Ueno Seiyoken Honten
Western food in a corner of Ueno Park, from a restaurant founded in 1872.
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Ueno Seiyoken Honten
SaveWestern food in a corner of Ueno Park, from a restaurant founded in 1872.
Its hayashi rice follows a recipe kept for generations, and some name this house as where the dish began.
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- ElevatorElevator：with conditionsconditions
- Stroller OKStroller friendly：not checked
- RentalStroller rental：not checked
- NursingNursing space：with conditionsconditions
- ChangingDiaper changing table：with conditionsconditions
- Diaper binDiaper disposal bin：not checked
- Family WCFamily restroom：not checked
- Kids' toiletKids' toilet seat & step stool：not checked
- Own foodOutside food allowed：not checked
- EnglishEnglish support：not checked
Green = we confirmed it. Grey = not checked yet. Grey with a line through = the place does not have it.
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Finally eating at Ueno Seiyoken
An hour past the 10:30 opening: 20 people ahead, 15 minutes to a table. Tables sit close, and families make it loud.
gk-gk21.com2024
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Ueno Seiyoken Honten Grill
Only one private room sees Kaneiji's bell; booked months ahead. It held 11, and noisy children went unnoticed.
lemon8-app.com2025
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Eating the Panda Lunch at Ueno Seiyoken
The Panda Lunch, an adult's kids' plate: fried prawn, hamburger in demi-glace, tea with an hourglass, a panda pudding.
note.com2025
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Terrace lunch at Ueno Seiyoken, Ueno
In blossom season the queue ran to 30, but tables turned fast: seated in 20 minutes, asked indoors or terrace.
ameblo.jp2022
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- Fee：Prices are per restaurant. At Honten Grill, lunch starts at ¥7,000 on weekdays and ¥9,000 at weekends and on holidays, dinner from ¥15,000, and a private room costs ¥11,000 for up to 6 people or ¥22,000 for 7 to 14. No price list is published for Honten Restaurant (Yoshoku). The rooftop Beer Garden, running 10 July to 5 September 2026, is ¥7,000 including a set and 90 minutes of free drinks: from junior high school up you pay the adult price, primary school children and younger buy a ¥1,000 soft-drink pass, and children below primary school age are free. (Checked 15 August 2026)■
- Hours：Both restaurants close on Mondays, and open when the Monday is a public holiday. Honten Restaurant (Yoshoku) is open 11:00-17:00 on weekdays (last order 16:00) and 10:30-18:00 at weekends and on holidays (last order 17:00). Honten Grill serves lunch 11:00-15:00 on weekdays (last order 14:00) and 11:00-16:00 at weekends and on holidays (last order 15:00), and dinner 17:00-21:00 (last order 20:00), dinner by reservation only.■■
- Time needed：90 min
- Booking：The building holds two restaurants and they work differently. Honten Restaurant (Yoshoku) takes no reservations at all - you queue and are seated in the order you arrive. Honten Grill does take reservations, and its dinner service is by reservation only; because it closes on Mondays, a Tuesday dinner has to be booked by 16:00 on the Sunday. Across the company, only Honten Grill, the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum's Restaurant Salon, the Ginza branch and the Asakusa branch accept reservations online or by phone. DC, JCB, VISA and UC cards are accepted.■■■Official booking site ↗
evidence & sources (4)
- Official: Diaper changing table, Nursing space, Stroller access notes
- Official: Stroller access notes
- Official: Elevator
- Official: main site
Ueno Seiyoken has served Western food in Ueno Park since 1872. Two restaurants share the building: a grill with three private rooms, and a dining room. The hayashi rice follows a recipe unchanged for generations, and some name this house as where the dish began. Banquet rooms face the cherry blossom and the autumn leaves, and in summer the rooftop terrace opens as a beer garden. A lift reaches the fourth floor, where the nursing room and the changing place are.
| Stroller friendly | Not checked yet | ||||
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| Diaper changing table | Yes | On the 4th floor. The number of tables, and whether they are inside a private room, are not stated. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | seiyoken.co.jp |
| Nursing space | Yes | On the 4th floor, answered together with the nappy-changing place. The number of rooms is not stated. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | seiyoken.co.jp |
| Family restroom | Not checked yet | ||||
| Diaper disposal bin | Not checked yet | ||||
| Kids' toilet seat & step stool | Not checked yet | ||||
| Elevator | Yes | A lift from the entrance on the right-hand side of the front of the building goes up to the 4th floor, where the rooftop beer terrace, the nursing room and the changing place are. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | seiyoken.co.jp |
| Indoor / outdoor | Not checked yet | ||||
| English support | Not checked yet | ||||
| Outside food allowed | Not checked yet | ||||
| Steps & slope caution | Not checked yet | ||||
| Child switch (rider swap) | Not checked yet | ||||
| Stroller access notesExtra info — guide only | Yes | Five minutes on foot from the Park Exit of JR Ueno station, from the main exit of Keisei Ueno, and from exit 7 of Tokyo Metro Ueno; eight minutes from exit A3 of Ueno-okachimachi. The restaurant's own car park is right in front of the building and holds 39 cars - reach it from Dobutsuen-dori, along the road beside Gojo Tenjinja shrine, where a blue sign marks the turn; it can be full. There is a cloakroom on the 1st floor, and no cash machine, vending machine or public telephone in the building. Smoking areas are on the 2nd floor and at the entrance. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | seiyoken.co.jpseiyoken.co.jp |
| Official family-friendly certificationExtra info — guide only | Not checked yet | ||||
| Best-fit ages (guide)Extra info — guide only | Not checked yet | ||||
| Crowding (guide)Extra info — guide only | Not checked yet | ||||
| Quietness (guide)Extra info — guide only | Not checked yet | ||||
| Lost-child supportExtra info — guide only | Not checked yet |
Not checked yet (8)
Indoor / outdoor, Steps & slope caution, Child switch (rider swap), Official family-friendly certification, Best-fit ages (guide), Crowding (guide), Quietness (guide), Lost-child support