Mouriya - The Best Restaurant for Eat Kobe Beef Steak in Kobe

Kobe Beef at Mouriya

Kobe Beef, most people know this beef has the best quality for its meat. The marbling on the meats, make them taste very juicy and tender, no matter how it cooked. You can get this beef around Japan, at licensed restaurants. However, if you're going to Kansai area, you might want to visit the city where this beef came from - Kobe.

In Kobe, you'll not get struggle to find Kobe Beef restaurants. Once you stepped out from Kobe Sannomiya station, you'll see many restaurants serve Kobe Beef. If you want to get the authentic, you should check whether they have license for serving kobe beef or not. Because lately I just heard news that some restaurant serve fake kobe beef and the marbles on the meat are also fake. They will sell it at the lower price which looks interesting for you who's looking for a cheaper option.

Mouriya in Kobe

When I was visiting Kobe in 2015, and I had a dinner at the restaurant which is one of the eldest restaurant in Kobe who serves Kobe Beef - Mouriya. Mouriya has opened since 1885 and they're very popular with Kobe beef which cooked in teppanyaki style. Teppanyaki is a good way to taste the delicacy of its fat. I asked them to cook it in "medium well" so I still could feel the original taste of the meat.

Appetizer before they serve the meat

Beyond my imagination, the meat was very tender and juicy. Even though they have a thick cuts, but it's not difficult to chew. At that time Aurelia still 5 years old and she didn't like to meat because mostly it's hard to chew (even the thin one for gyudon). But when she's eating Kobe beef, she enjoyed in every bites and even she ate faster than us. She said that the meat was very delicious.

Aurelia asked more beef because she loves it

To complete the beef steak, they also cooked some fresh beansprouts, garlic chips, and garlic fried rice. They're all taste very good and taste perfectly to be eaten with the beef steak. However, our favorite was garlic fried rice and garlic chips. To make this dishes, they use Japanese garlic which has big cloves and strong fragrant. This kind of garlic makes the fried rice more flavorful and the garlic "chips" also very crispy and tasty.

A complete meal of Kobe Beef Steak in Mouriya, Kobe

Had a dinner in Mouriya, is the greatest experience for us. There's no any regret to visit this place, even though we need to take 1 hour train ride from Osaka. The price also still reasonable. The total cost for all the meals was around ¥25.000. It's totally worth it for Kobe Beef. Will I back again? Definitely!!

Notes : Since they have limited space, you must make reservation in advance - especially if you come in large group.

Mouriya
Address : Japan, 〒650-0012 Hyogo, Kobe, Chūō-ku, Kitanagasadōri, 1-chōme−9−9 第一岸ビル−3F
Phone : +81 78-321-1990
Website : https://www.mouriya.co.jp/en/sannomiya
Opening hours : Mon - Sun 11AM - 10PM