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Where to eat Kobe beef in Kobe & Hyogo

16 restaurants, dinner from ¥15,000

16 high-end restaurants in Kobe & Hyogo list Kobe beef on their menus, as steak, teppanyaki, yakiniku or part of a set menu. Kobe beef is the best-known brand of wagyu: Tajima cattle born and raised in Hyogo prefecture that pass strict grading and are sold with a certificate. Kobe beef courses listed here start at ¥2,000 for lunch (Ougiya) and ¥13,500 for dinner (Niku Specialite Carma), as each restaurant prices them.

Our analysis of these 16

  • ¥15,000median cheapest dinner course (7 of 16)
  • 38%book online in English (6)
  • ¥7,260median lunch course (9)

At the 7 that publish a dinner course, the least expensive one has a median price of ¥15,000, about the same as the ¥15,000 median of all 230 restaurants in Kobe & Hyogo; the lowest is ¥10,000 at La Maison de Graciani Kobe kitano.

Counted 5 November 2026 from Tabelog, Ikyu, Pocket Concierge and restaurant websites. Booking services ↓ · How we count

Ranked list

In our order: Tabelog rating, awards and ease of booking. Restaurant data checked November 2026. 6 of these 16 take bookings online.

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  1. 1

    Arakawa麤皮

    Steak, Sannomiya, 7 min walk from Sannomiya Station

    2026Bronze百名店2025
    • Private rooms
    • No children
    • Closed Sundays
    • ¥45,980 Kobe Beef & Tajima Beef Chef'…
    • ¥45,980 Kobe Beef & Tajima Beef Chef'…
    • per person, tax incl. · 207% above the list median

    Lunch ¥40,000–49,999

    Tabelog 4.05

  2. 2

    baron

    Steak, Sannomiya, 7 min walk from Sannomiya Station

    百名店2025
    • UnionPay
    • English-speaking staff
    • Online booking
    • Counter seats
    • Ages 6+
    • Wheelchair access

    Easy to book from abroad

    • ¥22,000 Kobe Beef Steak Course (Short…
    • ¥27,500 Recommended Kobe Beef Steak C…
    • ¥31,900 Course Select (Choose in Fron…
    • +8 more · per person, tax incl. · 47% above the list median

    Tabelog 3.69

  3. 3

    La Maison de Graciani Kobe kitanoラ メゾン ドゥ グラシアニ 神戸北野

    French, Sannomiya, 11 min walk from Sannomiya Station

    百名店2025
    • Online booking
    • Private rooms
    • Children welcome
    • Closed Mondays
    • ¥10,000 *【Dinner Course】 (Weekday Onl…
    • ¥18,500 Dinner Course] Anniversary In…
    • ¥20,000 Dinner Course] Menu GRACIANI
    • +9 more · per person, tax incl. · 33% below the list median

    Lunch ¥10,000–14,999

    Tabelog 3.67

  4. 4

    Steak House Oriental (Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel)ステーキハウス オリエンタル(神戸メリケンパークオリエンタルホテル)

    Steak, Motomachi & Harborland Area, 11 min walk from Minatomotomachi Station

    百名店2025
    • Online booking
    • Counter seats
    • ¥15,000 Steak Dinner ~Steak Dinner~ (…
    • ¥20,000 Steak & Seafood Dinner – Spec…
    • ¥24,000 Kobe Beef Steak Dinner (Inclu…
    • +9 more · per person, tax incl. · about the list median

    Lunch ¥6,000–7,999

    Tabelog 3.58

  5. 5

    Ougiya扇矢

    Yakiniku, Rokko, 4 min walk from Rokkōmichi Station

    • UnionPay
    • English menu
    • Counter seats
    • No children
    • Closed Mondays
    • ¥11,000 Tomoko "Long-Awaited Small-Po…
    • ¥16,500 Kobe Beef Recommended Yakinik…
    • ¥16,500 Recommended Kobe Beef Yakinik…
    • +7 more · per person, tax incl.

    Lunch ¥2,000–2,999

    Tabelog 3.59

  6. 6

    Niku Specialite Carma

    Wagyu, Sannomiya, 5 min walk from Kobe-Sannomiya Station

    • Counter seats
    • ¥13,500 Shizuku | Dinner Encounter wi…
    • ¥20,000 Aoi | Dinner Essence of Kobe…
    • ¥30,000 Kami | Dinner Kobe Beef Pinna…
    • +3 more · per person, tax incl.

    Lunch ¥10,000–14,999

    Tabelog 3.59

  7. 7

    Setsu Gekka Honten雪月花 本店

    Steak, Sannomiya, 2 min walk from Kobe-Sannomiya Station

    • Private rooms
    • Counter seats
    • Ages 6+
    • ¥12,100 Choose Your Cut ◆ Black Wagyu…
    • ¥14,300 For those who can visit by 6…
    • ¥17,600 Choose Your Cut ◆ Special Kob…
    • +9 more · per person, tax incl.

    Lunch ¥15,000–19,999

    Tabelog 3.52

  8. 8

    Ooi大井

    Wagyu, Motomachi & Harborland Area, 3 min walk from Nishi-Motomachi Station

    • UnionPay
    • English menu
    • Children welcome
    • Closed Mondays and Tuesdays
    • ¥19,800 Special Wagyu Black Beef File…
    • ¥22,000 Special Wagyu Strip Loin Stea…
    • ¥25,300 Kobe Beef Strip Loin Steak Co…
    • +1 more · per person, tax incl.

    Lunch ¥8,000–9,999

    Tabelog 3.41

  9. 9

    Shioji潮路

    Teppanyaki, Rokko Island, 3 min walk from Island Center Station

    • Online booking
    • Counter seats
    • Children welcome
    • Wheelchair access
    • Closed Mondays and Tuesdays
    • ¥40,000 Dinner: Takumi Course - Exper…
    • ¥60,000 Dinner: Shioka Course - A Lux…
    • ¥80,000 Dinner: Wadatsumi Course - Th…
    • +3 more · per person, tax incl. · 167% above the list median

    Lunch ¥40,000–49,999

    Tabelog 3.12

  10. 10

    Kobe Teppan Steak Iwasaki神戸 鉄板ステーキ いわさき

    Steak, Sannomiya, 2 min walk from Sannomiya Station

    • Online booking
    • Counter seats
    • Ages 6+
    • Closed Wednesdays
    • ¥9,900 Special Black Wagyu Lean Meat…
    • ¥11,000 Kobe Beef Lean Meat 100g Cour…
    • ¥12,100 Special Wagyu Strip Loin 100g…
    • +5 more · per person, tax incl.

    Tabelog 3.11

  11. 11

    Kobe Gyu Steak Hanahoubi神戸牛ステーキ 花ほうび

    Steak, Sannomiya, 3 min walk from Sannomiya Station

    • Online booking
    • Counter seats
    • Children welcome
    • Wheelchair access
    • ¥13,800 Kobe Beef Steak Course
    • ¥18,000 Melt-in-your-mouth Deliciousn…
    • ¥22,000 Kobe Beef Tenderloin Course
    • +9 more · per person, tax incl. · 27% below the list median

    Lunch ¥10,000–14,999

    Tabelog 3.09

  12. 12

    Kobe Gyu Steak Kappou Setsugetsu Ka Sumibi Yaki神戸牛 ステーキ割烹 雪月花 炭火焼

    Steak, Sannomiya, 5 min walk from Sannomiya Station

    • English menu
    • Private rooms
    • Counter seats
    • Ages 6+
    • ¥14,300 18時までにご来店の方のみの限定コース
    • ¥20,900 月のコース
    • per person, tax incl. · about the list median

    Tabelog 3.09

  13. 13

    Cave Shiojima

    Bars, Sannomiya, 8 min walk from Sannomiya Station

    • Counter seats
    • ¥500 Table Reservation (A La Carte)
    • ¥9,350 Omakase Course (Pasta) ◆ Enjo…
    • ¥9,900 Omakase Course (Paella) ◆ Enj…
    • +4 more · per person, tax incl.

    Lunch ¥10,000–14,999

    Tabelog 3.12

  14. 14

    Kobe Steak Kizuna神戸ステーキ きづな

    Teppanyaki, Sannomiya, 3 min walk from Sannomiya Station

    • Private rooms
    • Counter seats
    • ¥8,800 Black Wagyu Steak Course (Loi…
    • ¥8,800 Watatumi ≪ Watatsumi (Sea God…
    • ¥10,450 Wagyu Steak Course (150g A4 S…
    • +9 more · per person, tax incl.

    Lunch ¥10,000–14,999

    Tabelog 3.11

  15. 15

    Ristorante Taroリストランテ タロー

    Italian, Nishinomiya, 15 min walk from Kurakuenguchi Station

    • Children welcome
    • Wheelchair access
    • ¥16,500 Omakase Course: A plan featur…
    • ¥33,000 Kobe Beef Course: A plan feat…
    • ¥55,000 Using rare cuts from female K…
    • per person, tax incl.

    Lunch ¥20,000–29,999

    Tabelog 3.07

  16. 16

    Kobe Gyu Genkichi神戸牛 源吉

    Steak, Sannomiya, 1 min walk from Sannomiya Station

    • UnionPay
    • English-speaking staff
    • Private rooms
    • Counter seats
    • Children welcome
    • ¥12,100 Tabelog Exclusive: Award-Winn…
    • ¥15,180 Tabelog Exclusive: Award-Winn…
    • ¥20,680 Tabelog Exclusive: Award-Winn…
    • per person, tax incl.

    Lunch ¥8,000–9,999

    Tabelog 3.04

How to book these 16, and what they charge

7 of these 16 publish a dinner course on Tabelog, Ikyu, Pocket Concierge or their own website. 9 publish a lunch course, at a median of ¥7,260 (52% below the dinner median). 6 can be booked online in English, 7 online in Japanese only and 3 by phone only. The services that cover the most of them: Ikyu Restaurant (13, in Japanese), TableCheck (6), Gurunavi (1, in Japanese).

BookingLanguageRestaurantsLeast expensive dinner course
TableCheckEnglish6¥10,000 · La Maison de Graciani Kobe kitano
Ikyu RestaurantJapanese only13¥10,000 · La Maison de Graciani Kobe kitano
GurunaviJapanese only1—
By phone only—3—

Each restaurant counted once for every service it takes bookings through; the least expensive dinner course is the lowest among the restaurants that service covers, as published on Tabelog, Ikyu, Pocket Concierge or the restaurant's website.

About where to eat Kobe beef in Kobe & Hyogo

The highest rated on Tabelog are Arakawa, baron, and La Maison de Graciani Kobe kitano.

6 of the 16 can be booked online; the others take reservations by phone, usually in Japanese, which is where a hotel concierge helps. All of them accept credit cards. 6 do not admit young children, while 6 say children are welcome. 13 also serve lunch, often the easier and cheaper way in.

Questions visitors ask

How much does high-end fine dining cost in Kobe & Hyogo?

Dinner at the 16 restaurants listed here ranges from ¥15,000 to ¥59,999 per person, and a typical dinner costs about ¥27,000: 6 at ¥15,000–19,999, 6 at ¥20,000–29,999, 2 at ¥30,000–39,999, and 2 at ¥40,000 and up, by Tabelog's dinner budgets. 7 of them publish a dinner course; the least expensive one at each has a median price of ¥15,000.

Which restaurants in Kobe & Hyogo have won awards?

Arakawa, baron, La Maison de Graciani Kobe kitano, and Steak House Oriental (Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel) have won The Tabelog Award or been selected for a Tabelog 100 list.

Can I book fine dining in Kobe & Hyogo online?

Yes for 6 of the 16: they can be booked online in English, most through TableCheck (6). 7 more take online bookings in Japanese only. 3 take bookings by phone only, often in Japanese; a hotel concierge can call.

Are children allowed at high-end fine dining restaurants in Kobe & Hyogo?

It depends on the restaurant: 6 say children are welcome and 6 do not admit young children. Each listing shows the restaurant's policy where it has one.