Ochanomizu is an area that has many universities, offices of companies.
There are so many students and office workers here.
Therefore, the price of the lunch is relatively reasonable, but you can enjoy excellent menu.
Here is the recommendation for lunch when you want to eat traditional Japanese popular menu for lunch.
Takeya（竹や）
Curry Udon is a popular restaurant located in front of the Yushima Cathedral, a 4-minute walk from JR Ochanomizu Station Shojibashiguchi.
The shop has a calm atmosphere, and the Soba Udon shop has a large interior with a sense of luxury.
Recommended Menu
The popular menu for this restaurant is “Curry Udon” at a price of ¥ 1,000 (tax included).
There is a menu called “Ebi Ten Curry（Fried Shrimp)” by adding 100 yen to Curry Udon, and most of the customers order Ebi Ten.
Curry udon in this store has a very gentle and refreshing taste, and the curry spice and creamy taste work well.
The noodles are smooth, thin-grained noodles that are soft and elastic enough to fit well with curry roux.
You can enjoy the fried shrimp in terms of the thick and crisp texture if you order Ebi-ten.
Information
Access:
4 minute walk from JR Ochanomizu Station Hoshibashi Exit
5 minute walk from Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line Ochanomizu Station
7 minutes walk from Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line Shin-Ochanomizu Station
Phone: 03-5684-0159
Business hours:
【Mon-Fri】
[Daytime] 11:00 to 15:00
[Night] 17: 00-23: 00
【Sat】
[Daytime] 11:00 to 15:00
[Night] 17: 00-21: 00
Regular holiday: Sundays and public holidays
Budget: 1,000 to 2,000 yen
No smoking / smoking: completely non smoking
Card usage: Yes (VISA, MASTER, JCB, AMEX, Diners)
Butayarou（豚野郎）
A shop located a 1-minute walk from JR Ochanomizu Station’s Hijiribashi Exit.
It is a restaurant where you can enjoy rice dishes made with plenty of charcoal-grilled pork, and it is crowded with so many people, especially for students.
Inside the store, you will see counter seats only, and there are many customers of women as well as men visiting while having a menu.
Recommended Menu
The signboard menu of this shop is “pork bowl（ぶたどん）”.
The sizes consist of large, medium and small at the price of 500 yen, 700 yen and 900 yen (tax included) respectively.
The deep-fried toasted pork is laid on top of the rice.
The progonal sauce has moderate sweetness and spicy taste, and it is also excellent in compatibility with hard-cooked rice.
The grilled pork has a crispy taste and nice smells.
When you chews it, you can enjoy the taste of the well grilled pork with the slight bittersweetness of the charcoal grill as well as the sweet and spicy sauce.
Information
Access:
1 minute walk from JR Ochanomizu Station
3 minute walk from Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line Ochanomizu Station
1 minute walk from Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line Shin-Ochanomizu Station
Phone: 03-3219-9322
Opening hours: 11: 00-23: 00
Regular holiday: Sunday
Budget: ~ 1,000 yen
No smoking / smoking: completely non smoking
Card usage: Not allowed
Kanda Matsuya（神田まつや）
A 7-minute walk from JR Ochanomizu Station and a 1-minute walk from Awajicho Subway and Ogawamachi Station.
Founded in 1884, it is a long-established store that has been used for more than 130 years and is proud of own traditional soup that are inherited for a long time.
The interior of the store has a dark, which evokes history.
In the back, you can look at how the buckwheat noodle is made.
Recommended Menu
The “Mori Soba” signboard menu of 650 yen (tax included) can be enjoyed with the smell of good soba noodles.
Completely hand-made soba noodles make us feel the flavor and taste of soba more than machine-made soba noodle do.
The surface of the noodle is smooth, which is a characteristic of Edo soba noodles.
The soup has a rather thick and salty, but it does not interfere with the original taste of soba, but rather enhances the taste of soba.
Information
Access:
1 minute walk from Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line Awajicho Station
1 minute walk from Toei Subway Shinjuku Line Ogawamachi Station
5 minutes walk from JR Kanda Station East Exit
Phone: 03-3251-1556
Business hours:
【Mon-Fri】
11: 00-20: 00
【Sat ・ Holiday】
11: 00-19: 00
Regular holiday: Sunday
Budget: 1,000 to 2,000 yen
No smoking / smoking: completely non smoking
Card usage: Not allowed
Ponchi Tei（ポンチ軒）
A 7-minute walk from JR Ochanomizu Station, a restaurant serving Tonkatsu and pork shabu made by a former Western-style chef.
In the Ochanomizu area with lots of tonkatsu shops, it is the most popular shop that can be lined up every day.
Indeed, this restaurant is selected as Michelin Guide Bibgulman for 5 consecutive years!
Recommended Menu
One of the popular lunch menu items at this restaurant is the “Loin Cutlet Set Meal（ロースカツ定食）” 1,500 yen (tax included).
The menu consists of tonkatsu, rice, pork soup, kimchi and cabbage. Rice and pork soup are free once each for refill, and kimchi and cabbage are free anytime for refill.
The fried pork is crispy and the meat used is lean meat with relatively little fat.
The meat has the distinctive sweetness and taste, and it is balanced between protein and fat so that you can eat it even without putting a sauce or lemon.
We also recommend menus such as crispy cutlet and minced pork with curry “カツとカレー” of 1,250 yen (tax included) and fried mackerel set mea “アジフライ定食”l of 1,250 yen (tax included).
Inforamtion
Access:
7 minutes walk from JR Ochanomizu Station
4 minute walk from Toei Subway Shinjuku Line Ogawamachi Station
6 minutes on foot from Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line Awajicho Station
6 minutes on foot from Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line Shin-Ochanomizu Station
Phone: 03-3293-2110
Business hours:
[Mon, Tue]11: 15-15: 00
[Wed-Sat]
[Daytime] 11: 15-14: 00
[Night] 17:30-21:00
Regular holiday: Sunday / 3rd Monday
Budget: 1,000 to 2,000 yen
No smoking / smoking: completely non smoking
Card usage: Yes (JCB, AMEX, Diners)
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