"Private-room yakiniku five minutes from Yokohama Station, ¥20,000 all-in, every cut grilled for you. Book it for an anniversary."
About Yokohama Ushimitsu
Every seat is behind a door. Yokohama Ushimitsu runs all-private-room yakiniku (Japanese grill-it-at-the-table barbecue, except here nobody hands you the tongs) on the ground floor of the ALPS building in Tsuruyacho, five minutes’ walk from Yokohama Station’s west side. The house carries the lineage of Kenshiro, the Nishi-Azabu grill that seeded the Ushimitsu group, alongside siblings in Ebisu and Ginza, and Tabelog’s reviewers voted it into the Yakiniku Hyakumeiten, the top-100 grill rooms in Japan, in 2023.
For the city’s wider table, start with the Yokohama dining guide.
The Kitchen
The defining move is the yakishi, the grill specialist who cooks every cut at the table and serves it at the exact second it peaks; you eat, they work. The flagship course is ¥20,000 for fourteen dishes with tax, service and drinks folded in, an all-in price structure that is rarer in Japan than the wagyu itself. Its set pieces travel well on a phone screen and better on the palate: a wagyu-and-sea-urchin yukke dog, a fillet katsu sandwiched in brioche, and a closing paella crowned with uni, ikura and seared beef.
Shorter courses and a weekend-only lunch lower the entry price without changing the method. The meat program runs from tongue through chateaubriand, salted or sauced per cut, with sake and wine lists built for the private-room entertaining trade. For the genre’s global benchmarks, see our best barbecue restaurants guide and the world steakhouse ranking.
The Room
Corridor, doors, hush. Each party gets a sealed room with its own grill and call button, lighting kept low and warm, and the soundtrack of other tables simply absent; the loudest thing all night is the sizzle. Dress is whatever you like, though the room’s polish invites a collar. Lunch runs weekends only, dinner nightly until 11:30pm, and the staff’s pacing assumes the evening matters: nothing arrives until the previous cut is finished.
Best for Anniversary
Book this room for an anniversary because privacy is the entire architecture: a closed door, a specialist cooking for only you, and a fourteen-dish arc that builds to that uni-and-wagyu paella like a finale. The all-in ¥20,000 price also kills bill anxiety at the table. See the global list of anniversary restaurants for the open-room alternatives.
Not for
Not for purists who want to work their own grill or watch a counter: staff cook every piece behind your closed door, and you are paying a premium for privacy.
Frequently Asked
Is Yokohama Ushimitsu worth it?
For a private celebration, yes: ¥20,000 with drinks, tax and service included undercuts what Tokyo’s equivalent private-room grills charge before the first bottle. The Hyakumeiten 2023 selection is earned at the level of the meat and the grilling. For a casual solo yakiniku fix it is the wrong tool; the format assumes an occasion.
How do I book Yokohama Ushimitsu?
Online through TableCheck or Ikyu, or by phone on 045-594-9829, with English manageable on the web platforms. Private rooms cap the cover count, so Friday and Saturday nights go a week or more ahead, and the larger rooms for entertaining go earliest. Midweek is reliably open a few days out.
What should I order at Yokohama Ushimitsu?
The ¥20,000 flagship course answers the question for you across fourteen dishes; it is the menu the kitchen designed to be judged on. If you order shorter, insist on the wagyu-and-uni yukke dog and the brioche fillet katsu sando, and finish with the uni-ikura-wagyu paella if your room has the appetite left.
Does Yokohama Ushimitsu have private rooms?
Only private rooms: every party in the house sits behind its own door with its own grill and yakishi. That makes it Yokohama’s default answer for proposals, client entertaining and any dinner where the conversation matters as much as the menu. Book the room size honestly; the house paces service per room.
Is Yokohama Ushimitsu good for a business dinner?
Excellent for one: the sealed rooms keep negotiations off the corridor, the all-inclusive pricing makes the invoice predictable, and the grill specialist removes every hosting duty except talking. Five minutes from the station also means clean shinkansen logistics for visiting guests. It offers Sugai-level polish at half the formality; see also rooms that impress clients.
Reserve a Table
Reserve at Yokohama Ushimitsu
Reservations via TableCheck or Ikyu; phone 045-594-9829. English supported online.
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Practical Information
AddressALPS Yokohama Bldg 1F, 1-8-1 Tsuruyacho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama
NeighbourhoodTsuruyacho, Yokohama Station west
CuisineYakiniku, wagyu
Price¥20,000 flagship course, all-inclusive
Phone+81 45-594-9829
Dress CodeNone; smart fits the room
HoursDinner nightly to 11:30pm; lunch Sat–Sun
ReservationTableCheck, Ikyu or phone
