bb9 (bb9) Kobe

Awards

OAD

Japanese Restaurants 2024, 123

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Tabelog

2024 Bronze

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Restaurant Ranking

Restaurant Ranking 2024, #6670, PRO #13.64, USER #17.00

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Gault & Millau

3 Torques, 2020

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Gault & Millau Public Mark

15 / 20

Ratings from the web

Tabelog

4.32

Chef

Daiki Kanai

Cuisine

Spain

• 2023
• 2021
• 2019

Dinner at Bb9

on 08 Apr 2023

by Justin Hurst

bb9
Kobe

Great ingredients, cooked simply over wood fire, with no unnecessary adornment. Not a single thing could have been removed, nor would adding anything more have enhanced the dishes further.

For me, the confidence required to send out a dish like this, much less an entire menu, is a sign of greatness.

And here’s something I rarely recommend — get the pairing. Wines are tasty, well matched, with a few nice surprises.

Dinner at Bb9

on 10 Feb 2021

by Justin Hurst

bb9, in Kobe. A great experience, again. Wood smoke and simplicity define the cuisine. Strong Extebarri influence. Wonderful and generous wine pairings as well.

6 / 10

Lunch at Bb9 (bb9)

on 09 Apr 2019

by Gerhard Huber

A disciple of Extebarri cooks inspired food in a tiny restaurant in Kobe. Some of the courses echoing the Grand Master from Spain are excellent. The starter, a smoked buffalo butter on toast with summer truffles on top was a truly great dish. He followed this with a smoked oyster and a grilled tomato which was also excellent.
He reduced his dishes to the point where the ingredient with maybe one or two other components is left. This is a tough way of cooking as there is nothing to hide. It takes... More

A disciple of Extebarri cooks inspired food in a tiny restaurant in Kobe. Some of the courses echoing the Grand Master from Spain are excellent. The starter, a smoked buffalo butter on toast with summer truffles on top was a truly great dish. He followed this with a smoked oyster and a grilled tomato which was also excellent.
He reduced his dishes to the point where the ingredient with maybe one or two other components is left. This is a tough way of cooking as there is nothing to hide. It takes great courage, but when the execution is perfect it becomes very good. Less