If you are looking for halal-friendly burgers in Japan, three places in Tokyo are a good place to start: LUXE BURGERS in Ningyocho, its Asakusa branch, and Hangry Joe’s Tokyo in Akihabara.
This guide covers these three, plus a burger-style dish at a café in Fukuoka, based on what each listing page on Halal Gourmet Japan shows. Later, we also introduce a restaurant serving wagyu hamburger steak.
The listings for all five show halal meat and halal seasonings. All five also have halal and vegetarian options.
LUXE BURGERS in Ningyocho
LUXE BURGERS, in Nihombashikobunacho, Chuo-ku, is a burger restaurant that opened in February 2020. It says it serves mayonnaise-free burgers made with lamb patties.
It says it also serves bistro dishes by chefs specializing in French cuisine. These use farm-fresh vegetables and lamb.
It also offers takeout and delivery.
LUXE BURGERS has halal certification and is Muslim-owned. It serves no pork.
It has a dedicated halal kitchen and tableware, and a prayer space. To find mosques and prayer spaces nearby, see our guide to finding a mosque or prayer room in Japan.
LUXE BURGERS’ Asakusa branch
Luxe Burgers & Sunny’s Table Asakusa Branch, in Asakusa 1-chome, is the Asakusa branch of the Ningyocho shop. It is on the 2nd and 3rd floors of its building.
This branch also has halal certification and is Muslim-owned. It serves no pork and does not serve alcohol.
It also has a dedicated halal kitchen and tableware. Our guide to Asakusa and Ueno covers more places nearby.
Hangry Joe’s Tokyo in Akihabara
Hangry Joe’s Tokyo, in Sudacho, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, is the first Japanese location of the popular American brand Hangry Joe’s Hot Chicken. It describes itself as an “all-day burger shop” whose atmosphere changes between day and night.
It says it uses thick halal chicken breast. The chicken is seasoned and then aged for two to three days, it says, to make it tender.
It says its own Hangry sauce uses 10 spices, including habanero and ghost pepper. The seasonings and sauces are the same as at its US shops, it says.
Hangry Joe’s Tokyo has halal certification and serves no pork. It also has a dedicated halal kitchen and tableware.
According to its official website, it also serves alcohol such as beer and wine in the evening. Please take this into account when deciding whether to visit.
A burger-style dish at a café in Fukuoka
caffé Mattina, in Yukuhashi, Fukuoka Prefecture, is a café serving dishes made with local ingredients. It says its halal-certified chicken meatballs (tsukune) are served on a plate with homemade waffles.
It says you can also have the tsukune burger-style.
If you want hamburger steak
Hamburger steak is a different dish from a burger, but there is also a hamburger steak restaurant: Melting hamburger steak Fukuyoshi Asakusa Kuramae, in Kotobuki 1-chome, Taito-ku.
Its signature dish is the Wagyu Halal Melting Hamburger Steak, made with black wagyu beef. It says you grill it yourself on a hotplate.
It is a 3-minute walk from Kuramae Station and 7 minutes from Asakusa Station. It has counter seats and semi-private igloo-shaped seats.
Fukuyoshi serves no pork. It also has a dedicated halal kitchen and tableware.
Before you go
Information on our listings may change at the restaurant’s discretion. Please check menus and arrangements on the linked pages and with the restaurant on site.
Each listing page describes the restaurant’s halal arrangements (certification, ingredients, kitchen, and so on). Please read the listing and decide whether it meets your own standards.
If you want to let staff know that you avoid pork and alcohol, you can show them our note in Japanese.
To wrap up
For lamb burgers, try LUXE BURGERS in Ningyocho. It also has a branch in Asakusa.
For spicy chicken, try Hangry Joe’s Tokyo in Akihabara. If you want a wagyu hamburger steak, there is Fukuyoshi in Asakusa Kuramae.
Once you know where you are going, open the restaurant’s listing page and check its halal arrangements.
Image credits
- Featured image (cheeseburger, illustrative image): Renee Comet / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons
This article was written by the Halal Gourmet Japan team. On Halal Gourmet Japan, you can search for halal-friendly restaurants and prayer spaces all over Japan. The service is also available as an app (iOS / Android).
After seeing his Muslim friends struggle to dine out in Japan, he founded Halal Gourmet Japan, a restaurant search service for Muslims, and has been running it for more than a decade since its launch in 2014. He also co-founded Food Diversity Inc. (formerly Halal Media Japan; he has since stepped down), and has deep expertise in halal support for restaurants and Muslim-oriented inbound tourism. Halal Gourmet Japan is one of Japan’s largest halal-friendly restaurant search services, used in more than 140 countries, introducing halal-friendly restaurants and prayer spaces across Japan in multiple languages.
