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My recommendation is Beef bowl restaurant in front of the station. Any station may have at least one Beef bowl restaurant nearby. 3 major chains are; - Yoshino-ya http://www.yoshinoya.com/ - Matsu-ya http://www.matsuyafoods.co.jp/english/index.html - Suki-ya http://www.zensho.com/

Beef bowl is Japanese traditional fast food, thin beef stew over rice. Costs around 400 JPY, and it makes you feel full.

Japanese "Soba" Noodle is recommendied!

Best restaurants are below.

Kanda Yabu-saba(awajicho-station) Matsuya(awajicho-station) Akasaka Sunaba(Akasaka-station)

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Maisen http://www.bento.com/rev/0490.html

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Lunch is a great bargain here. I would recommend eating luxury at lunch and doing budget in the evening. You can get a great quality lunch almost anywhere with salad starter, main course and drink from 1,000 yen. Pay 2,000-3,000 yen ($20-$30) and you can really eat well.

Some restaurants (often beef bowl, unagi (eel), tempura, noodles, sushi - Japanese seems to be theme here) have fixed prices throughout the day so you may as well eat these in the evening. In other (nainblky Western style?) restaurants you'll be paying 3-10 times for dinner what you would pay for lunch.

Izakaya have good lunch sets but are also good options for evening dining.

Indian food is really budget. When Japanese people eat out, they like to eat Japanese, so Indian food is not only authentic, but it's quite cheap.

Moti in Akasaka (near Roppongi) is delicious, Ebisu Garden Place (EGP) has a nicer Indian restaurant, and Taz Mahal has one of those all you can eat 1000¥ deals.

If Indian isn't your thing Amour di Gaudi is inexpensive Spanish food in Roppongi, and you can't go wrong with amazing ramen shops. Just remember, if there's a line, it's going to be good.

If you're REALLY on budget and want to eat for ¥1000 or less, go to small japanese places that serve udon. If they have udon as a main dish - they're cheap. Same goes for places with ticket machines at the entrance. Gyoza places could be really unexpensive too, the one that comes to mind in particular is the place behind Kiddy Land in Omotesando. Again, "place behind" is a rule: main street places would be more expensive and less tasty in general, so don't be afraid to go off course. I would also recommend chains Ten-ya for tempura and Coco ichiban-ya for curry.