🥩 Yakiniku restaurants in Sendai

12 well-rated yakiniku spots within a 15-minute walk of central Sendai, 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 Sendai: 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 Sendai take reservations, and weekends fill up — arrive before 18:30 or book.

Local specialty: Gyutan (Grilled Beef Tongue). Sendai's most famous dish: thick-sliced salted beef tongue grilled over charcoal, served with barley rice and oxtail soup. Developed post-WWII and now a city-wide obsession. Rikyu, Negishi, or Kisuke near Sendai Station — or any of the gyutan specialists in the station basement.

Yakiniku restaurants near central Sendai

Sorted by rating. Distances are from Sendai'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.

  1. 1.Toramaru Sendai Yakiniku & Horumon – Kokubuncho Branch
    ★ 4.5 (566)526m · 7 min walk walkSendai, Aoba Ward, Kokubunchō, 2-chōme−10−2 芳珍ビル
    Open past midnight
  2. 2.Fukuwarai 2 - Sendai Kotodai Park
    ★ 4.5 (421)550m · 7 min walk walkメゾン定禅寺, 3-4 Kasugamachi, Aoba Ward, Sendai
  3. 3.Gyujin Ichibancho
    ★ 4.6 (307)753m · 9 min walk walkSendai, Aoba Ward, Ichibanchō, 3-chōme−11−9 ガレリアブランドーム ２F
  4. 4.Sen'ichi Horumon
    ★ 4.6 (240)510m · 6 min walk walk2-chōme-9-10 Kokubunchō, Aoba Ward, Sendai
    Open past midnight
  5. 5.Isami
    ★ 4.5 (196)702m · 9 min walk walk3-6 Tachimachi, Aoba Ward, Sendai
    Open past midnight
  6. 6.松阪牛焼肉 よきにくや 仙台店Matsusaka Ushi Yakiniku Yoki Niku Ya Sendai Ten
    ★ 4.8 (136)899m · 11 min walk walkSendai, Aoba Ward, Ichibanchō, 3-chōme−3−25 4階
  7. 7.Baribari Ichibancho
    ★ 4.2 (264)527m · 7 min walk walkSendai, Aoba Ward, Ichibanchō, 4-chōme−5−9 MKMビル
  8. 8.Kadoya
    ★ 4.4 (190)289m · 4 min walk walk10-30 Futsukamachi, Aoba Ward, Sendai
  9. 9.Shokuraku Kokubuncho
    ★ 4.1 (263)389m · 5 min walk walk2-chōme-11-22 Kokubunchō, Aoba Ward, Sendai
    Open past midnight
  10. 10.Rose Garden
    ★ 4.2 (216)539m · 7 min walk walkSendai, Aoba Ward, Kokubunchō, 2-chōme−8−12 B1F
    Open past midnight
  11. 11.焼肉ホルモン 福たろふYakiniku Horumon Fuku Taro Fu
    ★ 4.6 (111)516m · 6 min walk walkSendai, Aoba Ward, Honchō, 2-chōme−19−5 元貞坂ビル 1F
  12. 12.Japanese barbecue Taizan Jozenji
    ★ 4.1 (180)248m · 3 min walk walkSendai, Aoba Ward, Kokubunchō, 3-chōme−2−5 ゼロキュービル 3F

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Yakiniku restaurants in Sendai: common questions

How much is yakiniku in Sendai?

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 Sendai 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 Sendai 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.