Tempura Shinjuku Tsunahachi Souhonten

Didn't have to queue for long, and managed to get a seat. The basic tempura zen set was amazing and promptly served. The staff were so welcoming and helpful, teaching us how to enjoy our meal with instructions in English. Will come back again for sure. It is still advisable to make a reservation (through your hotel)

If I’m being totally honest I think it was alright. Nothing special. Not the best tempura I had in Japan, a little over priced and small portions. But it has a good location and good reputation so the price goes hand in hand.

Authentic place serving really good tempura which was really freshhhh. The chefs cooked it right in front of us and the batter to seafood/vegetable ratio was great. It was not too oily and the batter was fried just nice with the item inside still retaining it's freshness and not too heavy, definitely one of the batter tempura places :

A friend took us here at lunch. We ordered the omakase course. Chef gave us specific instructions on how the salt or the radish should be used with which tempura. The clams amazed me the most. Extremely juicy and sweet!

Overview Food quality deteriorating; Poor cooking skill, worse than chain stores; Price kept on inflating about ¥5k per set now. Not worth coming back again if current standard persisted. In the past, would take tempura at this restaurant if staying in Shinjuku. This practice was lasted for over 15 years. Each tempura was crispy outside, fresh and not oily. Very delicious, however, already became history. Very disappointing about their tempura, oily, not very fresh vegetables, slightly smelly fish, flour enclosing tempura damped and softened with an oily layer. The damping and oily surface will not happen if their chef has thoroughly deep fried the tempura in two times. The size of prawn has been reduced. In the past, it was thick and long. In fact, what they are providing now is shrimp not prawn. The size of squid in the past is 2 times bigger than what they are serving now. This tempura shop is not recommended. You can only spend ¥2k at other shops to enjoy similar quality of tempura. However their service or atmosphere are not better than other tempura chain stores.