2025 VOTE10
1st on the Top 10 re-rank
Grill Sakura (グリル佐久良)
Simple 3.94 / Google 4.3
REVIEW14.12
A vote ranking does not only show how complete the cooking is. It reflects the enthusiasm of people who love a restaurant, who its customers are, how loudly it can speak, and the community around it.
The 2025 competition was run as an open web vote. Regulars, fans and supporters on social media gathered, and it generated the excitement an election should.
At the same time, a vote ranking also reflects name recognition and how close people feel to a restaurant. So what appears when last year's Top 10 is re-read through the Tabelog displayed score, the Tabelog simple average and the Google rating?
RANK MOVEMENT
Sakura, tenth last year,
comes first on the re-rank.
The figure on the right is a reference re-rank of all ten 2025 Top 10 restaurants by combined average. Ginza Nitto Corner 1948 and Ginza Yoshizawa Nikudokoro are ineligible for 2026 awards but are included here for comparison with last year's result. This is not the same as the overall candidate ranking.
2025 VOTE8
Ginza Yoshizawa Nikudokoro (銀座吉澤 肉処)
Ratings mix several formats / 2026 reference listing
REVIEW24.06
2025 VOTE5
Akasaka Tsutsui Sohonten (赤坂 津つ井 総本店)
Long-established yoshoku / Google 4.3
REVIEW34.04
2025 VOTE1
Ginza Nitto Corner 1948 (銀座日東コーナー1948)
2025 winner / 2026 reference listing
REVIEW43.97
2025 VOTE6
Grill Grand (グリルグランド)
Long-established Asakusa yoshoku
REVIEW53.96
2025 VOTE9
Restaurant Katsura (レストラン桂)
A Nihonbashi yoshoku restaurant
REVIEW63.90
2025 VOTE7
Mont-Blanc, Asakusa (モンブラン 浅草店)
Popular hamburg culture
REVIEW73.88
2025 VOTE3
Gold Rush Main Store (ゴールドラッシュ 本店)
Popular hamburg in Shibuya
REVIEW83.85
2025 VOTE2
Gigi & Baba (ジジ＆ババ)
A restaurant with a strong voting record
REVIEW93.84
2025 VOTE4
Sukiya Burg (数寄屋バーグ)
Ginza-style popular hamburg
REVIEW103.70
Note: combined average = (Tabelog simple average + Google rating) ÷ 2. Public ratings are reference figures as of the date collected. Ginza Nitto Corner 1948 and Ginza Yoshizawa Nikudokoro are ineligible for 2026 awards but are included in this re-rank as part of re-examining the 2025 Top 10.
CONFIRMED PHOTO RECORDSThe 2025 Top 10:
The 2025 Top 10:
tasting records for all ten.
2025 TOP10 RECHECK
The 2025 web-vote ranking and
strength in public ratings are not the same.
| 2025 web-vote rank | Restaurant | Displayed | Simple | Combined | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ginza Nitto Corner 1948 (銀座日東コーナー1948) | 3.44 | 3.84 | 4.1 | 3.97 | 2025 winner / reference listing |
| 2 | Gigi & Baba (ジジ＆ババ) | 3.52 | 3.68 | 4.0 | 3.84 | Strong voting record |
| 3 | Gold Rush Main Store (ゴールドラッシュ 本店) | 3.49 | 3.59 | 4.1 | 3.85 | Popular hamburg culture |
| 4 | Sukiya Burg (数寄屋バーグ) | 3.49 | 3.49 | 3.9 | 3.70 | Ginza-style popular hamburg |
| 5 | Akasaka Tsutsui Sohonten (赤坂 津つ井 総本店) | 3.68 | 3.77 | 4.3 | 4.04 | Long-established yoshoku |
| 6 | Grill Grand (グリルグランド) | 3.72 | 3.81 | 4.1 | 3.96 | Long-established Asakusa yoshoku |
| 7 | Mont-Blanc, Asakusa (モンブラン 浅草店) | 3.49 | 3.66 | 4.1 | 3.88 | Popular hamburg culture |
| 8 | Ginza Yoshizawa Nikudokoro (銀座吉澤 肉処) | 3.50 | 3.92 | 4.2 | 4.06 | Reference listing / multiple formats |
| 9 | Restaurant Katsura (レストラン桂) | 3.67 | 3.70 | 4.1 | 3.90 | A Nihonbashi yoshoku restaurant |
| 10 | Grill Sakura (グリル佐久良) | 3.72 | 3.94 | 4.3 | 4.12 | An Asakusa yoshoku restaurant |
10｜Grill Sakura (グリル佐久良)4.12
Tenth last year, first on the Top 10 re-rank.8｜Ginza Yoshizawa Nikudokoro (銀座吉澤 肉処) Reference listing4.06
A reference listing because its ratings mix several formats.5｜Akasaka Tsutsui Sohonten (赤坂 津つ井 総本店)4.04
1｜Ginza Nitto Corner 1948 (銀座日東コーナー1948) Reference listing3.97
2025 web-vote winner / 2026 reference listing.6｜Grill Grand (グリルグランド)3.96
9｜Restaurant Katsura (レストラン桂)3.90
7｜Mont-Blanc, Asakusa (モンブラン 浅草店)3.88
3｜Gold Rush Main Store (ゴールドラッシュ 本店)3.85
2｜Gigi & Baba (ジジ＆ババ)3.84
4｜Sukiya Burg (数寄屋バーグ)3.70
“A vote shows the enthusiasm of fans.REVIEWING THE 2025 RESULT
Data shows the tendency of the ratings.”
READING THE GAP
Looking again at restaurants
the ranking alone overlooked.
Ginza Nitto Corner 1948, first last year, is recorded as the 2025 web-vote winner. For 2026 it is a reference listing and is outside this year's selection.
The one to watch is Grill Sakura, tenth last year: a Tabelog simple average of 3.94, a Google rating of 4.3 and a combined average of 4.12 make it very strong on the data.
Ginza Yoshizawa Nikudokoro is also interesting. Eighth last year, it carries a Tabelog displayed score of 3.50 against a simple average of 3.92 — strong support that the displayed score hides. But it is a broad meat restaurant serving sukiyaki, yakiniku and shabu-shabu, and its ratings mix several purposes of visit. Because it cannot be compared on equal terms with yoshoku hamburg restaurants, it is excluded from the awards and carried as a reference listing, as a restaurant central to Tokyo's beef culture.
Restaurants like Gold Rush, Mont-Blanc and Sukiya Burg, meanwhile, have sustained Tokyo's popular hamburg culture. They carry a depth of memory and support that a data ranking cannot measure.
Editorial Team
Does re-reading last year's Top 10 through data change your impression?
Tadashi Iwamoto
It does. The restaurants that were strong in the vote and the ones that come out strong on the data are not necessarily the same — and that is what makes it interesting. A vote shows the enthusiasm of fans, and correlates with who a restaurant's customers are and how old they are. Data shows the tendency of the ratings. Neither alone lets you see Tokyo's hamburg steak.
Kazuyuki Matsushima
There are restaurants like Grill Sakura that don't stand out in the ranking but are very strong in the actual ratings. Looking again at those is what this year's project is for.
FROM VOTE TO JUDGEMENT
Without dismissing last year's energy,
we look one step deeper.
The 2025 web vote had real value as a participatory event. Many people voted and backed the restaurant they loved. That enthusiasm is an important asset for a restaurant.
For 2026, we move one step on from there.
Carrying that enthusiasm forward, we layer in the Tabelog displayed score, the Tabelog simple average, the Google rating, first-hand tasting and the view of the anonymous judges — so as to look not only at popularity but at how complete the hamburg steak is as food.
Last year's result is not a closed book. It is an important starting point for thinking about this year's criteria.
Where 2026 stands
The enthusiasm of the web vote, the tendency of public ratings, and culinary evaluation through eating are handled separately, then layered at the end. No single number and no single vote is treated as absolute.