MoritayaShijoinokuma Main store

The food is amazing. This is a place which doesn’t cost a lot and well worth it. Everyone got three pieces of beef, which is the right amount, because there will be lots of vegetables and rice too. Staff will cook for you from start to finish, which is the traditional way how sukiyaki is served. Y...ou don’t cook anything, just follow what you’re told and enjoy the great meal. Beef quality is up to you, I went for the best grade and no regrets at all. If you want to save, save somewhere else, better stay at a cheaper hotel and eat here.

Visited December 2022

Was hesitating this or the other... the hesitation was unfound. Yummy Sabu Sabu! The 2 parts of beef are really tender, thou a little pricy. Comes with 2 sauces, seasame one taste great!

Visited May 2017

Good beef. Kyoto beef, not as well known as the other famous beef, yet quite tasty(and pricy). We will likely return here when we visit Kyoto again.

Visited May 2016

There are several branches of this restaurant and we had dinner at the one on Shijo-dori near the Omiya subway station. The restaurant is located on the second floor and was recommended and booked by our hotel concierge when we asked for a medium price ranged restaurant. We were ushered into a priv...ate dining room (just for hubby and I) and attended to by a waitress in kimono. There was an English menu. This restaurant serves a wide variety or Japanese cooking styles including shabu shabu, sukiyaki and teppanyaki. For sukiyaki, there were four dinner sets and the price depended on the quality of the beef and ranged from 4000 yen to 8000 yen (for waygu) for 150 g of beef. We chose the 5000+ and 6000+ yen sets and also had warm sake and plum wine. In the true Japanese style, the waitress cooked our meal for us. This is very different from the lower ranged sukiyaki restaurants where you do the cooking yourself. The cooking was a true performance and from the moment she expertly cracked the eggs into our bowls, we knew we were going to have a fantastic experience. The first slice of beef was cooked on a fine sprinkling of granulated sugar and a splash of sukiyaki "soup". The sugar caramelized on the beef and this was then placed into the bowl of beaten raw egg and served. Tender, slightly sweet with the lovely mouth-feel of the egg, the beef was delicious. While we slowly savored the first slice, she placed the vegetables into the pot, followed by a bit more sugar, the soup and finally the rest of the beef. When it was done, she dished out small helpings of the vegetables and beef into our egg bowls and then instructed us to continue to help ourselves from the pan, at our own leisure. The meal was accompanied by pickles, rice, miso soup and fresh fruits. There was a definite difference in quality of beef between the two menus we picked, the more expensive one being more tender. Service was excellent and we could not have asked for more. We insisted on leaving a tip, which they accepted graciously. And the icing on the cake - as we left, they presented us with two small umbrellas as it was raining quite heavily outside and we left with broad smiles on our faces.

Visited May 2014

Beautiful traditional atmosphere, hight quality dishes, perfect kobe meat. More picture here: http://www.oui-darling.com/2010/11/reasons-to-love-japan-7.html

Visited April 2013