Here’s a quick round-up of restaurants in Maebashi. I hope to post more reviews of my favorite places in the future, but I wanted to share these for now. I live near Maebashi station, so a lot of the restaurants I visit are near there. Leave a comment if you found somewhere tasty that you want to share.
* means highly recommended by me
*Mashimo: delicious Italian food, especially handmade pasta, Mama-san and Papa-san are very friendly
recommendations: try the carbonara or popeye (fresh spinach, seasonal), gelato and sorbet, dinner set (add salad, garlic toast, dessert, and coffee or tea to your dinner for 800 yen; you can upgrade garlic toast to panini for a bit more)
location: head east on route 50, turn left just after the big bridge
*Shunmi (also known as Riverside Soba): handmade soba and great tempura (vegetable selection changes seasonally), bright and sunny, lunch only, nonsmoking!
recommendations: lunch set (zaru-soba with tempura, soba-dango, and hot tea or coffee), ju-wari soba, maitake tempura, and kurumi-miso sauce soba
location: Maebashi, Bunkyou-chou 4-13-21
*Yukiya: handmade soba and tempura, very tasty, traditional atmosphere (tatami dining area with floor seating), can be smoky at times
recommendations: kamo-jiru soba, tempura soba
location: Maebashi, Mitsumata-machi 3-29-1
*Aburiyatei: our local izakaya, friendly proprietors and good food
recommendations: pari-pari tori-kawa salad, tebasaki (grilled chicken wings), jumbo korokke, sashimi, hokke yaki-sakana
location: Maebashi, Minami-chou, 3-29-8
*Noguchiya: summertime kakigori shop, very popular with MJ students for afterschool snacks, open until 6:00
*Uoshin: friendly sushi bar
recommendations: tamago sushi, chawan mushi, karei-furai (fried flatfish)
location: Maebashi, Hirose-chou 1-23-1
*Yuki Sushi: my neighborhood sushi bar, never crowded at dinner
recommendations: nigiri ichi-nin-mae (one person nigiri set, only 1000 yen)
location: Maebashi, Minami-chou 3-58-1
*Nishiki Sushi: Good sushi, a little heavy on the wasabi, popular with MJ teachers, collect 40 waribashi wrappers for a prize (I think it’s free sushi, but I’m not sure)
location: Maebashi, Ishikura-machi 1-13-5
*Allegre: Spanish restaurant just behind the kencho
recommendations: paella
Ninnikuya: the garlic restaurant, most of the dishes are made with a heavy dose of garlic
Marisa: pasta restaurant with all-you-can-eat salad bar and desserts
