Unagi Tomoei
Get the freshest eel you’ve ever had at one of the country’s most popular unagi shops.
Restaurant Details
※ Please note that a successful reservation at Tomoei means that will guests still have to wait for an available seat. A successful reservation simply ensures that the guest has secured a meal, and that there will be no risk of the restaurant selling out before their turn is reached.
When guests arrive at the restaurant, they are requested to inform the staff that they have a reservation with byFood, and to take a queue number. The restaurant staff will notify them when it is their turn to be served.
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The Japanese are crazy about eel, so much so that 70% of the freshwater eel eaten worldwide is consumed here. If you’re wondering what all the fuss is about, a great place to find out is at Tomoei in Odawara.
This unagi (freshwater eel) restaurant cooks every one of their dishes fresh, keeping the eels in spring water tanks with a strictly controlled temperature, until they’re ready to cook.
After anything from a ten minute to one hour wait (on account of the store’s wild popularity, which peaks on weekends) guests will be seated and presented with a rectangular red box. Open it up to be hit with the aroma and the sight of perfectly cooked, lightly glazed golden strips of eel on a bed of rice.
Other eel dishes feature on the set-course menu, as do some seasonal additions which keep things fresh for regulars.
Unagi Tomoei Phone Number
Unagi Tomoei Business Days
Unagi Tomoei Address
122 Kazamatsuri, Odawara, Kanagawa, 250-0032, Japan
Unagi Tomoei Cancellation Policy
Cancel your reservation at least 1 week before the dining start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.
Unagi Tomoei Remarks
Please note that a successful reservation at Tomoei means that will guests still have to wait for an available seat. A successful reservation simply ensures that the guest has secured a meal, and that there will be no risk of the restaurant selling out before their turn is reached.
When guests arrive at the restaurant, they are requested to inform the staff that they have a reservation with byFood, and to take a queue number. The restaurant staff will notify them when it is their turn to be served.
Restaurant location
Nestled below the bustling city of Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture is as diverse in its environment as its food is delicious; Kanagawa offers Chinese street food and craft beer in Yokohama and fresh seafood from Kamakura and Enoshima, as well as natural beauty and mountainous produce in the hot spring town of Hakone near the base of Mount Fuji.
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10 meals
COURSE MENUToshima Manryo Ichigetsuan
Enjoy traditionally-prepared unagi dishes in this Odawara restaurant, housed in a Tangible Cultural Property of Japan. Toshima Manryo Ichigetsuan uses exclusively blue-backed “ao-unagi” eels, said to account for only 10 percent of mature eels.
COURSE MENUMARUICHI FUJI AKASAKA (formerly Nyorosuke Akasaka)
Rather than steam the eel first in Kanto style, this famed Akasaka unagi specialist upholds Kansai tradition by going straight into grilling the eel for a crispier, crunchier texture.
COURSE MENUAzabujuban Hanabusa
This Tokyo restaurant sources its eels from unagi farmers in Isshiki Town, who have raised them in an all-natural environment for over 100 years. The unagi are then coated in a secret sauce, before being grilled Kansai-style over a charcoal flame.
COURSE MENUNyorosuke Roppongi
At Nyorosuke, you can experience authentic Kansai-style charcoal grilled eel dishes such as grilled eel skewers, unaju and unagi-don. Unlike most Tokyo-style eel restaurants, the eel here is not steamed—meaning it’s bursting full of flavor!