Best Unagi (eel) Restaurants in Japan

Hakata Unagiya Fujiuna

博多うなぎ屋　藤う那

Hakata Station, Hakata, Fukuoka

Unagi (eel), Japanese / Unagi (eel) / Donburi (rice bowl) / Local Japanese Cuisine

Dinner: 10,000 JPY / Lunch: 5,000 JPY

Dinner: 10,000 JPY / Lunch: 5,000 JPY

[Weekdays] Lunch 11:00 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:00 pm) / Dinner 5:00 pm - 9:30 pm (L.O. 9:00 pm), [Saturday, Sunday, National Holidays] 11:00 am - 9:30 pm (L.O. 9:00 pm)

None

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

It's located on the second floor of a building, a few minutes walk from the Tsukushi Exit of Hakata Station on each line.

Unagi no Naruse Toyocho

鰻の成瀬　東陽町

Toyocho/Minami-Sunamachi, Tokyo Station, Tokyo

Unagi (eel), Japanese / Unagi (eel) / Beer / Sake

2,200 JPY

2,200 JPY

Lunch 11:00 am - 2:00 pm / Dinner 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Irregular

English menu available.

1-minute walk from Senda bus stop

Unagi Ryori Sandaime Unatou Nakagawa Main Branch

うなぎ料理三代目うな東　中川本店　昭和四十四年創業

Kanayama/Atsuta-ku/Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi

Unagi (eel), Japanese / General / Unagi (eel) / Sake

Dinner: 4,000 JPY / Lunch: 4,000 JPY

Dinner: 4,000 JPY / Lunch: 4,000 JPY

Lunch 10:30 am - 2:00 pm (L.O. 2:00 pm) / Dinner 4:30 pm - 9:30 pm (L.O. 9:00 pm)

Irregular

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

Head south from Sasashima-raibu Station. Proceed west along Osu-dori, and the restaurant is on the left side, past the post office.

Charcoal-grilled Eel Doikatsuman Kinkakuji Branch

炭焼鰻　土井活鰻　金閣寺店

Kinkakuji Temple/Kinugasa/Kita-ku, Northern Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto

Unagi (eel), Japanese / Unagi (eel) / Hitsumabushi (eel bowl)

4,500 JPY

4,500 JPY

11:00 am - 8:00 pm (L.O 7:00 pm)

Irregular

English menu available.

1-minute walk from Kinkakuji-michi bus stop

Unaichi Kurofune

鰻いち黒船

Roppongi, Roppongi, Tokyo

Unagi (eel), Japanese / General / Unagi (eel) / Hitsumabushi (eel bowl)

3,500 JPY

3,500 JPY

[Weekdays, Saturday, National Holiday, Day Before National Holidays] Lunch 11:00 am - 3:00 pm / Dinner 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Sunday

English menu available.

3-minute walk from Roppongi Station on Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, 5-minute walk from Roppongi Station Toei Oedo Line, 8-minute walk from Roppongi-itchome Station on Tokyo Metro Namboku Line

Sumiyaki Hitsumabushi Unagi Munagi

炭焼ひつまぶし鰻　むなぎ（武奈伎）

Sakae, Nagoya, Aichi

Unagi (eel), Japanese / General / Unagi (eel) / Local Japanese Cuisine

5,000 JPY

5,000 JPY

11:00 am - 10:30 pm (L.O. 10:00 pm)

Irregular

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

5-minute walk from Yabacho Station on the Meijo Line / 9-minute walk from Sakae Station on the Meijo Line / 5-minute walk from Matsuzakaya Main Building

Hakata Unagiya Fujiuna Tenjin Main Branch

博多うなぎ屋　藤う那　天神本店

Daimyo, Hakata, Fukuoka

Unagi (eel), Japanese / Unagi (eel) / Kaiseki (traditional multi-course meal) / Sake

4,500 JPY

4,500 JPY

11:00 am - 9:00 pm

None

English menu available.

5-minute walk from Tenjin Station on the Subway Airport Line or Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) Station on Omuta Line. 1F Nishitetsu Grand Hotel

Unagi Charcoal-grilled Hitsumabushi Minokin Kanda Main Branch

鰻炭焼ひつまぶし美濃金神田本店

Akihabara, Akihabara/Kanda, Tokyo

Unagi (eel), Japanese / General / Unagi (eel) / Sake

Dinner: 5,000 JPY / Lunch: 4,000 JPY

Dinner: 5,000 JPY / Lunch: 4,000 JPY

Lunch 11:00 am - 3:00 pm (L.O 2:30 pm) / Dinner 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm (L.O 8:30 pm)

None

Unknown.

1 minute walk from Exit 4 of Suehirocho Station. 5 minutes walk from Exit 6 of Yushima Station. 7 minutes walk from Electric Town Exit of Akihabara Station

Unagidokoro Umami

うなぎ処　美味美

Tenmabashi, Umeda/Kitashinchi, Osaka

Unagi (eel), Japanese / Unagi (eel) / Hitsumabushi (eel bowl) / Sake

Dinner: 5,000 JPY / Lunch: 3,000 JPY

Dinner: 5,000 JPY / Lunch: 3,000 JPY

[Monday - Friday] Lunch 11:00 am - 2:30 pm (L.O. 2:00 pm) / Dinner 5:00 pm - 8:30 pm (L.O. 8:00 pm), [Saturday, Sunday, National Holidays] 11:00 am - 8:30 pm (L.O. 8:00 pm)

None

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

3-minute walk from Morinomiya Station on the Osaka Metro Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line and the Chuo Line / 3-minute walk from Morinomiya Station on the JR Line

Unagi Ryouri Unawa Izumi

うなぎ料理うな和泉

Shin-Sakae/Higashisakura/Izumi, Nagoya, Aichi

Unagi (eel), Japanese / General / Unagi (eel) / Hitsumabushi (eel bowl)

4,000 JPY

4,000 JPY

[Monday-Sunday, National Holidays, Day Before National Holidays] 11:00 am - 9:30 pm (L.O. 9:00 pm)

None

English menu available.

409m from Hisaya-odori Station

Wagyu Kurosawa Sakaimachi-dori Branch

和牛黒澤　堺町通り店

Otaru/Yoichi/Shakotan, Otaru/Niseko, Hokkaido

Unagi (eel), Japanese / General / Sukiyaki (hot pot stew) / Japanese Beef Steak

3,500 JPY

3,500 JPY

11:00 am - 7:00 pm (L.O. 6:30 pm)

None

English menu available.

About 805m from Minami Otaru Station on JR Hakodate Main Line / Next to Kitaichi Venetian Art Museum located about halfway down the Sakaimachi Dori Shopping Street

New

Kyo Unawa Honten Shijo Sakai-cho

京うな和本店四条堺町

Shijo Karasuma/Karasuma Oike, Kawaramachi/Kiyamachi/Pontocho (Downtown Kyoto), Kyoto

Unagi (eel), Japanese / General / Unagi (eel) / Hitsumabushi (eel bowl)

Dinner: 5,500 JPY / Lunch: 4,500 JPY

Dinner: 5,500 JPY / Lunch: 4,500 JPY

10:45 am - 9:30 pm

None

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

5-minute walk from Karasuma Station

New

Unawa Honten Nagoya Station

うな和本店名古屋駅

Nagoya Station, Nagoya, Aichi

Unagi (eel), Japanese / General / Unagi (eel) / Hitsumabushi (eel bowl)

Dinner: 4,500 JPY / Lunch: 3,500 JPY

Dinner: 4,500 JPY / Lunch: 3,500 JPY

11:00 am - 9:00 pm

None

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

5-minute walk from Nagoya Station, 1-minute walk from UNIMALL Exit U4

Unagi Sansho Gogyou

鰻山椒五行

Nijo Castle, Kawaramachi/Kiyamachi/Pontocho (Downtown Kyoto), Kyoto

Unagi (eel), Japanese / Unagi (eel) / Hitsumabushi (eel bowl) / Sake

4,000 JPY

4,000 JPY

11:00 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:30 pm)

Thursday

English menu available.

3-minute walk from Nijojo-mae Station on the Subway Tozai Line

Maruya Honten Osaka Umekita Green Place Branch

まるや本店大阪うめきたグリーンプレイス店

Osaka Station/Umeda Station, Umeda/Kitashinchi, Osaka

Unagi (eel), Japanese / General / Unagi (eel) / Hitsumabushi (eel bowl)

4,500 JPY

4,500 JPY

11:00 am - 11:00 pm (L.O. 10:00 pm)

Irregular

English menu available.

Directly connected to JR Osaka Station Umekita Underground Exit. (1-minute walk from Osaka Station Umekita Exit)

Kansaifu Jiyaki Unagi to Hitsumabushi Amanohaku

関西風地焼きうなぎとひつまぶし　天ノ箔

Shinjuku-Gyoen, Shinjuku, Tokyo

Unagi (eel), Japanese / Unagi (eel) / Hitsumabushi (eel bowl) / Sake

5,000 JPY

5,000 JPY

[Weekdays, Saturday, Sunday, National Holidays, Day Before National Holidays] Lunch 11:00 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:30 pm), Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 9:30 pm)

Wednesday, but opens if it is a National holiday

English menu available.

3-minute walk from Exit 3 of Shinjuku-gyoenmae Station on the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line

Unasho

うな昭

Kawagoe, Kawagoe/Higashimatsuyama, Saitama

Unagi (eel), Japanese / General / Unagi (eel) / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood

Dinner: 8,000 JPY / Lunch: 6,000 JPY

Dinner: 8,000 JPY / Lunch: 6,000 JPY

[Tuesday - Sunday, National Holidays, Day Before National Holidays] Lunch 11:30 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:00 pm) / [Tuesday - Saturday, Narional Holidays, Day Before National Holidays] Dinner 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 9:30 pm)

Monday

English menu available.

16-minute walk from Hon-Kawagoe Station / 2-minute walk from "Fudanotsuji" bus stop / It's located along the Benten Yokocho Street

Unagimae Etou

鰻前えとう

Kamata, Shinagawa, Tokyo

Unagi (eel), Japanese / General / Unagi (eel) / Sake

Dinner: 15,000 JPY / Lunch: 15,000 JPY

Dinner: 15,000 JPY / Lunch: 15,000 JPY

[Saturday] Lunch 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm *Lunch is available only on Saturdays. Starts from 12:00 pm/ 1:00 pm by reservation only. Last entry is at 1:00 pm. [Tuesday - Saturday] Dinner 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm *Reservations required. Starts from 6:00 pm/ 7:00 pm/ 8:00 pm/ 9:00 pm. Last entry is at 9:00 pm.

Monday, Sunday, National Holidays

English menu available.

5-minute walk from Kamata Station on the Keikyu Line, 8-minute walk from Kamata Station on the JR Line

Sumiyaki Unafuji Daimaru Kyoto Bettei

炭焼うな富士　大丸京都別邸

Shijo Karasuma/Karasuma Oike, Kawaramachi/Kiyamachi/Pontocho (Downtown Kyoto), Kyoto

Unagi (eel), Japanese / General / Unagi (eel) / Sake

Dinner: 6,000 JPY / Lunch: 6,000 JPY

Dinner: 6,000 JPY / Lunch: 6,000 JPY

11:00 am - 10:00 pm (L.O. 9:00 pm)

Irregular

English menu available.

1-minute walk from Karasuma Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line. It's on the Store 8th floor of the Daimaru Kyoto Store, directly connected to the underground passage.