Arrived at 10:50 on Monday, September 11th. Ganko Triple Set for 1,200 yen (red beef tongue, spicy pork, miso pork) is a must-try. Unlimited rice and soup refills available. Credit cards accepted. The oven at 10:30 is a lifesaver.

We went with three people on a regular night. We arrived around 7 pm and were seated right away with no wait. The portion was just right as we were able to feel full with the tororo dish (free rice refills). Recommended for those who like tan and want to eat affordably!

After visiting the exhibition of Kiyoshi Yamashita at the SOMPO Art Museum, I had lunch at Negishi in the adjacent building. I always choose Negishi when I want to eat beef tongue, as I love their thick-cut white tongue. Even though it was before 11:30, the restaurant was already quite busy. Every time I look at the menu, I think it's a bit expensive, but I always end up ordering the thick-cut white tongue without hesitation. It was tender, perfectly seasoned, and consistently delicious. The restaurant was also very clean, and the staff were friendly.

During a break from work, I went to lunch with my colleague for the first time in Japan. I am a fan of Negishi, but this was my first time at this particular branch. We were able to walk in without any wait during lunchtime on a weekday. The restaurant had a bright and welcoming atmosphere with counter seats and table seats, making it easy for even solo diners to feel comfortable. Since we were short on time, we quickly took our seats... My colleague, who loves beef tongue, ordered the Ganko-chan set, while I went for my favorite white cutlet set. Negishi always serves fried dishes promptly, so it's a relief even during busy lunch hours. This time, our order arrived in less than 10 minutes, as usual. The white cutlet was neatly arranged on the plate, with 9 pieces. The option to enjoy it with cut lemon, mustard, and sauce for flavor variation was a nice touch. It's not greasy, so you can easily finish it all! The perfectly textured and slightly sweet barley rice was delicious, especially when topped with the grated yam mid-meal. It was a satisfying meal, as always. Thank you for the feast.

When it comes to eating negi-shi no tororo, the classic way is to pour it over comforting barley rice for a smooth texture. However, dipping tororo in beef tongue creates a delicious combination known as "beef tongue with tororo infused with meat juices." Beef tongue is known for its juicy flavor that spreads with each bite. When dipped in tororo, it becomes a light and tasty dish. The combination of beef tongue, tororo, and meat juices enhances the overall flavor, bringing out the best of each ingredient. Give it a try!

Shinjuku Negishi Eltawer Store is located in the food court on B2 floor of Shinjuku Eltawer. I visited after a long time and noticed that the prices have gone up quite a bit. This time, I ordered the beef tongue platter with 3 types. It cost 2800 yen, but I chose it because it included my favorite white tongue. The red tongue seemed a bit smaller than before. Honestly, it tasted like something I could have bought at the supermarket and cooked at home. The thinly sliced white tongue also seemed smaller. It was delicious, but I felt like I didn't necessarily have to eat it at Negishi. The thick-cut white tongue, on the other hand, was the highlight of the meal and tasted really good. Overall, I felt that the cost performance has decreased compared to before. It may be inevitable, but the price increase seemed to come with a drop in quality. However, the service was good overall. The staff were attentive and considerate. Thank you for the meal. Shinjuku Negishi Eltawer Store 1-6-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Shinjuku Eltawer B2F Opening hours: 10:30-22:00 (L.O. 21:30) Open on Sundays Closed on: No fixed holidays

It's just past 12 o'clock on a regular day. This is Shinjuku Nishiguchi El Tower. I think this building was completed about 35 years ago, but I feel like "Negishi" has always had a store here since then. When it comes to beef tongue in Shinjuku, it's "Negishi." Or rather, for me, who used to work in Shinjuku, "beef tongue" equals "Negishi." It's been a long time since I visited. I think the last time was 10 years ago, or maybe 20 years ago... It's a nostalgic restaurant. In the old days, I remember the sign for the "Negishi set meal" being around 900 yen, but now it's 2100 yen. It seems that the price has gone up due to the increase in the price of beef tongue itself and the current high cost of living. After comparing the menu, we ordered the "Shirotan set" for 2550 yen and the "Ganko-chan (Akatan) set" for 1300 yen to share between two people. The thick-cut "Shirotan" was delicious, of course, but the thin-sliced "Akatan" also had a good texture and was quite tasty. It's a good idea to share if you go with two people. Due to the season, there were 6 new employees in recruit suits at the next table. They energetically raised their hands and got a third serving of barley rice. It seems like refills are free. Back when I was a new employee a long time ago, I didn't exercise my right to a refill and finished my meal. It was really delicious. I hope this restaurant will continue to operate here at Shinjuku El Tower forever. Thank you for the meal. I will visit again someday.

Today, I visited Shinjuku El Tower for work at an event. Before starting work, my colleagues and I had lunch at "Negishi" here. We arrived around 11:00, and the small restaurant with about 40 seats was bustling with about 90% of customers. We sat at a table for 5, and without much searching, we ordered the following menu item: 【Menu】 - 5 kinds of children's set meal: 1,500 yen 【5 kinds of children's set meal】 Includes white tongue, red tongue, beef loin, miso pork, and spicy pork, a great value menu with 5 varieties! All the cuts were just right in thickness, making it easy to eat without straining your jaw (sometimes you come across beef tongue that tires your jaw). Although this is not a shop originating from Sendai, amidst the famous Sendai shops opening in Tokyo, I felt that they have studied beef tongue well and offer delicious meat! As you get older, you want to try various things little by little. And if you can enjoy alcohol with this meat, it would be even better! If it weren't for work... The grated yam is overwhelming for the barley rice! The rice bowl disappears quickly! Scary... Finished it all... And the green chili pepper nanban miso is so delicious! 【Recommended item】 - Spicy pork! It's the only one with a clear difference in taste, and it's a flavor that makes you want more rice!! 【Editor's note】 - Visit time Eatery score: 3.23 - Among the many tough thick-cut beef tongue, this one was very easy to eat. Delicious. - You can enjoy various flavors, which is great. - Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it had been a while since I had a meal with my colleagues, so I refrained from taking too many photos... - I forgot to take a picture of the boiled tongue in the soup! 【Rating】 Overall: 3.9 Taste: 4 Service: 3.5 Atmosphere: 3.5 Value for money: 4.5 Drinks: - Thank you for the delicious set meal. It was a feast. Next time, I want to have a drink!

One of the negishi restaurants located at the west exit of Shinjuku Station. The interior of the restaurant is clean and nice. The beef tongue has a firm texture and various types are served on one plate, allowing you to enjoy different flavors. The oxtail soup and pickles are also delicious, and the addition of grated yam with free rice refills allows you to eat to your heart's content. The staff were attentive in refilling tea and water. Overall, it is a very good restaurant!

At lunchtime, the Nageshi restaurant in the basement of Shinjuku Alta Tower gets crowded, but they will seat solo diners at a table rather than just at the counter. While the price of the beef tongue set has gone up compared to the past, my recent favorite is the Blackie (similar to kalbi) set. It's flavorful, tender, and delicious! With barley rice, pickles, and oxtail soup, it was a satisfying lunch.

*Waiting time* About 10 minutes before 12:00 on Sunday *Order & Price* Marune set for 1800 yen, Cholegi salad *Atmosphere of the shop* The design makes the narrow space feel spacious and nice. *Service* They covered us with a cloth so our clothes wouldn't get dirty, providing impressive service like a high-end restaurant. *Impressions* The price of beef tongue keeps going up, so it's been a while since I last visited. The barley rice, grated yam, and beef tongue were all reliably delicious. I thought the beef tongue might be tough and hard to chew, but it was actually quite tasty and I enjoyed the Ganko-chan set. The amount of Cholegi salad seemed to have decreased compared to before. *Expectations* Next time, I would like to try the Ganko-chan set or maybe challenge myself with a set that includes meat other than beef tongue.

Last year, around 8 o'clock in the evening, my husband and I went to a restaurant located on the 2nd basement floor of a building across from Odakyu in Shinjuku West Exit. The interior of the restaurant is spacious, with counter seats and various types of table seats, and it was quite crowded. Most of the customers were young people, and there weren't many older men. I ordered the most standard Negishi set for 2,100 yen, which came with 5 slices of thinly sliced tongue, oxtail soup, barley rice with grated yam, miso-nanban, and pickles. My husband ordered the Blackie set for 1,800 yen, which included 3 slices of tongue and American beef. We also ordered a Chorogi salad for 550 yen and a bottle of Guinness beer for 550 yen. When the Negishi set arrived, the tongue was tender and packed with flavor due to being thinly sliced. The grated yam had a rich taste and was delicious. The oxtail soup was a bit light in flavor. The dressing for the Chorogi salad was tasty. My husband was expecting a more bar-like atmosphere with a wider variety of alcohol, but there weren't many options, and there wasn't a specific menu for alcohol snacks, so he added pickled vegetables and miso-nanban as snacks. You could add more meat from just one piece, so we ordered grilled miso pork for 150 yen and mini Gankochan (slightly tougher part of the tongue) for 400 yen. The Gankochan was quite tasty. It felt like a place to eat after work. There were also young female solo customers and groups of two women. Negishi was established in Kabukicho, Shinjuku in 1981. According to their website, they were the first to come up with the combination of beef tongue, barley rice, and grated yam. It seems like this menu was created to attract female customers to a restaurant that was previously only frequented by male customers. Nowadays, it seems like this combination is essential for a beef tongue set meal. However, I think they could lower the price a bit, considering it only comes with rice, miso soup, and pickles.

When it comes to chain restaurants for beef tongue, this place is NeGishi-san. In addition to beef tongue, they also have plenty of steak, beef cutlet, pork kalbi, and other meat dishes in set meals! It's always crowded with office workers during lunchtime. Please follow us on TikTok, Twitter, and Instagram! (ID) → @hayashi_panda

Highly recommend eating in front of the grill! Negishi is the best! Negishi is the best with tongue! And also with barley rice! This place has such high completion level. I always look at it with respect, and can't help but think "I want to be born in Negishi and die in Negishi" lol. Can't wait for payday! I love the set with three kinds of beef tongue. On days when you shouldn't eat too much rice at night, just go for the beef tongue and highball. This restaurant itself is worthy of gratitude.

I ordered the "Marune Set" for lunch on a regular day. The thinly sliced white tongue has a rich flavor, while the red tongue has a satisfying chewiness that really gives you the feeling of eating tongue. The grated yam rice is consistently delicious. It's impressive that this chain restaurant maintains such a high level of quality.

At Sendai Station, my mother bought and ate a beef tongue bento, and then we started feeling satisfied. We enjoyed a little bit of beef tongue, miso pork, and thin pork slices. The pickles were carefully made, and we ended up getting a second serving of barley rice!!! It was delicious. Thank you as always. The miso pork tasted just like the meat we used to eat from a butcher shop when I was a child, and it was very delicious.♡♡♡

I went to dinner a little earlier, so it was not crowded. I wanted to eat tender meat, so I chose a set of shiratama and grilled pork. I didn't pay attention to it before, but the miso nanban sauce was a flavor I liked, and I want to stock it for home use next time. The soup had a lot of green onions, so I left only the green onions, but it also had grated yam, so I even had a second helping of rice and enjoyed it.

Visited around 12 pm on April 29th, a public holiday, and had to wait about 10 minutes for a seat as it was full. Ordered the Shirokatsu 2-piece light set (barley rice, soft-boiled egg, tail soup, pickles, seasonal salad) with an additional Shirotan 2 pieces and an extra serving of barley rice. The Shirokatsu seemed to use lean meat, possibly pork fillet, as there was little fat. The meat was tender with a light coating, making it less oily compared to regular tonkatsu. The sauce and rock salt provided for the Shirokatsu were light, so I preferred eating it with soy sauce. As for the Shirotan, it tasted slightly less salty than usual, which may be because I had already eaten the Shirokatsu with sauce and salt. I wasn't sure how to eat the soft-boiled egg, so I ended up putting it on my extra rice, adding soy sauce and pepper, and that turned out to be my favorite way to enjoy it.

I visited the restaurant located in El Tower directly connected to the west exit of Shinjuku Station. I arrived on Sunday at 4:30 PM and more than half of the seats were empty. I ordered the following: - Grilled beef tongue 3 kinds light set for 1950 yen - Warm egg for 100 yen The beef tongue had a good texture and was delicious, with both chewy and tender pieces. - Marune set for 1550 yen This set included rice, grated yam, soup, and side dishes. The beef tongue was delicious. - Mini salad for 200 yen Overall, it was a satisfying meal.

In the morning, I had a meeting with a client in Machida. There were few restaurants open for lunch after 11 o'clock in Machida, so I had to take the Romancecar train to Shinjuku. On the train, I thought about where to have lunch in Shinjuku, considering that I had another appointment in the afternoon and didn't want to stray too far from the station. I ended up choosing a restaurant inside El Tower. I had originally planned to order the Spicy Triple Set, but when I saw the menu inside, I discovered a new menu item - the Shirokatsu & Tan set with a change to onsen tamago and tororo. The dish turned out to be mostly protein, with the Tan being more like a hiré. While it was delicious, I personally prefer a heartier meal, so I ended up adding salt, pepper, and sauce to make it more filling.