Budget
Several cheap restaurants can be found in the alleys northwest of the main intersection Ginza Yon-chome. They may be difficult to find as they usually have a plain entrance or they are located in an alley between buildings.
Walk along the sides of the Ginza station and around, there are many cheap places to eat and small places have vending machines and are happy to give you English menus and help out with the vending machine- you just have to ask. They are good places to eat and offer good variety around 350-900yen for a good curry or bowl of ramen. Look for the little curtains and the sound of cooking!
Yoshinoya
One of a nationwide chain of rice bowl restaurants, the Ginza location is just north of the Apple Store on Chuo-dori.
Midrange
Toshiba Building
In the basement are reasonable restaurants. You can start your day shopping in Yurakucho and stop at this building for lunch before heading to Ginza, or do the opposite.
Mitsukoshi and Matsuya Ginza's
Basement floors offer a variety of foods at a reasonable price. Food ranges from pre-made bentos to bakeries to sandwich shops. You can also get a quick snack at no cost by trying the various samples that are offered. There are no areas to sit and eat and unless you can get a table on Chuo-dori on the weekend, you may have trouble eating your recently purchased meals.
Nair's
One of the oldest Indian restaurants in Japan, founded in 1949. The Murghee lunch is a favorite - sit back and let the waiter cut up the chicken for you on your plate.
Nataraj
A terrific Indian vegetarian restaurant in the midst of Ginza, offering an excellent lunch buffet for ¥1050, and beautiful decor as well.
Ginza is also within walking distance of Yurakucho for izakaya and cheap Western restaurants and Tsukiji for top-grade sushi.
Top end
Ginza Shiseido Parlour
Operated by the cosmetics giant Shiseido, the Parlour founded 1902 is one of the swankiest places to dine. Lunch specials go for ¥4,000, but the most famous item on the menu is the lobster and abalone curry for ¥10,000.
ChikuyÅtei
The original store of Japan's best known unagi eel restaurant chain, serving up luscious kabayaki grilled eel with sauce since 1876. Full courses start from ¥7350 and climb up to twice that reservations required, but a basic unadon with soup is an almost reasonable ¥2,625.
Ginza hosts many of Japan's most exclusive and expensive ryotei, many of which require not just reservations but introductions before they'll grant you the privilege of paying up to ¥50,000 per person excluding drinks for your meal. The following options are somewhat more down to earth and take walk-in diners, at least at lunchtime.
Melon-pan, a unique circular bun flavored with honey melon, has been popular throughout Japan for several years. Most of melon-panâs surface is of a cookie consitency, and looks like an inverted cut up melon in its skin. Ginza is known as the cradle of Melon pan, though the veracity of the story is uncertain. Hotel Okura and Hotel Seiyouâs bread has become very famous recently. Some shops such as Ginza Kimuraya sell melon-pan in special flavors such as coffee or orange.