This beef bowl chain has more than 1200 restaurants all over Japan. It could be easy for international tourists to find the restaurant, if you walk around downtown of big city like Tokyo 東京, Osaka 大阪 and so on.
Beef Plate Meal 牛皿定食
Beef Plate Meal 牛皿定食 Gyuzara Teishoku 498 yen (547 yen including tax)
This set meal is served with beef, rice, miso soup and raw egg.
In Japan, we eat raw egg. Don't worry! It is safe to eat.
Raw egg, mixed with rice and some soy sauce, is a really popular food.
When I got another cup of rice, I made mini beef bowl.
Any kinds of set meals (called Teishoku 定食) include free refills for 24 hours.
When you order a refill the staff will bring you a new cup of rice and a receipt. The receipts are part of their ordering system and do not have any charges associated with them.
Miso Mackerel Meal 鯖みそ定食
Miso Mackerel Meal 598 yen (657 yen including tax)
鯖みそ定食 Saba-miso-teishoku
This set meal has miso mackerel, rice miso soup and pickles.
Mackerel Simmered in Miso
It is called 鯖みそ Saba-miso or 鯖の味噌煮 Saba-no-miso-ni in Japanese.
Fried Chicken Meal から揚げ定食
Fried Chicken Meal 598 yen
から揚げ定食 Karaage Chicken Teishoku
Large Rice (as pictured)
- Dressing for Salad
Choose from Sesame (as pictured) or Soy Sauce flavor.
Sesame ごま Goma
Soy Sauce flavor 和風 Wafu
YOSHINOYA has over 1200 locations across Japan, but more than half of them don't offer these deep-fried fish and chicken. Please refer to the list below in order to try their amazing deep-fried dishes.
(These lists are written in Japanese)
Deep-fried Horse Mackerel
https://www.yoshinoya.com/pdf/ajifly_list/
I went to one of the listed shops, but there were no mackerel dishes on the menu. So I asked the staff if they offer the mackerel dishes. They told me 3 kinds of mackerel dishes are still available.
YOSHINOYA used to put the dishes on the menu and the official website, but now they are deleted.
I guess the mackerel dishes have to come to an end sooner or later.
Deep-fried Chicken
https://www.yoshinoya.com/pdf/karaage_list/
YOSHINOYA took the mackerel items off the menu. (July 2021)
Deep Fried Horse Mackerel (A-la-cart)
Deep Fried Horse Mackerel 1p 178 → 108 yen ON SALE (July 2021)
アジフライ Aji-Fry
Deep Fried Horse Mackerel Set Meal 548 yen (2p in it)
アジフライ定食 Aji-Fry Teishoku
Beef+Fried Chicken+Fried Horse Mackerel Meal 牛・から・アジフライ定食
Beef+Fried Chicken+Fried Horse Mackerel Meal
牛・から・アジフライ定食 Gyu, Kara, Ajifurai Teishoku
648 yen
Large Rice (as pictured)
This deep-fried horse mackerel is good size. There is no fish smell. It is crispy outside and tasty inside.
- Sauce for Horse Mackerel
- Dressing for Salad
Choose from Sesame (as pictured) or Soy Sauce flavor.
I put some seasonings on the meal.
Miso soup contains chopped green onions and sea vegetable (Wakame seaweed).
It is mouthwatering dish, isn't it?
This fish and chicken are absolutely scrumptious!
I had another bowl of rice. (Small size)
Beef Bowl 牛丼
Beef Bowl 牛丼 Gyudon 352 yen
Pork Bowl 豚丼
Pork Bowl 豚丼 Butadon 338 yen
Beef Curry 牛カレー
Beef Curry 牛カレー Gyu-Curry 498 yen (547 yen including tax)
Information
Restaurant name
YOSHINOYA 吉野家
Business hours for most restaurants are from morning through night. Although business hours depend on the location, such as inside a shopping mall and so on.
- Consumption tax is not included in the price on the menu.
- English picture menu is available.
- No cover charge / No service fee
- You order at your table. You will pay at the cash desk after finishing your meal.
I introduce some restaurants around main stations in downtown Tokyo.
Check out Google Maps below!
Prices and information are as of October 2020.
Discontinued or Seasonal Items
Chicken Spicy Curry チキンスパイシーカレー
Chicken Spicy Curry チキンスパイシーカレー 514 yen
Yoshinoya stopped serving this curry when they changed the main menu.
I was not spicy for me.
Veggie Meal ベジ定食
Veggie Meal ベジ定食 Veggie Teishoku 454 yen
* This is seasonal menu.
It is vegetable set meal includes rice and miso soup. There are several kinds of vegetables on the pan.
To be honest, I prefer their beef bowl to this vegetable food because I'm not vegetarian.
Another beef bowl chain
Are you a vegetarian?
NO meat anywhere on it.
However, this is made for semi vegetarians, not for vegan and strict vegetarians. Although it consists of a lot of vegetables, a little bit chicken are used in preparing it as a seasoning / sauce.
YOSHINOYA's website officially states that chicken in this food.
I couldn't find if their miso soup consists meat or fish on the website, but in most cases miso soup is made from dried‐bonito fish, miso and so on. I would assume their miso soup is the same as well.