10 recommended Yakiniku (Japanese BBQ) restaurants / Japan Travel

Top 10 yakiniku chain stores that people in Japan recommend Samurai Junjiro Channel Hi, I'm Samurai Junjiro Born and raised in Japan In today's video we'll be introducing yakiniku barbecue chain stores that we recommend From the well-known to newly opened there will be 10 places to dine in We'll be touching on side menus. So keep watching Now, let's get started The first one to introduce is gyukaku Gyukaku has more than 500 stores in Japan and the number is the highest among any other yakiniku restaurants The restaurant has a ala carte menus, but all-you-can-eat menus are also very popular You order by the tablet located on each table and you can change the language setting to English, too Gyukaku serves fancy menus that are other than classic beef One of them is this chicken seasoned with basil sauce Once chicken is grilled you coat the meat with heated cheese to dig in Melting cheese is the best The basil sauce is very refreshing, too This is sweet potato on butter It's your sign to take a bite once you see the sweet potato being cooked and butter completely melted The butter is absorbed into the potato and it tastes really rich It's sweet and addictive This is diced beef ribs It comes with the container with garlic and butter. So you need to place that directly on grill, too You'd want to coat the meat with the garlic butter before you take a bite It's so fatty and juicy The meat has thickness and quite filling Gyukaku also serves rice to enjoy with meat on top The rice comes with Korean dried seaweed laver, green onion, and soy sauce to enhance the flavor of beef The restaurant operates as one of the tenants at a food court, too There the staff will prepare your menu for you while in the restaurant you prepare your own menu It's nice to have a handy option to pick gyukaku at a food court Let's move to the next store The second store is called Yakiniku Like The restaurant sets a grill for one person so you won't be hesitated to dine alone It caught a lot of attention because it matches the need for eating at your own pace Recently the restaurant has provided a seat which comes with liquor server Alcohol with delicious yakiniku is always sublime The third to be introduced is Yakiniku Itto at Ageo City in Saitama Prefecture The restaurant opened in July 2021 It's pretty unique in the way that meat that you order is delivered to your table by conveyor belt like sushi restaurant Yakiniku restaurants that use the belt to serve is currently increasing in Japan Not to mention yakiniku is amazing at this restaurant, but bibimbap is highly recommended Let's now move to the next store The fourth pick is Yakiniku Watami Watami is actually famous for izakaya, but recently started yakiniku genre as well Can't forget to mention that the menu in the restaurant is served at a single rate Nice that they host abundant menus to choose from Orders here are delivered to your table by conveyor belt, too This is one of the famous menu which has cotton candy on beef rib By grilling them together makes the meat softer and tender Let's try by coating the meat into the egg It melts in your mouth It adds sweetness and it's almost like sukiyaki Stores recommendation of rib comes in quite a quantity. So I'm amazed with the amount they serve for the price I also highly recommend garlic rice cooked on iron bowl The aroma of butter and garlic is so good. I would come here just to have this menu Quickly moving to next The fifth restaurant is Gatten Karubi A company which runs more than 240 of conveyor belt sushi restaurant has newly started yakiniku The seat in the restaurant is segmented almost like a private room You can purely enjoy the meal without having to be influenced by surrounding environment The restaurant has the newest model of conveyor system and can easily serve menus in big plate Also, they strictly serve only Wagyu beef But it's popular because you can enjoy it at a reasonable price The beef melts in my mouth The store also serves meat sushi Sushi with this gigantic piece of pork is very filling Wagyu rib sushi is also available, too The clean fat explodes and melt inside your mouth Next on the list is Kamimura Bokujo There are currently 12 stores in Japan and expanding its business The restaurant hosts a la carte menus, but Wagyu beef all-you-can-eat menu is what's on customers mind The course comes with salad and ice cream, too Kamimura Bokujo uses two conveyor belt lanes that are placed top and bottom to deliver your menu Beef grown in Kagoshima Prefecture has this beautiful marble of fat They are less grained and very soft Pork with bones are also very popular pick of choice It has thickness but quite surprisingly very tender It goes perfect with the butter sauce It's a pleasant surprise to find sushi menus in the course, too This sushi has plenty of sea urchin and salmon roe on top And this is eel with cheese sauce on top Tastes one-of-a-kind My top recommendation is garlic rice with great amount of Wagyu beef The fat from the beef enhance depth in flavor Seventh is Yakiniku King The restaurant is ranked the top for all-you-can-eat yakiniku restaurant There are 286 stores in Japan and expanding each year You can choose many courses, too Variety of seasonings are available to enjoy yakiniku in different ways The course comes with non-yakiniku menus like fried side dishes This cream crab croquette is crispy and very creamy There are seafood menus available in here, too Shrimp and squid grilled with butter and soy sauce are chewy and has sweetness to it Cream risotto cooked in stone bowl is another menu that I would advise to choose The heated bechamel sauce smells divine Melting cheese is so creamy and addictive You can also get baked curry as well Let's mix the cheese with egg yolk on top The curry is moderately pungent and spicy It tastes milder with a yolk and cheese Our eighth pick of store is Yakiniku Camp Ever since its opening in July two years ago, the restaurant has been on eyes of many people You can actually enjoy yakiniku in camping similar environment Beef comes in a skewer and really setting up the barbecue in the nature feels Teriyaki sauce smells fantastic The beef is tender and juicy You can also get corn and sweet fish on skewers, too Really feels like I'm out in the nature camping Meat that comes in a treasure box is highly favored by children Can't forget to mention the dessert It's so cute and entertaining. This does not seem like a dessert For baked banana comes with a snack shaped as koala bear Baked bananas are sweeter and in almost melting texture Please make sure to mark this restaurant We should mention Japanese barbecue enjoy, too This is another popular yakiniku chain in Ueno Recently restaurant that place liquor server by the table is increasing in Japan One of the example and of course of everyone's favorite is Tokiwate There are 76 stores around Japan and expanding yearly From the liquor server you can get lemon liquor soda There are syrups to add in the liquor so you can enjoy lemon soda in many ways They also serve huge skirt steak, which is one of the popular choice of many You should try it with the truffle sauce The aroma of truffle really elevates the flavor of the meat Chicken marinated with miso is another great option, too grilled miso smells amazing And it goes really well to enjoy with melting cheese The flavor is so powerful and is a perfect match to alcohol. I also highly recommend beef tongue rolled up with lemon in the middle By preparing the meat with lemon it takes on the refreshingness Yakiniku stores in Japan are developing each year. So make sure you go and visit If there's a restaurant you'd like me to introduce, let me know in the comments Please like and subscribe to my channel, too Well, that's it for today. See you in the next video