JAPANESE CHAIN RESTAURANT RANKINGS
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0:00 Intro
0:09 McDonald’s
0:53 Burger King
1:31 Yoshinoya, Matsuya, and Sukiya
3:12 Torikizoku
4:10 Bikkuri Donki
5:24 Saizeriya
6:24 Gusto
7:06 KFC
7:28 Subway
8:17 Gyoza no Ohsho
9:20 Yayoiken
10:24 Hotto Motto
10:55 Shakey’s Pizza
12:28 Sushiro and Kurazushi
13:22 Cocoichi
14:10 First Kitchen / Wendy’s
14:43 Lotteria
15:01 Denny’s
15:56 Mr. Donut
17:20 Seventeen Ice
18:15 Mos Burger
19:16 7/11, Family Mart, Lawson
20:16 Re-Organizing Tier List
40 Comments
I would say Hidakaya
B b. B b. B.
711 in A class is criminal; easy S. saizeriya is the worst chain i've had in japan. Cocos is goated. sukiya is definitely S, torikizoku S. alot of us enjoyed mister donut, at least B. family mart and lawsons A. If the group was out and needed to pick up food and supplies 7/11, family, and lawson never missed.
ファストフードかどうか分からないけどPepper Lunchがないだと？😭😭😭
Misdo pon de rings are amazing!
Honestly Japanese pizza chains can go f**k themselves 🤣🤣🤣 pizza-la and Shaky Pizza are a nightmare, and dominos is similar to America’s (not that great) and is like 30 bucks for “medium” (actually small) pizza. Pizza Hut is similar to Dominos and every other Italian restaurant in Japan that has pizza, the pizza tastes like paper with ketchup (but admittedly good mozzarella) I don’t GET IT 😭😭😭
I'm with you guys on so many of these but saizerya is absolutely F tier. it's complete trash.
Thumbs down on video for mister donut ranking. Pon du ring alone makes its S tier.
I think Freshness Burger is the best fast food burger in Japan. And I've had them all. Great fried chicken sandwich too!
McDonaldo is probably 2nd on the strength of their breakfast selection and prices. Japanese Mcd is like 40% cheaper than in the US.
I honestly think that all the American-style pizza chains in Japan (Pizza Hut, Dominoes, Shakeys, Pizza-La, etc) are terribad. There are a lot of really great pizza places out there that are among the best in the world though, but they are all more towards the Italian style and not the American style of the spectrum though.
I think Matsuya is probably the best out of the three Gyudon chains, but I go to Sukiya more, just because there are more of them around.
I think that this list missed out on a lot of the non-gyudon donburi category, stuff like Tenya and Nakau, etc.
Haven't visited most of the fast food chains, but from my short trip to Japan in January, I definitely prefer seikomart to the big 3 conbinis. They had a much larger selection of fresh foods and their hot case was a bit more diverse, including fried cheese curds
In my 30 visits to Japan I've been to Mr Donut exactly once. Totally agree it's F tier. Some of the best foods were always these tiny little restaurants that I stumbled into. There are too many to name but I hope we can eventually highlights some of these hidden gems around the Tokyo metropolitan area.
i love your mate
How do you compare Shakey's Pizza to CiCi's Pizza?
Kura Sushi is a terrible restaurant. I recommend Sushiro. Also, don't eat sushi unless it's blue fish or white fish that's been grilled or fried. It smells bad and many Japanese people don't eat it. We recommend the conger eel and steamed egg custard.
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im canadian and i dont like western donuts anymore so i actually like Mister donuts when im craving donuts but dont want all that sugar
Sushi Ro is much higher quality food than Kura
I wish IELTS listening topics would be like this video
I ate Coco like 7 out of the 15 days I visited Japan this year… def cream of the crop
Haha! I never knew Shakeys still has other restos outside the Philippines. Here it’s like already part of our culture. Their thin crust pizzas (especially the manager’s choice) and mojo potatoes are legendary.
i live in melbourne i'd love to know what those chinese places are 🙋♀️🙋♀️
Japanese Denny’s is B tier easily.
My favorite "bowl" restaurant is Tokyo Chikara Meshi, even though their shop numbers recently dwindled dramatically
Tried Ootoya for first time a couple months ago. Very good and wasn't too difficult to order. (Automated ordering can be difficult for visitors)
Come on. Mr Donut is not that bad at least here in Thailand. 😅
HOT TAKE, CocoIchi is overrated and overpriced. Especially when there’s Indian/Nepalese curry restaurants pretty much everywhere that’ll serve for similar if not cheaper. And it often comes with all you can eat naan and free lassi drinks!
What happened to Freshness Burger?
My opinion:DONT you ever go to fast food shops.
Instead, go to privately owned restraunts.
Japan has tons of them and most of them are great.
HI Japanalysis! Tempura Tendon Tenya was recommended to me recently, do you have any thoughts on this chain? Thanks!
CocoIchi just hits different
Thank god for close captions.
I used to go to CoCoIchi multiple times a week, but for some reason it's moved down a bit for me. I know this is happening everywhere right now, but I feel the inflation/shrinkflation effect has been particulary noticeable at Coco. As far as cheap fast food goes my go-tos are Matsuya and McDonalds right now.
Thoughts on Tendon Tenya?
Why does the Aussie sound ai generated
Even Dunkin Donuts is disappointing 99% of the time.
Cambodian donut shops are the top tier in the world.
If you know, you know.
This is a rare sight, a highly entertaining tier list. Cheers!
Is there a way to access the ranking chart? I'm going to Japan soon so want to look up locations for some of these. I looked at the Discord and couldn't find it although I'm new to Discord. Thanks for the analysis!
This ranking is shit. What a waste of time. I hope this channel gets banned.
No pepper lunch? That is my #1 S tier fast food.
what about Nakau?? easy A tier imo