14 best New Year lunches and dinners in Tokyo 2022

If afternoon tea is more your thing, treat yourself at the Asakusa View Hotel. The New Year’s afternoon tea plan comes with unlimited time to enjoy your tea rather than the usual two-hour limit, as well as a special souvenir that you can take home. The retro menu is inspired by the Showa era (1926-1989) and features classic kissaten café dishes like curry rice, neapolitan pasta, pizza toasts and kinako (roasted soybean powder) fried bread. Sweets include pudding a la mode, strawberry daifuku mochi, hotcakes and a classic strawberry shortcake.

When? January 1-3
How much? ¥5,500 per person

Enjoy the first few days of the new year with a delicious meal from the Tokyu Rei Hotel in Kichijoji. The hotel is offering a lively New Year’s lunch and dinner buffet with an array of dishes including sashimi platters, beef stew, takoyaki, shrimp and vegetable tempura, and yellowtail confit. The buffet even includes traditional osechi-ryori dishes like Japanese salads, pickles and chirashi sushi.

When? January 1-3
How much? Lunch ¥5,800 per person, dinner ¥7,200

Treat yourself to a special holiday lunch or dinner at the ANA InterContinental’s Cascade Cafe. The sumptuous buffet is available on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and from New Year’s Eve until January 3. Look forward to a mouth-watering array of buffet dishes as well as a live kitchen where you can try out Christmas favourites. Highlights include the domestic roast beef as well as lobster risotto, king crab and beef bourguignon. If you’re feeling extra indulgent, free-flowing soft drinks, wine or champagne can also be added to your meal.

When? December 24-25, December 31-January 3
How much? Lunch ¥6,215 per person (children ¥3,108), dinner ¥11,809 (¥5,904)

Hotel Gajoen is offering a special New Year’s lunch buffet at the hotel's main banquet hall where you can sample osechi-ryori (traditional Japanese New Year dishes). Along with the buffet, the hotel will also be hosting a number of traditional Japanese activities such as amezaiku (candy crafting), spoon making, calligraphy, ikebana flower arranging and painting lucky charms. Workshops cost an additional ¥1,000 per activity.

When? January 1-2
How much? ¥8,000 per person (children ¥4,000)

Round up your friends and family for a festive holiday brunch at Grand Hyatt Tokyo’s The Oak Door. Brunch includes all-you-can-eat appetisers and dessert while your main includes a choice of a dry-aged pork chop, 12-hour ribeye roast, seafood eggs benedict, fried chicken or grilled fish. As for appetisers, look forward to smoked salmon bagels, stuffed clams, jerk spiced mini burgers, crispy french toast and more. Satisfy your sweet tooth with a selection of desserts including a fruit tart, ice cream sandwiches, mango roll cake and spiced berry cobbler.

When? December 24-25, December 31-January 3
How much? ¥8,250 per person, ¥14,080 with free-flowing champagne

Choose from three special menus offered at The Royal Park Hotel in Shiodome to celebrate New Year. Courses come with a decadent menu of grilled chicken caesar salad, lily root and onion cream soup, sea bream, Japanese roast beef and a special New Year's dessert. If you opt for the Miyabi course, you'll also receive four types of celebratory appetisers to start off your meal.

When? December 31-January 2
How much? Mutsugi course ¥10,000, Utage course ¥12,000, Miyabi course ¥15,000

The Tokyo Edition, Toranomon’s signature restaurant is spearheaded by the award-winning chef Tom Aikens, whose restaurants have earned several Michelin stars throughout this career. His tasting menus for the holiday season are informed by Japanese culture and cuisine, and so you can look forward to dishes such as flounder with hamaguri clam and celery root, onion custard with bread miso and Hokkaido cheese, and beef with maitake and smoked mukago, just to name a few. Lunch is a five-course affair while dinner will be seven courses.

When? December 30-January 1
How much? Lunch ¥15,000 (available Dec 30, Dec 31 and Jan 1), New Year's Eve dinner ¥35,000

Ring in the new year at Andaz Tokyo’s The Tavern – Grill & Lounge as the restaurant will be offering a special dinner course for just two days. The menu starts off with a spot shrimp tartar followed by two appetisers: hairy crab and a rich foie gras terrine. The meal continues with a flatfish mousse paupiette and an indulgent grilled wagyu beef tenderloin served with celeriac purée, mushroom salad and black truffle. To finish off, the course ends with a fromage blanc and kumquat mousse served with hazelnut crumble and champagne sorbet.

When? December 31-January 1
How much? ¥22,000 per person

This gorgeous restaurant at The Tokyo Edition, Toranomon overlooks a stunning view of the iconic Tokyo Tower. And this New Year’s Eve, you can indulge in a fine five-course meal featuring some of the best seasonal produce and ingredients. Start with a sweet shrimp and king crab tartare before moving on to herb marinated tuna, pan-seared kuromutsu (Japanese bluefish), and wagyu sirloin. As a sweet ending, you’ll have a rich milk chocolate dessert paired with hazelnut, lemon, chocolate cream and caramel. 

When? December 31
How much? ¥24,000, wine pairing additional ¥20,000

Bid farewell to 2022 with a luxurious dinner at the Peninsula Tokyo on New Year's Eve from 8pm. The six-course dinner takes place at Peter, the hotel's signature restaurant located on the top floor with stunning views of the city skyline. The restaurant is helmed by chef Masateru Kiriyama, who has created a special celebratory dinner featuring ​​The Peninsula caviar, Alfonsino tataki, roasted cauliflower soup, king crab, steamed monkfish, Gifu Hida A5 wagyu beef and a decadent chocolate dessert. Peter is also hosting a countdown party where you can enjoy all-you-can-eat canapés and free-flowing champagne for ¥30,000.

When? December 31
How much? ¥48,000 per person, ¥68,000 with free-flowing Perrier-Jouët Grand Brut

Go all out this New Year's Eve with an extravagant dinner at Arva, the inhouse Italian restaurant at Aman Tokyo. You'll be treated to a luxurious eight-course meal from 5.30pm, including signature dishes such as uni (sea urchin) pasta, black abalone served with karasumi (dried mullet roe), and hairy crab risotto. A wine pairing can also be added to the dinner for an additional ¥20,000.

When? December 31 
How much? ¥60,000 per person