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"On the 40th floor of the Bvlgari Hotel Tokyo, Il Ristorante - Niko Romito’s long dining room, decorated in carnelian orange and boasting a vaulted ceiling, feels like a chapel to haute cuisine. Chef Mauro Aloisio’s modern Italian takes advantage of seasonal seafood like amberjack sashimi or the collagen-rich kue longtooth grouper steamed and smoked with sakura chips, while the wagyu beef tongue is braised until it falls apart under a beetroot sauce. Know before you go: Niko Romito is in a hotel so it’s open all-year long, including on holidays (it was a lifesaver for me over the New Year holidays when most of Tokyo was closed)." - Yukari Sakamoto
