Dishes

Find it by dish

Nagoya specialities, sushi, yakiniku, tempura — thirty dishes to eat across Aichi.

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Shira Kawa Joushin Honten — しら河浄心本店
Nagoya speciality
Hitsumabushi

Grilled eel over rice, eaten three ways from one bowl

38 places · 27 with photos
Konparu Oosu Honten — コンパル 大須本店
Nagoya speciality
Morning & Kissaten

Order a coffee before 11am, get breakfast for nothing

33 places · 24 with photos
Furaibou Sakae — 風来坊 栄店
Nagoya speciality
Tebasaki

Twice-fried chicken wings, peppered and sticky

31 places · 30 with photos
Yabaton Yaba Machi Honten — 矢場とん 矢場町本店
Nagoya speciality
Miso Katsu

Pork cutlet under thick, sweet red miso

30 places · 23 with photos
Gomitori Honten — 伍味酉 本店
Nagoya speciality
Doteni & Old Taverns

Beef tendon simmered for hours in red miso

25 places · 23 with photos
Men Ya Ebi Kura — 麺屋えび蔵
Ramen

Beyond the two Nagoya originals

25 places · 20 with photos
Teuchi Chiudon Takasago — 手打ちうどん 高砂
Udon & Soba

Including Toyohashi’s own curry udon rule

25 places · 20 with photos
Sugimoto Honten — スギモト 本店
Yakiniku

You grill it yourself, one slice at a time

24 places · 24 with photos
Teppan Kaiseki Utage — 鉄板懐石 宴
Washoku & Ryotei

The formal end of Japanese cooking

24 places · 20 with photos
Yamamotoya Sohonke — 山本屋総本家
Nagoya speciality
Miso Nikomi Udon

Udon simmered hard in red miso, served in the pot

23 places · 21 with photos
Torigin Honten — 鳥銀本店
Nagoya speciality
Nagoya Cochin

Japan’s most prized native chicken, raised here

22 places · 21 with photos
Kaisen Tokoro Maru Kai — 海鮮処 まる貝
Seafood & Sashimi

Two bays, short supply lines, honest prices

22 places · 20 with photos
Tenju Tsukasa Tenzushi Higashiokazaki — 天寿司 てんずし 東岡崎店
Sushi

Mikawa Bay is closer than Tokyo Bay

21 places · 20 with photos
Yakitori Ie Sumire Meieki 3 Choume — やきとり家 すみれ 名駅3丁目店
Yakitori

Chicken skewers, salt or sweet glaze, one at a time

20 places · 20 with photos
Tenpura Taka Se — 天ぷらたか瀬
Tempura

Fried light, eaten fast, best at the counter

20 places · 20 with photos
Kushi Katsu Kutta Jinguumae — 串カツくった 神宮前店
Kushikatsu

Breaded, fried skewers — dipped in miso here

20 places · 20 with photos
Nikujuu Gyouza No Dandadan Toyoda — 肉汁餃子のダンダダン 豊田店
Gyoza

Pan-fried dumplings and cold beer

20 places · 20 with photos
Taishuushokudou Tengu Dai Hooru Nagoya Hara — 大衆食堂 てんぐ大ホール 名古屋原店
Teishoku & Shokudo

The set meal: one tray, everything on it

20 places · 20 with photos
Nagoya Guriruhausu — 名古屋グリルハウス
Yoshoku

Japan’s hundred-year-old take on Western food

20 places · 20 with photos
Lekali Nankareehausu ( Rekari ) — Lekali ナンカレーハウス(レカリ)
Curry & Spice

Japanese roux curry and its spicier cousins

20 places · 20 with photos
Kinshachi Sakaba Kinshachisakaba Okazakieki Mae — 金鯱酒場 きんしゃちさかば 岡崎駅前店
Izakaya

Japan’s pub, and where most of Nagoya eats

20 places · 20 with photos
Aa . Ankake Supa No VIVA — ああ.あんかけスパのVIVA
Nagoya speciality
Ankake Spaghetti

Thick peppery gravy over fat, fried spaghetti

15 places · 6 with photos
Tenpura Kishimentamon Daimyou Furuya Birujingu — 天婦羅きしめんたもん 大名古屋ビルヂング店
Nagoya speciality
Kishimen

Flat, wide udon in a light dashi

14 places · 8 with photos
Nihonshu To Matcha No Mise Shichi Ne — 日本酒と抹茶の店 七根
Sweets & Matcha

Japan’s largest matcha producer is in Aichi

10 places · 10 with photos
Fujiyama 55 Kin Shachi Yokochou — フジヤマ55 金シャチ横丁店
Nagoya speciality
Taiwan Mazesoba

Soupless noodles with minced pork, chives, garlic and egg yolk

8 places · 5 with photos
Aji Sen Imaike Honten — 味仙 今池本店
Nagoya speciality
Taiwan Ramen

Fiercely spicy minced pork ramen — invented in Nagoya

6 places · 6 with photos
Nagoya speciality
Tenmusu

A rice ball with a prawn tempura tail sticking out

5 places · 0 with photos
Photo: m-louis from Ichinomiya, Aichi / CC BY-SA 2.0
Maruha Shokudo — まるは食堂
Nagoya speciality
Ebi Furai

Deep-fried prawns, comically large

2 places · 2 with photos
Nagoya speciality
Hatcho Miso

The dark soybean miso everything here is made with

2 places · 0 with photos
Photo: Evelyn-rose / CC0
Tamagawa Udon Hirokouji Honten — 玉川うどん 広小路本店
Toyohashi Specialities

Fish cakes, curry udon, and a tram line

2 places · 1 with photos