Tempura Shinjuku Tsunahachi Souhonten

Didn't have to queue for long, and managed to get a seat. The basic tempura zen set was amazing and promptly served. The staff were so welcoming and helpful, teaching us how to enjoy our meal with instructions in English. Will come back again for sure. It is still advisable to make a reservation (through your hotel)

If I’m being totally honest I think it was alright. Nothing special. Not the best tempura I had in Japan, a little over priced and small portions. But it has a good location and good reputation so the price goes hand in hand.

Authentic place serving really good tempura which was really freshhhh. The chefs cooked it right in front of us and the batter to seafood/vegetable ratio was great. It was not too oily and the batter was fried just nice with the item inside still retaining it's freshness and not too heavy, definitely one of the batter tempura places :

A friend took us here at lunch. We ordered the omakase course. Chef gave us specific instructions on how the salt or the radish should be used with which tempura. The clams amazed me the most. Extremely juicy and sweet!

I think once someone understands and learns about the difficulty behind making good tempura, you begin to realize how great this place is. You’ll have to get creative about how you want to use the salts, dipping sauce, and grated add ons to suit your taste but the tempura itself was stellar. I did the 2700¥ tempura set along with a scallop. quick service chefs are attentive food comes out quickly and they help explain what they think are good flavor combos tempura was great, fish shrimp cuts were also tasty in isolation Would happily recommend and return.