4 Must-Try Restaurants near Tenjin Station: Unagi Eel, Wagyu Yakiniku, Sushi, and Fireside Grilling

This carefully crafted eel specialty restaurant combines techniques inherited from a renowned restaurant in Shinshu with Fukuoka’s distinctive jiyaki, or Hakata-style direct grilling.
Its signature menu features eel selected by specialists with a long-standing reputation for quality and carefully grilled by skilled chefs.

The restaurant has a seating capacity of more than 100 guests.
It also offers private rooms and tatami seating for up to 40 people, making it suitable for business entertaining, formal dining, and banquets.
It also has a full lineup of sake selected to pair with eel, as well as Kyushu-style a la carte dishes such as goma saba, or sesame-marinated mackerel.
It is also valued as a place to host guests from both inside and outside Fukuoka Prefecture.

This yakiniku restaurant uses Kuroge Wagyu beef selected by skilled chefs with more than 30 years of experience, allowing guests to enjoy the quality and wide variety of cuts that only a specialty restaurant can offer.

At lunch, the restaurant serves items such as Kalbi Steak Rice Bowl and Yakiniku Set.
At dinner, popular items include Wagyu beef sourced from various parts of Kyushu and Not Your Ordinary Negitan, made with carefully selected premium cuts from the base of the tongue.

Three courses are available, with different menus and portion sizes: the Mitsuboshi Course, Bishoku no Hoshi Course, and Shifuku no Hoshi Course.
There are also courses that can be ordered on the day, and an all-you-can-drink option can be added to any of them for an additional fee.
Courses for anniversaries are also available, and the restaurant can also prepare meat cakes and dessert plates, which is another nice feature.

This sushi izakaya lets guests casually enjoy sushi and drinks.
The restaurant name “Sugidama” comes from sakebayashi, a cedar ball hung under the eaves of sake breweries to announce that new sake is ready.
Inside, a powerful mural welcomes guests, creating a lively yet comfortable atmosphere.

The signature menu features sushi made with the restaurant’s special black sushi rice, prepared by blending black vinegar and balsamic vinegar.
Among these items, Kiwami Sushi, made with carefully selected ingredients and cooking methods, has gained popularity as a dish that can only be enjoyed here.
Another appeal is that guests can enjoy a wide variety of sushi and small dishes at reasonable prices, together with sushi rice designed to complement the toppings.

This authentic robatayaki izakaya lets guests enjoy charcoal-grilled dishes and fresh seafood.
In addition to bold robatayaki, or fireside grilling, using Binchotan charcoal and firewood, the restaurant is also proud of the fresh fish served from the fish tank inside.
Its diverse lineup includes signature items such as Charcoal-Grilled Bone-In Chicken Thigh, Live Squid Sashimi from Yobuko, freshly cooked Earthen Pot Rice with Black Chicken, and fresh vegetable dishes.

The interior is a lively space where guests can experience charcoal grilling and the fish tank up close, with seating ranging from counter seats to seats suitable for banquets.
Embracing the motto of “inefficiency,” the restaurant offers food prepared with time and care, along with heartfelt hospitality.