Restaurant in Yonezawa, Japan
Yonezawa Gyuu Tokiwa
125Pearl PointsYonezawa Beef House

About Yonezawa Gyuu Tokiwa
A butcher-shop-owned sukiyaki and yakiniku restaurant serving Tabelog 100-recognized Yonezawa beef in a 106-seat space above the family meat counter. Dinner runs JPY 8,000–9,999 for marbled cuts in three formats—sukiyaki, steak, or DIY grill—with easier booking and more flexible seating than Yonezawa's formal beef specialists.
Yonezawa Gyuu Tokiwa is a Yonezawa venue with verified daily hours of 11 AM–9 PM, a casual dress code, listed price ranges of JPY 6,000–7,999 and JPY 8,000–9,999. It is also listed in Tabelog 100 - Hot Pot - 2024. Beyond those verified points, specific details such as seating layout, booking rules, menu formats, exact location within the city, service policies should be confirmed directly before you go.
Verified Recognition and Planning Basics
Publicly verified information for Yonezawa Gyuu Tokiwa supports its recognition in Tabelog 100 - Hot Pot - 2024, but it does not verify a detailed dish list, course structure, cooking format, or ingredient sourcing. Treat the venue as a Yonezawa option with confirmed hot-pot recognition rather than relying on unverified claims about specific preparations.
The verified price information lists two ranges: JPY 6,000–7,999 and JPY 8,000–9,999. Those ranges are useful for planning, but the available verified data does not assign them to lunch, dinner, courses, or individual menu items.
Hours, Seating, Reservation Details
Specific seating details, private-room policies, room arrangements, group capacity, room fees, seat counts are not verified here. If seating style or group capacity matters, confirm those details directly with Yonezawa Gyuu Tokiwa before reserving.
The verified hours are 11 AM–9 PM every day: Monday through Sunday. Specific last-order times, reservation methods, phone numbers, parking details, transit directions, walk-in policies are not verified in the available data, so they should not be treated as confirmed.
How It Stacks Against Other Dining Options
Yonezawa has other dining options, including Meatopia, Torikatsu Gyuniku Ten, Yakiniku Miyoshi, Yonezawa Gyutei Good, Yonezawa Gyuu Yakiniku Sakano. This page does not have verified comparative data for their prices, seating, service style, or booking difficulty, so Yonezawa Gyuu Tokiwa is best compared on the confirmed basics: Yonezawa location, daily 11 AM–9 PM hours, casual dress code, listed price ranges, Tabelog 100 - Hot Pot - 2024 recognition.
If you are choosing among restaurants in Yonezawa, use Yonezawa Gyuu Tokiwa's verified details as a planning baseline and confirm current menus, reservations, seating, access directly with the venue. For more context, see our full Yonezawa restaurants guide.
Frequently Asked Questions
How far ahead should I book Yonezawa Gyuu Tokiwa?
Specific reservation timing and booking policies are not verified here. Confirm directly with the venue if you need a particular date or seating arrangement.
Can I eat at the bar at Yonezawa Gyuu Tokiwa?
Bar, counter, seating-layout details are not verified in the available data. Check directly with Yonezawa Gyuu Tokiwa if seating style matters.
Is Yonezawa Gyuu Tokiwa good for a special occasion?
It may suit some occasions, but verified details do not include private rooms, group capacity, or service format. The confirmed planning points are casual dress, daily 11 AM–9 PM hours, listed price ranges of JPY 6,000–7,999 and JPY 8,000–9,999.
Is lunch or dinner better at Yonezawa Gyuu Tokiwa?
The venue's verified hours run 11 AM–9 PM daily, but the supplied data does not verify separate lunch or dinner offerings. The listed price ranges are JPY 6,000–7,999 and JPY 8,000–9,999.
What should I order at Yonezawa Gyuu Tokiwa?
Yonezawa Gyuu Tokiwa is listed in Tabelog 100 - Hot Pot - 2024, but specific dishes and menu formats are not verified here. Confirm the current menu directly with the venue.
Does Yonezawa Gyuu Tokiwa handle dietary restrictions?
Dietary, allergy, vegetarian, vegan, ingredient-accommodation policies are not verified in the available data. check the venue's official channels before visiting if you have dietary restrictions.
Location
Japan, 〒992-0045 Yamagata, Yonezawa, Central, 7 Chome−2−3 2階
Yonezawa, Japan
Also Consider
- Yonezawa Gyuu Yakiniku Sakano, JPY 4,000 - JPY 4,999 JPY 1,000 - JPY 1,999, JPY 4,000 - JPY 4,999 JPY 1,000 - JPY 1,999
- Torikatsu Gyuniku Ten, JPY 6,000 - JPY 7,999 JPY 4,000 - JPY 4,999 View spending breakdown, JPY 6,000 - JPY 7,999 JPY 4,000 - JPY 4,999 View spending breakdown
- Meatopia, JPY 2,000 - JPY 2,999 JPY 2,000 - JPY 2,999 View spending breakdown, JPY 2,000 - JPY 2,999 JPY 2,000 - JPY 2,999 View spending breakdown
- Yakiniku Miyoshi, JPY 5,000 - JPY 5,999, JPY 5,000 - JPY 5,999
- Yonezawa Gyutei Good, JPY 5,000 - JPY 5,999 JPY 1,000 - JPY 1,999, JPY 5,000 - JPY 5,999 JPY 1,000 - JPY 1,999
At JPY 8,000–9,999 for dinner, Yonezawa Gyuu Tokiwa sits in the middle of Yonezawa's beef-dining price ladder, more expensive than casual yakiniku joints like Meatopia (JPY 2,000–2,999) but significantly cheaper than the city's kaiseki-style sukiyaki specialists. The Tabelog 100 Hot Pot 2024 recognition confirms the cooking, the butcher-shop provenance one floor below guarantees cut quality. If you want Yonezawa beef without omakase pricing or three-week booking windows, this is the venue.
Torikatsu Gyuniku Ten offers a comparable dinner experience at JPY 6,000–7,999 with lower lunch pricing (JPY 4,000–4,999), but the intimate room size limits group bookings. Yonezawa Gyutei Good matches the JPY 5,000–5,999 dinner tier but lacks the award backing and direct butcher-shop sourcing. Yakiniku Miyoshi (JPY 5,000–5,999) and Yonezawa Gyuu Yakiniku Sakano (JPY 4,000–4,999 dinner) are cheaper alternatives, but neither offers private rooms or the seating flexibility (106 seats, tatami options, banquet hall) that make Tokiwa the better pick for families or larger parties.
Book Tokiwa if you want guaranteed access to award-recognized Yonezawa beef without the formality or advance-planning friction of higher-tier sukiyaki rooms. For solo diners or couples seeking a more intimate counter experience at lower cost, Sakano or Miyoshi are easier on the wallet. For groups of four or more, or anyone traveling with children, the space and service model here beats every other beef option in the city.
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