Unagi Station storefront at night, UNAGI – SASHIMI – WAGYU signage

Saigon's only eel house

Unagi Station

A live unagi tank sits beside the counter — Chef Lam (ex-Maguro Studio) grills every eel fresh over charcoal. Casual à la carte, none of the omakase stiffness.

★ 4.9434 reviews6A Thai Van Lung, District 1

From tank to table

A live tank by the counter

The eels swim right beside your seat — freshness is a given, not a claim.

Chef Lam, ex-Maguro Studio

Japanese technique over binchotan — fillet, grill, glaze with tare, like a ritual.

Casual à la carte

No stiff omakase course — walk in, watch the tank, order, eat it hot.

Fire meets eel

The chef fillets a fresh eel right at the counter

Knife on eel

Fresh eel cleaned and filleted right at the counter — every eel comes from the tank.

Unaju — grilled eel over rice in the lacquered wooden box

Unaju in a lacquered box

Charcoal-grilled eel glazed with tare over rice, in the traditional lacquered box.

An Unagi Station table: unadon, wagyu beef rice, chawanmushi

An Unagi Station table

Unadon, wagyu beef rice and chawanmushi — casual à la carte, share as you like.

Grilled eel on a hot stone plate with rice and soup

Grilled eel on a hot stone

Crisp skin, rich tender flesh — charcoal eel with rice and soup.

Charcoal-grilled eel with shredded ginger and scallion

Grilled eel, ginger, scallion

Char-kissed grilled eel, rich tare glaze, shredded ginger and scallion.

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