Atsuta Horaiken Honten

Best charcoal grilled eel with rice. Try with the eel liver and fried bones as well. Go early to beat the queue.

I arrived there around noon but have to wait 2 and half hour. But there is no regret to wait. The food is awesome.

recommend this special course, egg roll is quite juicy and tasty

Nagoya institution - hitsumabushi shrine. The place has Japanese aesthetics and the service / ambiance is much Japanese omotenashi culture.

We intend to come back again this time, and still like the food.

Delicious Unagi that is not to be missed!

Having unagi with 3 different kinds of eating methods. Got to try. Good ambience and excellent unagi.

Enjoyed the hitsu-mabushi very much. However I did regret ordering the large one, as I had difficulties finishing it.

A traditional authentic Hitsumabushi restaurant with great service. The hitsumabushi was delicious lightly crispy grilled with lots of flavor.

HITSUMABUSHI IS ORIGINATED HERE. MUST TO VISIT in NAGOYA.

We arrived around 3+pm but was closed for dinner preparation. Queue in the drizzling rain for an hour for dinner session. The food is fantastic, just order normal size is good enough, extra size is very filling. Sashimi is very fresh. Last must try the black sesame ice cream, very rich in flavour, yuzu sorbet give a very refreshing taste.

Absolutely the best Unagi ever. We came very early (5:30pm on a Monday) and the place was already 80% full !!! The dark sauce unagi was so delicious we repeated our order. The white sauce unagi was also very good. The grill liver was interesting. This place is a must-try when in Nagoya.

Great unagi meal and quite filling quantity for the set meal, but still quite pricey.English menu is available.

the best unagi restraunt

One if the best places to have unagi. The flavours improve with every step of the way, according to their method of eating and bursts in the mouth. In my past experience with unagi, it is not uncommon to be irritated by bones that are left in the eel. However, at this place, the unagi is almost boneless and I could enjoy the meal. Furthermore, the hitsumabushi comes as a huge portion and a generous amount of unagi, which is great given the amount paid.

Awesome Grilled Unagi Rice! A must visit if in nagoya!

Unique traditional atmosphere and the food was amazing for the price!

This branch is packed with groups tour. At leadt more than 2 hours No waiting place except near the restaurant wall. Individuals should go to other branch.

Great unagi! Have to get there early and try the unagi livers, weird but yummy

Amazing!! Very delicious eel on rice!! But reservation system is very complicated. You need to book in advance. And when time comes they invite you inside. Only several time slots a day available. Very popular among Japanese

It is delicious, but it has increased in price.Still worth a visit.

Nice eel dishes, definitely come back again.

The eel on rice was great !! Expect to sit on a tatami mat, that was no problem for me and adds to the experience. The restaurant closes fairly early, so don’t make reservations too late in the evening.

Great food and great service !Delicious histumabushi !!! Consider about 1h in the waiting list before going in, but there is a nice temple to visit very close by ;)

Nice good but not the best ever, need to wait for long time

Best Hisumabushi indeed!!

Made reservation for dinner - did not have to wait. Good portions and good food.

Best eel ever. Nearly yen 10K for a dinner with 3 rice sets but worthy.

The best in world! I would like to go to Nagoya again just because of this eel set!

The ひつまぶし (grilled eel rice) and うまき (Egg roll with eel) are delicious. Queue and book in advance [RECOMMENDED!!] before the visit to Atsuta Shrine. The ひつまぶし is nice and special that there are different ways to have it. Best eel rice EVER!!!

Needa queue for 3 hours. The rice is quite expensive. Not as tasty as imagined.

Nagoya famous if not the oldest original Hitsumabushi. Can become rather pricey. Sometime you might have to wait for hours outside before you can eat. Beautiful Japanese style interior.You can eat Hitsumabushi 3 ways, do not worry as all the instructions are ready for you before you eat it.Remark, do not order the extra size. As a big size male, I could not finish it.

Unagi Many Ways! The unagi(eel) is grilled to crispy exterior and soft tender interior. The slightly charred taste add a bit of tease to your taste bud. Do try their Unagi Bones and Unagi Tamago! Do note that there is an approx. 1.5 - 2.0 Hours of waiting during peak hours. Certainly worth the wait!!

Best Hitsu-Mahushi in Nagoya. The tamago eel bowl is delicious as an appetizer. The pudding with dango syrup is a perfect dessert to top off a great meal. Come early to avoid the long queue.

A must try in Nagoya! Grilled eel eating in three ways. The dish is 3600 yen which is not cheap but the experience is unique. Great service as well but do come early. They start giving out tickets at 1115 so come before 1040 then u can be the first batch to try this amazing food.

Expensive but taste good, fish bone is also good

The best place to have the original “Hitsumabushi” which is baked eel on top of rice. It is a bit exoensive(around 3000 yen) but it’s worth trying. You will have to wait for 1-2 hours to get in the restaurant but the clerks move very efficiently with full of good service. Especially the old women clerk is very kind and always asks the customer if anything is missing.

Worth waiting for the best eel rice

Best of the best , long queue , nice service and atmosphere , English menu available , tourist recommend!!

Best one in my life 👍

The Hitsu-mabushi was quite pricey (as all unagi dishes are) but really good. It's worth the try.

Very nice ambience. Must try dish is Unangi on rice. Not the best unangi i have try but the total experience was nice. Great service. Prepare to sit on the floor as Japanese style. Wait 4 hours for queue as I didn’t make reservation in advance.

A signature restaurant that you have to try if you are in Nagoya. The line is usually long so arriving earlier usually result in shorter waiting time. They have such a distinctive and appetizing scent in the neighbourhood 😂They have lots of parking spaces own by he restaurant, so parking is not an issue at all!They offer the classic unagi don for 3600yen. You get to eat the unagi don 4 different ways. The unagi bone is a must try in my opinion. The price isn’t too cheap, but very interesting as you can’t find it anywhere else.

Came here to try the HITSUMABUSHI. The wait was about an hour but well worth it. The food was amazing, service was excellent and it was priced moderately. Definitely recommend this place to anyone visiting Nagoya.

Definitely worth your time and money to this Devine. We arrived the restaurant 11am to get a ticket which told us to come back 1:20pm. We took the time to visit the historic palace close to.

Wow 😀Well worth the wait ⏲️If you don't have a reservation you will wait for hours. 😕Of you are waiting check out the Temple next door. 🏯⛩️Great staff they are proud of their work🏍️Free tea with meal ☕Tradional Japanese🇯🇵Uses real wasabi🔥 Seating on the floor 🏯Small tables and take off your shoes. 👞Great for date nigth and families👨‍❤️‍👨👩‍👩‍👧‍👧Had a great time 🤹Food is amazing must have 🏆

It’s the main branch of this restaurant, the decor is very traditional, takes you back in time. A lot of staff at the restaurant, service is perfect. Although the food price is above average, it is recommended to try it atleast one for a great eel/ unagi experience. They also service other fish and sashimi as well. Definitely with the price . The unagi course was best by far. Comes with a side of miso soup with some exotic seaweeds and vegetables. The main course is rice topped with chargrilled unagi in their secret sauce. The smoked flavor is amazing. Their recommended eating style is to divide the rice bowl in 4 portions/serving. First serving eat as it is, second serving to mix with green onion wasabi and dried seaweed that’s comes in the set and the third portion to eat with a dashi/fish soup poured over the rice unagi and forth portion to eat how ever you like.

This is the place for eel 🤤 absolutely worth the wait, so delicious but pricey but also worth it

When you visit Nagoya , you must come and enjoy the best unagi here , very famous , take time to wait the line , or get number and come back later , never disappointed, I will com back

Such a nice place to go and eat Japanese food in an authentic Japanese style house. The staff are great and can speak both Japanese and English to some degree if Japanese is not something you can do. Menus are in both Japanese and English version. Great food. The place can get crowded so if you want to go I recommend showing up early before opening to get a ticket.