Guide for the Few

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Private dining rooms in Tokyo

The table and the room: private rooms, chef's counters, and whom to ask.

Four recommendations, each checked every 7 days.

  • The private room at Sazenka

    The six-seat private room upstairs at Sazenka, Tomoya Kawada's Chinese restaurant with three Michelin stars, in a converted embassy residence in Minami-Azabu.

    Checked 3 November

  • The upstairs tatami rooms at Akasaka Kikunoi

    Four tatami rooms, a tea room among them, on the upper floor of Akasaka Kikunoi, Yoshihiro Murata's kaiseki house with two Michelin stars, for 3 to 20 guests at dinner.

    Checked 7 November

  • The Versailles salon at Joël Robuchon

    The largest of three private salons on the top floor of Joël Robuchon's château in Yebisu Garden Place, seating up to 12, served by a kitchen with three Michelin stars.

    Checked 7 November

  • Den

    A place for up to four at the counter of Zaiyu Hasegawa's two-star restaurant in Jingumae, for the omakase dinner; booked by telephone only.

    Checked 8 November

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The table and the room: private dining rooms for six to twenty, chef's counters, and the person to ask for when booking.