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Elio Locanda Italiana

About

  • 4.6 (50 reviews)
  • $$, $$$
Day of the Week Opening Hours
Monday 11:45 - 14:15
Tuesday 11:45 - 14:15
Wednesday 11:45 - 14:15
Thursday 11:45 - 14:15
Friday 11:45 - 14:15
Saturday 11:45 - 14:15
Sunday Closed

Cuisines

  • 🍝 Italian
  • 🥖 European

Dining Options

  • 💺 Seating
  • 🍽️ Table service
  • 📅 Reservations
  • 🍷 Serves Alcohol
  • 🪑 Highchairs Available
  • 🍸 Full Bar
  • 🍱 Lunch
  • 🍽️ Dinner

Recommended Reviews

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4.6
50 reviews
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Anna Chernozhukova
2018-11-10 on google

Great itelian restaurant especially if you a bit tired from the sushi, tempura or ramen) Very good pasta and great wine. A bit overpriced but it's a very good place for some special event

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Jigo Hayashi
2018-10-20 on google

Superb Italian. Commendable for business and private dinings.

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Jessica
2018-10-16 on google

Good Italian restaurant and perfect for groups!

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K. Abe
2018-10-04 on google

Great service, great food!

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Georgi Georgiev
2018-10-01 on google

It was amazing, as always. The restaurant has atmosphere and character. The food you cannot go wrong with anything. Nice gestures to make you feel comfortable and welcome. It's a place a like going back to.

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Julien Lambelet
2018-10-01 on google

Unexpensive and convinient italian food (mostly)

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minolyu N
2018-09-16 on google

The best Italian hospitality I ever had in Tokyo with waiters' smiles and detailed explanation of cuisines made me like at home comfortable and ofc amazingly delicious!

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Dean Jen
2018-08-18 on google

Awesome experience.

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Hirota Shion
2018-07-22 on google

The food was so good.

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Jaloliddin Rakhimov
2018-06-26 on google

Nice place good food

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Fabio Pizzuto
2018-06-08 on google

Exquisite Italian cuisine with fantastic service. A tradition of Italian food experience in Tokyo. Suggestion: talk to the staff when ordering, ask for recommendations and do not be afraid to ask for ad-hoc changes. A well deserved 5 stars.

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Israel Castro
2018-05-22 on google

Expensive basic Italian food. But if you are looking to get away from the Japanese menu it's a good choice.

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Mike Pirlo
2018-05-16 on google

Elio is a legendary place in Tokyo.Ambassadors and famous people go there as well as ordinary people.It’s good but it has been the same menu since I don’t know how long time ago. Last time I went there I felt like I was in a time machine back in the 90s as it was more or less prepared as when I went there the first time. I believe that food is evolution in taste also for traditional Italian food. I believe that the place has so much more potential.Anyway everybody should go there and try once and have their opinion about it. Be ready to spend some good money as it’s not cheap.

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ナバールナバール
2018-05-05 on google

Great food, great wines, great hospitality!

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Lauren Gilmour
2018-04-17 on google

What an incredible owner and host Elio is. A man of wonderful down to earth values is translated into authentic and wholesome Italian food, and an experience that would be difficult to replicate anywhere in the world. A presto Elio!

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Anushan Rajakulasingam
2018-02-13 on google

My first restaurant were I truly thought italian food was delicious. Previously I had always though italian food was all volume no taste.

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Steve Kiang
2018-01-13 on google

Authentic Southerm Italian food with a very cosy ambience.

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g v
2018-01-08 on google

Probably the best Italian restaurant in Tokyo. Feeling in Italy for a moment !!!

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Mio K
2017-10-01 on google

It was okay. Not surprisingly great.

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Miro Mi
2017-09-16 on google

Best Italian food in Japan - no doubts. Elio sources all of his own ingredients directly from organic and best quality suppliers - from making his own bread, direct sourcing of fish from fishing boats, making his own superb cheeses (and salamis) in Hokkaido through to pasta and all vegetables. Working with the very best ingredients, the kitchen adds its magic to, simply, produce the best Italian foodAfter more than 20 years - the food just gets better and better. If you like Italian - you will love Elio

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Mathieu Deligne
2017-09-01 on google

Very good place to eat Italian food in Tokyo. It was delicious, but you have to put the price with it. Good atmosphere, nice service. Highly recommend.

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saswr
2017-08-22 on google

finally some good fkin gnocchis

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Ken Li
2017-08-10 on google

A bit pricy comparing to nearby restaurants but the food & service are totally worth it. The bread is amazing, not to mention the pastas. And also the authentic service from real Italian guys:)

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Riccardo Balzarini
2017-07-21 on google

Authentic excellent Italian food at reasonable price, professional and friendly service

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Anita Blake
2017-07-18 on google

A taste of Calabria in the Heart of Tokyo! Friendly staff catering to our every culinary need. Be sure to save a smidge of room for the decadent dessert cart at the end!

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Cristian Nandrean
2017-07-15 on google

A place with one of the best food in Tokyo. The staff is very friendly and helpful.

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ri Sa
2017-06-20 on google

I had lunch course, it was so delicious and felt real italian atmosphere. every waiters is so active and energic.

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Claudio Cascone
2017-06-07 on google

One of th best Italian restaurants in Tokyo. Main dishes are specialities from south of Italy.

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Yuko Rockey
2017-05-20 on google

I felt like we found a gem when we first entered the restaurant. The atmosphere, the service, and the food were great until they asked us to move to another table in the middle of our corse meal so that they could use our table to seat a bigger group. Who would interrupt such a special dining experience like that? For that reason, I’m giving 3 star to this place.

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Hideki Matsuura
2017-04-25 on google

Great Italian restaurant in Hanzomon area. The restaurant's owner would be an Italian and the food was very good. This place is good for dates, business dinners and special events.

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E V
2017-04-07 on google

I’ve been to Elio more than 5 times for dinner and every single time, it has been fantastic! Menu changes regularly and the dishes are seasonal. I always ask them to serve me what is fresh and flavorful and they just come with whatever the kitchen does best. Service is professional and warm, just like in Italy.

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Dai Fujimura
2017-04-02 on google

Musician Dreams co.e true is a site siteiru Italian restaurant

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Emily Hopkins
2017-03-24 on google

Great service and delicious food. The ambiance was very pleasant.

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Jane Tyson
2017-03-23 on google

The staff are extremely friendly and helpful. Service very quick and food excellent. Wonderful array of desserts despite them not being on the menu. We tried a somewhat trendy offering near to Elio when they were fully booked one night.My spouse's meal was reasonable, my free range chicken was more like the native hen of the old joke where you boil it with an old boot for several hours take out the chicken then eat the boot. Our luck with restaurants near Hanzomon station have been a bit hit and miss. Elio however was a hit so we are back there tonight. Life is too short to eat lousy food.

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이재윤
2017-03-21 on google

Simply delicious and great burrata cheese.

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Shinichi Abe
2017-03-16 on google

Great food, great atmosphere and great people!

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madhuri Dinesh
2016-10-09 on google

One of the best Italian restaurants. Love the food and service here. The place is little crowded during lunch . Make a reservation in advance

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Balraj Sheetak
2016-09-20 on google

Very tasty Italian food. Pasta n lasagne was very good

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Isabelle Lee
2016-09-08 on google

Food is amazing, wine is fantasticBest wine and Best Italian I have ever had

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Flavio Nati
2016-08-22 on google

Great Italian food in middle of Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo downtown.

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Anindya Das
2016-08-21 on google

Fabulous Italian food. Excellent service. Expensive, but worth the price. Highly recommended.

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Robert Blake
2016-08-04 on google

An incredible dining experience.

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Sara S
2016-08-02 on google

Amazing food, lovely atmosphere and they were eager to accommodate dietary restrictions in spite of not being informed beforehand. Went for lunch— note that if you make a reservation you have to order the more expensive 2500 yen course. Worth it though! A plus for great coffee and free bread refills (but please don’t take away the basket until it’s empty— it’s sad to waste great bread).

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Charles Green
2016-07-27 on google

Great food and service.

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L JR
2016-06-12 on google

One of the top Italian places in Tokyo. Amazing how many servers are constantly scampering around catering to customers-- excellent. The food is really top notch which includes traditional pasta and great home made sausage. This is why the best Italian food outside of Italy is here in Tokyo...

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Tokyo Dane
2016-06-08 on google

Absolutely great atmosphere, friendly staff and delicious meals. Pretty sure I will become a regular at Elio 🇮🇹

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Alex Baker
2016-05-16 on google

Excellent Italian restaurant with good service and great food. Menus in Italian and Japanese, but waiters seem to all speak English too. Packed at lunchtime with reservations highly recommended. If you don't have a reservation be prepared to wait for at least 30 minutes.

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Blanka Kobayashi
2016-05-15 on google

This is our favorite Italian in Tokyo. They take very special care about the ingredients, produce their own cheese and salamis, beyond organic standards. The food is delicious and you get spoiled by love and attention. The owner, Elio, comes to table to discuss and shower you with care. You really do feel like at home here.

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Julien Thomas
2016-05-03 on google

It gets great reviews but we were really disappointed. Had the chef's risotto. Presentation was really poor and the texture wasn't great. Drinks were over-priced for the quality. A beer, gin and tonic and a glass of red wine.Main Italian chef was attentive and informed. But otherwise we felt there were too many waiters swarming around us. Kept on trying to give us more bread (which you pay for). We were there early and got a table without booking. Quite a small cosy restaurant. Not week signed from the street. It's behind the wooden door.

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Marcello Orestano
2016-01-04 on google

Excellent, authentic Italian cuisine - bravo Elio 👏👏👏

Questions & Answers

Menus are changeable day to day at least for kunchtime, and are given to you at your table. Menus are in Italian and Japanese, but most of the waiters do a great job describing the dishes in English. As for evenings, can't comment as have not been lucky enough to go yet.

Yes, we have it. Certainly dinner is expensive? I enjoyed having lunch with my wife on the 24th of last year or 25th. I asked for a lunch of 2500 yen instead of a lunch of 1600 yen, but the contents were very rich, and of course it was delicious. I went with my wife when I opened it, so I have been in this winter for 21 years. Oh, I need a reservation for lunch too ?
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