Aragawa Tokyo, a Kobe Beef Steakhouse, Brings Wagyu to Mayfair London | Eater London

"Founded in Kobe in 1956 and celebrated for its Tajima beef raised in Hyogo prefecture, this upcoming Mayfair opening (at 38 Clarges Street) promises to bring genuine Kobe beef to London. The menu is deliberately concise and meat-focused: steaks seasoned simply with salt and pepper, grilled over binchotan charcoal and served with mustard, while a rotating monthly selection of understated starters and sides spotlights luxury ingredients such as abalone, scallops and sea urchin. The original restaurant — started by Jiro Yamada (who died in 2011) and now run by his son Mitsuya Yamada — is known for its unadorned setting tucked down a “dark hallway” in a Tokyo office, an understated atmosphere that could make the London outpost a strikingly low-key counterpoint in a neighbourhood accustomed to conspicuous glamour." - James Hansen