Restaurant in Tokyo, Japan
Serious yakiniku, accessible booking, Roppongi.
Cossott'e is an OAD-recognised yakiniku restaurant in Tokyo's Roppongi-Azabu district, ranked among Japan's top restaurants in three consecutive years. It is one of the more accessible serious dining bookings in the city and suits food-focused travellers who want considered, progression-driven yakiniku without the booking difficulty of Tokyo's hardest tables. Open evenings only, seven days a week.
Getting a table at Cossott'e is not the ordeal that Tokyo's most pressured dining rooms demand — booking difficulty here is relatively accessible — but that ease of access should not suggest this is a casual afterthought. Cossott'e has appeared on Opinionated About Dining's list of Japan's leading restaurants in three consecutive years, climbing from a Recommended listing in 2023 to #425 in 2024 and #491 in 2025. For a yakiniku specialist operating out of a second-floor address in the Roppongi-Azabu area, that track record earns serious attention. If you are an explorer looking for a yakiniku experience with genuine critical standing and without the booking anxiety of Tokyo's hardest tables, Cossott'e belongs on your shortlist.
Cossott'e operates out of Spacia Azabu-Juban 1, a building in Minato City's Roppongi district , a neighbourhood that sits at the intersection of international dining culture and serious Japanese culinary craft. The restaurant runs an evening-only schedule, opening at 5 pm and running through midnight every day of the week, which suits the yakiniku format well: this is not a lunch destination, it is a considered dinner that plays out at its own pace.
Yakiniku, at its most considered, is a format with real progression built into it. The order in which cuts are presented, the interplay between fattier and leaner pieces, the calibration of the grill , these choices shape the arc of the meal the way a tasting menu does in a French kitchen. At venues with OAD recognition, that progression tends to be deliberate rather than left to the diner's intuition. Expect the kitchen to have opinions about sequence and cut selection. If you are accustomed to yakiniku as a casual, self-directed grill session, Cossott'e may offer a more structured version of that experience. For points of comparison elsewhere in Japan's yakiniku category, Jumbo Hanare, Kinryuzan, Kiraku-Tei, Nikusho Horikoshi, and Nikuyama represent the competitive set worth knowing in Tokyo.
The Google rating sits at 4.5 across 147 reviews , a credible signal that the experience holds up for a wide range of diners, not just critics. The combination of consistent public ratings and three years of OAD recognition is a reliable indicator that quality here is not a one-time event.
Cossott'e works well for food-focused travellers who want a serious yakiniku experience without the booking difficulty of Tokyo's most competitive tables. It suits solo diners comfortable with counter or table formats, small groups looking for a dinner that feels considered rather than perfunctory, and anyone who wants to understand what OAD-level yakiniku actually means in practice. It is an evening-only restaurant, so build your itinerary accordingly.
For broader dining context in Tokyo, see our full Tokyo restaurants guide. If you are planning the wider trip, our Tokyo hotels guide, bars guide, wineries guide, and experiences guide cover the full picture. For serious dining elsewhere in Japan, HAJIME in Osaka, Gion Sasaki in Kyoto, akordu in Nara, Goh in Fukuoka, 1000 in Yokohama, and 6 in Okinawa are worth the detour. If yakiniku specifically is your focus internationally, Totoraku in Los Angeles and Yazawa Yakiniku in Singapore offer useful reference points for the format abroad.
Yes — solo diners fit naturally into the yakiniku format here. Cossott'e's Roppongi location and evening-only hours (5 pm to midnight daily) mean you can walk in without the pressure of filling a table, and the counter or smaller seating typically handles solo guests without issue. Its OAD ranking (#491 in Japan for 2025) signals enough kitchen seriousness to justify a solo visit for food-focused travellers.
Cossott'e can work for small groups, though you should book ahead rather than arrive expecting walk-in flexibility for parties of four or more. The Roppongi address in Spacia Azabu-Juban 1 is a mid-sized building, not a sprawling restaurant, so very large groups may find the space limiting. For groups centred on a grilled-meat dinner rather than a multi-course tasting format, this is a practical option in the neighbourhood.
Specific menu items are not published in available records, which is common for Tokyo yakiniku rooms that adjust cuts based on sourcing. Focus on the premium grilled cuts that define the yakiniku format — ask the staff what's best that evening. The OAD recognition across 2023, 2024, and 2025 suggests consistent quality at the kitchen level, so deferring to staff recommendations is a sound approach.
If you want a different cuisine format entirely, RyuGin and Florilège both represent Tokyo's high-end kaiseki and French fine dining respectively, and carry heavier booking pressure. For yakiniku specifically, Cossott'e's OAD placement (#425 in 2024) puts it above many Roppongi competitors on critical credibility without requiring the months-out reservation strategy of Tokyo's most pressured tables. It sits in a practical middle ground between neighbourhood grill and destination dining.
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