Central
Open 11:30am-1:30, 5-9:30pm (LO) daily.
Great US-style barbecue is served at this Canadian-owned specialty restaurant, with a full line-up of meats including wagyu brisket (a standout), pulled pork, ribs, smoked sausage and chicken. The...
Open 11:30am-1:30, 5-9:30pm (LO) daily.
Open 2pm-midnight daily.
Four-part tasting flights are one of the attractions at this friendly, late-night beer bar; they're priced at Y1200 for four 100ml pours. The 6-8 taps dispense mostly Japanese craft beers, with...
Open 2pm-midnight daily.
Open 11am-11pm. Closed Sundays.
By day it's a burger joint with a great beer selection, while at night it turns into a craft beer bar with nice burgers. The ten taps dispense mostly Japanese craft beers from around the country,...
Open 11am-11pm. Closed Sundays.
Open 11am-10pm daily.
One of Nagoya's best cat cafes, Hitoyasumi has a large cat staff (21 at last count) and comfortable furnishings for human visitors. In addition to the large L-shaped playroom, there's a separate...
Open 11am-10pm daily.
Open 4pm-3am. Closed Sundays.
Located in the heart of Nishiki's late-night entertainment zone and keeping appropriately late-night hours itself, Liquor Mountain offers some very good discounted prices on imported beers and...
Open 4pm-3am. Closed Sundays.
Open 11am-1am daily.
Thin, flat kishimen noodles are a featured dish here, served in a hot fish-based broth with fish cakes, fried tofu, boiled spinach and other ingredients. Another popular dish is their rather novel...
Open 11am-1am daily.
Open 11:30am-1:30, 5-10:30pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
Lunchtime specials start at Y900 and include karaage fried chicken and chicken sashimi. In the evenings it's mainly charcoal-grilled chicken; budget around Y4000 for dinner.
Open 11:30am-1:30, 5-10:30pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
This branch of the popular live jazz club presents local talent and visiting jazz headliners who are touring Japan. Check their calendar to see who's coming.
Open 5-11pm daily.
This is the second Nagoya branch of the popular Schmatz chain of German restaurants, known for their original craft beers and modern German cuisine. The compact food menu features dishes like...
Open 5-11pm daily.
Open 11am-2:30, 5-10:30pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
Torishige prepares grilled chicken and other dishes with Nagoya cochin, a local heirloom breed prized for its flavor. Prix-fixe menus of charcoal-grilled chicken on skewers are priced at Y4300 and...
Open 11am-2:30, 5-10:30pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
Open 5-11pm (LO) daily.
Famous in town (and among tourists) for its Nagoya cochin (an heirloom chicken breed), Torigin is set up to handle the crowds. Elaborate prix-fixe menus, with chicken prepared in various styles, are...
Open 5-11pm (LO) daily.
Open 5-10:30pm (LO) daily.
Entertaining dining and amusing cocktails from the Australian-themed American steakhouse chain. Budget around Y4000 at dinnertime. Lunch is served on weekends and holidays.
Open 5-10:30pm (LO) daily.
Open 11:30am-8pm. Closed Tuesdays.
Arriving soon after opening time on a weekday, we encountered a playroom full of very active cats, chasing each other over an obstacle course of shelves and tables and the occasional seated visitor. ...
Open 11:30am-8pm. Closed Tuesdays.
Open 11am-9pm daily.
This retail liquor shop includes a tiny bar up front where you can order wine by the glass plus simple snacks like pates and assorted cheese platters.
Open 11am-9pm daily.
Open 11am-3, 5-10pm (LO) daily.
Bincho does a nice version of hitsumabushi, a local Nagoya-style version of unagi eel, grilled over binchotan charcoal.
Open 11am-3, 5-10pm (LO) daily.
Open 11am-11pm daily.
Tasty, sometimes unusual pizzas and well-constructed pastas at this budget Italian cafe chain. They don't close between lunch and dinner, but stay open all afternoon.
Open 11am-11pm daily.
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
Yabaton is famous for their miso-katsu - pork cutlet prepared with a thick miso sauce - a local Nagoya specialty. The main shop is in Osu - this is a more centrally located branch.
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
Open 11am-3:30, 5-9:30pm (LO) daily.
Good-quality tempura at reasonable prices; the original branch in Tokyo dates back to 1918. In addition to the usual fish and seafood, Hisago offers a vegetarian prix-fixe menu featuring sesame tofu...
Open 11am-3:30, 5-9:30pm (LO) daily.
Open 11am-2:30, 5-10pm (LO) daily.
"Ebi-fry" - Nagoya's famous dish of deep-fried giant prawns - is one of the featured menu items at this inexpensive seafood-oriented izakaya, with a set menu of two prawns, sashimi, soup and rice...
Open 11am-2:30, 5-10pm (LO) daily.
Open 11am-10:30pm (LO) daily.
An informal oyster bar serving raw and cooked oysters from Japan, New Zealand and the US, along with Cajun-style gumbo and seafood "pan roasts." Budget around Y4000 at dinnertime. Lunch, served...
Open 11am-10:30pm (LO) daily.
Open 11am-2:30, 5-10pm (LO) daily.
Sesonal seafood is the main focus in this stylish dining bar. The specialty of the house is a bento-style meal with 8 or 10 seasonal delicacies served in a bucket-style tray (Y1,995-2,730). You can...
Open 11am-2:30, 5-10pm (LO) daily.
Open 11am-2:30pm daily.
Broiled fish, marinated in sake lees, is the main dish here. Open for lunch only. They also have a branch in the Esca complex next to Nagoya Station.
Open 11am-2:30pm daily.
Open 11:30am-10:30pm (LO) daily.
Good, accessible Thai food in a comfortable setting. Set-price dinners start at just Y980, which gets you a main dish (red or green curry, pad thai, etc.), tom yam soup, an unexciting mini-salad...
Open 11:30am-10:30pm (LO) daily.
Open 11am-2, 5:30-8:30pm (LO). Closed 2nd Monday.
High-level Italian in an upscale department-store setting. Budget from Y5000 for lunch, Y10,000-15,000 at dinnertime.
Open 11am-2, 5:30-8:30pm (LO). Closed 2nd Monday.
Open 11am-9pm daily.
A more centrally located branch of Nagoya's most famous grilled-eel restaurant, located on the dining floor of Matsuzakaya Department Store. Budget around Y3000 at dinnertime.
Open 11am-9pm daily.
Open 11am-9pm daily.
Yabaton is famous for their miso-katsu - pork cutlet prepared with a thick miso sauce - a local Nagoya dish, as well as their cute sumo-wrestling pig mascot. This is the original, main branch.
Open 11am-9pm daily.
Open 1-7:50pm (Sat, Sun 11am-7:50). Closed Tuesdays.
While the cafe component of many rabbit cafes can be rudimentary at best, Usagito devotes quite a bit of space to their cafe area, and offers substantial fare like fettucine, cheese penne and curry...
Open 1-7:50pm (Sat, Sun 11am-7:50). Closed Tuesdays.
Open 11am-2:30, 6-10pm (LO) daily.
Great Neopolitan-style pizza from wood-burning pizza ovens; the grilled chicken is also fantastic. Up front there's a very casual cafe-bar with live music (usually jazz), and in back is a...
Open 11am-2:30, 6-10pm (LO) daily.
East of Hisaya-Odori
Open 11am-11pm (LO) daily.
A casual cafe-bar serving pizzas, pastas and other light fare. Lunch is served until 2pm, there's a happy hour from 4-7pm, and the last order for drinks at night is 12:30am.
Open 11am-11pm (LO) daily.
Open 11:30am-2, 5-11pm daily.
One of the best beer bars in town, Keg Nagoya serves around fifteen craft beers, many of them otherwise hard to find, on a rotating basis. The food is also good.
Open 11:30am-2, 5-11pm daily.
Open 11am-9pm (LO). Closed 1st, 3rd Mondays.
Modern California-style international fare, including many of Puck's signature dishes such as smoked-salmon pizza. The rather spectacular dining space, at the top of the Aichi Arts Center, features...
Open 11am-9pm (LO). Closed 1st, 3rd Mondays.
Open 5:30-11:55pm (LO) daily.
With branches all over Nagoya, this popular shop is famous for their spicy chicken wings and other local delicacies, as well as its inexpensive prices. If you want to finish off your meal with ramen...
Open 5:30-11:55pm (LO) daily.
Open 5:30-11pm (LO) daily.
Grilled, dried fish (himono) from around Japan is the mainstay of the menu here, along with local vegetables and tofu dishes. For drinks, you can choose from at least a half-dozen well-selected...
Open 5:30-11pm (LO) daily.
Open 5-10pm. Closed Sundays.
Worth checking out if you happen to be in the neighborhood, this quiet bar on the first floor of a design office stocks 40-50 organic wines, priced from Y3300 per bottle or Y650 per glass. The food...
Open 5-10pm. Closed Sundays.
Nagoya station
Open 11am-3, 5-9:15pm (LO) daily.
Bincho does a nice version of hitsumabushi, a local Nagoya-style version of unagi eel, grilled over binchotan charcoal.
Open 11am-3, 5-9:15pm (LO) daily.
Open 11am-2:30, 4:30-9pm (LO) daily.
Broiled fish, marinated in sake lees, is the main dish here. Located in the basement Esca complex at the west exit of the JR Nagoya shinkansen line.
Open 11am-2:30, 4:30-9pm (LO) daily.
Open 10am-9:30pm (LO) daily.
Yamamotoya is one of the best-known purveyors of miso-nikomi udon, flat udon noodles prepared in a miso-rich, bonito-based soup. The noodles are thick and chewy, and the soup is filled with fish...
Open 10am-9:30pm (LO) daily.
Open 11am-11pm daily.
This popular spaghetti restaurant chain offers both traditional Italian-style noodles and a wide variety of Japanese pastas, featuring ingredients like spicy cod roe, salmon roe, natto, asari clams...
Open 11am-11pm daily.
Open 11am-10:30pm (LO) daily.
Serving some of the best budget Indian cuisine in town, Erick specializes in dishes from southern India. Curries and other dishes are all distinctively flavored, and multi-curry set menus start at...
Open 11am-10:30pm (LO) daily.
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
The specialty of the house at this Taipei-based chain is xiao long bao (shoronpo in Japanese) - dumplings that squirt hot broth when you bite into them. The menu also offers other dim sum dumplings,...
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
Open 11am-2, 5:30-9pm (LO) daily.
One of several Bocuse venues in Japan, this mid-level, casual brasserie offers classic French cuisine, with prix-fixe dinners priced at Y2,560-6,800 and lunches from Y1960.
Open 11am-2, 5:30-9pm (LO) daily.
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
Delicious Bretagne-style dessert crepes and savory buckwheat galettes are served along with hard cider and soft drinks imported from the region. Seating is either inside the cafe or out on the...
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
A reliable izakaya chain, En serves a wide assortment of dishes, including charcoal-grilled meats and fish and original seasonal vegetable dishes. The drinks menu includes 16 kinds of craft sake...
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
Open 11am-9:30pm (LO) daily.
As the name implies, Kagaya serves Kaga-ryori, the distinctive (and delicious) regional cuisine of Kanazawa and Ishikawa Prefecture. Kaiseki-style dinners are priced Y6,000-10,000, while prix-fixe...
Open 11am-9:30pm (LO) daily.
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
Perhaps Japan's most popular India-restaurant chain, Maharaja offers good-quality curries and tandoori dishes at reasonable prices. Vegetarian options are available. Set lunches (11am-3pm) start at...
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
Open 11am-2:30, 5-10:30pm (LO) daily.
The popular Schmatz chain of German restaurants is known for their German-style original craft beers and modern German cuisine, and this first Nagoya branch offers a good selection of both. Eight...
Open 11am-2:30, 5-10:30pm (LO) daily.
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
Reliable, good-value tempura from the Tokyo-based chain. You can order piece by piece but most people order set meals, which start at Y1995 in the evening and Y1260 at lunchtime.
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
Open 7:30am-10pm daily.
You'll find a good selection of imported foods and some interesting wines at this centrally located branch of the Seijo Ishii retail chain.
Open 7:30am-10pm daily.
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
Yabaton is famous for their miso-katsu - pork cutlet prepared with a thick miso sauce - a local Nagoya favorite.
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
Open 11am-3, 4:30-11pm daily.
Choose from more than 180 beers from around the world at this sprawling beer hall, including twenty on tap. The drinks list focuses on five beer-producing countries - Belgium, Germany, Czechia, the...
Open 11am-3, 4:30-11pm daily.
Open 11am-2:30, 5-10pm (LO) daily.
Muy's dramatically lit, 16-meter-long bar makes an impressive centerpiece to the stylish interior. The menu features a good selection of tapas (including imported Spanish hams), grilled meats, and...
Open 11am-2:30, 5-10pm (LO) daily.
Open 11am-2:30, 5-10pm (LO) daily.
Run by the local Morita Brewery, which has been brewing sake since 1665, Nenohi serves artfully prepared seasonal delicacies designed to go well with its sake. You can choose from eight different...
Open 11am-2:30, 5-10pm (LO) daily.
Open 11am-3:30, 4:30-10pm (LO) daily.
Imahan, whose original Tokyo branch dates back to 1895, serves up deluxe-level beef dishes - sukiyaki, shabu shabu, and grilled steaks. Sukiyaki and shabu-shabu prix-fixe dinner menus are...
Open 11am-3:30, 4:30-10pm (LO) daily.
Open 11am-2, 5:30-8pm (LO) daily.
The Nagoya branch of one of Japan's most famous (and most expensive) kaiseki restaurants; the main branch is in Kyoto. Prix-fixe kaiseki menus are priced at Y17,325-32,340 at lunchtime and...
Open 11am-2, 5:30-8pm (LO) daily.
Open 11:30am-1:30, 5-8pm (LO) daily.
This famous Florence-based restaurant serves top-level Italian cuisine and offers a magnificent 42nd-story view. Prix-fixe dinners are priced Y10,000-20,000, and lunch is Y4,000-10,000. The wine...
Open 11:30am-1:30, 5-8pm (LO) daily.
Open 11am-2, 5:30-8:30pm (LO) daily.
The Nagoya outpost of the famous Alsace restaurant, which has been awarded three Michelin stars for forty years in a row, occupies a rather grand dining room and offers an impressive skyscraper view....
Open 11am-2, 5:30-8:30pm (LO) daily.
Open 5pm-1am daily.
Located conveniently close to Nagoya station, this spacious specialty beer bar dispenses eleven beers on draft - seven Japanese craft beers, three craft imports and one major brewer during our last...
Open 5pm-1am daily.
Open 3-11pm (Sat, Sun 11am-10pm) daily.
Upstairs on the second floor of the brewery is a large dining area where you can sample some of the dozens of beers made here along with beer-friendly food. Eight beers on tap are priced at around...
Open 3-11pm (Sat, Sun 11am-10pm) daily.
Open 7:30am-6:30pm. Closed Sundays.
Sitting right in the middle of the wholesale fish market area near Nagoya station, this old-fashioned-looking liquor store stocks a nice selection of both craft beers and craft sake.
Open 7:30am-6:30pm. Closed Sundays.
Open 11am-2:30, 5-10pm daily.
This popular shop serves miso ramen, a bit sweeter than is typical for this style, with good chashu. They also serve tsukemen (noodles with a dipping sauce on the side). They may close earlier than...
Open 11am-2:30, 5-10pm daily.
Open 11:30am-2, 5:30-10:30pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
The kitchen turns out good-quality Italian fare, and the atmosphere is casual trattoria-style, with boisterous traditional Italian music. Specialties include home-made sausages and charcoal-grilled...
Open 11:30am-2, 5:30-10:30pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
Open 11am-2:30, 6-10:30pm. Closed Wed, 2nd Tues.
This tiny French bistro serves interesting game meats such as wild boar, guinea fowl and Ezo deer. Budget around Y6000 at dinnertime.
Open 11am-2:30, 6-10:30pm. Closed Wed, 2nd Tues.
South
Open 5-11pm (Sun 6-11). Closed Mondays.
One of Japan's best bottle shops, Hopbuds was launched in 2017 by an American craft-beer aficionado. They sell more than 100 well-selected craft beers from the US and Japan by the bottle. If you...
Open 5-11pm (Sun 6-11). Closed Mondays.
Closed Mon, Tue, Wed.
Located in the Kasadera neighborhood of southern Nagoya, this cozy bar serves beers from local brewery Tall Boys Brewing as well as a few guest beers from their eight taps. If you're hungry, Reuben...
Closed Mon, Tue, Wed.
Open 11:30am-2, 4:30-8:30pm (LO). Closed Wednesdays.
This long-running shop serves hitsumabushi, grilled unagi eel served in traditional Nagoya fasion. There are both traditional tatami-mat rooms and more Westernized dining rooms with tables and...
Open 11:30am-2, 4:30-8:30pm (LO). Closed Wednesdays.
Open 11am-9:30pm (LO) daily.
There aren't a lot of full-fledged restaurants in the immediate area of Nagoya Aquarium and the rest of Nagoya Port - it's mostly food-court territory. This popular US-based chain at least delivers...
Open 11am-9:30pm (LO) daily.
Open 6pm-3am. Closed Mondays, 1st Sunday.
The seven taps at this cozy neighborhood bar dispense a rotating selection of Belgians, including a few imported directly by this bar. If you don't mind bottled beers, there are around 400 to choose...
Open 6pm-3am. Closed Mondays, 1st Sunday.
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2023-03-12
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