GRAND CENTRAL OYSTER BAR&RESTRANTShinagawa

I went there on June 1st, reopening or many restaurants in Tokyo. The place can seat, 120 to 150 but my wife and I went there at 16h00, a quiet time. I ordered 15 oysters and a bottle of Taittinger. Note, that, in the entire place, for the 90 minutes we spent there, it was only my wife and one o...ther couple present. When the waiter opened the bottle, about 1 glass spilled out. No apology, no offer to change the bottle or make up for the lost champagne. Now, when someone comes in, on a Monday at 16h00, orders this, and as a restaurant manager, you do not intervene, not offer a coffee for example or an apology, you can not be saved. In this case, WDI group, is in the wrong business. They will never see us again at any of their restaurants. The Oysters by the way, while fresh were opened by a job student, or , someone who does not care. Not possible that person was to busy. Nearly all of the oysters had parts of the shell on the oyster flesh. Not a big deal, just another case of " we don't care ", at a time, when caring for customers should be paramount. Apparently at WDI , as a customer you are supposed to pay and shut up.

Visited June 2020

The Grand Central Oyster bar of Tokyo Station has a nearly identical decor and ambiance to the oyster bar in the NYC Grand Central Station. The menu is VERY similar as well. The food and wine, however, do have differences. Some wines by the glass were significantly inferior to their NYC counterp...arts (except for Mumms champagne at a quite reasonable price), but the list of bottles was more interesting (alas, we didn't want a full bottle). Our server recommended the Iwagaki Haruke oyster, which was really good, better than the selections I've had in NY. The New England clam chowder was a disappointment, bland with not many pieces of clam. However, the rare blue fin tuna was excellent. So overall a good reproduction of the NYC Oyster Bar but with a Tokyo twist.

Visited April 2019

The Grand Central Oyster Bar is on the B1 level of the Tokyo Main Railway Station. Every day they offer at least four to five different fresh oysters on the half shell from different places in Japan. We visited twice and we ordered ten fresh oysters each. Compared to what you get in Europe or the U....S. they were just huge! Needless to say they were also very fresh, suculent and nicely briny. The were also inexpensive at around U.S. $ 3 a piece. They served them with three topings/sauces: Yuso with vinegar, apple with vinegar and a hot chilly compote. Unlike most other restaurants, that only serves wine by the bottle, the Oyster Bar also serves wine by the glass which was great. The had three choices, a Savignon Blanc, a Chardoney and a Merlot (about $5 per glass). Service was very good and the waiter even spoke a bit of English. Highly recommended!

Visited December 2018

Great location and food, staff were friendly and helpful, but in true Japanese style after you order the food is brought to the table when it is ready, our starters arrived last. So if you are looking for a you all receive your starters, then mains, traditional western style dinner experience, then... I recommend that you only eat in the hotel restaurants. If you are happy with it being a real mish mash with exceptional seafood, then give this a try.

Visited October 2018

This is a branch from the NY restaurant. Dropped by as i was craving raw oysters. Ordered them together with a set lunch - carpaccio, clam chowder , risotto The design is interesting as there is an actual oyster bar with counter seats. Lots of different types of oysters to gawk at Food arrived at ...lightning speed and was ok. The waiter forgot my oyster order and had to be reminded. a simple and cheap lunch about 3,500yen

Visited November 2017