Relaxed Lunch Spots: 5 Restaurants for Casual Dining in Azabudai Hills Discover Oishii Japan -SAVOR JAPAN -Japanese Restaurant Guide-

Update-date: May 09 2024

Author: SAVOR JAPAN

Categories: Tokyo Steak/Hambuger steak/Curry

Relaxed Lunch Spots: 5 Restaurants for Casual Dining in Azabudai Hills

Azabudai Hills has been a hot topic ever since its opening and has been gaining attention as a spot for gourmet food. It has top-class restaurants that Japan can boast of to the world, as well as restaurants that are perfect for casual and ordinary use, such as ones serving sweets and cafes. Here are 5 restaurants that guests can casually use for lunch.

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Hamburger - Limelight Azabudai Hills

The popular cheese hamburg, reported on by various media outlets, is a must-eat

Limelight has often been covered by the media for 38 years since its founding. The main branch in Ichigaya is a popular restaurant with long lines, and a new branch has opened in Azabudai Hills. The owner and chef is Kenji Kawakami, who has experience with Western food in Tokyo hotels and has trained at French restaurants in Tokyo. The steak and hamburg have an excellent melty feel in the mouth and feature simple fattiness, making these dishes popular for their addictiveness.

5 restaurants for enjoying casual lunches in Azabudai Hills

Their most popular menu item is the piping-hot Limelight-style Cheese Hamburg Steak, which features New Zealand cheese thickly spread on top of a beautiful and small hamburg steak. It is also glazed with the restaurant's original sauce, which can't be tasted anywhere else. They also serve options such as the Specially Made Rare Grilled Beef Rice Bowl, which features beef sirloin meat arranged in a Japanese style by a French-born chef, and the Beef Sirloin Meat Cheese Sliced and Fried.

Limelight Azabudai Hills

TEL: +81-3-6435-9040

Address: B1F, Garden Plaza B, 5-9-1, Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Tantanmen noodles - Kisurin Azabudai

Creamy Tantanmen noodles served by Kisurin, the famous Aoyama Chinese restaurant

Kisurin is a famous Chinese restaurant in Aoyama. It has now opened branches in Akasaka, Karuizawa, and Azabudai. The Azabudai branch has the modern atmosphere of the main branch while having a relaxing mood inside. At the counter are special seats that look over the kitchen with a live feel. Solo customers can feel comfortable entering, making this restaurant perfect for daily use. In addition, the restaurant has private rooms with a relaxing atmosphere.

At lunch time, many people line up, hoping to have the specialty Tantanmen. It contains stimulating and thoroughly effective ingredients, such as creamy sesame seed flavors and chili oil. The additional topping of pork ribs is also quite popular. This dish is fried with each order, so the piping-hot temperatures and crispy textures are very addictive.

Kisurin Azabudai

TEL: +81-3-6441-2247

Address: 3F, Azabudai Hills Tower Plaza, 1-3-1, Azabudai, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Curry - The Yellow Company TOKYO

A famous restaurant representing Sapporo soup curry, now in Tokyo

The Yellow Company TOKYO, located in the Ebisu and Shinjuku areas of Tokyo, is a restaurant specializing in Hokkaido soup curry. The owner and chef, Masato Otake, is a true Hokkaido native. He first came to Tokyo to bring the popular menu item soup curry served in the restaurant when he was in Sapporo. The Azabudai Hills location is the 3rd branch.

Here, a masterpiece soup curry with deep flavors is served. This soup curry uses 15 kinds of vegetables, mainly ones used in Hokkaido, as well as over 30 spices, including Chinese medicine. The greatest care is taken with the thickly cut fresh vegetables, to the point where the cooking style differs to bring out the most deliciousness in each one. Guests can choose from different spiciness levels at no extra cost, from Level 1 (mildly spicy) to Level 5 (extremely spicy).

The Yellow Company TOKYO

Address: B1F, Azabudai Hills Garden Plaza B, 5-9-1, Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Access: Kamiyacho Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line

Hamburger - SHOGUN BURGER Azabudai Hills Branch

Enjoy Wagyu hamburgers seriously made by a Japanese BBQ restaurant

Yakiniku House Daishogun is a restaurant that has been seriously making Wagyu hamburgers for 37 years since its founding. Since the opening of the first branch in Toyama in April 2017, the number of branches has greatly expanded. There are now 15 branches, including one in Vietnam. The Azabudai Hills branch features construction with a large kitchen right in the center.

The buns, made with 100% Japanese wheat and cooked with unique methods, feature strong textures. The patties, made with 100% Wagyu beef, are the star of the show, with a unique combination that mainly uses beef tendon and takes the greatest care with the deliciousness of the Wagyu. No filler is used, and homemade Wagyu sauce is coated on the patties in advance, completing the flavors of these hamburger steaks at a Japanese BBQ restaurant. The original brands are also eye-catching.

SHOGUN BURGER Azabudai Hills Branch

TEL: +81-3-6441-3229

Address: 1F, Azabudai Hills Tower Plaza, 1-3-1, Azabudai, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Pork cutlet - Tonkatsu Kawamura Azabudai Hills Branch

Juicy pork cutlet made with the best ingredients and techniques

Tonkatsu Kawamura is a restaurant where guests can enjoy high-quality pork cutlets using Hayashi SPF, a famous pork brand from Chiba. The high-quality meat is prepared to be in its most delicious state before being served, with carefully selected bread crumbs and frying oil, and with high-level techniques.

The set meals come with rice, pork broth, cabbage, and nukazuke pickles, and guests will be delighted at the one free refill for the rice and cabbage. The menu includes the must-try Extra Thick Sirloin, the limited-edition menu item Minced Meat Cutlet Set Meal, and sets that let one enjoy sirloin and tenderloin at the same time. Add salt to the first bite to make the sweet flavors of the meat itself really stand out.