Tempura Miyashiro

I recently had the pleasure of having a dinner course here, and it was absolutely incredible. Each tempura dish was indescribably delicious, showcasing the chef's exceptional skill. The chef, sous chefs and staff were all friendly and welcoming but also offered thoughtful suggestions on how to savor the food by pairing it with different sauces and recommending the best order for tasting. Before diving into the flavors of the dishes, I want to emphasize that every dish was beautifully aromatic. It's hard to say whether it was the oil or the tempura batter, but even the asparagus root and ginkgo exuded an amazing fragrance. Here are my top five favorite dishes from the course: 1. Tempura seaweed with tuna and sea urchins 2. Abalone sauce shabu shabu served with a rice tempura ball 3. Beef tenderloin tempura accompanied by pepper bomb 4. Oyster tempura wrapped in seaweed 5. Shrimp roll featuring with a crispy shrimp head The wine and sake pairings were generous, with portions much larger than the typical 50 ml served at other restaurants. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed the tempura dining course here and would highly recommend it, even to those who aren’t typically fans of tempura.

Highly recommend to everyone who loves delicious food. During our 25-day trip in Japan, we have had several meals with a high budget of 600~1000 USD. We have to admit this is the best among all. The service, the food, the tempura, everything is perfect. If you would like to splurge a bit on a meal, this is the one you should go for.

If you’re in Tokyo and appreciate Japanese cuisine — especially tempura done thoughtfully — yes: Tempura Miyashiro is worth it. It doesn’t chase trends or flashy plating, but rather delivers subtlety, craftsmanship, and a dining journey that builds through each course. For someone who values quality, technique, and wants a memorable meal (not just to fill up), this is one of the best tempura omakase experiences in Tokyo.

The old exterior facade hides a wonderful cosy gem inside. Went for the lunch course and it was amazing. Each tempura/dish was so indescribably good. The chef and his staff are very friendly and welcoming. No regrets coming here.

An outstanding experience at this tempura restaurant. The food is excellent and the service professional and friendly. The tempura is prepared right in front of you, making the meal even more enjoyable. One standout dish: rice and tomato topped with a shrimp and fish tempura patty, mixed by the server, delicious and very generous. They even offer to pack leftovers in a little doggy bag. A must-visit for tempura lovers.

the best tempura I ever had. the combination is so good and sometimes surprises me. the price is on the higher side but definitely worth it

Great food, conveniently located near naka meguro. Generous amount of food, feels like it is catered to the foreigner community (myself included)

Had a very good time and enjoyed very much of the course that was presented! The service was amazing and always kept your needs in check. The chef and his assistants were very on top of serving their courses to the people. The course set itself were amazing and loved how intricate some dishes were such as biting into peppercorn first and eat it with the tempura beef. One of my favorite surprisingly was the tempura shrimp shell! Nevertheless I enjoyed every single dishes and was very filling in the end! I hope to revisit one day and do recommend this place! Reservation is needed.

Fantastic Michelin Star Tempura Omakase by Miyashiro-san. The restaurant is kind of hidden in Meguro with a small sign in Japanese. After we arrived, we waited for the door to open a few minutes before our reservation time. The seating was counter only, and it was nice and intimate. I started the meal with Master's Dream Draft Beer to balance the tempura. Love the Shrimp Tempura. The Shrimp Tempura head was beautifully fried and was very tasty. After the beer, I had the course with Hiroki Junmai Daiginjo sake. Exquisite presentation using high quality ingredients such as Uni, Abalone and its liver sauce, etc. Rice pot dish was abundant. We even got to take some rice balls from the delicious rice pot dish home. Service was nice. It's a lovely restaurant, and I highly recommend it for tempura lovers!

Michelin star tempura in Tokyo! We had a horrible delay during lunch and they were very accommodating and were still able to seat us. Service was great and the chef was so friendly. Everything we ate was fresh and delicious and the best tempura ever. Sometimes fried food upsets my stomach if the oil isn't right. I had no issues here. We added on the beef for an up charge because it's only on the dinner menu or the dinner menu that they also serve for lunch. The beef was incredible. Highly recommend adding. Am the vegetables and fish were the best things I have ever eaten in my entire life. They were very accommodating towards allergies as well. Highly recommend!

While planning our Japan trip, my husband really wanted to try a Michelin star restaurant and we decided on this place because the food would be kid friendly for our 10yr old. The place is small and intimate and there were another group of 3 sitting at the counter with us. The chef cooked in front of us with his assistant presenting and explaining what we were eating for each dish. They were super nice to my daughter and even cut up items to smaller pieces for her portion. The batter was light which was great so you can actually taste the food and not just the tempura. There were a good mix of proteins with vegetables and some seafood as well. I have to say, I normally love abalone but I was not a fan of the abalone in the soup and rice dish. It was extremely fishy and I could have done without it. The tuna on fried nori was probably one of our favorites and I wish I could have asked for another one. The ebi was also another favorite of ours. Towards the end, they actually have a huge pot of rice which they use with the last bit of tempura fritters to make rice balls. It was so delicious but we were also so full we couldn't eat much of it. They were extremely nice and packed it up in individual rice balls for us to go and we ate it for breakfast the next day.

This was our first visit to any type of high-end tempura restaurant; definitely the first with a Michelin star. This is further out from Ginza, so please give yourself ample time to arrive to this establishment on a timely basis. Our menu for the evening included the following: hotaru ika, aji sashimi, kuruma ebi tempura, kuruma ebi temaki, kuruma ebi fried legs, koshiabura, awabi, awabi liver sauce with uni, small onion, shirauo, soba with karasumi (bottarga), brussels sprouts, sawara, hokigai, shiitake mushroom, beef tempura, bluefin tuna on nori, asparagus, kisu fish, seafood tomato rice, red bean jelly, and matcha tea. I was a bit surprised that the tempura itself wasn't overly crispy; however I found that this was relatively consistent with the tempura we tried in Tokyo. I will say that the "best" tempura we had was at Godaime Udon in Ginza which was perfectly crispy and light. I actually enjoyed the non-tempura dishes more than the tempura itself. The hotaru ika and aji were complimented expertly with their respective sauces and provided a nice contrast to the heavier and fried items. The abalone (awabi) was also excellent and the liver sauce was used to mix with rice which was also a very delicious dish. The best soba I had on the trip was actually from this establishment; a small nest of soba was adorned with slices of bottarga which provided an almost cheese-like fish roe taste with the soba which acted as a perfect medium for it. The chopped bluefin tuna on fried nori was also excellent and really showcased the quality of their product. The vegetables used in the tempura were still saturated with water; when fried they developed pockets of extremely hot water. I wish they were dehydrated or dried a bit before frying. I did enjoy the proteins of the kuruma ebi, shirauo, sawara, beef tenderloin, and kisu fish however. Albeit, not as crispy as they could have been. At the end of the meal we felt quite overwhelmed with the accumulated heaviness of all the tempura and oil we ingested from the entire evening. This isn't necessarily a reflection of the quality of the restaurant as it is, after all, a restaurant specializing in tempura. It was worth trying once but I wouldn't go to a tempura restaurant of this caliber again because of this feeling.