Hotel Metropolitan's top-floor Ovest Dining & Bar is introducing spring-themed prefix-style lunch and dinner menus for the March to April season. Located on the 25th floor with panoramic views from 100 meters above ground, the venue offers customizable meal options perfect for spring gatherings, celebrations, and special occasions.
About the Spring Menu Period
From March 2 to May 6, 2026, Ovest Dining & Bar will feature two distinctive prefix-style menus that allow guests to mix and match their preferred dishes. The restaurant, which reopened on September 8, 2025, celebrates its six-month anniversary with these specially designed seasonal offerings.
Venue: 25F Ovest Dining & Bar
Period: March 2 (Monday) to May 6 (Wednesday, Holiday), 2026
*Closed every Tuesday
Hours:
- Lunch: 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM (L.O. 2:30 PM)
- Dinner:
- Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Holidays: 5:30 PM to 10:00 PM (L.O. 9:30 PM) *Set menu L.O. 9:00 PM
- Friday, Saturday, Eve of Holidays: 5:30 PM to 11:00 PM (L.O. 10:30 PM) *Set menu L.O. 10:00 PM
Reservations & Inquiries: 03-3980-5533 (Restaurant reservations 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM)
Online reservations available via the official website.
Lunchtime Recommendations
Ovest Lunch (from ¥3,200)
The Ovest Lunch features a colorful appetizer plate inspired by spring flower gardens. The "Health & Beauty Chicken and Salmon Mimosa-style Salad Plate" combines kale, low-potassium lettuce, root vegetables, wild vegetables, and herbs with steamed chicken and salmon, served with house-made vegetable-based dressing.
Guests can choose from six main dish options. The fish option features grilled seasonal cherry sea bream with a fluffy texture and crispy skin, complemented by a refreshing lemon and olive oil-based salmorejo sauce. Meat selections include three options: pork served with compatible tomato sauce, beef sirloin with rich gravy sauce, and beef fillet with concentrated umami in a gravy sauce.
The meal concludes with a Japanese-inspired parfait combining seasonal strawberries with matcha and wasanbon sugar, accented with jelly, sauce, and ice cream featuring sakura elements.
Menu:
| Course | Selection |
|---|---|
| Appetizer | Health & Beauty Chicken and Salmon Mimosa-style Salad Plate |
| Main | Choose 1 from 6 options: • Tuna and mushroom penne boscaiola • Farmer's bacon cacio e pepe spaghettini • Grilled cherry sea bream with salmorejo sauce (with petit soup) +¥1,000 • Grilled premium pork with kekka sauce (with petit soup) +¥1,000 • Grilled beef sirloin with gravy sauce (with petit soup) +¥1,800 • Grilled beef fillet with gravy sauce (with petit soup) +¥2,500 |
| Dessert | Sakura and strawberry Japanese parfait Coffee and petit sweets |
Dinnertime Recommendations
Gather & Dine Prefix Style (¥6,000)
The dinner menu offers dishes suitable both as full meals and as substantial accompaniments to drinks. Main options include crispy-coated, tender karei (flatfish) fritters that pair easily with beverages, and Italian-style braised pork belly slowly simmered for four hours in Ovest's signature tomato-balsamic sauce that balances richness with acidity.
Dessert selections include the hotel patissier's special creations, as well as lighter options like cheese, nuts, and dried fruits that pair well with after-dinner drinks. Guests ordering this menu receive special pricing on beverages, allowing them to match their meals with various cocktails, whiskeys, wines, sake, and more.
Menu:
| Course | Selection |
|---|---|
| Appetizer | Five-variety hors d'oeuvre platter |
| Main | Choose 1 from 3 options: • Karei fritters with Cajun spice flavor • Italian-style braised pork belly • Beef thigh tagliata |
| Dessert | Choose 1 from 4 options: • Dessert platter • Seasonal fruit mini parfait • Macedonia and sherbet • Cheese, nuts, and dried fruits |
*Prices include consumption tax and service charge.
*Menu contents may change depending on availability.
*Operating hours and content may change suddenly depending on circumstances.
*Nighttime service does not accept children under 7 years old.
*Images are for illustration purposes.
About Ovest Dining & Bar (25F)
Renewed Opening: September 8, 2025
A sophisticated social venue offering diverse cocktails and original cuisine. Available from lunchtime through bar hours for various occasions. Enjoy relaxing moments with views from 100 meters above ground. A private room accommodating up to 8 guests is available, along with counter seats for enjoying drinks, window seats with views, and casual sofa booths for special occasions.
About Hotel Metropolitan
Opened on June 2, 1985, as the flagship hotel of JR East Hotel Group, symbolizing a new era for Ikebukuro's west exit area. Located just 3 minutes on foot from the south exit of Ikebukuro Station, the hotel offers excellent access to all destinations in Tokyo's northern district. The "cultural city of Ikebukuro" provides abundant attractions including sightseeing, gourmet dining, shopping, and arts.
The hotel features 805 guest rooms, 8 directly-operated restaurants and bars, 14 banquet rooms, fitness gym, beauty salon, coin laundry, and convenience store, offering diverse services. Hotel Metropolitan serves as "a place of sunshine, relaxation, laughter, and gathering" where memorable moments await.
