🥩 Yakiniku restaurants in Golden Gai
12 well-rated yakiniku spots within a 15-minute walk of central Golden Gai, 5 of them open past midnight. Regular hours from Google; refreshed daily on demand. Confirm special hours before visiting.
Yakiniku — Japanese grill-it-yourself barbecue — is the best group dinner in Golden Gai: you order plates of meat, cook them over a tabletop grill, and drink as you go. Many places offer an all-you-can-eat (tabehodai) or all-you-can-drink (nomihodai) course for a fixed price.
Expect ¥3,000–¥6,000 per person with drinks at a mid-range place; premium wagyu specialists cost more. Most yakiniku restaurants in Golden Gai take reservations, and weekends fill up — arrive before 18:30 or book.
Yakiniku restaurants near central Golden Gai
Sorted by rating. Distances are from Golden Gai's centre. Hours come from Google and can change — the "open past midnight" mark means the place closes between 00:00 and 06:00 on at least one day.
- Open past midnight1.Hinomaru★ 4.9 (22,280)89m · 1 min walk walkShinjuku City, Kabukichō, 1-chōme−6−6 B1F
- ★ 4.9 (2,310)199m · 2 min walk walkShinjuku City, Kabukichō, 1-chōme−18−9 WaMall, 9F
- Open past midnight3.Doraku★ 4.9 (7,146)314m · 4 min walk walkShinjuku City, Kabukichō, 1-chōme−27−2 K's 7 Building, B1
- ★ 4.9 (12,070)363m · 5 min walk walkShinjuku City, Shinjuku, 3-chōme−11−11 ダイアン新宿 ４F
- ★ 4.8 (1,566)151m · 2 min walk walkShinjuku City, Kabukichō, 1-chōme−16−3 セレサ 陽栄 新宿ビル4F
- Open past midnight★ 4.7 (7,692)131m · 2 min walk walkShinjuku City, Kabukichō, 1-chōme−11−13 1F·ENビル
- ★ 4.7 (3,462)529m · 7 min walk walkShinjuku City, Kabukichō, 2-chōme−4−11 ア新宿マンション 1F
- ★ 4.7 (853)247m · 3 min walk walkShinjuku City, Shinjuku, 3-chōme−26−14 新宿ミニムI 9F
- ★ 4.7 (785)239m · 3 min walk walkShinjuku City, Kabukichō, 1-chōme−23−15 Suzuya Bldg, 8F
- ★ 4.4 (3,761)72m · 1 min walk walkShinjuku City, Kabukichō, 1-chōme−6−14 第２ショーリビル 2F
- Open past midnight★ 4.4 (906)158m · 2 min walk walkShinjuku City, Kabukichō, 1-chōme−10−7 叙々苑ビル
- Open past midnight★ 4.6 (600)145m · 2 min walk walkShinjuku City, Kabukichō, 1-chōme−11−12 M1 ビル 2F
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Yakiniku restaurants in Golden Gai: common questions
How much is yakiniku in Golden Gai?
A casual yakiniku dinner with a few drinks runs about ¥3,000–¥6,000 per person as of 2026. All-you-can-eat courses at chains start around ¥3,000–¥4,000 for 90–120 minutes. Wagyu-focused restaurants in Golden Gai can be ¥8,000–¥15,000 per person.
What should I order at yakiniku?
Start with karubi (short rib) and harami (skirt), which are the crowd-pleasers, then add tan (tongue, eaten first with lemon), a vegetable plate and rice. Sauces are tare (sweet soy) or salt; the menu usually shows which each cut is meant for.
Are yakiniku restaurants in Golden Gai open late?
Most close between 23:00 and 00:00, with last order 30–60 minutes earlier. Some near the bar districts run until 02:00–05:00. The list on this page shows today's hours for each place, so check before you walk over.