Yakiton and pork specialties
Open 3-10:30pm (LO) daily.
Located just a minute or two from Ikebukuro station, this bustling izakaya is an easy stop for a quick bite and a drink on the way home, and the crowded ground-floor counter is full of solo diners as...
Open 3-10:30pm (LO) daily.
Open 5pm-midnight (Sun -11pm) daily.
The first-rate grilled pork at Teruteru is matched by a serious selection of craft sake, including many seasonal choices. Pork skewers start at just Y100, with more than a dozen different organ...
Open 5pm-midnight (Sun -11pm) daily.
Open 5pm-midnight (LO) daily.
Excellent heirloom-breed pork dishes served with an impressive selection of premium craft sake - that's the simple but appealing formula at this unpretentious drinking spot. There are around thirty...
Open 5pm-midnight (LO) daily.
Open 4-10pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
Chicken parts and pork organ meats, grilled on skewers over charcoal, are the specialty of this long-running shop, and they do an excellent job preparing them. The grilled venison - tender and very...
Open 4-10pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
Open 6pm-midnight. Closed Sundays.
"French barbecue" is the specialty here - basically kushiyaki with French names. Charcoal-grilled pork and chicken parts on skewers are served alongside excellent pate, foie gras, and pot-au-feu...
Open 6pm-midnight. Closed Sundays.
Open 4:30-11pm. Closed Mondays.
The specialties of the house at Sasamoto are grilled skewers of pork and beef, with an emphasis on organ meats. They're also known for their kushi-nikomi - pork giblets on skewers in a rich...
Open 4:30-11pm. Closed Mondays.
Open 11:30am-2, 5-10pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
French-style Japanese kushiyaki (or is it the other way around?) - charcoal-grilled pork and other meats, with some French dishes like pot-au-feu. The French wine list is very large.
Open 11:30am-2, 5-10pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
Open 11:30am-2, 5-11pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
A brightly lit, spacious basement, Tokyo Porks attracts a lively after-work crowd with its cheap drinks (beers are Y289) and simple but competently prepared izakaya-style grilled pork dishes. ...
Open 11:30am-2, 5-11pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
Open 5pm-midnight (LO) daily.
Charcoal-grilled skewers of pork and chicken are the main draw at this very informal after-work drinking spot, along with some decent sake and quite a bit of shochu. While there's some tatami...
Open 5pm-midnight (LO) daily.
Open 5-10pm. Closed Sundays.
This grilled-pork specialist is best known for their gyumotsu nikomi (beef tripe stew), considered by afficianados to be one of the top three of its kind in Tokyo. Fashioned as a "Western-style"...
Open 5-10pm. Closed Sundays.
Open 11am-10pm daily.
Gourmet pork from Kagoshima is the specialty here - charcoal-grilled, and served as shabu-shabu, dumplings and cutlets. The drinks menu includes a good selection of shochu from that part of Kyushu...
Open 11am-10pm daily.
Open 11am-5, 5-9pm (LO) daily.
Good, healthy cooking based on organic vegetables and high-quality seasonal ingredients. The menu ranges from vegetable sushi on brown rice to parma ham and rucola pizzas; they also serve a number...
Open 11am-5, 5-9pm (LO) daily.
Open 11am-10pm daily.
Gourmet pork from Kagoshima is the specialty here - charcoal-grilled, and served as shabu-shabu, dumplings and cutlets. The drinks menu includes a good selection of shochu from that part of Kyushu...
Open 11am-10pm daily.
Open 11am-11pm daily.
Gourmet Berkshire pork is the specialty here, made into everything from Kyushu-style kakuni stews to homemade sausages to Chinese dumplings. Drinks include shochu, assorted plum wines and one or two...
Open 11am-11pm daily.
Open 4-11pm (LO) daily.
Billed as a "yakiton drinking spot," Ginbuta serves a good variety of grilled pork parts and organ meats on skewers, along with grilled vegetables and spicy organ-meat stews. Service is friendly and...
Open 4-11pm (LO) daily.
Beef tongue
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
One of several Tokyo outlets of this popular Sendai-based beef-tongue specialist, this branch offers an especially wide menu. The more than a dozen dishes range from tongue sausages, meatballs, and...
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
Open 11am-9pm (LO) daily.
Located on the second floor of a Miyagi prefectural antenna shop, this casual cafe-restaurant serves a wide variety of beef tongue dishes, a local specialty. Teishoku-style meals with oxtail soup,...
Open 11am-9pm (LO) daily.
Open 5pm-1am (LO, Sat -11:30). Closed Sundays.
It may look like just another Tokyo craft-beer bar, but Vector serves up an appealing menu of beef-tongue dishes and other solid izakaya fare, making it a popular dining destination as well as a bar....
Open 5pm-1am (LO, Sat -11:30). Closed Sundays.
Open 11am-11pm daily.
Good charcoal-grilled beef tongue from this Sendai-based chain. You'll also find beef-tongue curries, stews, sausages and other yoshoku-style dishes, along with regional sake from Miyagi Prefecture.
Open 11am-11pm daily.
Open 11am-10:30pm (LO) daily.
Good charcoal-grilled beef tongue from this Sendai-based chain. You'll also find beef-tongue curries, stews, sausages and other yoshoku-style dishes, along with regional sake from Miyagi Prefecture.
Open 11am-10:30pm (LO) daily.
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
This upscale branch of Rikyu, the popular Sendai beef-tongue specialist, offers nice full-course lunches with options like beef-tongue sukiyaki and tomato-tongue stews. Lunches are served until 5pm,...
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
Open 10am-10pm (LO; Sun -9pm) daily.
Charcoal-grilled beef tongue is the specialty at this branch of a Sendai-based chain. You can choose from miso or salt-grilled, or you can get a combination of the two - we recommend the salt as it...
Open 10am-10pm (LO; Sun -9pm) daily.
Open 7am-10pm (LO) daily.
Good charcoal-grilled beef tongue from this Sendai-based chain. You'll also find beef-tongue curries, stews, sausages and other yoshoku-style dishes, along with regional sake from Miyagi Prefecture....
Open 7am-10pm (LO) daily.
Open 5-10:30pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
We've tried our share of beef tongue - a culinary specialty of the Sendai area - and this unprentious Yotsuya izakaya serves some of the best that we've ever had. It's not exactly a secret though -...
Open 5-10:30pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
Open 11am-10:30pm (LO) daily.
Good charcoal-grilled beef tongue from this Sendai-based chain. You'll also find beef-tongue curries, stews, sausages and other yoshoku-style dishes, along with regional sake from Miyagi Prefecture.
Open 11am-10:30pm (LO) daily.
Open 11am-10:30pm (LO) daily.
Good charcoal-grilled beef tongue from this Sendai-based chain. You'll also find beef-tongue curries, stews, sausages and other yoshoku-style dishes, along with regional sake from Miyagi Prefecture....
Open 11am-10:30pm (LO) daily.
Other meat specialties
Open 5pm-midnight daily.
Ezo venison, salmon, scallops, potatoes and mountain vegetables - all freshly imported from Hokkaido - are prepared in simple fashion to bring out their wholesome, natural flavors here at Tokyo's...
Open 5pm-midnight daily.
Open 5pm-midnight daily.
Fans of gyumotsu nikomi can choose three different varieties of stew at this popular specialty izakaya. The soy sauce-based version probably best shows off the individual flavors of the various...
Open 5pm-midnight daily.
Open 5-11pm (LO) daily.
Located in the thriving izakaya-filled back alleys southeast of Yoyogi Station, Haretoke offers a fantastic sake list and a menu heavily focused on meat, and horsemeat in particular. You can choose...
Open 5-11pm (LO) daily.
Open 5pm-midnight (LO; Fri, Sat -4:30am) daily.
Shibuya's Niku Yokocho (Meat Alley) is a collection of more than twenty tiny drinking spots, all of them featuring meat-centered cuisine, cheap alcohol, minimal decor and a very casual atmosphere. ...
Open 5pm-midnight (LO; Fri, Sat -4:30am) daily.
Open 5-11:30pm. Closed Sundays.
If you're not well acquainted with the subtleties of horsemeat cuisine, Bakuro can be a revelation. The food here is fantastic, showcasing a surprisingly wide range of flavors and styles. The...
Open 5-11:30pm. Closed Sundays.
Open 5-10pm. Closed weekends.
This very old-fashioned izakaya has a genuine shitamachi feel to it - sumo paraphernalia on the walls, a TV set going in the corner, and three big communal tables for customers. The shop is known...
Open 5-10pm. Closed weekends.
Open 11:30am-2, 5-11pm (LO) daily.
Like a charcuterie plate or a mixed barbecue platter, an assortment of meat sushi is a great way to enjoy a variety of meaty morsels in one sitting. Nikuzushi offers a surprisingly diverse range to...
Open 11:30am-2, 5-11pm (LO) daily.
Open 4pm-midnight daily.
Meat sushi is the unusual specialty of this popular izakaya - sushi rice with toppings like Iberico pork, foie gras, teriyaki chicken, beef tongue, and wagyu sukiyaki. Most of the meat toppings here...
Open 4pm-midnight daily.
Open 5-11pm. Closed Sundays.
The food menu at this casual izakaya is built around horsemeat - you can enjoy it raw, grilled yakiniku-style, stewed, smoked or served as sausages. There's also standard Kyushu-style izakaya fare -...
Open 5-11pm. Closed Sundays.
Open 11am-2, 5-10pm (LO) daily.
As the name implies, the specialty of the house at Nikuzushi is meat sushi. It's pretty much like regular sushi but with meat instead of fish, with toppings like Iberico pork, foie gras, teriyaki...
Open 11am-2, 5-10pm (LO) daily.
Open 11:30am-2, 5-11pm (LO) daily.
One of several "meat bars" located in this stretch of Asakusabashi, Nikuzushi offers a wide variety of meat-topped sushi and a decent selection of sake to go with it. Sushi by the piece comes with...
Open 11:30am-2, 5-11pm (LO) daily.
Open 5-9pm. Closed Sundays.
They've been serving wild boar for 280 years now, and their signature boar stew is Y4000 a pot. Other dishes include venison stew and venison sashimi.
Open 5-9pm. Closed Sundays.
Open 5pm-midnight (LO; Fri, Sat -3am) daily.
Nikuzushi is a real treat for meat lovers - you can enjoy tasty, bite-size morsels of various cuts of beef, pork, duck, chicken, venison, horse and other meats, served as nigiri-zushi over dabs of...
Open 5pm-midnight (LO; Fri, Sat -3am) daily.
Open 4pm-midnight daily.
Located under the JR railroad tracks, this very casual drinking spot serves great charcoal-grilled beef on skewers, including a variety of organ meats. Surrounded by similarly inexpensive and...
Open 4pm-midnight daily.
See also our separate listings for teppanyaki-grilled steaks, sukiyaki and shabu-shabu.
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