Mandarin Oriental

An experience to remeber

Mandarin Oriental

Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo’s visionary design and award-winning service has been recognized as the epitome of sophisticated luxury in the city. Superbly located in the prestigious financial district within Tokyo’s historical and cultural center, the first Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group property in Japan embodies the best contemporary and time-honored architectural splendor. 

The hotel has a perfect location just 10  minutes from Ginza or imperial garden and also has a metro exactly down the hotel if someone doesn’t want to use a taxi.

 The hotel features luxuriously appointed guest rooms and suites, restaurants, bars, and an award-winning spa situated within the soaring, Cesar Pelli-designed Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower. The site offers spectacular views of the city skyline while providing access to the stately banquet and conference facilities within the Mitsui Main Building, a Japanese cultural-heritage property.

Mandarin Oriental, is the only hotel in Japan to have achieved a Forbes Five Star rating for a fifth consecutive year. Superbly located within the prestigious business and cultural center of Tokyo, Nihonbashi, the hotel offers 179 rooms and suites, all with breathtaking views of the capital. There are three Michelin-starred restaurants, featuring Cantonese, French, and molecular cuisine. The hotel neighbors the original Mitsukoshi department store and centuries-old shops offering products from traditional artisans and is within walking distance of the Imperial Gardens and Ginza shopping and entertainment attractions.

Recreation

*Fitness Center

*Jacuzzi/Whirlpool

*Sauna

*Spa

Services

*Concierge Desk

*Currency Exchange

Hearing Impaired Services

*House Safe

*Laundry/Dry Cleaning/Pressing

*Limousine Service

*Room Service

*Room Service 24-hours

*Salon

*Turndown Service

*Wakeup Calls

*Wedding Services

Restaurants 

With a mix of mouth-watering cuisine, delicious drinks, and stunning design, they offer an extensive choice of restaurants and bars. 

▪️ Sushi Shin by Miyakawa-Tokyo

Enjoy sushi crafted of the finest seasonal ingredients, served in a setting of tranquil luxury. 

Sushi Shin by Miyakawa is the first Tokyo branch restaurant of Hokkaido’s Michelin three-star Sushi Miyakawa. This exquisite location on the 38th floor of the Tokyo Mandarin Oriental hotel features a 350-year-old Hinoki cypress sushi counter and a stunning view of Tokyo Skytree and the surrounding skyline. You can enjoy observing and interacting with master chefs as each dish is crafted before them from the world’s most selective ingredients, sourced daily from Hokkaido and Tokyo’s Toyosu market. The restaurant design is a visual delight featuring works commissioned by Chef Miyakawa from some of Japan’s most famous artisans. Guests are greeted by a wooden “Edo Komon” screen crafted by Nobuo Tanihata, regarded as a living legend for his mastery of the “Kumiko” style woodworking technique developed 1300 years ago. The wall centered behind the counter is a mesmerizing creation by Syuhei Hasado, Japan’s most renowned “tsuchi-kabe” designer. Chef Miyakawa has trained the team of master chefs in his culinary style, showcasing the best of traditional Edomae sushi while incorporating ingredients from his native Hokkaido.  The innovative menu that earned Miyakawa three-Michelin stars allows guests to experience unique, seasonal sushi and tsumami dishes (appetizers) packed with umami, their delicate flavors extracted precisely from each ingredient.

▪️ SIGNATURE

The restaurant is led by Chef Nicolas Boujéma, Senior Executive Sous Chef overseeing all the kitchen teams at Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo, and Chef de Cuisine at Signature French Fine Dining. Chef Nicolas delights guests with classic French cuisine, based on traditional cooking techniques and the extensive culinary knowledge gained in his home country of France. He would like you to “experience traditional French cuisine and recipes – along with an authentic French fine-dining service – that will stay in your memory forever,” and this is what defines Signature.

The restaurant’s glittering contemporary décor will delight you and add to the luxury of savoring Chef Nicolas’s dishes while enjoying stunning views across the city. Enhancing the fine-dining atmosphere, elegant silver screens provide stylish and intimate dining areas that are bathed in beautiful soft sunlight during the day and lit by Tokyo’s sparkling skyline at night.

▪️ Sense

Situated on our 37th floor, Sense offers a sensational setting with exceptional views of eastern Tokyo and authentic Cantonese cuisine featuring the finest flavors and ingredients. The dramatic and stylish décor features original tiles in a lotus motif and a vivid pink interior, the perfect setting for Chef de Cuisine’s stunning Cantonese dishes. In addition to à la carte menu, they also serve a popular Dim Sum menu on weekends and holidays.

▪️ Tapas Molecular Bar

Molecular cuisine disassembles familiar dishes and reintegrates taste, flavor, texture, and temperature, combining them with other ingredients and using new cooking approaches. The concept at Tapas Molecular Bar has been created by Chef de Cuisine Kento Ushikubo. Having majored in Art, Chef Kento’s unique background inspires his passion for creative gastronomy, presenting “an art gallery of 14 dishes that stimulates the five senses and the imagination”. He takes guests on a culinary tour – with a visual feast like works of art and with flavors from around the world, using tools and techniques that wouldn’t be out of place in science labs or artists’ studios. To complement the experience, dishes are carefully paired with fine drinks selected by the restaurant’s sommelier or meticulously crafted by the bartender.

▪️Sense Tea Corner

Enjoying a serene setting on our 37th floor, the Sense Tea Corner specializes in the wonderful purity of fine tea. With its relaxed atmosphere, Sense Tea Corner is the perfect place to savor a cup of tea while taking in the majestic views across Tokyo. Located adjacent to Sense restaurant on the 37th floor, the tea room enjoys a dramatic setting situated in front of a wall of fire. This decorative feature is reminiscent of the flames needed to prepare Chinese cuisine. 

The tea corner offers more than twenty different types of fragrant teas from around the world including green tea with powerful healing properties and pu-erh tea for true connoisseurs. 

▪️K’shiki

Authentic Italian flavors in a laid-back setting. 

K’shiki brings bold Italian flavors to the heart of Tokyo. Situated on the 38th floor with a panoramic view of the city skyline and Mt Fuji, K’shiki offers delectable all-day comfort food for the urban gourmand. Start the day with a delicious breakfast showcasing classic Western and Japanese fare. Alternatively, choose from the menu’s selection of antipasti, pasta, and the freshest fish and meats.

▪️The Pizza Bar on 38th

For the ultimate Italian fare head to The Pizza Bar on 38th for sizzling pizzas created at your counter by a master pizza maker (pizzaiolo) and served straight from the brick oven. Highlights include classic Bufala, a celebration of simple traditional flavors made with fresh Buffalo mozzarella, tomato, and basil atop a perfectly baked organic pizza crust. Executive Chef Daniele Cason’s pizza dough is made with Italian organic flour using just one gram of yeast and 80% water for a 48-hour fermentation to create the very lightest and most digestible crust.

Pizzas are served at an exclusive 8-seat marble top bar for an Italian twist on the classic Chef’s Table.

▪️ Ventaglio

With a stylish, welcoming feel, Ventaglio offers an array of delicious international cuisine served in a relaxed buffet style.

Located on the second floor of Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower, Ventaglio is a vibrant dining destination with an enticing menu. Using only the highest-quality ingredients, dishes are inspired by an array of different culinary styles, showcasing a range of exciting international cuisine accompanied by a choice of unique global wines. The buffet features antipasti, main courses, and a wide selection of desserts.

▪️ Oriental Lounge

A place to meet, a place to contemplate. Lying just off the main lobby on the 38th floor, our Oriental Lounge forms the nucleus of the hotel. Meet friends or spend time on your own accompanied by stunning city views and a wonderful menu. The lounge offer freshly brewed coffees, fresh fruit juices, cocktails, and afternoon tea, as well as a selection of the finest liquors from around the world. Refreshments are available all day including an afternoon tea set. Original ceiling lights warm the mood whilst the spectacular city lights glitter through the floor-to-ceiling glass windows.

▪️ Mandarin Bar Tokyo

With a glamorous and magical view and a relaxing atmosphere, Mandarin Bar in a modern Japanese style is the perfectly luxurious retreat from the hustle and bustle of daily city life. Head Bartender, Kengo Oda, crafts delightful and fresh-tasting signature cocktails that entertain guests with expressions of Nihonbashi, the ancient starting point of five routes where the hotel is located. Of course, a selection of seasonal sake and mocktails are also available. Kengo has a particularly deep knowledge of whiskey and has won cocktail competitions, guest bartended in world-renowned bars, and also judged at Western alcohol competitions in Japan.

▪️ The Cellar

Winding down a secret spiral staircase from the Mandarin Bar, guests will discover a wine cellar “in the sky”. The design and atmosphere of this hidden room, containing the finest vintages from around the world, offers guests the experience of dining inside an original wine cellar as found in Burgundy, Tuscany, or Rioja, and is the perfect setting for family celebrations and corporate dinners. This is an ideal setting for private lunch and dinner events.

Michelin-starred chefs of Signature and Sense have created bespoke menus for this special dining experience, using the concept of “Authentic Cuisine”

Chef Nicolas Boujema celebrates classic recipes from four distinctive French regions: Provence, Burgundy, Alsace, and South-West France; with dishes such as “Pork-Veal- Chicken-based Alsatian terrine”, cassoulet and choucroute served in traditional cast iron or clay pots.

Alternatively, the Cellar’s large round table, which can seat up to 11 guests, also offers guests the option of feasting on authentic Cantonese cuisine. The chef and the team from Sense, Cantonese Restaurant will recommend traditional barbecue dishes such as Peking duck or roasted suckling pig and the freshest seasonal seafood to be shared between dining companions.

▪️ Gourmet Shop

Lovingly prepared and exquisitely presented, delicious delicacies are a true luxury.  Offering only the finest homemade cakes, bread, and sandwiches to take away or eat in, the Mandarin Oriental Gourmet Shop is located at street level on Chuo Dori. Headed by talented executive pastry chef, Stéphane Tranchet and head baker, Tomohiko Nakamura, artisanal sweets and savories are beautifully presented and thoughtfully packaged, making even the smallest selection feel incredibly special.

To add a touch of Parisian alfresco elegance, head to a chic street-side café and stay for a cup of excellent coffee and a freshly prepared sandwich, while watching the world go by

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