Overview
TOKi is a restaurant in Tokyo. MICHELIN Guide inspectors said chef Kawashima presents Nara's ingredients and terroir in innovative, subtle and creative ways[1]. According to the MICHELIN Guide restaurant page, the restaurant is tucked away in a corner of a showroom highlighting the attractions of Nara Prefecture, supervised by akordu, a Nara restaurant that interprets the ancient capital's ingredients through modern Spanish cuisine; TOKi thus links Nara, Tokyo and Spain. The menu unfolds like an accordion fold filled with poetic dish names, and the cooking is light and creative. The restaurant sits on the 2nd floor of the SMBC Shimbashi Building in Minato-ku, with a modern bar area alongside the dining room (per OpenRice and other platforms).
Cuisine & Signatures
According to a third-party menu platform, the menu includes "Verduras de Nara" (Nara seasonal vegetables) and "Pescado del Día" (fish of the day); lunch courses run about ¥6,600–8,800 and the weekday bar lunch set about ¥1,980; tableware of Nara-made Akahada ceramics and Yoshino hinoki wood accents are also distinctive (per third-party platforms).
Honours
TOKi was selected as a newly starred one-star restaurant in the MICHELIN Guide Tokyo 2023[1]. The MICHELIN Guide announced the 2023 Tokyo selection on 15 November 2022; that edition covers 422 restaurants (200 starred and 222 Bib Gourmand), with 149 one-star restaurants, 16 of them newly starred[1]. According to third-party platforms, the restaurant kept its star from 2023 through 2025 (including the 2026 guide).
Practical Information
- Address: 2F, 1-8-4 Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0004 (SMBC Shimbashi Building, 2F)
- Hours: restaurant Tuesday–Saturday 12:00–15:30 (L.O. 13:30), 18:00–22:00 (L.O. 19:30); closed Sundays and Mondays (per OpenRice)
- Price: ¥¥¥ (per the MICHELIN Guide listing)
- Phone: +81 3-6228-5665
- Website: https://toki.nara.jp
- Facilities: about 40 seats, reservations required (per platform information)
- Chef: Kawashima (supervised by the chef of akordu, Nara)