Museum here at Yurinoki which is located on the ground floor of the Asian Gallery. There are limited vegetarian options but my wife only wanted soup and rice which was easy enough for them to product. (And which she described as “fine.”

There’s also a vegetable curry and various sides they could probably separate from their main courses (such as vegetable tempura) available, along with desserts and beverages.

I had a cup of Oolong tea which I found not to be strong enough, and despite my best efforts with Google Translate, was told they couldn’t do anything about it.

If you want dessert, and maybe coffee this might be a good place to stop…or if you’re not a vegetarian like us you’ll have a lot more options. For us, the limited food available, “meh” atmosphere, and “just okay” quality of the few things we got would not have us rushing back here...

Very expensive and not worth the money. The chicken was especially expensive, and came as a part of built in deal that included tea/coffe, rice/bread and a “chocolate cake” that was basically 3 tiny chocolate pieces (that were very dry). They brought out the check with the tea at right when we finished our last bite, even though we had not asked for the check and weren’t there for long (about helf an hour). Beside the food issues, the restaurant is built with nice big windows, but for some reason the curtains were all closed which was unpleasant. We did however appreciate the vegetarian menu, as we had trouble finding vegetarian...