Asakusa Imahan

Authentic Sukiyaki and Shabu Shabu restaurant! This place was amazing. Located right outside the Asakusa Sensoji Temple. It’s a big restaurant with lots of small rooms. There are booth and tatami options. The servers all wear kimonos and are amazingly friendly and helpful. They have a full English menu so don’t be afraid to ask. We started with hot towels and a lovely arrangement of utensils. Then we ordered a Tenjo cold sake. It is medium bodied and crisp tasting. Our server brought out a small tray with four sake glasses for us to choose from. I loved how cute the glasses were and how I got to select one as if I were choosing from my own cupboard. The set option we selected was the second sukiyaki choice, the marbled beef (130g of meat with mixed vegetables). We also ordered a side of the regular sukiyaki meat and it also came with veggies.
For traditional sukiyaki, they provide a raw egg and you beat the egg then dip the cooked meat into it before eating. The marbled beef was so tender and the flavor was epic. It was heavenly. The regular sukiyaki meat was not as fatty and juicy buy still top grade beef. The soy sauce broth that you dip the raw meat in can get Salty so there’s a cup of hot water for you to add in when it’s time to dilute. The veggies included udon rice cake, cabbage, rice noodles, mushrooms and lettuce. Definitely a must try while in Tokyo!

This is my first time having a traditional sukiyaki ever! Everything was amazing; from the service to the quality of the food. It’s pricey, but it’s totally worth it. Service was excellent, the waitress showed us how to eat it properly and was super attentive.
Ordered: sukiyaki gozen; which includes small appetizer, rice& miso soup, 130g of delicious beef and vegetables. 6000yen

This was my first time having sukiyaki, but I wasn’t a huge fan. It’s hard to appreciate the beef when it’s smothered with sauce. Our grill was also broken and kept shutting off, and they had to keep turning it on again.

The best Sukiyaki we’ve has thus far in our lives. Service is excellent with the host cooking and serving depending on the pace of how fast u are eating. We ordered the set meal at 5400 yen a pop for a lunch course left us smiling and pretty much can’t walk after the meal :).

As you wander the streets of Tokyo there are so many options to dine it can be a bit overwhelming. I walked in here by mistake and was pleasantly surprised. This is the real deal for excellent Shubu shubu! All the ingredients are fresh and excellently presented by a professional staff.
This is the perfect place to bring friends, family and your boss. I can’t see anyone that would not only be delighted but impressed. This is a first class establishment. They should be very proud.
Please take a look at the photos I posted you will know which ones are mine.

Delicious beef bowl! The meat is so tender and juicy! If Yoshinoya is the only beef bowl you had in your life, it’s time to step up and try Imahan’s gourmet gyudon (beef bowl)! I suggest you go for lunch because dinner is $$$.