Gourmet Ai (Yoyogi Park)
Perfect for a quick snack to give you energy
This horse meat restaurant has a fast food feel. It's located on the second floor of a small building in a corner of an alley in Oku-Shibuya. The interior is simply a U-shaped counter surrounding the kitchen. It has a simple, unassuming interior, with no unnecessary elements, but that's what makes it great.
The main dish is horse fillet and beef skirt steak. The horse meat is from Uruguay. The meat is cut into bite-sized pieces and grilled, so it might be better to call it diced steak. Once an order is placed, it is made in a flash.
Horse fillet steak & rare horse meat hamburger
The hamburger steak is a consistent 120g, but the weight of the steak varies. There are S (120g) for 1,790 yen, M (180g) for 2,090 yen, L (240g), DX (360g), and even the Deep Impact, which comes with 500g of rice and meat, for 3,690 yen. The whipped butter in the middle is mixed with the meat before eating. It comes with cabbage salad and miso soup.
Butter horse fillet steak curry
Choose your fillet steak size starting from S (120g) for 1,840 yen. They say "horse curry is also delicious." It comes with cabbage salad and miso soup. Golden milk bread is also included. You can change the white rice to brown rice for an additional 50 yen, or garlic rice for an additional 100 yen.
Garlic horse fillet steak rice
This dish is packed with garlic, giving it a powerful flavor. The garlic enhances the tender, mild taste of the horse fillet. Sizes start from 1,440 yen for a small (120g) portion. Included are cabbage salad and miso soup. All salad dressings are garlic-flavored.
The most popular dishes are horse fillet steak and rare horse hamburger. The size of the hamburger is fixed at 120g throughout the menu, but the horse and beef steaks can be any size from 120g to 500g. You can choose to season it with either salt and pepper or Chaliapin (a soy sauce-based onion sauce). For rice, you can choose from white rice, brown rice, or garlic rice. For offal lovers, there is also motsumeshi (offal rice).
It's open all day, so it's great if you miss your mealtime.
Chef Miyazato Naoyuki grills steak. Because it is diced, it cooks quickly. 
The interior is clean, and some of the drinks are dark horses.
