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Best high-end tempura in Japan

223 restaurants, dinner from ¥15,000

The highest-rated tempura across Japan on Tabelog are Naruse, Takiya Tempura, and Nihombashi Sonoji, and a typical dinner costs about ¥23,000 per person.

Our analysis of these 223

  • ¥16,800median cheapest dinner course (125 of 223)
  • 31%book online in English (70)
  • ¥8,000median lunch course (90)

At the 125 that publish a dinner course, the least expensive one has a median price of ¥16,800, about the same as the ¥16,500 median of all 6,995 restaurants in this guide; the lowest is ¥8,000 at Naniwa Tempura Ishin.

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. 70 of these 223 take bookings online.

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  1. 1

    Naruse成生

    Tempura, Aoi-ku & Suruga-ku, 23 min walk from Shin-Shizuoka Station

    2026Gold百名店2025
    • Private rooms
    • Closed Sundays

    ¥40,000–49,999

    dinner per person, about $270–330

    Lunch ¥60,000–79,999

    Tabelog 4.64

  2. 2

    Takiya Tempuraたきや

    Tempura, Azabujuban, 4 min walk from Azabu-Jūban Station

    2026Gold百名店2025

    ¥40,000–49,999

    dinner per person, about $270–330

    Tabelog 4.53

  3. 3

    Nihombashi Sonoji日本橋 蕎ノ字

    Tempura, Ningyocho & Kodenmacho, 4 min walk from Ningyōchō Station

    MichelinMichelin Guide 2026: one star2026Silver百名店2025
    • English menu
    • Online booking
    • Counter seats

    Easy to book from abroad

    • ¥33,495 Full Course
    • ¥33,495 Full Course
    • per person · 49% above the list median

    Lunch ¥20,000–29,999

    Tabelog 4.48

  4. 4

    Numataぬま田

    Tempura, Umeda, Kitashinchi & Osaka Station, 2 min walk from Kitashinchi Station

    MichelinMichelin Guide 2026: two stars2026Silver百名店2025
    • Online booking

    ¥40,000–49,999

    dinner per person, about $270–330

    Lunch ¥40,000–49,999

    Tabelog 4.42

  5. 5

    Tempura Asanuma天ぷら浅沼

    Tempura, Nihonbashi & Kyobashi, 3 min walk from Nihombashi Station

    2026Silver百名店2025
    • Cards accepted
    • Counter seats
    • Closed Wednesdays

    ¥15,000–19,999

    dinner per person, about $100–130

    Lunch ¥15,000–19,999

    Tabelog 4.46

  6. 6

    Tempura Mokkosu天ぷら もっこす

    Tempura, Takasaki, near Kuragano Station

    2026Silver百名店2025
    • Online booking
    • Private rooms
    • Counter seats
    • Children welcome
    • Closed Wednesdays
    • ¥24,200 Special Omakase
    • per person, tax incl. · 44% above the list median

    Tabelog 4.36

  7. 7

    Ginza Kitagawa銀座 きた川

    Kaiseki, Ginza, 5 min walk from Ginza-itchōme Station

    MichelinMichelin Guide 2026: one star2026Bronze百名店2025
    • Online booking
    • Counter seats
    • Ages 13+
    • Closed Tuesdays
    • ¥31,900 Omakase Course
    • per person, tax incl.

    Lunch ¥30,000–39,999

    Tabelog 4.37

  8. 8

    Tenpaku天白

    Tempura, Chuo-ku, 8 min walk from Yoshikawa-kōen Station

    2026Silver百名店2025
    • Counter seats
    • ¥22,000 Course
    • per person, tax incl. · 31% above the list median

    Lunch ¥20,000–29,999

    Tabelog 4.31

  9. 9

    Nakamuraなかむら

    Tempura, Yaizu & Fujieda, 4 min walk from Yaizu Station

    2026Silver百名店2025
    • UnionPay

    ¥20,000–29,999

    dinner per person, about $130–200

    Lunch ¥20,000–29,999

    Tabelog 4.35

  10. 10

    Tempura Kuruma天ぷら 車

    Tempura, Tatebayashi & Ora

    2026Bronze百名店2025
    • Online booking
    • Private rooms
    • Counter seats
    • Children welcome
    • Wheelchair access
    • Closed Wednesdays
    • ¥15,000 Omakase Course
    • ¥25,000 September to October Japanese…
    • ¥25,000 November-December Kegani Cour…
    • per person, tax incl.

    Lunch ¥10,000–14,999

    Tabelog 4.21

  11. 11

    Akita Tempura Mikawa秋田 てんぷら みかわ

    Tempura, Akita City, 21 min walk from Akita Station

    2026Bronze百名店2025
    • Private rooms
    • Counter seats
    • Children welcome
    • Closed Wednesdays and Sundays
    • ¥15,730 Dinner course
    • ¥19,360 Dinner course
    • ¥15,730 Lunch course
    • +1 more · per person, tax incl. · about the list median

    Lunch ¥15,000–19,999

    Tabelog 4.18

  12. 12

    Kyobashi Tempura Fukamachiてんぷら 深町

    Tempura, Nihonbashi & Kyobashi, 1 min walk from Kyobashi Station

    MichelinMichelin Guide 2026: one star2026Bronze百名店2025
    • Online booking
    • Cards accepted
    • Counter seats
    • Ages 10+
    • Vegetarian options
    • Closed Mondays
    • ¥27,500 Dinner course
    • ¥30,800 Dinner course
    • ¥35,200 Dinner course
    • +3 more · per person, tax incl. · 64% above the list median

    Lunch ¥10,000–14,999

    Tabelog 4.01

  13. 13

    Mikawa Zezankyoみかわ 是山居

    Tempura, Monzennakacho, Kiba & Toyocho, 8 min walk from Monzen-Nakachō Station

    2026Bronze百名店2025
    • Private rooms
    • Counter seats
    • Closed Wednesdays

    ¥20,000–29,999

    dinner per person, about $130–200

    Lunch ¥20,000–29,999

    Tabelog 4.10

  14. 14

    Tempura Koizumi天ぷら 小泉

    Tempura, Kanazawa, 14 min walk from Nomachi Station

    2026Bronze百名店2025
    • Online booking
    • Counter seats
    • Closed Wednesdays and Sundays
    • ¥20,570 Dinner course
    • ¥27,830 Dinner course
    • ¥19,360 Lunch course
    • per person, tax incl.

    Lunch ¥10,000–14,999

    Tabelog 4.10

  15. 15

    Tempura Kondoてんぷら 近藤

    Tempura, Ginza, 3 min walk from Ginza Station

    MichelinMichelin Guide 2026: two stars2026Bronze百名店2025
    • UnionPay
    • Online booking
    • Counter seats
    • Closed Sundays
    • ¥13,200 Tempura Set Meal Course] Sumi…
    • ¥16,500 Tempura Set Meal Course] Tsub…
    • ¥22,000 Tempura Set Meal Course] Fuji
    • +2 more · per person, tax incl.

    Lunch ¥10,000–14,999

    Tabelog 4.05

  16. 16

    Tempura Sakurabito天ぷら 桜人

    Tempura, Ashiya, 6 min walk from Ashiya Station

    2026Bronze百名店2025
    • Cards accepted

    ¥20,000–29,999

    dinner per person, about $130–200

    Tabelog 4.16

  17. 17

    Tempura Araki天ぷらあら木

    Tempura, Susukino, 6 min walk from Higashi Honganji-mae Station

    2026Bronze百名店2025

    ¥15,000–19,999

    dinner per person, about $100–130

    Lunch ¥15,000–19,999

    Tabelog 4.07

  18. 18

    Tempura Motoyoshi天ぷら 元吉

    Tempura, Ebisu, 5 min walk from Ebisu Station

    MichelinMichelin Guide 2026: two stars百名店2025
    • English-speaking staff
    • Online booking
    • Counter seats
    • Closed Mondays and Sundays

    Easy to book from abroad

    • ¥32,670 Omakase course【Market price s…
    • per person, tax incl. · 79% above the list median

    Tabelog 4.08

  19. 19

    Edo Mae Shinsaku江戸前晋作

    Tempura, Ningyocho & Kodenmacho, 3 min walk from Ningyōchō Station

    MichelinMichelin Guide 2026: one star2026Bronze百名店2025
    • Online booking
    • Counter seats
    • Closed Sundays

    ¥40,000–49,999

    dinner per person, about $270–330

    Tabelog 4.05

  20. 20

    Ten Yokota天 よこた

    Tempura, Azabujuban, 8 min walk from Azabu-Jūban Station

    MichelinMichelin Guide 2026: one star百名店2025
    • Online booking
    • Counter seats
    • Closed Wednesdays

    ¥15,000–19,999

    dinner per person, about $100–130

    Lunch ¥20,000–29,999

    Tabelog 4.06

  21. 21

    Tempura Teraokaてんぷら てらおか

    Tempura, Ofuna & Kita-Kamakura, 7 min walk from Kita-Kamakura Station

    • UnionPay
    • Online booking
    • Counter seats
    • Closed Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays
    • ¥30,250 Omakase
    • ¥30,250 Omakase
    • per person, tax incl. · 80% above the list median

    Lunch ¥30,000–39,999

    Tabelog 4.08

  22. 22

    Numata Souぬまた 双

    Tempura, Umeda, Kitashinchi & Osaka Station, 7 min walk from Ōebashi Station

    MichelinMichelin Guide 2026: one star百名店2025
    • Online booking
    • Private rooms
    • Counter seats
    • Children welcome
    • Wheelchair access

    ¥20,000–29,999

    dinner per person, about $130–200

    Lunch ¥20,000–29,999

    Tabelog 4.03

  23. 23

    tenpura kusunoki Nakameguro天婦羅 くすのき 中目黒店

    Tempura, Nakameguro & Yutenji, 10 min walk from Naka-Meguro Station

    • Counter seats
    • No children
    • ¥24,200 Tempura Course
    • ¥24,200 Tempura "Shou" Course (for 1…
    • per person, tax incl. · 44% above the list median

    Tabelog 4.09

  24. 24

    Tempura Aratamikawa天ぷら あらたみかわ

    Tempura, Tameike–Sanno & Kasumigaseki, 5 min walk from Toranomon Hills Station

    Michelin Guide2026百名店2025
    • Online booking
    • Cards accepted
    • Counter seats

    ¥15,000–19,999

    dinner per person, about $100–130

    Lunch ¥10,000–14,999

    Tabelog 4.01

  25. 25

    Tempura Kitagawa天ぷら北川

    Tempura, Ebisu, 4 min walk from Ebisu Station

    Michelin Guide2026
    • UnionPay
    • English-speaking staff
    • Online booking
    • Counter seats
    • No children
    • Vegetarian options
    • Closed Sundays

    Easy to book from abroad

    ¥20,000–29,999

    dinner per person, about $130–200

    Tabelog 3.97

  26. 26

    Matsuyamachi Seiten松屋町 青天

    Tempura, Honmachi & Semba, 8 min walk from Sakaisuji-Hommachi Station

    百名店2025
    • No children

    ¥80,000–99,999

    dinner per person, about $530–670

    Lunch ¥80,000–99,999

    Tabelog 3.98

  27. 27

    Tempura Matobaてんぷら的場

    Tempura, Kanazawa, near Hokutetsu Kanazawa Station

    • Online booking
    • Private rooms
    • Counter seats
    • ¥33,000 Omakase
    • per person · 96% above the list median

    Tabelog 3.96

  28. 28

    Tempura Takuてんぷら 拓

    Tempura, Kagurazaka & Iidabashi, 6 min walk from Iidabashi Station

    Michelin Guide2026百名店2025
    • UnionPay
    • Online booking
    • Closed Sundays
    • ¥22,000 Omakase Course Starting May 1
    • per person, tax incl.

    Lunch ¥20,000–29,999

    Tabelog 3.93

  29. 29

    Matsumuraまつむら

    Tempura, Sano & Ashikaga, 17 min walk from Ashikaga Station

    百名店2025
    • Private rooms
    • Counter seats
    • Children welcome
    • Closed Mondays
    • ¥23,100 Dinner course
    • per person, tax incl. · 38% above the list median

    Lunch ¥20,000–29,999

    Tabelog 3.91

  30. 30

    Kyoboshi天ぷら 京星

    Tempura, Gion, Kiyomizu-dera & Higashiyama, 6 min walk from Gion-shijo Station

    MichelinMichelin Guide 2026: one star2026Bronze百名店2025
    • Cards accepted
    • Counter seats
    • Closed Sundays

    ¥15,000–19,999

    dinner per person, about $100–130

    Tabelog 3.84

  31. 31

    Tempura Matsu天ぷら 松

    Tempura, Arashiyama, Saga & Hozukyo, 7 min walk from Matsuo-taisha Station

    2022Bronze百名店2025
    • Cash only
    • Private rooms
    • Counter seats
    • Closed Wednesdays
    • ¥16,500 Course
    • ¥27,500 Course
    • ¥38,500 Course
    • per person, tax incl. · about the list median

    Lunch ¥20,000–29,999

    Tabelog 3.79

  32. 32

    Tatsumi天麩羅 巽

    Tempura, Marunouchi & Otemachi, 7 min walk from Ōtemachi Station

    百名店2025
    • English-speaking staff
    • Online booking
    • Counter seats
    • Children welcome

    Easy to book from abroad

    • ¥22,000 ディナーコース つばき
    • ¥27,000 ディナーコース ふじ
    • per person · 31% above the list median

    Lunch ¥10,000–14,999

    Tabelog 3.82

  33. 33

    Yoshitomo好し智

    Tempura, Hamamatsu, 4 min walk from Dai-Ichi-dōri Station

    百名店2025
    • Counter seats
    • ¥16,500 Lunch course
    • per person, tax incl.

    Lunch ¥15,000–19,999

    Tabelog 3.91

  34. 34

    Chikamine

    Tempura, Shibuya, 8 min walk from Shibuya Station

    百名店2025
    • Counter seats

    ¥15,000–19,999

    dinner per person, about $100–130

    Lunch ¥3,000–3,999

    Tabelog 3.91

  35. 35

    Tempura Tanaka天ぷら たなか

    Tempura, Akasaka, Yakuin & Hirao Area, 7 min walk from Yakuin-ōdōri Station

    百名店2025
    • Counter seats
    • Closed Tuesdays
    • ¥19,800 Dinner Omakase
    • ¥12,100 Lunch Omakase
    • per person, tax incl. · 18% above the list median

    Lunch ¥10,000–14,999

    Tabelog 3.88

  36. 36

    Seiju清壽

    Tempura, Tsukiji, 4 min walk from Tsukiji Station

    MichelinMichelin Guide 2026: one star2020Bronze百名店2025
    • UnionPay
    • Online booking
    • Counter seats
    • Ages 13+
    • Closed Mondays
    • ¥32,000 Seiju Seasonal Omakase Course
    • per person, tax incl. · 90% above the list median

    Tabelog 3.72

  37. 37

    Tempura Gin'ya天ぷら 銀屋

    Tempura, Shirogane, 5 min walk from Shirokanedai Station

    MichelinMichelin Guide 2026: one star百名店2025
    • Online booking
    • Counter seats
    • No children
    • Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays

    ¥30,000–39,999

    dinner per person, about $200–270

    Tabelog 3.76

  38. 38

    Tempura Miyashiro天婦羅 みやしろ

    Tempura, Nakameguro & Yutenji, 6 min walk from Naka-Meguro Station

    MichelinMichelin Guide 2026: one star百名店2025
    • Online booking
    • Cards accepted
    • Counter seats
    • Closed Mondays
    • ¥31,900 Tempura Miyashiro Omakase Cou…
    • ¥31,900 Tempura Miyashiro Omakase Cou…
    • per person, tax incl. · 83% above the list median

    Lunch ¥15,000–19,999

    Tabelog 3.75

  39. 39

    Tempura Yama no Ue Ginzaてんぷら山の上 Ginza

    Tempura, Ginza, 4 min walk from Ginza Station

    百名店2025
    • English-speaking staff
    • Online booking
    • Private rooms
    • Counter seats

    Easy to book from abroad

    • ¥25,000 Dinner "Tsubaki" Seasonal Oma…
    • ¥30,000 Dinner "Special" Omakase at T…
    • ¥9,000 Lunch Seasonal Vegetable Omak…
    • +3 more · per person, tax incl.

    Lunch ¥15,000–19,999

    Tabelog 3.69

  40. 40

    Tempura Osakaya Sotetsu天ぷら 大坂屋 草哲

    Tempura, Fukushima & Noda, 5 min walk from Fukushima Station

    百名店2025
    • English menu
    • Private rooms
    • Counter seats
    • Children welcome
    • Closed Mondays
    • ¥7,000 New Moon (Daytime)
    • ¥10,000 Full Moon (Daytime)
    • ¥16,000 Chef's Omakase Osaka Tempura…
    • +3 more · per person, tax incl.

    Lunch ¥8,000–9,999

    Tabelog 3.73

Showing the top 40 of 223 in full. See all 223 and filter by price, children or online booking.

Numbers 41 to 223 in this list

  1. Tempura Fukutarou
  2. masa
  3. Shunkeian Arakaki
  4. Tempura Maehira
  5. Tempura Tobari
  6. Tempura Kyorakutei
  7. Ozashiki Tempura Ayame
  8. Tensho Katahei
  9. Tempura Nakagawa
  10. Tempura Yokota
  11. Tempura Iwai
  12. Tempura Osaka
  13. Tempura Mizuki
  14. Mochiku
  15. Tempura Ando
  16. Tempura Isshin
  17. Kiwa
  18. Tempura Kawaharasaki
  19. Gion Fuji
  20. Tenjaku
  21. Tempura Ginza Tentei
  22. Tempura Hanagatami
  23. Ten-Masa
  24. Tempura Tenko
  25. tempura uemura
  26. Kyo Tominokoji Tempura Yoshikawa
  27. Hiraishi
  28. Japanese cuisine Kono Hana (Yokohama Bay Sheraton Hotel & Towers)
  29. Tenten Kyokyo Ume An
  30. Shunten Shin
  31. Ginza Kushikatsu Bon
  32. Ginza Bettei Hanayama
  33. Tempura Kissho
  34. Tempura Arakawa
  35. Ten Yoshi
  36. Sushi Dokoro Akatsuki -akatsuki-
  37. Tempura Kunihisa
  38. Ippou Honten
  39. Gion Yamagishi
  40. Kyoto Gion Tempura Yasaka Endo
  41. Kitashinchi Tentomi
  42. Japanese cuisine Yamazato
  43. Tempura Fukunishi Zen to Takumi
  44. Tempura Shubo Nishimura
  45. Tempura Okamoto
  46. tempura fukana
  47. Tempura Masa
  48. Tempura Ryori Kaho
  49. Tempura Takada
  50. Tenichibo
  51. Tempura Yama no Ue Roppongi Tokyo Midtown
  52. Tempura Hasegawa
  53. Genkan
  54. Tempura Ginza Onodera Namiki Doori
  55. Tempura to Osoba Miwa
  56. Ten Tempura Uchitsu
  57. ozashiki tempura tenmasa Marubiru
  58. Tempura Riki
  59. Tentoku
  60. Tempura Nakamura
  61. Tempura Yaguchi
  62. Ten-you
  63. Tenmo
  64. Tempura Tentsuyu
  65. XEX ATAGO GREEN HILLS / tempura & sushi An
  66. Kitashinchi Tempura Juko
  67. Hiro
  68. Kappou Ebisu
  69. Hanakidori
  70. Sokawa
  71. Shunbou
  72. Naniwa Tempura Ishin
  73. Tempura Katsura Ishisaka
  74. Washoku Rakushin An
  75. Kita Zuien
  76. Genji Kou
  77. Japanese cuisine Hanano
  78. Japanese cuisine Hanakidori
  79. Japanese cuisine Osaka Ukihashi (Hotel Granvia Osaka)
  80. Eigenji Onsen Happu no Yu
  81. Tempura Ishihara
  82. Kyoto Tempura Endo Okazaki tei
  83. Kuroshio
  84. Sushi Tamakagari Tempura Tamakoromo
  85. Yanagibashi Daikokuya
  86. Kuretake
  87. Seiwa So
  88. Tempura Tenko Ise no Kuni
  89. Kappou Tekkinrou
  90. Sanbunro
  91. Yotaro Honten
  92. Tempura Ippou
  93. Tempura Tenkyu
  94. Tempura Mikawa Roppongi Hills
  95. Kitashinchi Tempura Bonji
  96. Tempura Tenasa
  97. Kyoto Gion Tempura Endo Grand Green Osaka
  98. TEMPURA GINZA ONODERA Flagship store
  99. Nishiazabu Tempura Uoshin
  100. Tempura Azabu Yokota Ginza bettei
  101. Sushi Shiina
  102. Kappo Ren
  103. Ginza Tempura Yoshitake
  104. Ginza Tenichi Yokohama Sogo
  105. Nishiazabu Shimizu
  106. Minami Aoyama Masamitsu
  107. Tempura Kounichi
  108. Jouzenji Ookura
  109. Kagurazaka Tenko
  110. Tempura Murayama
  111. Gion Tempura Koromo
  112. Tempura Ono
  113. Tempura Shikisai Muramatsu
  114. Tempura Tengen
  115. Kamu Kamu
  116. Miyakami
  117. Tempura Yaegaki
  118. Kisui
  119. Tempura Yukimura
  120. Sushi Tempura Aki
  121. Tempura Hatanaka
  122. Aji Kandagawa
  123. Tempura to Wine Shino
  124. Wa Asuka
  125. Tempura Inaba
  126. Nadaman Takanawa Prime
  127. Yasaka Endo THE CELESTINE KYOTO GION
  128. Tempura Urakami
  129. Ginza SHIJI
  130. Kodaiji Tantra
  131. OIMATSU Tempura Suzuki
  132. YUI
  133. Tenshunsai Asada
  134. Tempura Shinjuku Tsunahachi Tsunohazu an
  135. Mitsuta
  136. Ezo Tempura Tsurugi
  137. Kanda Myojin Shita Miyabi Honten
  138. Tempura Azabu Juban Yanase
  139. Azabu Juban Sanada
  140. Tempura Ginza Okawa
  141. Yoshimatsu
  142. Obi Zushi
  143. Tempura Kiwami Sotetsu
  144. Kofuku
  145. Nihonbashi Tempura Fujinami
  146. Sushi Mashio
  147. Tenki Arata
  148. Tempura Sakugetsu
  149. Shinshin An Tenshin
  150. Sushi Haru
  151. Fuji Hara
  152. Tempura Ichihara
  153. Enyuan Kobayashi
  154. Miyagawacho Tensho
  155. Nana Chome Kyoboshi
  156. Ginza Fujita
  157. Yozan
  158. Tachi Kichi Shizuoka
  159. Oryori Masuda
  160. Kappo Fujitsuka
  161. Motoazabu Sasano
  162. Tempura Sen no Ne
  163. Tempura Satou
  164. Niitome
  165. Ginza Tenkuni Shiori
  166. Tempura Kiwami
  167. Tempura to Seafood no Mantenya
  168. Tempura Marufuku
  169. Okubo
  170. Rakuhoku Nakayama
  171. Tenichi The Peninsula Tokyo
  172. Tempura Yuuki
  173. Sushi Rinkai
  174. Tempura Kanemitsu
  175. Gunjou KINARI
  176. Japanese cuisine Tempura Kappou
  177. Kasuga
  178. KYO
  179. Ozashiki Tempura Tenmasa Koujimachi
  180. Shiro
  181. Tempura Kokyu
  182. Shokubo Ippo
  183. Tenmabashi Kitamura

How to book these 223, and what they charge

125 of these 223 publish a dinner course on Tabelog, Ikyu, Pocket Concierge or their own website. 90 publish a lunch course, at a median of ¥8,000 (52% below the dinner median). 70 can be booked online in English, 79 online in Japanese only, 66 by phone only and 8 publish neither a phone number nor online booking. The services that cover the most of them: Ikyu Restaurant (125, in Japanese), TableCheck (32), Pocket Concierge (24), OMAKASE (19).

BookingLanguageRestaurantsLeast expensive dinner course
TableCheckEnglish32¥9,944 · Kyoto Tempura Endo Okazaki tei
Pocket ConciergeEnglish24¥9,800 · Kitashinchi Tempura Bonji
OMAKASEEnglish19¥15,800 · OIMATSU Tempura Suzuki
AutoReserveEnglish6¥8,800 · Tempura Tentsuyu
TableallEnglish1—
Ikyu RestaurantJapanese only125¥8,000 · Naniwa Tempura Ishin
GurunaviJapanese only2—
Hot Pepper GourmetJapanese only2¥9,570 · Kanda Myojin Shita Miyabi Honten
HitosaraJapanese only1¥12,000 · Miyakami
By phone only—66—
No phone or online booking published—8—

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 high-end tempura in Japan

Most are in Tokyo (97), Osaka (33), and Kyoto (19). There are 223 tempura restaurants across Japan in this guide where dinner costs ¥15,000 or more per person. By dinner price, 109 at ¥15,000–19,999, 83 at ¥20,000–29,999, 24 at ¥30,000–39,999, and 7 at ¥40,000 or more. 77 have won The Tabelog Award or a place on a Tabelog 100 list, including 2 Gold winners.

70 of the 223 can be booked online; the others take reservations by phone, usually in Japanese, which is where a hotel concierge helps. 218 accept credit cards. 40 do not admit young children, while 76 say children are welcome. 148 also serve lunch, often the easier and cheaper way in.

Questions visitors ask

How much does high-end tempura cost in Japan?

Dinner at the 223 tempura restaurants listed here ranges from ¥5,000 to ¥99,999 per person, and a typical dinner costs about ¥23,000: 109 at ¥15,000–19,999, 83 at ¥20,000–29,999, 24 at ¥30,000–39,999, and 7 at ¥40,000 and up, by Tabelog's dinner budgets. 125 of them publish a dinner course; the least expensive one at each has a median price of ¥16,800.

Which tempura restaurants in Japan have won awards?

Naruse, Takiya Tempura, Nihombashi Sonoji, Numata, Tempura Asanuma, and Tempura Mokkosu, among 77 in total, have won The Tabelog Award or been selected for a Tabelog 100 list.

Can I book tempura in Japan online?

Yes for 70 of the 223: they can be booked online in English, most through TableCheck (32), Pocket Concierge (24), and OMAKASE (19). 79 more take online bookings in Japanese only. 66 take bookings by phone only, often in Japanese; a hotel concierge can call.

Are children allowed at high-end tempura restaurants in Japan?

It depends on the restaurant: 76 say children are welcome and 40 do not admit young children. Each listing shows the restaurant's policy where it has one.