Scandinavian
Open 5-11pm (LO) daily.
Scandinavian-themed craft-beer bars seem to be popping up all over Shibuya, but unlike the other bars, the cozy Haburashi (Toothbrush) also provides a menu of Nordic-inspired dishes like grilled...
Open 5-11pm (LO) daily.
Open 10am-8pm daily.
A lot of upscale Aoyama shops seem to have an obligatory cafe area tucked into a corner somewhere, but the combination works especially well at this Copenhagen-based designer flower shop. While the...
Open 10am-8pm daily.
Open 11am-11pm (LO) daily.
With a history dating back to the 1960s, Scandia Garden is a casual Danish cafe occupying an ancient-looking ground-floor dining room in front of Osanbashi Pier, with a more formal and much more...
Open 11am-11pm (LO) daily.
Open noon-3, 6-11pm. Closed Sundays.
Tasty and filling Swedish food, with great homemade breads.
Open noon-3, 6-11pm. Closed Sundays.
Open 11:30am-2, 5:30-8:30 (LO). Closed Mondays, Thursdays.
If you're looking for the best reindeer steak in Tokyo, your search is over. Allt Gott in Kichijoji serves up high-level Swedish cuisine, made from traditional ingredients but prepared with a light,...
Open 11:30am-2, 5:30-8:30 (LO). Closed Mondays, Thursdays.
Open 9:30am-9pm (Sat, Sun 8:30am-) daily.
Swedish meatballs, sweet pastries and seasonal special dishes are served in Ikea's cafeteria-style restaurant, all at very reasonable prices. The restaurant also features a wide-screen...
Open 9:30am-9pm (Sat, Sun 8:30am-) daily.
Open 10am-9pm daily.
Swedish megastore Ikea has arrived in Chiba Prefecture, and their in-store restaurant is a great place for an inexpensive Swedish meal. It's not Swedish haute cuisine (the closest to that might be...
Open 10am-9pm daily.
Open 10am-9pm daily.
Tasty meatballs, almond cakes and other Swedish delights are served in the restaurant, all at quite reasonable prices. The food department also sells an interesting selection of imported Swedish...
Open 10am-9pm daily.
Russian, Georgian, Uzbek
Open 11:30am - 2:30, 5-10pm (LO) daily.
Established in 1957, the main branch of Sungari has been serving caviar, Russian delicacies and vodka to several generations of Tokyo diners. This newer second branch (located in Shinjuku 3-chome...
Open 11:30am - 2:30, 5-10pm (LO) daily.
Open 5-10:30pm (LO) daily.
This Russian-food landmark has been in business since 1957, serving traditional and modern Russian dishes along with caviar, Russian beers and lots of vodka. Budget around Y5000 at dinnertime.
Open 5-10:30pm (LO) daily.
Open 11:30am-10pm (LO) daily.
Great Georgian and Russian food is prepared by native chefs in this unpretentious basement cafe. Georgian- and Russian-themed set menus (Y3000-3200 for lunch or dinner) are a good introduction to...
Open 11:30am-10pm (LO) daily.
Open 11:30am-2, 6-9:30pm (LO) daily.
Creamy Georgian chicken stew, Uzbek-style minced-lamb pies, meat-stuffed Russian blinchiki pancakes - there's a world of exotic flavors to explore at this cozy dining spot near Meguro Station. ...
Open 11:30am-2, 6-9:30pm (LO) daily.
Open 11am-1:30, 5-10:30pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
Classic hearty Uzbeki dishes are the draw at this hidden jewel in Nihonbashi. Along with a few Turkish and Russian staples, and even some Georgian wine!
Open 11am-1:30, 5-10:30pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
Eastern European cuisines
Open 7am-11pm (LO; Sat 11-11, Sun 11-6) daily.
This comfortable office-district dining spot serves an eclectic menu of tasty dishes from Austria, Hungary, Germany and Holland along with European beers and budget wines. Although it faces a busy...
Open 7am-11pm (LO; Sat 11-11, Sun 11-6) daily.
Open 11:30am-4, 5-8pm. Closed Wed, Thu.
Maybe it's the lace doilies and bud vases on the tables, or the antique cabinets and crammed bookshelves, but this tiny Polish bakery-cafe has a certain Old World charm. You can pick up a bag of...
Open 11:30am-4, 5-8pm. Closed Wed, Thu.
Open 11:30am-2, 6-9:30pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
Well-prepared Hungarian food and an excellent selection of around 40-50 Hungarian wines, mostly under Y10,000 and mostly served by the glass. The dining space has an old-fashioned European air about...
Open 11:30am-2, 6-9:30pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
Open 11:30am-2, 5:30-10pm. Closed Wednesdays.
Hearty home-style Hungarian fare is served here in a rather old-fashioned, Showa-era dining room. They prepare a credible cold-cherry soup and meaty stew dishes. Full-course prix-fixe dinners are...
Open 11:30am-2, 5:30-10pm. Closed Wednesdays.
Open 11:30am-2, 6-10pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
Like Italy, its much larger neighbor across the Adriatic, Croatia has a long coastline and a seafood-heavy Mediterranean cuisine built around grilled fish, scampi, mussels and calamari as well as...
Open 11:30am-2, 6-10pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
Open 6pm-midnight (Sat, Sun 5-11pm). Closed Tuesdays.
Dasenka is a cozy, charmingly quirky basement restaurant that serves excellent Czech and Eastern European fare. You can feast on stick-to-your-ribs dishes like Moravsky Brabec (slightly fatty...
Open 6pm-midnight (Sat, Sun 5-11pm). Closed Tuesdays.
Greek
Open 11:15am-2, 5:30-9:30pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
One of Tokyo's very few Greek restaurants, Milieu was started by a former chef at the Japanese embassy in Greece. The menu covers Greek standards like moussaka, spanakopita, dolmades and...
Open 11:15am-2, 5:30-9:30pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
Open 11:30am-2, 5-10pm (LO) daily.
This Greek landmark has been serving hearty, home-style food since 1953 (although they moved to a new location in 2010). The bright, spacious dining area includes lots of counter seating as well as...
Open 11:30am-2, 5-10pm (LO) daily.
Open 5-10:30pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
One of Yokohama's two long-established Greek restaurants, Olympia takes a fairly traditional approach to the cuisine, which is also reflected in their old-school dining room. The kitchen serves up...
Open 5-10:30pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
British
Open 5pm-2am (LO 1-ish). Closed Mondays.
This live-music spot and pub offers a bit of Roppongi nightlife dropped into Ebisu, for better or for worse. They serve English beers (mostly bottled) and inexpensive, filling pub dishes, and are...
Open 5pm-2am (LO 1-ish). Closed Mondays.
Open noon-10pm (Fri, Sat -11pm) daily.
Gourmet "chip shop-style" fish and chips is the specialty here, and the chips are especially well prepared. Boxed sets of fish, chips and mushy peas (or other side sauce) are priced Y1300-1500, and...
Open noon-10pm (Fri, Sat -11pm) daily.
Open 11am-5:30pm. Closed Sat-Wed.
British-style meat pies and dessert pies are prepared by genuine English chefs at this cozy British deli and bakery. They also sell an appealing range of house-made relishes with flavors like...
Open 11am-5:30pm. Closed Sat-Wed.
Open 11:30-3, 5:30-10pm (LO; Sun -9pm). Closed Mondays.
There's something for everyone at the new Swan & Lion in Nakameguro. Recently relocated from its Ichigaya take-out-only shop, the new place offers drinks on the terrace, quick bites at the counter,...
Open 11:30-3, 5:30-10pm (LO; Sun -9pm). Closed Mondays.
Open 5pm-midnight. Closed Mondays.
Serving seventeen different ciders, this rather British-style British pub must have the best selection in town, if not in all of Japan. They also serve beer of course - on a recent visit the pub's...
Open 5pm-midnight. Closed Mondays.
German
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
This department-store branch of the ubiquitous German chain offers eight German and German-style beers on tap, along with a meaty, modern German food menu. Some popular dishes include currywurst,...
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
Open 11am-10:30pm (LO) daily.
This popular German chain offers modern German cuisine - currywurst, Schnitzel parmigiana and other meaty fare - along with a half dozen of their own German-style beers on tap. There are also one or...
Open 11am-10:30pm (LO) daily.
Open 11:30am-2, 5:30-10:30pm (LO) daily.
Flammkuchen - the Alsatian and southern German answer to pizza - is served here in versions both savory (black forest ham, zucchini-anchovy) and sweet (apple-cinnamon, banana-rum), along with wine...
Open 11:30am-2, 5:30-10:30pm (LO) daily.
Open 11am-11pm daily.
This branch of the very popular German bar-restaurant offers a full menu of sausages, schnitzel, risotti and pizzas. The seven taps dispense original German-style craft beers and German imports,...
Open 11am-11pm daily.
Open 11:30am-11pm daily.
This casual German beer bar offers eight German and German-style beers on tap, including five of Schmatz's original brews, and you can order a tasting flights of any three beers you like. There's an...
Open 11:30am-11pm daily.
Open 11am-2, 5-10pm (LO) daily.
The popular chain of German restaurants serves up a menu of meaty, but not overly heavy, casual German cuisine. Eight draft beers include six original German-style craft beers (brewed by Brimmer...
Open 11am-2, 5-10pm (LO) daily.
Open 11:30am-1:30, 4-10:30pm (LO). Open every day.
A spacious bar serving meaty German fare and great beer. Four German brews from Spaten and Franziskaner are on draft (starting at Y600/glass) with several more by the bottle. The Y3500 prix-fixe...
Open 11:30am-1:30, 4-10:30pm (LO). Open every day.
Open 11:30am-2:30, 5-10:30pm (LO) daily.
This casual German beer bar started life as a food truck at the Aoyama Farmers Market, and the kitchen offers a well-executed menu of schnitzel, sausages and other meaty German fare to go with your...
Open 11:30am-2:30, 5-10:30pm (LO) daily.
Open 11:30am-2:30, 5:30-11pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
Zum Eichen Platz offers an impressive food menu and a decent selection of German beers, specializing in Spaten, Franziskaner and Flensburger.
Open 11:30am-2:30, 5:30-11pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
Open 11:30am-2, 5-10pm. Closed Sundays, 3rd Sat.
Although the dining room is notably lacking in atmosphere and music, the kitchen prepares outstanding German cuisine, including some fantastic game dishes in the autumn months. Prices may seem high...
Open 11:30am-2, 5-10pm. Closed Sundays, 3rd Sat.
Open 3-11:30pm (Sat 1-9:30). Closed Sundays.
The food menu here includes more than a dozen types of sausage, along with ham and cheese platters, grilled meats and salads. Seven taps dispense Japanese and German beers from breweries like Far...
Open 3-11:30pm (Sat 1-9:30). Closed Sundays.
Open 6-10pm (LO) daily.
J.S. Lennup has been serving German beers and food under the Hibiya Yamanote train tracks since 1978, so it's only appropriate that they should take their place in Hibiya Okuroji, the flashy new...
Open 6-10pm (LO) daily.
Open 11:30am-4, 5pm-4am daily.
Part of the popular Franziskaner chain, Franz club offers a selection of German beers as well as nice roast meats, sausages, ham and similar fare. Budget around Y4,000 at dinnertime. There's also a...
Open 11:30am-4, 5pm-4am daily.
Open 11:30am-2, 5:30-11:30pm. Closed Sundays.
Hard-to-find German beers, German wines, and assorted snacks are on offer at this branch of the small Franziskaner chain. The meat-heavy food menu is more interesting and diverse than might be...
Open 11:30am-2, 5:30-11:30pm. Closed Sundays.
Open 5-11pm daily.
Hearty German food and a roster of reasonably priced German-style draft beers are the draw at this popular German chain restaurant. The eight beers on tap are priced at Y650 and Y950 for small and...
Open 5-11pm daily.
Open 11:30am-2:30, 5-10:30pm (LO) daily.
This German bar-restaurant chain offers a variety of German and German-style beers at very reasonable prices, especially compared to other German restaurants in town. The eight beers on draft are...
Open 11:30am-2:30, 5-10:30pm (LO) daily.
Open 11am-11pm daily.
Conveniently located in the Shimo-Kitazawa station complex, Schmatz offers an extensive menu of German dishes as well as German craft beers. Lunch is served from 11am-3pm, with a choice of...
Open 11am-11pm daily.
Open 11:30am-10:30pm (LO) daily.
Covering two floors, this is one of the more spacious branches of the popular German restaurant chain, serving up a full menu of charcuterie platters, schnitzels, eight different types of sausage,...
Open 11:30am-10:30pm (LO) daily.
Open 11am-10:30pm (LO) daily.
This popular German beer-bar chain offers eight German-style beers on tap (including five of Schmatz's original brews), all priced at Y650 per glass. The extensive food menu offers pizzas, pastas...
Open 11am-10:30pm (LO) daily.
Open 5pm-5am (Sun -midnight) daily.
With its old-fashioned wood-themed decor and its traditional German food menu, this long-running beer hall feels like a relic of past times. The extensive beer list is quite up to date though - in...
Open 5pm-5am (Sun -midnight) daily.
Open 11am-9:30pm (LO; Sat, Sun -8:30pm) daily.
This food-court branch of the popular German craft-beer chain is conveniently located in the same building as Yokohama City Hall, with outdoor seating looking out on Minato Mirai in the distance. As...
Open 11am-9:30pm (LO; Sat, Sun -8:30pm) daily.
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