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The Tokyo EDITION, Toranomon Hotel Review, Japan

The Blue Room is currently the focal point, with scene-stealing sea blue velvet seating, Japanese-style yamato-bari wooden walls, double-height views across Tokyo – and, like the lobby it flows off, lots of plants (two large fig trees are centre stage). The all-day dining menu offers a tasty array of contemporary comfort food classics with seasonal Japanese touches.

The amberjack tartare with pickled Japanese radish and yuzu sesame dressing was a hit during my dinner, alongside miso garlic butter served with bread plus – less predictably for Tokyo tables – a tasty wiener schnitzel with cucumber salad. Other highlights range from Japanese winter grazed pork to Hokkaido venison with five spices, plum, pumpkin and aged Balsamic vinegar.

The breakfast menu, also served in The Blue Room, is refreshingly expansive, from avocado toast and egg and bacon sandwiches to granola and acai bowls. A Japanese breakfast option, with fish, rice, pickles and miso soup, is also available.

A short stroll through foliage leads to the Lobby Bar, with its dazzling white marble bar and central display of illuminated decanters with light green liquids. Here you can expect Wagyu steak sandwiches plus classic British afternoon tea and, after dark, cocktails including the Two Pear & Gin (Roku craft gin fused with Japanese pears).

Next year’s opening of jewellery box-inspired signature restaurant The Jade Room, by cult British chef Tom Aikens (his first Japan venture) is likely to be a culinary highlight, with Aikens planning a seasonal menu using century-old cooking techniques. The adjacent Garden Terrace (an open-air luxury for Tokyo’s skyscrapers) will also open in 2021, along with The Gold Bar, with a modern Japanese tea service and contemporary cocktails served at a scalloped black marble bar.

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Christie Applegate

Update: 2024-06-14