Enjoyable eating out and exciting drinking parties are fun and let one forget the time. Here are 5 restaurants that can be enjoyed in the Hakata and Tenjin areas of Fukuoka until late at night. A lineup of restaurants in various styles can be chosen according to the mood of the moment, including restaurants where guests can thoroughly enjoy themselves until midnight and relaxing restaurants that are perfect for the 2nd or 3rd venue of a night out.
Tenjin Minami - Hakata Robata Sakaba Harubaru
A dining bar where guests can enjoy plenty of charcoal-grilled meat.
Hakata Robata Sakaba Harubaru is located a 5-minute walk from Tenjin-Minami Station. This restaurant lets guests enjoy charcoal-grilled meat menu items at affordable prices. Their skirt steak features soft textures, comes with mashed potatoes and onion rings, and is served in large portions. They also have a lineup of cuisine that uses various kinds of meat.
Hakata Robata Sakaba Harubaru
Access: 5 minutes walk from Tenjin-minami Station
Nakasu Kawabata - Teppanyaki Ishida
Enjoy iron-griddled food using carefully selected ingredients along with a splendid performance.
The counter features special seats where one can fully enjoy the splendid performance of the chef. They can see the carefully selected ingredients being cooked up close. The restaurant also has an exclusive private room for customers who want to enjoy some private time. It can be used in a variety of ways depending on the situation, including entertaining, banquets, and anniversaries. It is open until 2 am at night, making this restaurant incredibly useful for late dinners.
Teppanyaki Ishida
Access: 5 minutes walk from Nakasu Kawabata Station
Nakasu Kawabata - Beef tongue & Soba noodles Saeki
An izayaka where guests can enjoy thickly sliced beef tongue along with homemade soba noodles - a style that can't be found anywhere else.
Located a 3-minute walk from Nakasu-Kawabata Station. Beef tongue & soba noodles Saeki is a unique style of restaurant where one can enjoy thickly sliced beef tongue along with handmade soba noodles to finish off the meal. The beef tongue is made with soft, aged meat that is incredibly delicious and is crisply cooked rare with charcoal fire. The soba noodles are made with buckwheat powder from Kumamoto. Other must-try menu items include the Kinun Pork Cuts Rice Bowl with soba soup and the Soba with Hakata Offal, a warm soba that takes hints from offal hotpot.
The restaurant interior is a relaxing, Japanese-style space with counters that are comfortable for solo guests and spacious tatami seating. The tatami seating can be used for up to 40 people and is excellent for banquets with large groups. They also have a lineup of Kyushu sake carefully selected by the restaurant head, and the exclusive drinks and seasonal Japanese sake, which sell out quickly, should definitely be checked out. They are open until 1 am at night, making this restaurant an excellent and thoroughly satisfying choice for late-night meals.
Beef tongue & Soba noodles Saeki
Closed: Business resumes from 18:00 on 4/18 (Monday)
Average price: [Dinner] 4,000 JPY / [Lunch] 4,000 JPY
Access: 3 minutes walk from Nakasu Kawabata Station
Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) - Washudokoro Koryori Shuko
A small foods izakaya where one can freely enjoy a rich variety of menu items.
This restaurant is located on the 5th floor of a building and has a mature, hideout-like atmosphere. The interior has counter seats and tatami seating with sunken kotatsu tables, both of which let guests comfortably relax and enjoy their meals. Closing the partition creates a semi-private room-style space. A perfect restaurant for eating out with friends.
Washudokoro Koryori Shuko
Closed: Tuesday
Average price: [Dinner] 5,000 JPY / [Lunch] 5,000 JPY
Access: 7 minutes walk from Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) Station
Tenjin Minami - Smoke & Spice GROW’s
Smoked and spicy cuisine that can be enjoyed in this refuge in a back street.
Smoke＆Spice GROW's is located a 10-minute walk from Tenjin-Minami Station. As the name indicates, here guests can enjoy the cuisine of various countries, which uses homemade smoking and spices. Besides the smoked food assortments, they have a rich lineup of foods that go well with alcohol, including the Buffalo Chicken Plate and Singapore-style Bak Kut.
Featuring counter and table seats that utilize the material feel of wood, this restaurant is a space where one can relax and enjoy a good meal. They have sofa seats and private rooms available, letting guests spend a relaxing time that suits their mood at the moment. It is open as late as 7 am the next morning. They are happy to accommodate guests using the restaurant late at night.
Smoke&Spice GROW’s
Access: 10 minutes walk from Tenjin-minami Station
