Hamburg Restaurant Gyu-sha Akiba at Akihabara, Tokyo

Hamburg steak specialist near Suehirocho using 100 per cent wagyu beef, famous for the 1kg black triple burger.

Gyu-sha Akiba is a hamburg steak restaurant on Sotokanda's Kuramaebashi-dori, one minute from Suehirocho station and within walking distance of Akihabara. The menu centres on hand-formed patties made from 100 per cent wagyu beef, cooked medium-rare on a hot iron plate. The signature black 3-conn burger - a 1kg stack of three patties with three sauces - has been featured on television and in magazines. Diners choose from five sauce options including pepper, with a summer-only salt-lemon variant. A hamburg curry, made with beef tendon simmered into a rich gravy, is another popular pick. All-you-can-drink party courses start from 4,400 yen, and the venue welcomes both lunchtime diners and evening drinkers. For anyone who takes their hamburg steak seriously, Gyu-sha delivers juicy, meat-forward cooking in a relaxed dining bar setting. Its location between Akihabara and Ueno makes it a handy stop on a longer Tokyo itinerary.