In shortModern Chinese omakase in about ten small courses, cooked by one chef for eight seats. You can book it online yourself, or our Tokyo desk can request the table for you.
Price
Omakase ¥22,000 per person, tax included (varies by season and the day's purchases); drinks extra
Hours
Dinner single start 18:30 Tue–Sat, 18:00 Sun and holidays; lunch only occasionally (Ikyu showed no lunch dates in September 2026)
Closed
Mondays; also any day with no reservation three days out
Seats
Eight — a four-seat oval table and four at the counter; parties up to six
Payment
Cards accepted; no service charge
Getting there
Inari-machi tram stop (5 min on foot); Hiroshima Station (10 min)
Dress code
Smart casual
Masuki is on the second floor of a small building in Kyobashi‑cho,
ten minutes’ walk from Hiroshima Station, up a steep flight of
stairs. Owner‑chef Toshiaki Masuki cooks alone for eight seats — a
four‑seat oval table and four at the counter facing the kitchen —
while his wife runs the room, and the two work, as one Hiroshima food writer puts it, in lockstep, like partners in a three‑legged race. The cooking is
Chinese in technique and grammar but served the way a tasting
counter serves: around ten small plates in sequence, the portions
French in scale, the seasoning built on aroma, texture and ageing
rather than heat. Tabelog placed the house on its Chinese WEST 100
in 2024 and 2026 and gave it an Award Bronze in 2026; Gault&Millau
scores it 14.5/20 in its 2026 guide.
What you eat
One omakase, about ten courses, ¥22,000 with tax on Tabelog’s
current listing — the house says the figure moves with the season
and the day’s buying, and other listings show ¥18,000–22,000.
Reviewers describe a sequence that has included a rice porridge
with aubergine, a golden pork shumai, bang‑bang chicken, char siu,
shark fin, a black‑vinegar sweet‑and‑sour pork with Sichuan pepper,
conger with fermented black bean, noodles and dessert. In late
autumn the house runs a Shanghai hairy‑crab course. There is no
menu to choose from: you sit, and the plates arrive at the pace the
chef sets. Dress is smart casual, strong perfume is discouraged in
so small a room, and Ikyu’s listing admits no guests under
eighteen.
The booking reality
Three channels — an Ikyu online request (confirmed within 72
hours), the phone (082‑261‑0608, in Japanese) or a direct message on
Instagram — and one firm condition: book at least three days
ahead, for a date you will keep. The house refuses provisional
bookings, charges cancellation fees from three days out (100% on
the day), treats twenty minutes’ unexplained lateness as a
cancellation, and closes on any evening for which no one has booked
three days before. Every table starts together at 18:30 (18:00 on
Sundays and holidays), so the start time is not negotiable either.
There is no release day. Reviewers in 2025–2026 speak of waiting
some weeks for a seat, of “finally” getting one — and, once, of
calling from the Shinkansen and being seated the same evening. Our
desk handles the call in Japanese, fixes a date you can commit to,
and relays the house’s timing rules so the promise is kept.
You can book it online yourself, or our Tokyo desk can request it for you. Request this table →
Go if you
Travelers who have done Hiroshima’s oysters and okonomiyaki and
want the city’s most serious kitchen in another idiom; anyone who
values a quiet, exact room over a lively one; and couples or parties of up to six who can commit to a date three days out.
The house's cancellation charge
From 00:00 JST, 3 days before20%
From 00:00 JST, 2 days before30%
From 00:00 JST, 1 day before50%
Same day, with notice100%
Same day, no notice (no-show)100%
Charged by the house, not by us. A plan's own policy takes precedence.
Free release-date alerts: the day before, on the morning of release day (08:00 JST) and about 30 minutes before when the time is known — or a weekly summary if the house opens a little every day.
Masuki: common questions
Can you book Masuki from abroad?
Yes. Ikyu online request, phone in Japanese or Instagram DM, at least three days ahead; no provisional bookings. You can book online yourself, or our Tokyo desk can request the table for you; our ¥6,000-per-seat fee is charged only if we confirm your table.
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