Here I will list some Tokyo restaurants I recommend for larger families of 6-10 people.
*For groups of more than 10, I strongly recommend leaning heavily on a travel agent or a hotel concierge as, in Japan, this now heads into enkai (private room for a private party) territory and that requires reservations at least a few days in advance.
Please note that I am ONLY including restaurants that also welcome children (and I’m also going to stick to Shibuya, for now – I may add more, depending on how this article is received.)
When dining with 6-10 people, I recommend always making a reservation (if you wanted to just walk-in then you may need to split into two groups to allow for more options.)
Trunk Hotel
While exploring Shibuya with kids….if you’re looking for somewhere for breakfast (open from 7am ! Almost unheard of for a proper sit down brekkie in these parts!)….
It is worth the 11 mins walk from Shibuya station if you crave a western breakfast.
The building is designed so beautifully and it has a large outdoor terrace which makes it extremely kiddie friendly. This place is just 11 minutes walk from Shibuya Station (and 14 mins from Harajuku, in case you feel like switching areas afterwards.)
Here is the Full Trunk Menu.
They serve Western-style breakfast.
If you decide to visit in the evening, the hotel interior and bar doesn’t quite feel appropriate for children but the Trunk Kushi (skewered meat & veg) restaurant out the front of the hotel definitely is fine – with outdoor seating and, once again, enough space for a little wriggle.
This hotel / restaurant is also very accommodating when it comes to guests/diners who require gluten-free dishes.
TRUNK HOTEL (KITCHEN)
渋谷区神宮前５-31-7
5-31-7 JINGUMAE, SHIBUYA
OPEN FOR BREAKFAST: 7:00 A.M. – 10:00 A.M.
OPEN FOR LUNCH: 11:30 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
OPEN FOR DINNER: 6:00 P.M. – 11:00 P.M.
Sukiyaki & Shabu-Shabu
This hot-pot style of eating is so much fun for families and just interactive with kids. This restaurant Syabu-yo is a chain restaurant.
Syabu-Yo Shibuya Eki Mae Branch is in a building right on Shibuya Crossing.
Diners choose the amount of time they would like to have unlimited meat brought to their table (usually 60 or 90 mins) and that price also includes access to a salad and vegetable buffet and ice-cream. The instructions on how to make your meal at the table are here on the Syabu-Yo website but the staff will also help you. My kids prefer sukiyaki to shabu-shabu as it is so sweet and more-ish.
This style of restaurant is tricky if everyone has different dietary requirements (for example if one family member is vegetarian etc) as all the food is cooked in one pot. I guess you could get around this by getting two tables with two separate pots. Sometimes they have pots like the one pictured below that has two sections. This is mostly so you can cook two different flavours but it could also work for a meat side and a veg side too, I guess
To eat here I would budget for around 3000 yen per adult. The entire restaurant is non-smoking. Syabu-Yo accept most major credit cards.
If you like this restaurant – I’m pretty sure you will! Then you are in luck as you can always google your closest Syabu-Yo branch as they are all over Japan.
They have free wifi. This restaurant is walk~ins only.
There is a change table in the bathroom at this restaurant. They also have the little robots that bring the meat to your table. My kids love this!
To get here, take the Hachiko Exit of Shibuya Station. It’s on the 9th floor of a building on Shibuya Crossing the same building as the Loccitane Store and Cafe Gust. There is an elevator.
SYABU-YO, SHIBUYA EKIMAE BRANCH
渋谷区道玄坂2-3-1 渋谷駅前ビル9F
9TH FLOOR, SHIBUYA EKI MAE BUILDING, 2-3-1 DOGENZAKA, SHIBUYA
OPEN 11AM-11PM (FROM 10AM ON WEEKENDS)
Vegan and non-Vegan Gyoza
Tiger Gyoza Kaikan is 6 mins walk from the Hachiko Exit of JR Shibuya Station. They accept most major credit cards. The entire hall is non-smoking. This place is big and seats 80 people . For dinner time I would budget around 3500 yen per adult and more like 2000 yen for lunch. If you are vegan, ask for their vegan menu. This restaurant is super dooper casual so bring kids along and have fun. You can also order ramen and fried rice.
TIGER GYOZA KAIKAN
渋谷区宇田川町37-35 1F
GROUND FLOOR, 37-35 UDAGAWACHO, SHIBUYA
OPEN FOR LUNCH 11:30AM-3:30PM
OPEN FOR DINNER 6PM-11:30PM (LAST ORDER 10:30PM)
OPEN ON WEEKENDS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS 11:30AM-10PM
Just 3 mins walk from the Disney Store in Shibuya (or 5 mins walk from Shibuya Station via the Hachiko Exit) is a Japanese izakaya chain branch called Kuimono Wan, Shibuya Spainzaka branch. This is a fabulous place to experience a Japanese izakaya as a family without breaking the bank. It is cheap and cheerful and won’t be the most fancy food you have in Japan but its easy and yummy (and the vibes are oh so Japanese izakaya!) Families are welcome here with kiddies. Best to get your hotel to make a reservation. They accept most major credit cards. Please note that there is a service charge of 500 yen to dine here. When dining here I would budget for approx 2500 yen per adult. They have an English menu here. The entire venue is non-smoking. See here for some pictures of menu options at Kuimono Wan here. My family like menu options like gyoza, garlic shrimp, fried chicken, Japanese style caesar side salad, chicken tsukune meatballs with cheese inside, edamame, sashimi…. there are also two kid’s menu plates (under 600 yen) : one is a pasta and one is a plate with some fries, fried rice, a small sausage and a chicken nugget. Like most izakayas in Japan, the idea is that you order lots of little dishes for the table and order more of the same or new items as you go.
For the grownups, they also have a happy hour between 5-7pm and most alcoholic drinks are less than 300 yen.
This is a shoes-off restaurant so make sure you have matching socks on and easy shoes to take on and off (I recommend considering these things when packing for Japan.) If you have shoes without socks, best to have some little socks or sockettes in your bag.
KUIMONO WAN, SHIBUYA SPAINZAKA
渋谷区宇田川町13-7 コヤスワン ５Ｆ
5F KOYASUWAN BUILDING, 13-7 UDAGAWACHO, SHIBUYA
OPEN 5PM-1AM (UNTIL 3AM ON WEEKENDS)
An all you can eat Sukiyaki and Shabu Shabu option in Shibuya with kids
Momo Paradise used to be one of the Nabezo restaurants in Shibuya and has since switched hands. This is fantastic place to come and eat Wagyu (or not if you’d like to eat the non-branded kind of meat and save some money) and also a fabulous option if you all need some more veggies in your life! ( I speak about this a lot here but lots of families worry about getting enough fresh western style salads and veggies while in Japan and this is literally all you can eat veggies and salads! It’s amazing!) 
When you enter the restaurant, the staff will guide you through the menu (they speak english here!). You choose your menu package – wagyu meat or local meat, pork or beef or pork AND beef ( I don’t eat meat but I still need to pay for it to dine here so I can access all of those yummy all you can eat veggies and tofu – side note: tofu in sukiyaki is heaven!) and then you can go up to the veggie buffet to choose your veggies for the table.
We went on a weekday lunch time and were able to walk right in without a booking. It was approx 2200 yen for me and 1700 yen for my kids (less if your kids are younger than 7.) *Please note that Wagyu is, of course, extra.
My kids love sukiyaki more than shabu shabu because it’s sweeter. They also love doing the “cooking.”
Ask the staff for lots of help if you’re not sure how to do it. You are also handed an instruction card.
This restaurant has high chairs but it is the type that don’t have a strap at the front so it’s probably better for toddlers than babies.
This restaurant accepts most major credit cards. If your kids love this restaurant, there is another branch in Shinjuku and Asakusa.
It is possible to make a reservation on the Momo Paradise website here.
When you start cooking, they give you a cover for your bags and little aprons for everyone at the table.
The Aftermath for us wasn’t pretty but we were in an amazing happy food coma and I loved that they pulled out their scratch art from the Daiso (100 yen store) at Mark City in Shibuya and I could just “be” for a second.
MOMO PARADISE, SHIBUYA
渋谷区宇田川町31-2 渋谷BEAM 6F
6TH FLOOR, SHIBUYA BEAM BUILDING, 31-2 UDAGAWACHO, SHIBUYA
OPEN FOR LUNCH 11:30AM-3PM (LAST ORDER 2:3oPM)
OPEN FOR DINNER 5PM-10:30PM (LAST ORDER 10PM)
Oden & Izakaya
If it’s mealtime while you’re at Shibuya Hikarie Shopping Complex in Shibuya, I recommend eating at Japanese Izakaya “Vegetable Skewers Creative Oden Nurukan Sato” on the 7th floor. Oden is hot pot dish cooked mostly in winter. I’d describe it as winter vegetables (mostly root veg and some konyakku) bubbling away in an almost clear fish based broth. Other options as well as oden are : agedashi tofu with anzu beans, sashimi plates of 3 or 5 different types of sashimi, fried oysters, mozzarella and wild duck caprese, karaage (japanese fried chicken), potato salad, …. skewer options include eringi mushrooms wrapped in pork, zucchini with camembert, asparagus wrapped in pork、shiitake mushrooms and mentaiko… You can see pictures of this izakaya and some of the menu options on their instagram here.
Like almost all izakaya in Japan, the dishes are small and are meant to be shared. You order a few for the table and then keep ordering more of what you like or other dishes you would like to try. (The exception is at lunchtime at this restaurant as they have a teishoku menu – a menu where every person orders one dish and it comes with some set side dishes.) This restaurant does accept reservations or you can walk-in.
They welcome families and have space to store a stroller while you dine. They also have some high chairs.
For lunch here I recommend budgeting around 1500 yen per adult. At dinner time more like 4500 yen. This restaurant has an english menu and they accept most major credit cards.
VEGETABLE SKEWERS CREATIVE ODEN NURUKAN SATO (Japanese shop name is : Vegie Sousaku Oden Nurukan Sato)
渋谷区渋谷2-21-1 渋谷ヒカリエ7F
7TH FLOOR, SHIBUYA HIKARIE, 2-21-1 SHIBUYA, SHIBUYA
OPEN 11AM-10PM (UNTIL 11PM FRI-SUN & NATIONAL HOLIDAYS)
TGI Fridays
Just a few mins down the hill and on the left from Shibuya Parco is TGI Fridays Shibuya. They have a kid’s menu, the entire restaurant is non-smoking, it’s open everyday of the year and they accept most major credit cards. The restaurant seats more than 180 people at a time so you have a good chance to get in without a reservation. This restaurant is just a few minutes walk from the Shibuya Pokemon Center, by the way (I have more details on that in my Shibuya with kids blog post.)
TGI FRIDAYS SHIBUYA
渋谷区神南1-19-3 ハイマンテン神南ビル 2F
2F HAIMANTEN JINNAN BUILDING, 1-19-3 JINNAN, SHIBUYA
OPEN 11:30-11PM
Tex Mex Factory is also right next to TGI Fridays. Kids are very much welcome here.
This restaurant also has free wifi and they are happy to wrap up your leftovers for you to take home (this isn’t that common in Japan.) You can see the full Tex Mex Factory menu here.
I would budget 2000 yen per adult for lunch and 3000 yen for dinner. They accept most major credit cards. Please note that there is a service charge of 330 yen per person when you dine here. This restaurant seats more than 140 people so you can make a reservation but you can also try to walk in (they don’t accept reservations for lunchtime on weekdays.)
TEX MEX FACTORY, SHIBUYA KOEN DORI
渋谷区神南1-19-3 ハイマンテン神南ビル 2F
2F HAIMANTEN JINNAN BUILDING, 1-19-3 JINNAN, SHIBUYA
OPEN FOR LUNCH 11:30AM-3PM
OPEN FOR DINNER 5PM-11:30PM
*OPEN LUNCH-DINNER WITH NO BREAKS INBETWEEN ON WEEKENDS
Not a restaurant but you can order food here… how about reserving a group room at Karaoke and ordering snacks and drinks from the phone the room (like room service) at Rainbow Karaoke, Shibuya?
I’ve written bout Rainbow Karaoke here.
