Yakiniku Yazawa

02What to order

• Signature Omakase1,980,000 ₫ a person, from two people, plus 5 % service and VAT. The Chef's is 2,480,000 ₫ and the Premium 2,980,000 ₫.
• Ha Noi Special omakase4,200,000 ₫ a person, with Wagyu yukke, chateaubriand and seasoned tenderloin rice. A four-wine pairing adds 800,000 ₫.
• Chateaubriand2,580,000 ₫ under the menu's "Steak cut 130" heading; the fillet is 2,280,000 ₫.
• Zabuton, misuji or rib-shin, thin-sliced1,050,000 ₫ each under "Prime thin slice 100"; the menu does not explain the 100. Ichibo is 980,000 ₫.
• Yazawa-yakiSirloin, sold by the slice: 580,000 ₫.
• Beef tongueThick (six slices) or thin (eight slices), 880,000 ₫.

03The beef

One breed and one grade. Yazawa says it serves only Japanese Black at A5, which it calls the highest grade in Japanese beef ranking, chosen by its own craftsmen. The beef is imported fresh and chilled from Japan, per the house, rather than frozen. The menu reads like a map of the animal in Japanese butchery terms: zabuton and misuji from the shoulder, ichibo and rump from the hip, kainomi, sankaku, tougarashi, maki-rosu and the rib cap. The thin-sliced cuts run from 750,000 ₫ (nakaniku, uchimomo) to 1,050,000 ₫. No source mentions ageing.

04The fire

Yakiniku is the format: the beef is grilled, and the house says little more. Neither its own pages nor Epicure Vietnam nor Vietcetera name the fuel, so this page does not either. Two dishes are sold by the slice, the Yazawa-yaki of sirloin and a roasted ichibo, at 580,000 ₫ each. The steak cuts, from a diced saikoro steak at 1,200,000 ₫ to the chateaubriand, sit apart from the thin slices.

05The story

Yazawa Meat was founded in 2007, per coki (October 2024), and runs yakiniku and sukiyaki brands, with 17 restaurants in Japan and more than seven abroad; it went to Singapore in 2008 and also has houses in Milan and Beverly Hills. In Vietnam it opened first in Saigon. Vietcetera listed the Hanoi branch among the city's yakiniku houses in October 2023, and in January 2024 called it the newest addition to Hanoi's dining scene, with Yuta Koumi as general manager. Epicure Vietnam (February 2026) reports a "Best Japanese Restaurant – Highly Recommended" title in the Gourmet Vietnam Awards 2025.

06The practical

42 Tăng Bạt Hổ, Cửa Nam ward. Open every day: lunch 11:30 to 14:30, last order 13:30; dinner 17:00 to 23:30, last order 22:30. Phone +84 24 2240 1129. Menu prices are in thousands of dong, plus a 5 % service charge and VAT, and the omakase courses are for two people or more. There is a wine cellar. For an omakase dinner, booking ahead is the safe choice.

Address

42 Tăng Bạt Hổ, Hai Bà Trưng, Hanoi

Directions

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