Mishima-tei (main store)

三嶋亭 本店

Wagyu sukiyaki in an 1873 townhouse under a big lantern

⚠ Closed Tue; book ahead

Hours

11:00–21:00 (last entry 20:00); closed Tuesdays and some other days (official). Butcher 09:00–19:00

Budget

Main store from ¥8,591 pp

Address

Teramachi-dori just south of Sanjo, Nakagyo-ku (corner of the Teramachi arcade)

A sukiyaki house open since 1873. On the corner of the Teramachi arcade its tiled-roof townhouse and big paper lantern look much as they did at opening. Kuroge wagyu from across Japan is aged in-house and cooked in a warishita sauce refined by the fifth-generation owner. Every tatami room has its own ceiling, alcove and carved transom, so the rooms are worth a look. Lunch at the main store starts at ¥8,591; the Takashimaya Kyoto branch (7F) does a ¥3,300 sukiyaki set.