How to book Tamawarai

Phone in Japan

03-5485-0025

From abroad

+81 3-5485-0025

Reservations

Bookings accepted (予約可)

Tabelog score

3.90 from 1,963 reviews

Spend per person

¥2,000 to ¥3,000 at lunch and ¥10,000 to ¥15,000 at dinner

Seats

14 seats

Open

Wednesday to Friday 11:30 to 15:00 and 18:30 to 21:30. Saturday 11:30 to 15:00 and 18:00 to 20:00

Closed

Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays

Payment

Cash only

Getting there

7 minutes on foot from Meiji-Jingumae station, 10 from Harajuku or Shibuya

Address, for a taxi or a map search: 東京都渋谷区神宮前5-23-3

Can you book Tamawarai online?

Not through Tabelog. When we opened the listing on 13 October 2026, it showed a phone number and no online booking calendar. The listing marks the restaurant as accepting reservations, and the number is how you make one.

That is normal for a place like this in Japan. With 14 seats, it can fill from regulars and phone calls alone, so there is little reason to pay a booking platform or keep an online calendar up to date. We explain the pattern in why so many restaurants in Japan only take bookings by phone.

When to call Tamawarai

The listing gives these hours: Wednesday to Friday 11:30 to 15:00 and 18:30 to 21:30. Saturday 11:30 to 15:00 and 18:00 to 20:00. Small kitchens rarely pick up while they are cooking, so call outside service, on a day the restaurant is open. Japan is nine hours ahead of UTC all year. The call-time checker shows the time there right now.

From outside Japan, dial +81 3-5485-0025. Inside Japan, dial 03-5485-0025.

What the staff will ask

A booking call in Japan follows the same short script almost everywhere. Have these ready before you dial:

• The date and time, plus a second option in case the first is taken.
• The number of people.
• Your name, said slowly. They will write it down in katakana.
• A phone number where they can reach you. A hotel number usually works if you have no Japanese one.
• Allergies or foods you can't eat, said at booking and not at the table.

At Tamawarai in particular:

• If you book, they ask you to order one dish besides the soba.

The Japanese for each line is in our phrases guide, and the phrase builder writes the script for your date and party size.

Conditions to know before you book

• Reservations are accepted by phone.
• Spend per person: ¥2,000 to ¥3,000 at lunch and ¥10,000 to ¥15,000 at dinner.
• Cash only.
• Closed: Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays.
• Saturday lunch cannot be booked.
• Dinner is a course only.
• Service ends when the soba runs out, even on weekdays.
• Children in the lower years of primary school or younger are not admitted.
• The listing warns of extra closing days in August, October and November for the buckwheat harvest.

These come from the listing as it stood on 13 October 2026. Prices, hours and closing days change, so open the listing before you plan a day around it. Whatever the terms, keep the booking or cancel early: see how cancellation fees work in Japan.

Let Moshicall make the call

If the language, the time difference or the lack of a Japanese number gets in the way, we can phone Tamawarai for you. The button below opens our booking form with the restaurant's number already filled in. Add your date, time and party size. Our AI calls in Japanese, says at the start that it is an AI calling for a guest from overseas, and emails you what the restaurant said.

It costs ¥1,000 per guest, with a minimum of ¥2,000, and you are charged only if the restaurant confirms the table. If they are full, closed, don't answer or ask us to book another way, you pay nothing.