Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Kashiwa from the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in Kashiwa
Three restaurants in our guide have wine lists, and each uses wine differently.
Bunsai Ka, in Kashiwa, is a Cantonese-led Chinese restaurant with Hong Kong sweets. Formats include a tasting menu, a set menu and family-style service. The wine program is sommelier-led, with an extensive wine list. Tabelog 100 places it at number 20 with 3.7 points in 2026. A custom brick oven roasts the Peking duck, and the restaurant has private rooms plus a boutique for Hong Kong-style sweets.
zoe's, in Kashiwa, is a long-running Italian restaurant. Seasonal courses, a set menu and a la carte dishes make up the service, in a relaxed, natural style. The wine program has an extensive wine list, craft cocktails and zero-proof drinks. Tabelog Italian EAST 100 places it at number 7 with 3.7 points in 2025, alongside earlier Tabelog Award Bronze selections.
chukaryouriogiwara, in the Kashiwa Station area, is a counter restaurant for Chinese course dining. The wine program has an extensive wine list and sake, and the courses have a wine-pairing focus. Mapo tofu is made with Chiba Zabi Beef. Tabelog 100 Chinese EAST places the restaurant at number 73 with 3.6 points in 2026.
In the neighborhood Kashiwa, Takeyabu Kashiwa honten, Mendokoro Nishio and Tonkatsu Hisago hold Tabelog 100 placements for soba, ramen and tonkatsu.
Takeyabu Kashiwa honten, in Kashiwa, serves handmade soba and tempura, with a la carte, tasting-menu and set-menu formats. The drinking centers on sake, with tatami seats, sunken seats and private rooms. Tabelog 100 Soba EAST 2025 places it at number 86 with 3.8 points. The room is house-like, on a hill overlooking Lake Tega.
Mendokoro Nishio, in Kashiwa, is a tiny counter for ramen and tsukemen, with a la carte and counter dining. Tabelog's East Japan Top 100 selected it in 2024 and 2025, and Tabelog Ramen EAST selected it in both years. In 2025 its Tabelog 100 rank is number 26, at 3.8 points.
Tonkatsu Hisago, in Kashiwa, specializes in tonkatsu and Japanese curry, with thick-cut pork cutlets, a la carte plates, set menus and counter dining. Sake and beer are poured. Tabelog Tonkatsu 100 for 2026 places it at number 59 with 3.7 points, and earlier selections on that list span multiple years.
The serious wine lists are in Kashiwa and the Kashiwa Station area. Bunsai Ka in Kashiwa has a sommelier-led wine list, zoe's in Kashiwa has a wine list with Italian courses, and chukaryouriogiwara in the Kashiwa Station area has a wine list alongside sake.
Kashiwa has zero Michelin-starred restaurants and zero Michelin stars in total in our guide.
Tasting menus in our guide are at Takeyabu Kashiwa honten and Bunsai Ka, both in Kashiwa. Takeyabu Kashiwa honten serves handmade soba and tempura as a tasting menu, alongside a la carte and a set menu, and the drinking centers on sake. Bunsai Ka serves Cantonese-led Chinese cooking as a tasting menu, alongside a set menu and family-style dishes, with an extensive wine list.
No restaurants in our Kashiwa guide hold Wine Spectator awards. The wine-focused rooms in our guide are Bunsai Ka in Kashiwa, zoe's in Kashiwa, and chukaryouriogiwara in the Kashiwa Station area, each with an extensive wine list.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
Kashiwa
Selected entries from the current guide for Kashiwa.
Kashiwa, Japan
Kashiwa’s burger scene sits outside Tokyo’s usual premium dining circuit, which is exactly why 66 matters. Selected for Tabelog Hamburger 100 in 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024, and 2026, it represents a compact, ingredient-led style of Japanese burger shop where format, sourcing discipline, and repeat local recognition carry more weight than spectacle.
Kashiwa, Japan
Anbai is a Kashiwa tonkatsu address with repeated Tabelog Tonkatsu 100 selections, including 2026, and a casual price band that keeps it closer to everyday dining than ceremony. The draw is the Japanese pork-cutlet tradition in a suburban Chiba setting: practical, family-friendly, non-smoking, and grounded in the kind of local repeat custom that matters for tonkatsu.
Kashiwa, Japan
AYUBOWAN brings South Asian, Indian curry, and Sri Lankan cooking into Kashiwa’s casual dining circuit with a ritual built around spice, vegetables, and dietary range rather than luxury formality. Its Tabelog 100 Asian cuisine and Ethnic cuisine EAST selections from 2022 to 2024, plus an earlier Curry EAST selection in 2020, place it in a serious regional conversation despite its everyday format.
Kashiwa, Japan
Bunsai Ka gives Kashiwa a serious Chinese dining address built around Chiba produce, fish-led cooking, private-room service and a polished adult mood rather than big-city spectacle. Its selection for Tabelog Chinese EAST “Tabelog 100” 2026 places it in a regional conversation that stretches beyond local convenience dining.
Kashiwa, Japan
Casa PASCALE brings Sri Lankan curry into Kashiwa’s suburban dining conversation, a category often overshadowed in Japan by ramen, tonkatsu and French-leaning tasting menus. Its selection for Tabelog 100 - Asian cuisine / Ethnic cuisine - EAST - 2024 gives the room a clear credential, while the cooking sits in an accessible price tier rather than a formal destination-restaurant register.
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Chuka Oshima places Kashiwa’s curry scene inside a sharper Japanese context: compact counter dining, Indian curry categorisation, and low-ticket pricing with serious recognition. Its Tabelog Curry EAST 100 selection in 2023 and 2024 makes it more than a neighbourhood lunch stop, while the no-reservation format keeps the experience rooted in everyday city eating rather than destination dining theatre.
Kashiwa, Japan
Chuka Soba Sakaeda belongs to Kashiwa’s serious ramen tier: small-format, lunch-focused, and recognised in Tabelog’s Ramen EAST “Tabelog 100” 2025 selection. The appeal is less about spectacle than discipline, placing a suburban Chiba counter inside the wider culture of Japanese chuka soba shops where broth clarity, noodle handling, and turnover define reputation.
Kashiwa, Japan
chukaryouriogiwara places Kashiwa’s Chinese dining scene in a compact counter format, with Tabelog 100 Chinese EAST 2026 recognition and a fish-conscious kitchen profile. The appeal is less about spectacle than ritual: a small room, reserved seating, wine and sake alongside Chinese cooking, and a suburban Chiba address that prices closer to special-occasion dining than casual station food.
Kashiwa, Japan
Kashiwa’s curry scene rewards specialization over spectacle, and Curry no Mise Bombay Honten sits in that lane with Tabelog Curry EAST 100 selections in 2019, 2020, 2023, and 2024. The draw is not luxury dining; it is a compact, curry-focused room where Japanese curry-house culture, Indian curry influence, and local loyalty meet at everyday prices.
Kashiwa, Japan
Kashiwa’s ramen scene rewards small counters with clear technical purpose, and Mendokoro Nishio sits firmly in that lane. Selected for Tabelog Ramen EAST “Tabelog 100” in 2024 and 2025, it focuses on ramen and tsukemen in a counter format that suits diners who care about sourcing, broth discipline, and a quick, concentrated meal rather than ceremony.
Kashiwa, Japan
Motsuni Taro puts Kashiwa’s everyday cafeteria culture in sharp focus: offal stew, counter seating, low prices, and the practical rhythm of a roadside shokudo rather than a polished destination dining room. Its selection for Tabelog 100 - Diner - 2026 gives this modest format a clear recognition signal within Japan’s casual-dining canon.
Kashiwa, Japan
Takeyabu Kashiwa honten places Kashiwa’s soba tradition in a formal, unhurried register: buckwheat noodles, sake-led drinking, tatami and sunken seating, and a meal rhythm closer to a rural house restaurant than a station-side noodle stop. Recognition on Tabelog 100 Soba EAST 2025, a 32-seat room, private-room options, and course-only reservations put it in the serious soba tier for Chiba rather than the casual lunch bracket.
Kashiwa, Japan
Tonkatsu Hisago puts Kashiwa’s everyday fried-pork culture into sharper focus: small room, modest pricing, and recognition on Tabelog’s Tonkatsu 100 for 2026, with earlier selections across multiple years. The draw is not luxury theatre but ingredient-led tonkatsu and curry in a station-area setting where sourcing, frying discipline, and turnover matter more than ceremony.
Kashiwa, Japan
Kashiwa’s ramen culture is built on quick turnover, counter seating, and bowls that compete on broth discipline rather than ceremony. Tonkotsu Shoyu Ramen Oudouya Kashiwa ten sits in that lane with Tabelog Ramen EAST 100 selections from 2023 through 2025, a low-price bracket, and a format that rewards diners who understand ramen as an ingredient-driven craft, not a long-form restaurant occasion.
Kashiwa, Japan
Kashiwa’s Italian dining scene is small but serious, and zoe’s sits in the ingredient-led tier rather than the casual pasta-and-wine lane. Recognition from Tabelog Italian EAST 100 in 2025, plus earlier Tabelog Award Bronze listings, gives it a clear quality signal for travellers looking beyond central Tokyo.
Kashiwa
Selected entries from the current guide for Kashiwa.
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Kashiwa
Selected entries from the current guide for Kashiwa.
No venues found.
Kashiwa
Selected entries from the current guide for Kashiwa.
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