French Restaurants(348)
Graal
Savor French flair with Japanese finesse. Front-row counter seats offer a view of the expert chef and sommelier at work. Bon appétit!
Courage
Don’t let the psychedelic exterior of this Azabu-Juban establishment fool you: Courage’s strength is unpretentious, back-to-basics French cuisine at its finest, with an emphasis on sustainable ingredients.
Restaurant MARUJU
Previously the 100-year-old Maruju Pharmacy, this Meiji-era building in the center of Chichibu City has since been repurposed into a chic restaurant-hotel that serves up creative French cuisine.
Bar Agiyao
Sip French white wines and savor seafood at Bar Agiyao in Kyoto, a small izakaya with a big heart for Kyoto's food culture. Anticipate sophisticated ambience, 18 wine varieties, and a menu blending French and Spanish cuisine.
G -WA Selection- (Tokyo Marriott Hotel)
Billed as authentic Japanese cuisine with a French twist, the Tokyo Marriott Hotel’s G ~WA Selection~ feels just as sophisticated as its name thanks to its stylish treatment of Japanese classics in a luxurious space.
Charcut
This Michelin Bib Gourmand-awarded Toranomon charcuterie specialist doesn’t just wow with its huge variety of cold cuts, but also the 100-plus wines in its selection.
Bistro Glouton
This Ikejiri-Ohashi restaurant run by a husband-wife duo offers the quintessential French bistro experience. Classic French fare like duck confit and ratatouille employs the best of Japan’s seasonal produce.
Lien
Offering courses of flavor and sentiment, the Michelin-recognized Lien offers an intimate, insightful French dining experience. All courses are made using fresh ingredients from the chef’s hometown in Aomori for a personal touch.
L'AS
A recipient of the Michelin Bib Gourmand, this Minami-Aoyama restaurant has made a name for itself with its simple dishes that belie the complexity of flavors within.
La Cuisine Enju
Teppanyaki by way of French — from the award-winning, France-trained chef comes a fine restaurant in Hikone that blends Gallic techniques with local flavors, serving piping-hot, ultra-luxe grills that just won’t quit.
VinIX
In-house aged steak meets French — powered by four core members, this cosmopolitan “Meat Bank” in Azabu Juban lets diners store their purchased meat in the “vault” for custom dry-aging.
Tosa Shirasu Shokudo Nimanbiki
The name means “twenty thousand.” A love letter to Kochi Prefecture’s whitebait fish, this obanzai-style eatery in Roppongi is helmed by an owner who loves shirasu so much that she once said, “I want to be buried in twenty million of them.”
Koizumi
Thanks to its Kyoto and France-trained chef, Koizumi in Ebisu offers a menu liberally sprinkled with French cooking and a charmingly modern outlook on Japanese cuisine.
FARM TO TABLE KANBE
Through its immersive projection mapping experience, FARM TO TABLE KANBE can express Kobe’s terroir and highlight the vegetables grown under the influence of the Rokko mountain range’s water and seasons.
Sukiyaki Shabu-Shabu Tsukada KITTE Osaka
With direct access to Osaka Station, this sukiyaki and shabu-shabu restaurant provides a convenient location to enjoy your own individual hotpot while savoring the succulent wagyu pairing of the famed Kobe beef and Matsusaka beef.
l'Auberge de l'ill Nagoya
Classic French haute cuisine 42 stories above Nagoya Station, with fantastic meat and fish dishes.
La Chance
Enjoy Michelin-starred French cuisine at this popular wedding venue, which is at a spectacular location overlooking Kansui Park!
Origin
Paying tribute to the provenance of its ingredients, Chef Yoshida Tetsu applies southern French technique to Ehime items at his Michelin-starred restaurant in Osaka.
A Canto
After working in the kitchens of some of the most lauded restaurants in Italy, chef Murata Takashi makes a Michelin-starred debut in Japan with an Italian-leaning menu that makes use of local ingredients.
Presqu'ile
France and Japan are worlds apart, but Chef Sasaki Yoji of the Michelin-starred Presqu'ile finds inspiration in both the dynamic spirit of Lyon and in the minimalist beauty of haiku.
L’enfant qui reve
Michelin-starred French cuisine in the heart of Moerenuma Park’s glass pyramid. “The child who dreams” makes heavy use of ingredients from all over Hokkaido and boasts over 80 vintage wines in its cellar.
Le Pont De Ciel
The Michelin-starred restaurant reaches new heights of refinement in its newly transformed modern French sanctuary.
Anpeiji
Ampeiji Masashi crafts exquisite cuisine with fresh vegetables from his father’s garden.
Lature
Enjoy a Michelin-starred wild game feast that won’t wreck your bank balance.
Les Saisons
Decadence and elegance are in equal measure at the Imperial Hotel’s fantastic French bistro.
Florilege
A lyrically beautiful anthology of inventive French dishes is on the menu at Florilege, one of the best restaurants in Asia.
La Trace
Michelin star-studded La Trace, the chic French restaurant in Nara, isn’t a new kid on the block, but its hyper-seasonal ingredients and the chef’s brilliance keep mealtime refreshingly innovative.
La Terrasse Irisee
Behind its wooden door, is a romantic French dining experience in Nara over looking the water, will satisfy guests who desire savoring carefully selected French and local ingredients.