Chef's Live Kitchen at InterContinental Tokyo Bay

Chef's Live Kitchen at InterContinental Tokyo Bay

As you may know, recently I went on a trip across Japan, and during a part of it I stayed at the InterContinental Tokyo Bay hotel. I enjoyed my stay there and was impressed by many things the hotel has to offer. One of these is a buffet restaurant called Chef's Live Kitchen. After spending the whole day exploring the city around this amazing hotel, I returned back extremely tired and of course hungry. I was looking for a nice place to have dinner and the staff there suggested to me that I should check out this cool buffet restaurant.

Chef's Live Kitchen is located on the 3rd floor of the hotel, and as I already said, it is a buffet restaurant where you pay to enter and then you can eat as much as you can in a proscribed time period, 120-minute time limit for the dinner, 105-minute time limit for the dessert & light meal buffet and 90 minutes for lunch. The staff there was very friendly to me and quickly explained the dining procedure to me. There is a huge variety of meals at your disposal both from western and Japanese cuisine. 

They offer a seasonal menu with around 50 items for the lunch and dinner buffet, and around 60 items for the dessert & light meal buffet. The choices range from potatoes, vegetables to different kinds of sushi, tempura, and many other dishes. Also, there is a huge variety of desserts which I really enjoyed such as cakes, cookies, pudding and especially shaved ice which you must definitely try if you haven't done so already. 

You walk around the restaurant and select the meals that you enjoy the most. Also, you can try many different kinds of beverages both alcoholic and non-alcoholic, some of which you need to pay additionally. You can also prepare your own soft drinks by mixing for example, melon syrup and soda. I personally enjoyed the unlimited amount of sushi, since as we all know, sushi in Japan is so much better than sushi anywhere else. Also, having the option to eat as much as you want is an amazing thing and you can really fill up after an exhausting day. 

Also definitely try some of their amazing desserts such as already mentioned shaved ice, and my personal favorite, tiny strawberry pudding. If you come a bit early or you're lucky you can grab some amazing places right next to the windows, so when you're eating you can enjoy the amazing view of the Tokyo Bay and the Rainbow Bridge which lights up in many colors during the night. Keep in mind that Chef's Live Kitchen is not exclusive to guest of the hotel only, anyone can come and enjoy this fine restaurant.

InterContinental Tokyo Bay

InterContinental Tokyo Bay

During my trip to Japan I visited many amazing places and stayed at some great hotels. One of these is the Intercontinental Tokyo Bay. Intercontinental Tokyo Bay Hotel is a 5-star hotel located in the center of Tokyo's Minato district, which gives it good connectivity to major parts of the city like Ginza and Odaiba. It is easily accessible since it is connected by a walkway to the Takeshiba Station, and the hotel offers a free shuttle bus that commutes from the hotel to Shinagawa station and Hamamatsucho station, from which it takes about 20 min with the monorail to reach Haneda Airport. For me, the location was ideal since I planned on exploring Odaiba and going for some shopping in Ginza. Also, the Tokyo Tower is nearby, so I recommend everyone that stays in this hotel, to take a night stroll to the Tokyo Tower to enjoy it for close by.
The InterContinental brand has always been known for its high level of service and luxury they offer. This can be seen when you enter its spectacular lobby which, among others, features are large and beautiful Japanese traditional artwork. 

Also, there's a New York Lounge Bar located in the lobby which is absolutely spectacular to see, and there's also an award-winning cake shop which offers a variety of cakes, baked goods, & hotel original goods carefully created by Executive Chef Pâtissier Junji Tokunaga. I have to say that I was impressed by the staff of the hotel. They were all quite professional and very well versed in English. Upon my arrival, I was escorted to my room and explained everything I need to know to enjoy my stay at the hotel.

The Intercontinental Tokyo Bay Hotel offers several kinds of rooms that are divided into two groups according to the view they offer. These are the Riverside view rooms, which offer beautiful views of the Sumida river and the city, and the Bay View rooms, which have a breathtaking view of the entire Tokyo Bay and the famous Rainbow Bridge. The room in which I stayed was the Superior Bay View room. The room itself has all the amenities you can expect from a high-end luxury hotel room. From beautiful high-quality furniture and a flat-screen TV, 2 the coffee machine and the Bluetooth Entertainment System, and many more cool things. 

The bathroom is also quite spacious and luxurious and offers you the ability to either take a shower or take a nice hot bath in the bathtub. But the selling point of the entire room for me personally, is the absolutely spectacular view that it offers of the entire Tokyo Bay. The whole city is at your fingertips as you watch the ships cruise down the river, and as tiny cars drive along the streets. You can spend days there just enjoying the view taking in the vista of the beautiful, never sleeping city.

This luxurious hotel has so much to offer and I definitely recommend that you check out their website and, if you like what you see, that you book a stay.