I can hardly claim to have a refined palate, but within the same genre, I think taste is generally proportional to price. That said, once the bill exceeds ¥30,000 per person, the price wins out no matter how delicious the food is.
So my options are limited to restaurants that are both delicious and under ¥30,000 per person. That makes things difficult when someone requests an ultra-high-end sushi restaurant, since most places easily go over ¥50,000 once you add drinks.
In Tokyo, I recommend yakitori restaurants. There are plenty of excellent places where you can keep it to around ¥10,000 per person, drinks included. The only drawback—no, blemish—is that popular places can be hard to book.
If she isn’t allergic to buckwheat, soba restaurants are another good option. There are plenty with a pleasant atmosphere, too.
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These days, the total usually comes to a little over ¥20,000 for lunch on the first meeting, and around ¥30,000–¥50,000 for dinner.
Since we often eat at restaurants inside hotels, and decent restaurants in central Tokyo cost about that much.
From the second meeting onward, it varies widely—from ¥3,000 to over ¥50,000. Occasionally, I meet women who make me feel like there’s no need to keep feeding a caught fish, but basically, I go along with what the other person wants.
Depending on the time and my mood, we might just have ramen, while sometimes they request an upscale restaurant that they normally wouldn’t be able to visit.
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Since I mainly meet for lunch, I’d say it’s around ¥4,000 per person. I’m in a less expensive area outside the Tokyo metropolitan region, though, so this might not be a useful point of reference.
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We usually just go to conveyor-belt sushi places or family restaurants.
The most expensive was a hotel buffet for ¥5,000. If you have a full-course meal, you’d gain weight, right?
As for the allowance, when you break it down, my pay-per-meeting amount is over ¥10,000. That’s for my monthly arrangements.
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In my case, dinner usually costs around ¥10,000–15,000 for the two of us.
I rarely go to restaurants that cost more than ¥10,000 per person myself, so I usually take her somewhere at the level of places I’d normally go to.
There’s no point in stretching beyond my means just to impress her.
She may think the places are underwhelming, but so far, she hasn’t shown it.
From the second date onward, I sometimes get takeout instead—it really depends on the situation.
As for the area, I decide on the hotel location first and then look for somewhere nearby.
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You might want to check the “Setting Data” section near the top of the member page—the part with the spinning icon. If you set the male members’ area to “Tokyo” and look at the ranking of meeting spots, you can get a pretty good idea of the locations. Shinjuku and Roppongi are slightly more common, but they’re fairly spread out overall. By the way, the last time I checked, the top meeting spot for the Chiba branch was “in front of the Lawson next to the love hotel district in Yushima,” which made me laugh (who was that? lol). But when I checked today, it was a normal location.
In my case, the average spend for the first meeting is around ¥20,000 for two people—about ¥30,000 if we have sushi. From the second meeting onward, or when things continue long-term, the average is usually in the low ¥10,000 range for two people, so the first meeting is just a little more expensive. There may be women who secretly think, “That’s kind of cheap,” and don’t meet me a second time, but the rate of continuing beyond the second meeting isn’t particularly low. I’m also often complimented by the women who do continue on my choice of restaurants, so personally, I don’t think there’s a problem with this. That said, it might depend on the type of women you’re making offers to, I suppose. lol
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That’s way too broad a question!
It really depends on the other person’s preferences, circumstances, and mood.
Sometimes I deliberately go for the opposite of the safe choice.
For example, I’ll take them to a restaurant that knows what ingredients they dislike and prepares them in a way they’ll actually enjoy.
If it misses the mark, it’s awful, but when it works, it’s incredibly fun.
I realized that likes and dislikes can sometimes be caused by bias.
— It’s me.
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