The Oak Door

We visited on January 3, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.
Being Friday the 3rd of the New Year, it was a full house!
Unfortunately, they were out of fish and lobster!
In the end, we decided on meat for our main course, which was still very tasty!
I was very happy to have my favorite dirty potatoes again!
We had a wonderful and enjoyable dinner in a relaxed atmosphere!
The hospitality was excellent!
I would highly recommend this restaurant!

So this is a combined occasion review. My first visit to Oak Door was with my partner on Thanksgiving. The appetizer spread was delicious, and one could order extra helpings of sides if one so wished. The turkey was decent, but my only critique is that I wish they had asked if I preferred white meat or dark meat, as I felt that they gave me a larger helping of dark meat and I really don’t care for dark meat that much. The service was excellent throughout the dinner, from the overall attentiveness to the attention to detail. For an extra 5,500 yen one may also add the drink course which I highly recommend. It was an excellent Thanksgiving dinner, and even if you’re not from the U.S., I would recommend giving it a try if you’re in Tokyo during around the holidays for the overall experience and ambiance.

I enjoyed the Thanksgiving dinner so much that my colleague and I decided to go back to try the Oak Door’s famous brunch. All-in-all, it was very good. Basically you get unlimited appetizers, which are actually pretty generous in portion, and then you choose a main course as well as dessert. For my main I ordered the fish (which I believe was seabass?), and my colleague ordered the burger and fries. My fish was good, although cold have used a little more flavor, but given that I had filled up on champagne and appetizers I didn’t have much room for a larger main course. I tried a bit of the burger which was honestly too well done for my taste (and I generally prefer my burgers more well done than I would eat a steak). Free flow drinks are included for 90 minutes as well, which is a good deal, but the service this day was not nearly as attentive as my Thanksgiving dinner experience and more than one point we had to get a manager to come over to take our order. All the staff were extremely polite and even apologetic, but it wasn’t as good as Thanksgiving – not sure if they were short staffed or what, but the service could have been better. Overall, we still enjoyed it and I would definitely go back. The atmosphere is also very elegant, you definitely feel like you’re eating in an upscale dining establishment as should be the case given the premier address of the Grand Hyatt Roppongi.

Sometimes, even in Tokyo, one wants a steak dinner...and if you have the chance, The Oak Door is always a treat. Great service, exceptional steaks, splurge on the Wagyu (like butter) and a few cocktails. Dirty martini. They are now doing set menus which are great value, especially if you are coming from overseas with the yen so low...I had a four course dinner, with 2 martinis and it was a bit more than $120US including tax and service. Well worth the treat.

Brunch was good with all you can eat appetizer and dessert choices, we had a free flow alcohol drink which I recommended of you want to enjoy some drinks at daytime. You can choose one main dish which inclusive in the offer. Service was friendly and we can see the staff is passionate in hospitality especially M.Ito (the lady who assisted us during the brunch). A nice ambiance as we accompanied by live music.🎵

The atmosphere is great for a dinner with friends or in a group, but unfortunately, we were very disappointed. To start, the first glass of wine we were served had a bug inside, and we had to request a new one. Then, after ordering dinner for two, I experienced severe stomach pain after the soup, and my friend had a similar issue after we left the restaurant. The food itself was average—fish, steak, salad, soup, and cheesecake—nothing stood out. A big letdown overall!