Kagurazaka Ishikawa

Amazing food and service. Delicate flavour and beautiful presentation. Chef also packed left over rice for us and made it into rice ball. Definitely worth 3 star Michelin.

Visited December 2018

This restaurant has 7 counter seats and several private rooms. The seating is comfortable and owner Chef Ishikawa served one or two dishes. The food is Kaiseki style. The Chef put his soul into the cooking. He used fresh local ingredients in season. Even a small piece of bamboo shoot and cucumb...er would be the freshest possible. We have lobster, clam, glass shrimps, uni blow fish milt soup, seabass, hairy crab, wagyu beef and every dish was superbly designed and executed. It is the best restaurant I have been to in japan. The price is reasonable for its food quality, Yen 29,000 plus 18pc tax and service charge per person.

Visited April 2019

Three stars should be reserved for exceptional service, ambiance and food. The service staff is friendly, efficient and everything that anyone could want. The space is serene and beautiful, and we had a nice little private room that seated up to 4 (we were only 2), but the atmosphere was spoiled b...y a very loud party that shouted what sounded like a drinking cheer every 5 minutes. The food was fine, but just fine, and even though a couple of dishes were delicious, none of it was close to exceptional. (And that’s ignoring the one item that we chose not to eat. It was blowfish milt. Google it, you wouldn’t eat it either.) The meal was presented in superb fashion, and we were done is about two hours, but it wasn’t wonderful. And the cost cannot be justified for anything less than exceptional (dinner was US$750 plus $200 for wine and mineral water). Regrettably, I would pass on this one, we won’t be back.

Visited March 2019

After dining the previous night at the exhilarating Narisawa expectations were high for Ishikawa. And we couldn’t be more disappointed. First, we booked our reservation through a booking service called Tableall. Big mistake. You identify yourself as a foreigner/tourist and be prepared to be treate...d accordingly. We were led to a private room which completely defeated the feeling of being in the middle of the action. You MUST request to be at the counter otherwise not worth going. Then the food. Very mediocre and nothing at all memorable. The highlight of the night was Mr Ishikawa coming into our room for 5 minutes to serve us rice and the kind way they said goodbye. Be smart and try somewhere else.

Visited March 2019

Traditional Japanese cuisine. Extraordinary Food and service. High quality and diversity of products. I liked black throat sea perch with bamboo shoots, flatfish with sea urchin and thinly sliced Japanese beef with turnip covered with sticky sauce. Just fantastic! It’s hard to find the entrance. Abs...olutely racomanded!

Visited November 2018