Baton Higashi

Worth your time, especially if you like steaks.
Reasonable prices, tasty food (with a normal size of dish, compare to others), great service, quite atmosphere...
Thank to the staff working there, seems they do really care about clients.
UPD12.2020: minus 1 star, cuz now large portions became significantly smaller.

I really like the atmosphere, location, food and drink. Highly recommended for those of you coming to Ikebukuro!

Very nice restaurant with very friendly staff with a warm welcoming smile :)

Ambiance: Modern and clean with open kitchen
Staff service: Very good
Food: Very good (I went for lunch only here)
Large portions for free (大盛り無料)

I will visit here again for sure!

Oh wow! I am not a fan of Gourmet food as I find they whet my appetite and leave me hungry 😌 but the food at Baton was amazing! Each appetiser, main x 2, dessert, etc, was amazingly scrumplicious. And Just enough to satisfy me. I cannot remember what we ate as we were with m hubby’s scholarly friend and was carried away with the conversation rather than food.

But, simply delicious!

Tldr: We, my girlfriend and I, had a such a good experience eating lunch at Baton that we decided to head back for dinner the very next day. The food tastes great, it is reasonably priced and the atmosphere is amazing. They have English menus for foreigners and some English speaking staff.

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Having visited Tokyo one time previously, this time (June, 2019) we wanted to avoid the main tourist areas and experience food where the locals would eat. A friend of ours living in Tokyo recommended that we should try the newly opened Baton as most guests are regulars from the local area, the food is great at a reasonable price and that we should easily be able to get by without speaking Japanese.

We decided to head over for lunch. Finding the place was easy enough using Google maps and it is located close to the metro line. We found the restaurant to be a small and cozy place with a open and modern look. The restaurant has an open area in the front with tables and separate rooms in the back for those who wish some privacy. It was properly cleaned and you could watch as the chef prepared your food. As I'm writing this review 7 months after, I cannot remember the name of our dish, but we enjoyed a rice based meal with tender beef slices on top, which tasted great. The staff was pleasant and provided us excellent service, making our visit a great experience to look back at.

Having had such a good experience, we decided to head back for dinner the very next day accompanied by our friend living in Tokyo and her boyfriend. Whereas the atmosphere for lunch was open, modern and light, during dinner it was more dimmed down, cozy and relaxed. The dinner menu was quite different from the lunch menu as during lunch we had each our dish and for dinner we had several shared among us. We had an absolute amazing dinner experience, with a lively and friendly staff seeing to that we had a pleasant meal and, of course, good friends to share the experience with. We ended up testing three or four different wines, sake and more accompanied by a table filled with a dozen, or more, different dishes for sharing, ranging from sushi to a variation of delicious meat dishes.

We had two separate absolute amazing experiences eating at Baton, and will definitely go back next time we visit Tokyo!