Aoyama Kawakamian

A little hidden away from the main crowded street, this stylish soba and Japanese cuisine restaurant is a true gem. Everything we ordered was beautifully prepared, full of flavor, and presented with care. The service and atmosphere were outstanding, and they even offer an English menu. Both the cold and warm soba were excellent, especially paired with tempura and fresh vegetables. All the appetizers and side dishes were equally delicious. We highly recommend this place!

Food is great in my opinion. But if people are paying 2,000yen for lunch, the place should be clean. Full of dust around the window frame. It was even sticky. Surely it has not been cleaned for at least 3 months!! They should care more about basic hygienes.

The soba place I wanted to go to was closed but this was around the corner. The line up for this was confusing and they seated people slowly despite their being space. The tea they provide is really tasty and high quality and the duck soba was good as well.

A stylish soba restaurant with a unique menu! We walked in at 7:30pm on a Saturday and waited for about 30 min. Try the walnut dipping sauce with the soba (we ordered the tempura cold soba and they allowed us to switch to walnut for +¥200) - very refreshing! We also tried the duck soba, the broth was quite concentrated but was very good with the soba yu at the end. The recommended sake was also delicious and everyone was very friendly and accommodating.

One of the best meals I have ever had in Japan, everything I ordered was simply delicious. Service was top notch, they have an English menu. The salt water boiled green beans were surprisingly tasty; the fried mushroom and eggplant was heavenly. Of course the soba is the best, accompanied by lightly fried vegetable and shrimp tempura, what more can you ask for! Was totally worth the wait of about 20 minutes.

Tucked away from the crowds, this local soba restaurant was a real find. The noodles were perfectly cooked and full of flavour—simple, fresh, and comforting. The atmosphere was quiet and welcoming, with kind staff and a very local feel. A lovely, authentic experience!

This place is located in a quiet alleyway in Aoyama. Soba noodles is quite good and there are a lot of tasty appetizers and side dishes 😋. There are two outdoor tables. Due to State of emergency, they close at 8 and the last order is at 7:00 pm.

Great place for soba and local fish from the market. Nice quality/price and impeccable service. Waiters are always paying attention to your needs. Beef could have been better but we were delighted with the salad and soba with duck. I totally recommend it!

I loved the duck broth soba! It was a cold, winter day when we dined here for lunch and we were lucky enough to come before the line started to get long. So happy we came because the broth warmed up our bodies and the duck broth and duck meat were delicious.

4.5 / 5.0 - I'm not a big soba fan, but I've been to Kawakami-an in Karuizawa, which was nice, so my family and I decided to come here for lunch. Since we were a group of 8, we'd made a reservation in advance and it was a good thing we did, because there was a long line at peak lunchtime. Their specialty is soba, but their tempura is really good, too. I ordered the Kakiage Tempura Donburi (1,500 yen), which comes with a Mini Soba. The rest of my family ordered soba dishes and added a Mini Tempura Donburi. For dessert, I had the Warabimochi, which was good. My nieces had the Taiyaki, which were tiny (bite-size) considering the price, but they liked it. Not sure if it's because they were busy or lacked experience, but they were not the most attentive. We had to ask for our tea to be refilled multiple times. Besides that, we had a lovely meal and would come back again.

This is a soba place but with a wide variety of Japanese dishes and sake selection. The food was very good. Recommend to make a reservation since it is very popular.

Little tricky for the lunch menu, soba is offered without any duck meat. But soup is really nice, as well as the appetizer, tofu is my favorite!