Tokyo Restaurant

Tokyo Restaurant is a Japanese/Korean restaurant that has over 10 years of eperience serving top class food in Nairobi. Our founder and Head Chef is Mr. Youngho (Philip) Shin, who is one of the only licensed chefs in Japanese food in Kenya. He has over 30 years of eperience in the restaurant and hotel business. Before coming to Kenya, he spent 10 years working for a 5 Star hotel in South Korea, where he learned his trade. With this level of eperience, you can rest assured that food coming from his hands will be the best in the country.
Ostrich Tadaki (Seared Ostrich dish). This dish is one of the chef’s specials, usually this is a tuna dish but chef did ostrich that day. This is not for the faint hearted, and by that I mean that I have a feeling this dish requires a certain acquired taste, and having said that- I highly recommend anyone willing to be adventurous to give this a try. I am a firm believer that you should never make a judgement before trying the food first as thats how I was raised and I’m glad I was.I love raw meat and I love ostrich too so I enjoyed this dish quite a bit, it’s different from other raw meat dishes I’m used to from the tenure and the taste, and the very spicy sauce definitely complimented the ostrich.
Tokyo Restaurant was founded in 2001 by Chef Young Ho (Philip) Shin. He began his chef journey during his mandatory service in the South Korean army. Once he had completed his service he began working at a 5-star Korean Hotel called Paradise Hotel in Busan. This was where he was trained as a professional chef specialising in Japanese cuisine. During his time working at Paradise Hotel, he was sent to Tokyo for training purposes. This was when he was able to hone his craft and increase his knowledge on the culture, language and food.
His Journey in Kenya began when he was transferred to lead the Japanese restaurant at Paradise Hotel’s Kenyan Subsidiary, Safari Park Hotel, in 1994. His dream of owning his own restaurant came true in 2001 when he founded Tokyo Restaurant. Our first branch was located on Rhapta Road where Tokyo was located for 10 years. During this time, we opened a second branch at Village Market. By 2012, we had expanded to Karen but subsequently closed all other branches.
In 2014, we consolidated our operations to our beautiful property in Lavington. We have been one of the best Japanese restaurants in Nairobi since 2001 and we cannot wait for you to experience our food and garden at our Lavington location! Our facilities include, but are not limited to the following:
Ample Parking Space
Beautiful Outdoor garden seating
Beautiful garden with a playground for children
Spacious and cozy indoor seating
A fully stocked bar
4 Tepanyaki tables for live cooking
We look forward to hosting you, please contact us for any further details.