Hiroshima Restaurants(83)
Sushidokoro Hitoshi
Premium sushi dining for less at a Michelin-starred Hiroshima sushiya with incredible value lunch sets — one of the best deals in town!
Yashu Taku
One of Hiroshima’s best-value Michelin-starred traditional restaurants, with excellent fresh fish and counter dining.
Ryoriya Shogetsuan
A refined Michelin-starred kaiseki restaurant with some English support, a refined atmosphere, and beautiful seasonal dishes.
Toka An
Just a one-hour train from Hiroshima to Ibaraichi Station nets you one of the most relaxing and beautiful kaiseki dining experiences in the country.
Nagomitei Tanakaya
Located just a short distance from the city center, this central Hiroshima restaurant is headed by a chef with over 35 years in the restaurant business, serving up local delicacies at reasonable prices.
Nihonryori Takayama
At this traditional Japanese restaurant in Hiroshima, Chef Takayama pulls out all the stops to present an omakase course meal using local seafood, with the mission to “make people happy."
Hondori Sasa
This central Hiroshima restaurant prepares fresh Setouchi seafood and other local seasonal ingredients through a variety of ancient grilling methods that have been all but lost to time.
Teppanryori Mimitei
Discover Hiroshima’s best-kept secret at this teppanyaki restaurant: Hiroshima beef, which has a melting point so low it literally melts in the mouth.
Hiroshima Yagumo
This Hiroshima hotpot restaurant was serving shabu-shabu before it was even called shabu-shabu. Tuck into the finest Japanese beef dipped in a homemade sauce, all while surrounded by traditional Japanese folk art.
Yagumo Nagarekawa
At the Nagarekawa branch of one of the first restaurants to serve shabu-shabu, guests can enjoy the finest kuroge wagyu black beef in a homemade sauce, all while surrounded by traditional Japanese folk art.
Wagyu Amiyaki Kaiseki Sizzler
For over 50 years, this Hiroshima yakiniku restaurant has offered 25 different cuts of beef from every possible part of the cow. Each one is kuroge wagyu black beef from the Hiroshima region for maximum freshness.
Sumiyaki Kaminari Main Store
This legendary Hiroshima yakitori restaurant uses a combination of “tohbi” distant-fire charcoal grilling to seal in the flavor, as well as a tashi-tsugi sauce that has been continuously added to for over 40 years of operation.
Sumiyaki Kaminari Shintenchi
This legendary Hiroshima yakitori restaurant uses a combination of “tohbi” distant-fire charcoal grilling to seal in the flavor, as well as a tashi-tsugi sauce that has been continuously added to for over 40 years of operation.
Sumiyaki Kaminari Tatemachi
This legendary Hiroshima yakitori restaurant uses a combination of “tohbi” distant-fire charcoal grilling to seal in the flavor, as well as a tashi-tsugi sauce that has been continuously added to for over 40 years of operation.
Suigun No Sato
"Freshness" takes on a whole new meaning at this traditional restaurant in Hiroshima's sake district — fish is sourced daily from the market and kept live until served.
Chinchikurin Miyajimaguchi Store
Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki served piping hot, with bragging views of the Seto Inland Sea and Miyajima Island in this award-winning waterfront restaurant.
Chinchikurin Nagarekawa Store
Come for the award-winning, Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki of the good old days in a 50-year-old building, and linger longer for the crowd-pulling, fun vibe.
RIVA
With promising hospitality, love for Hiroshima and a store name that immortalizes the French actress Emmanuelle Riva, RIVA works on a seasonally-inflicted, 18-course kaiseki that changes monthly.
Inasa
It’s out with the ordinary, and in with the new for 50-year-old Inasa, which transforms Hiroshima’s Japanese anchovy into gourmet hamburger steaks instead of the usual treatment of sashimi.
Nakashima
The only three Michelin-starred restaurant in Hiroshima is a haven of all-natural, relaxing, delicious dining.
Tosho
A beautiful garden and traditional sukiya-style architecture serve as the perfect backdrop for the seasonal kaiseki meals here at this Hiroshima restaurant, which aims to preserve the country’s storied culinary and architectural traditions.
Akisaryo
The perfect union between the land and the sea — Akisaryo celebrates the Hiroshima region's lush produce and the finest catches from the Seto Inland Sea, at its restaurant in central Hiroshima.
Chisou Sottaku Ito
Sample perfectly balanced dashi paired with a spread of the finest fish in Japan.
Takotsubo
Capture the authentic and traditional character of Hiroshima with every bite.
Ajiyoshi
The best seafood that southern Japan has to offer, just one hour by train from Hiroshima.
Fukumasa
Japanese fugu (blowfish) in Hiroshima, served in the elegant surroundings of a kaiseki restaurant.
Issai
Issai is a Michelin-starred fine dining restaurant in Hiroshima, run by a veteran of the Kyoto culinary scene.
Kappo Hakutaka
Enjoy the family atmosphere at a downtown Hiroshima kappo with three generations of accumulated expertise.
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Best Restaurants in Hiroshima
No longer the sleepy city of its past, Hiroshima City and its prefectural region have flourished in the last few decades. Paving the way for positivity, just look at Hiroshima’s thriving food scene. Wonderful restaurants big and small line the main street of Hondori, and downtown Hiroshima comes alive with restaurants and izakaya pubs serving up plates full of quality Japanese food until late. Of course, clustered in the iconic institution of Okonomiyaki-mura (aka the village of savory pancakes) you will find 30 odd Hiroshima-yaki restaurants grilling in a frenzy.
Restaurants in Hiroshima also serve up some of the country’s best and biggest oysters, grilled, deep-fried, or fresh! Hidden down side streets, family-run restaurants serve up local Onomichi-style ramen while "kissatens" and cafes sell quality coffee and scrumptious sweet snacks. Across the bay, street food vendors feed snacks to visitors on Miyajima Island all day long. Those who are lucky enough to stay the night can enjoy a luxury kaiseki dining experience at a traditional ryokan hotel.
There are so many delicious local Hiroshima foods from the southern region of Japan. They are just waiting to be discovered at one of Hiroshima’s many incredible restaurants! Make a reservation before your trip to enjoy an authentic dining experience in Hiroshima at one of the city’s unique eateries. Want to explore more of the city instead? Step off the main street with a local guide and discover the best regional food by booking a Hiroshima food tour.