Ginza's 'Old Delhi' Lunch
A Japanese restaurant in Tokyo’s Ginza is promoting a Friday ‘Old Delhi’ lunch menu featuring mutton, sag chicken and a limited chicken‑mushroom korma — the post included photos and drew small engagement (6 likes). (x.com)
A Ginza Indian restaurant is using a Friday-only “Old Delhi” lunch to sell a more specific regional story, not just a standard curry set. (tabelog.com) The restaurant is Old Delhi in EXITMELSA Ginza, at 5-7-10 Ginza in Chuo, Tokyo, and listings show it opens daily at 11 a.m. with lunch service and dinner service. Tripadvisor lists the current location on the 7th floor of EXITMELSA, while Tabelog notes the business opened in 1998 and later relocated. (tripadvisor.in) (tabelog.com) Third-party restaurant guides describe Old Delhi as a North Indian restaurant with a menu built around curries, naan and tandoori dishes, and AutoReserve says it has been “selected by Michelin.” The same listing highlights gentler seasoning aimed at Japanese diners, a common adaptation in Tokyo’s long-running Indian restaurant scene. (autoreserve.com) (tabelog.com) That Friday lunch framing fits how many Tokyo restaurants use weekday sets and limited dishes to create repeat traffic without changing the full menu. Tabelog lists Old Delhi’s average lunch budget at JPY 1,000 to JPY 1,999, placing it in the price band where rotating specials can pull office workers and nearby shoppers. (tabelog.com) The regional label also does extra work: “Old Delhi” signals North Indian food with richer gravies, meat dishes and breads, even when the restaurant is serving a localized version in Japan. AutoReserve’s description points to butter masala and cheese naan as signature items, showing the house already mixes classic North Indian cues with dishes tailored for local demand. (autoreserve.com) Old Delhi is not a new pop-up testing the market. Tabelog shows hundreds of reviews and says the business has roots going back to August 1, 1998, while Tripadvisor currently lists 63 reviews and a 3.9 rating. (tabelog.com) (tripadvisor.in) Recent customer feedback suggests the restaurant’s draw is as much location and atmosphere as strict culinary consensus. A March 2026 Tripadvisor review praised the ambience but criticized some non-vegetarian dishes, while a February 2025 review said the restaurant was easy to access inside EXITMELSA and offered a broad set-meal menu. (tripadvisor.in) In Ginza, where chain lunches and department-store dining compete for the same midday crowd, a named Friday menu gives an older restaurant a fresh hook. The pitch is simple: come for lunch, and get a narrower slice of “Old Delhi” than the everyday curry board. (tabelog.com) (tripadvisor.in)
