Kikunoi Main store

Such a wonderful Kaiseki dinner ! Our host did a great job, trying to bridge communication gaps as much as possible. A dinner at this 3 star Michelin restaurant is not for the faint hearted: It’s an authentic top notch Japanese traditional dining experience: private room with your personal private g...arden, authentic food & service. My advice for other diners would be to ask staff for advice when needed. The menu changes each month, based on the best ingredients available at the time. Is it worth the very spicy price tag ? For a once in a lifetime experience, I tend to sqy ‘yes’

Visited July 2025

Similar to Hyotei, Kikunoi is a maze of private rooms, but the rooms here are much larger and nicer The menus are 33k, 55k, 75k and 100k per pax so pick your poison/budget We had the 55k and it was already 12 courses of excellent, decadent food. I can’t imagine what 100k is like. Our course had ab...alone, lobster, uni, crab, prawn etc. Been to their Tokyo branch several times but this is another level 9.5/10

Visited June 2025

Perhaps it was just an “off” night, perhaps it was the April menu. It’s beyond our imagination how this restaurant received 3 Michelin stars. We have dined in some of the finest restaurants all over the world, and must say this was one of worst meals ever experienced. The dishes had no flavor. Se...veral courses were ineatable. The duck was tremendously tough and the Spanish mackerel was so rubbery we could not chew. The lobster dish was dry and unappealing. Overall, the textures were bad and flavors bland. Our sever was wonderful and attentive, but that was not enough to overcome highly disappointing food. On a scale of 1 to 10 I’d score this a 2, and that might be generous.

Visited April 2025

We had a fantastic meal at Kikunoi! Our menu was full of delicious November delicacies. The dumpling was delicious. Snow crab which has a short season delicious. The piece de resistance for my was the grill beef. We were both full by the time the beef arrived but it was so delicious that we ate it a...ll!!!! So why am I giving it a 4 star? We had two different ladies to serve us both really kind and attentive but at times we both felt like we were rushed! In fact at one time before we had finished our snow crab, the meat arrived and left on the side whilst we finished our crab!!!! Call me picky but I do not expect this in a 3 star Michelin! Overall a fantastic meal!

Visited November 2024

Just an amazing experience. The greeting and service were wonderful and the food was a trip into the great. I will say that the focus is perhaps on the more traditional side of the kitchen but was just brilliant and came away happy, with new flavours and thankful for the wonderful evening.

Visited January 2024