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Calories · Japanese

Calories in unagi don

A typical restaurant serving of unagi don (one bowl of grilled eel over rice, about 400 g) is about 720 calories, usually 550–950.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called unadon, eel rice bowl, eel donburi.

~720
Unagi don

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein30 g
  • Carbs97 g
  • Fat23 g

One serving

Serving
one bowl of grilled eel over rice
Weight
~400 g
Per 100 g
~179

The dish

About unagi don

Grilled eel is rich and naturally oily, and the sweet kabayaki glaze soaks into a full bowl of rice. Together they put unagi don among the heavier Japanese rice bowls, especially with a whole eel on top.

What moves the number

Why one plate is 550 and another 950

  • Eel is naturally oily
  • Sweet kabayaki glaze poured over the rice
  • Size of the eel portion (half or whole)

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Order the smaller or half-eel size
  • Skip the extra drizzle of tare
  • Pair it with clear soup and pickles

Side by side

Next to other Japanese dishes

Japanese · typical restaurant servingAll about Japanese food →

  • Miso soup~50one bowl with tofu and seaweed · usually 30–90
  • Salmon nigiri~110two pieces, one plate · usually 70–150
  • Salmon sashimi~220about 100 g of sliced raw salmon, roughly six to eight slices · usually 150–340
  • Shrimp tempura~240five pieces of shrimp tempura, dipping sauce and rice not included · usually 180–400
  • California roll~300one roll cut into 8 pieces · usually 230–420
  • Udon noodle soup~300one bowl of plain kake udon in dashi broth, no tempura or extra toppings · usually 250–650
  • Chicken karaage~310five pieces of fried chicken karaage · usually 230–500
  • Gyoza~310six pan-fried pork gyoza, dipping sauce not included · usually 200–480
  • Tonkatsu~420one fried pork cutlet, without the rice, soup and cabbage · usually 330–600
  • Oyakodon~590one bowl of rice topped with chicken, egg and onion · usually 480–780
  • Gyudon~630one regular-size nami bowl · usually 470–1,010
  • Shoyu ramen~710one restaurant bowl with broth, noodles, chashu and egg · usually 520–1,000

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How these numbers were made

Method and sources

Last reviewed

Restaurant portions and cooking vary, so these are typical estimates for one serving, built from the sources below. Treat it as a rough number: your plate may land anywhere in the range.

If you manage a health condition, ask a doctor or registered dietitian.

AI helped draft this page; every number was checked against the sources.

  1. Korea MFDS Food Composition Database — Eel rice bowl, restaurant, 400 g serving (덮밥_장어)
  2. Japan MEXT Standard Tables of Food Composition (8th ed., 2023) — Eel, kabayaki, 10070

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in unagi don?

A typical restaurant serving of unagi don (one bowl of grilled eel over rice, about 400 g) is about 720 calories, usually 550–950. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

Is unagi don one of the heavier rice bowls?

Yes: eel is naturally oily and the sweet glaze soaks into the rice, about 720 a bowl, more with a whole eel.

Is a half-eel size much lighter?

It trims the oily eel, the richest part, so the smaller size is the easiest way down.

What changes the calories in unagi don?

Eel is naturally oily. Sweet kabayaki glaze poured over the rice.

How can I order unagi don lighter?

Order the smaller or half-eel size. Skip the extra drizzle of tare.

Can PlateDiary show calories for the dishes I eat out?

Yes, if you want it to: calories in PlateDiary are off unless you turn them on. Switch them on and each dish you save from a photo of the table gets one rough “~” number you can accept or change.