If you are looking for an authentic and delicious Yakiniku experience in Shinjuku, Yakiniku Kobeya is a fantastic choice. We had a wonderful dinner here and the food was really nice. The quality of the meat is clearly very high—every cut was tender, well-marbled, and melted in our mouths. The atmosphere is classic and welcoming, making it a great place to sit back and enjoy a slow meal after a long day of exploring. It’s a solid 5-star spot for beef lovers who want top-tier quality in a central location. I would definitely recommend it to anyone visiting Shinjuku!

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We found this place by accident, right beside where we stayed. It was full y reserved but luckily we got a table. The food was amazing, really 10/10. The Wagyu beef is very tasty, rich flavor. The menu is very good, and the price is great for the quality. We tried the set menu for 10,000 Yen and it was much better than the 8,000 Yen set. The meat quality was higher and the cuts were perfect. I recommend going for the 10,000 Yen set because it is really worth it. Staff are very friendly and helpful. I really recommend this place!

+2

Booking through the Tabelog system is easy, even if you don’t have a Japanese phone number. We ordered a 10,000 yen set per person. Also, with 2 hours of all-you-can-drink. The beef is really good 👍🏻. Have different parts of the beef, such as sirloin, ribs, liver, and shoulder. The waiters are really kind and patient. They noted that I am not local, even though I can understand Japanese, and they also tried to speak it slowly and with body language. That makes me feel good. Kindly remind everyone, please book if you want to try, coz the shop is not big.

+1

After our evening at this establishment, our feelings are a little mixed. We booked through tabelog which was very easy and convenient. We had to select the 10000 yen set premium menu, with unlimited drinks, which was fine because we wanted the full experience. We arrived for our reservation at 6pm and were seated right away. We were three and with us was my Japanese sister in law, who did all the talking - so there wasn’t any translation problems. We ordered our first round of drinks and had to wait 15minutes for them to arrive. The order was : glass of white wine, lemon sour and an oolang tea. The restaurant had many tables still open, was not full and there were at least 6 servers juste standing around, however the drinks came very slowly. Unfortunately, we had the same issue when we ordered the exact same drinks a second time. And after waiting another 15minutes we made a comment to the staff which fortunately made the drinks suddenly appear. After that the 3rd and 4th round of drinks came pretty quickly fortunately. What was not great either was that 10minutes before our « set time » was up we were gently asked to get going. It’s just not a great feeling being rushed out of a restaurant especially when you pay such a sum. The food however was really great. Great pieces of meat, tasty kimchi and rice and a nice ice cream to finish everything off. We left with happy bellies but without an overall enjoyable dining experience because of the service.

Good meat, good service, the server bbq the meat for us and interact. We took the 10K yen course which give us the good cut of meats and it indeed gave us overall good CP! Our fave cuts are the sirloin and tenderloin. Will come back when we come back to Tokyo.