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Anyone got any recommendations for nice LUNCH spot with a view? preferably on the east side like Tokyo station area. Somewhere high-end like Shangri la etc (but not that specifically as the restaurants there look a bit soul-less).
 
Durg50 said:
Anyone got any recommendations for nice LUNCH spot with a view? preferably on the east side like Tokyo station area. Somewhere high-end like Shangri la etc (but not that specifically as the restaurants there look a bit soul-less).
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Mandarin Oriental ( Nihonbashi)..... restaurants and toilets have good views.
 
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〒163-0251 Tokyo, Shinjuku City, Nishishinjuku, 2 Chome−6−1 51F 新宿住友ビル Kita Oji

Decent Kaiseki place on 51F, has private rooms, and is reasonably priced.
 
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I know I might get shit on for recommending such a douchey, touristy spot, but I had a very interesting dinner recently at Top Of Tree next to Skytree. Dinner was about 10k/person, but the lunch menu was quite a bit cheaper. Seating was very intimate, good for couples at night. And it was a fantastic view. I got hammered on the house champagne and don't really remember leaving.
 
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There is a restaurant at the Park Hyatt with great view and food . I think it's on the 52nd floor and you had the movie Lost in Translation shot there. On a clear day, rooms facing west have a view of Mount Fuji so you probably can see it too from the restaurant. It's in the west part of Tokyo though.
 
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Ritz Carlton has probably the best view I've seen in Tokyo. I can't remember the Hyatt or Conrad very much since that was 7 years ago. I think the Hyatt was pretty good too. I remember it being a much more romantic ambiance than others.
 
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Just at lunch at Barsac on the 5th floor of ShinMaru. Awesome view of Tokyo station. Highly recommend it.
 
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Just at lunch at Barsac on the 5th floor of ShinMaru. Awesome view of Tokyo station. Highly recommend it.
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I second that.
So you’re into the same restaurants too?! ;):)
 
I did an afternoon tea at Motif in Four Seasons a few year ago, having a good view of trains coming and going. It was very comfortable.

You have a good view over the Imperial Palace from Restaurant Alaska in Takebashi (9th floor, Palace Side Building) if they give you a table by the window. This place wouldn't attract young Japanese girls though (it could be "dasai").
 
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Frenchy said:
I second that.
So you’re into the same restaurants too?! ;):)
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Well, it was good despite being French ;)

Plus, I was there with a 60 year old guy (who sadly is not that much older than I am).

Is the food good at night? I though lunch was well done.
 
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Goiter said:
Well, it was good despite being French ;)

Plus, I was there with a 60 year old guy (who sadly is not that much older than I am).

Is the food good at night? I though lunch was well done.
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dunno, just went there at lunch a couple of times ... but if you want to impress a SB or GF or your wife or whomever really, I’d rather recommend the brand new Ducasse restaurant, Esterre, in the same area, overlooking the Imperial Palace . Not same price range though...
 
Frenchy said:
dunno, just went there at lunch a couple of times ... but if you want to impress a SB or GF or your wife or whomever really, I’d rather recommend the brand new Ducasse restaurant, Esterre, in the same area, overlooking the Imperial Palace . Not same price range though...
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Agreed. That’s pretty good too!
 
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