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Kanda YabusobavsNodaiwa
Kanda Yabusoba and Nodaiwa are both rated very highly by professional travelers. Overall, Nodaiwa ranks slightly better than Kanda Yabusoba. Nodaiwa ranks #11 in Tokyo with recommendations from 5 sources such as Time Out, Travel + Leisure and Michelin Guide.
Kanda Yabusoba
Frommer's
Insight Guides
DK Eyewitness
Time Out
Fodor's
National Geographic
Lonely Planet
2-10 Kanda Awaji-cho, Chiyoda, Tokyo 101-0063
From $0/night
Frommer's "This is one of Tokyo's most famous soba (noodle) shops, established in 1880 and rebuilt after the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake." Full review
Insight Guides "The most illustrious noodle shop in the city, Yabu serves classic Edo-style handmade soba (buckwheat noodles) in a classic, tranquil setting complete with a small garden."
DK Eyewitness "A squat building set in its own quiet garden, this restaurant is refined yet informal. For locals, it is just the neighborhood noodle joint, albeit one with a century of history."
Time Out "Like a living museum dedicated to the traditional art of the buckwheat noodle, Kanda Yabu Soba is housed in a low Japanese house with a small garden." Full review
Fodor's "A basic soba meal costs just ¥670, but the shun (seasonal meal), which changes 10 times a year, is excellent and affordable." Full review
National Geographic "This renowned noodle shop makes its own soba; housed in one of the few remaining 1920s buildings in the city; includes a small garden." Full review
Lonely Planet "When you walk in, staff singing out the orders is one of the first signs that you’ve arrived in a singular, ageless place." Full review
Nodaiwa Lonely Planet
Travel + Leisure Time Out
Rough Guide
Michelin Guide
2-19-15 Kitazawa, Setagaya, Tokyo 155-0031
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Lonely Planet "This 5th-generation shop has been serving up melt-in-your-mouth unagi (eel) in this location since the 1960s." Full review
Travel + Leisure "Michelin-starred Nodaiwa is located in a free-standing, three-story wood and plaster storehouse that was relocated from the country to its present location among the skyscrapers." Full review
Time Out "Housed in a converted kura storehouse transported from the mountains, Nodaiwa is the most refined unagi shop in the city." Full review
Rough Guide Star
"Kimono-clad waitresses shuffle around this 160-year-old kura (storehouse), converted into one of Tokyo’s best eel restaurants."
Michelin Guide 1 Star
"5th-generation owner-chef Kanejiro Kanemoto keeps alive a family tradition – he is a chef who was born to grill unagi and has dedicated his life to it."
