Yoshoku no Asahi
洋食の朝日
A historic Western-style restaurant in Nishimotomachi founded in 1961, open only for weekday lunch and famous for its long queues for beef cutlet.
Founded in 1961 and selected as one of Tabelog's Yoshoku Hyakumeiten (Top 100 Western Restaurants), this is a famous weekday lunch spot where Kobe locals regularly queue. The signature beef cutlet (gyukatsu) set meal is tender and generous, priced at around ¥1,800 with free rice refills; the thick-filled croquettes are around ¥1,100, and fried oysters are available in winter. Reservations are not accepted and it is cash-only. There are often 20 to 30 people waiting before opening, with wait times of 1 to 2 hours. The restaurant requests guests not to line up before 9:30, and they may stop accepting new customers as early as 14:00 if it is too crowded. It is about a 3-minute walk from Hankyu Hanakuma Station or Hanshin Nishi-Motomachi Station, and a 10-minute walk from JR Kobe Station.
Opening hours
Weekdays 11:00-15:00, Closed Sat-Sun (holidays and temporary closures subject to restaurant announcements); may close early if the queue is too long
Nearby sights
- Sorakuen Garden
- Nankinmachi Chinatown
- Meriken Park & Kobe Harborland
- Kobe Former Foreign Settlement
- Kobe City Museum
- Ikuta Shrine
- Kitano Ijinkan
- Nunobiki Falls