Sagoro

Sagoro Review

If you have never indulged in some strictly top-end sukiyaki, shabu-shabu, or steak—or if you have and want to feel that way again—Sagoro will serve you a full dose of some excellent Yonezawa and Yamagata beef. The staff is polite and service is efficient. This will not only fill you up, but you may gush for days about the beef's impossible tenderness and its impeccable marbling of such ineffably sweet fat. Although most dishes are pricey in this sophisticated, upscale setting, there are some relative bargains. A simple plate of shoga-yaki (beef sautéed in ginger sauce; ¥1,785), with oshinko moriawase (pickled vegetables; ¥735), rice, and soup can make for a fairly reasonable meal. Go three blocks east from the station. Turn left. Look for the meat shop, and you'll see the black bull on the sign above the street next to it. Take the stairs up one flight to heaven.