Yanagiya (柳家) Mizunami

Awards

MICHELIN Guide

Two stars restaurant, 2019

All Michelin stars in Mizunami All Michelin stars in Japan All 2 stars Michelin in Mizunami All 2 stars Michelin in Japan

OAD

Japanese Restaurants 2020, #48

All OAD Japanese in Mizunami All OAD Japanese in Japan

Tabelog

2020 Gold

All Tabelog in Mizunami All Tabelog in Japan All Tabelog Gold in Mizunami All Tabelog Gold in Japan

Ratings from the web

Tabelog

4.57

Chef

Masashi Yamada

Cuisine

Regional Cuisine (Other), Kappo (Traditional Japanese), Seafood

• 2020
• 2018
• 2017

6 / 10

Dinner at Yanagiya (柳家)

on 15 Jun 2020

by Alfons Weber

Dinner at the legendary Yanagiya in the Gifu mountains. First meal in the summer with a different menu compared to my winter menus there.
Ayu in three different forms, two servings of vegetable tempura, then boar and deer. All of these served with the usual hospitality and executed with the seasoned skills of the chef. They use two different types of charcoal to get the right temperature for the various fish and meats.
It does not get better than this when one wants to experience the traditional... More

Dinner at the legendary Yanagiya in the Gifu mountains. First meal in the summer with a different menu compared to my winter menus there.
Ayu in three different forms, two servings of vegetable tempura, then boar and deer. All of these served with the usual hospitality and executed with the seasoned skills of the chef. They use two different types of charcoal to get the right temperature for the various fish and meats.
It does not get better than this when one wants to experience the traditional way of grilling wild animals.
However, I personally find the winter menu more interesting in variety. As much as I like ayu, three servings while interesting as to the variations, is getting tiresome.
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8 / 10

Dinner at Yanagiya (柳家)

on 11 Dec 2018

by Gerhard Huber

Great meal at Yanagiya. Private rooms only, cooking in open hearth, 2 different charcoals create a special heat, cooking in irori style - the food gets grilled on skewers which lean towards the heat.

Dinner at 柳家

on 02 Jun 2017

by Jason Wang