The Best Episodes of Midnight Diner
Every episode of Midnight Diner ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Midnight Diner!
Set in a small restaurant in the corner of a shopping district. The unusual eatery is only open after midnight, and its standard menu consists of just a single choice. However, the customers still come for the amusing chatter and the proprietor's willingness to cook any dish that they request. This drama depicts the lives of the restaurant's patrons, including a yakuza, an unsuccessful actor, a group of office ladies, a newspaper delivery boy, and a stripper.
Top Episode Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Midnight Diner" is "Gyoza (Dumplings)", rated 8.6/10 from 65 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Gyoza (Dumplings)" aired on 12/15/2011 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Jellied Fish Stock".
8.6/10 65 votes#1 - Gyoza (Dumplings)
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/15/2011
Katagiri, a lonely philosopher has shared history with the master in their past lives. A chance encounter with a gyoza delivery lady renews his desire for a brighter future.
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8.5/10 73 votes#2 - Jellied Fish Stock
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 11/3/2011
A struggling food truck owner gets unexpected help from a young lady. They grow close, but her real profession could interfere with their plans.
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8.5/10 52 votes#3 - New Year's Eve Soba Noodles
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/22/2014
It’s New Year’s Eve. The regulars all come by to ring in the new year with Master’s soba noodles. The diner is always a special place for them.
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8.4/10 124 votes#4 - Butter Rice
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/6/2009
Komichi brings food critic Toyama to the diner, who kills the mood. Goro comes for his usual butter rice which turns Toyama into a weekly patron.
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8.3/10 63 votes#5 - Highball and fried chicken
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/20/2011
An overworked young woman name keeps falling asleep at the diner. Master makes her a special drink. Her brother and another regular customer helped her to get rid of her abusive and parasitic boyfriend.
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8.2/10 140 votes#6 - Cat Food
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/16/2009
Struggling singer Miyuki orders her favorite “nekomamma”. Master recalls another regular who is a lyricist. He later writes her a song as a gift.
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8.2/10 102 votes#7 - Egg Sandwich
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/20/2009
Hopeful star Risa meets struggling student and newspaper delivery boy Nakajima at the diner. They share an egg sandwich together. Could this be love?
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8.2/10 85 votes#8 - Ramen
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/11/2009
Gen, who usually comes with his “big bro” Ryu, is alone tonight when he orders ramen. He then stabs the leader of an opposing gang and disappears.
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8.2/10 87 votes#9 - Menchi-Katsu
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/20/2014
Widowed singer Misao Kashima makes a rare visit to eat minced meat cutlets. Misao has been unable to perform on stage ever since she lost her husband.
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8.1/10 57 votes#10 - Nikujaga (Meat-Potato Stew)
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/8/2011
A hardworking young lady delivers a singing birthday telegram at the diner and winds up falling in love with one of the regular patrons. Could this really lead to a true romance?
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8.0/10 87 votes#11 - Sauced Yakisoba
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/27/2009
Ex-idol Rinko visits the diner. Her former fan club members get excited when they hear she ate a plate of pan-fried noodles topped with a fried egg.
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7.9/10 141 votes#12 - Fried eggs and red wieners
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/9/2009
The stern-faced master of this diner only wields his knife from midnight to 7 am. The yakuza Ryu has been a regular since he tasted the “red wieners”.
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7.9/10 86 votes#13 - Grilled Aji (Horse mackerel)
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/4/2009
Yachiyo, an older lady, visits the diner two days in a row. She becomes friends with Marilyn the stripper and they go out clubbing together.
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7.9/10 112 votes#14 - Red wieners, again
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/13/2011
Ryu the local gangster boss, Noguchi is a detective both coming from the same high school. A colleague from their past forces the two to set aside differences at least for the time being.
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7.9/10 48 votes#15 - Braised Burdock Root
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 12/8/2014
”Do you have sautéed burdock?” asks stately Chizuru Ichikawa as she enters the diner. She is Gen’s former high school teacher, club adviser, and crush.
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7.7/10 60 votes#16 - Steamed clams
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/27/2011
A middle aged martial arts teacher and his elderly mother seem to constantly bicker and fight, but a traffic accident reveals the depth of her maternal relationship.
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7.7/10 55 votes#17 - Cream Stew
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/17/2011
An author with some writers block issue decides to solicit an escort for stress relief, but the chance meeting with her might be more than he bargained for.
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7.7/10 45 votes#18 - Liver & Chive Stir Fry
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 12/8/2014
Detectives Noguchi and Izumi always disagree. He wants “liver and chives”, she wants “chives and liver”. She tells Master she wants a new partner.
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7.6/10 110 votes#19 - Potato Salad
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/30/2009
Master starts each night by making potato and macaroni salad. A recent regular and charismatic porn star has become a fan of his potato salad.
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7.6/10 92 votes#20 - Katsudon
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/13/2009
Boxer Kacchan always eats katsudon (pork cutlet over rice) after a win. He falls in love with another regular Akemi. A big match suddenly comes up.
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7.6/10 62 votes#21 - Canned Goods
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/10/2011
A group of young film makers producing a movie about a suicide at the same site bumps into a mysterious young woman, and can't shake the feeling she may be some ghostly reincarnation of the victim.
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7.6/10 47 votes#22 - Vermicelli Salad
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/17/2014
Miho and Sayuri, in charge of their elementary school reunion, order vermicelli salad. The two recall their old schoolmate who loved the dish.
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7.6/10 47 votes#23 - Cabbage Rolls
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/24/2014
The weather is getting cooler so Master prepares extra stuffed cabbage to the regular customers’ delight. Only the stripper Marilyn feels differently.
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7.5/10 114 votes#24 - Ochazuke
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/23/2009
Miki, Rumi and Kana meet at the diner to eat “ochazuke” (hot tea over rice) and gab about men. Master secretly calls them the “ochazuke sisters.”
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7.5/10 56 votes#25 - Cold Noodles
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/1/2011
A bowl of cold noodles reminds a soon to retire detective of a fugitive that had eluded him his entire career. Could he possibly capture this elusive thief before they both retire?
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