Unagi, dojo, anago
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
Excellent Nagoya-style grilled unagi eel is served here, grilled over only the finest binchotan charcoal and served with their own special low-salt tamari sauce. Hitsumabushi (a traditional Nagoya...
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
Open 11:30am-1:30, 5:30-7:30pm. Closed Sundays.
You'll find top-class unagi at this century-old shop. Shiroyaki (unagi grilled without sauce) is a specialty here, and because grilling starts from scratch the preparation can take 30 minutes or...
Open 11:30am-1:30, 5:30-7:30pm. Closed Sundays.
Open 11:30am-2, 5:30-8pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
This top-class traditional ryotei occupies a beautiful stand-alone house in the middle of Akasaka, and has been serving fine unagi-centered meals for 200 years. Prix-fixe lunches from Y13,000,...
Open 11:30am-2, 5:30-8pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
Open 11am-2, 5-8pm. Closed Sundays.
A more conveniently located branch of the famous century-old unagi specialist in Higashi-Azabu. Full-course menus are Y4,500-10,500; unagi with rice from Y2100
Open 11am-2, 5-8pm. Closed Sundays.
Open 11:30am-2, 5-8:30pm (LO) daily.
This long-established unagi specialist (since 1894) serves excellent eel in a thick, somewhat spicy sauce. Prices are very reasonable: unaju (eel over rice) from Y2100, full-course menus Y4200-9450. ...
Open 11:30am-2, 5-8:30pm (LO) daily.
Open 11:30am-2, 4-9pm (LO). Closed Sundays and holidays.
Anko-nabe is the specialty here, since 1830. (Anko served Sept to April). Budget Y3000 at lunch, Y8000 at dinnertime. (Closed Saturdays in the summer.)
Open 11:30am-2, 4-9pm (LO). Closed Sundays and holidays.
Kandagawa Honten - Unagi: Akihabara
Open 11:30am-1:30, 5-7:30pm. Closed Sundays, 3rd Sat.
The lovely traditional decor of this long-established unagi shop has helped make it popular with foreign visitors. The grilled eel is first-rate, and wild eel is often available in the summer...
Open 11:30am-1:30, 5-7:30pm. Closed Sundays, 3rd Sat.
Open 11am-9pm daily.
This famous old shop specializes in dojo (a small eel-like fish), with full-course dinners from Y3800. They also offer a half-dozen variations of traditionally prepared whale meat. Seating is on...
Open 11am-9pm daily.
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
Excellent Nagoya-style grilled unagi eel is served here, grilled over the finest binchotan charcoal and served with their own special low-salt tamari sauce. Hitsumabushi (a traditional Nagoya serving...
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
Tokyo-style grilled eel from a Komagata-based shop. Unagi donburi starts at Y4050 for lunch or dinner.
Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily.
Open noon-2, 5:30-8:30pm (LO). Closed Mondays.
This rather plain-looking counter shop has a 400-year history of selling high-quality eel, and one of the specialties is shirayaki ("white" eel without sauce). Unaju (unagi over rice) is Y2400-2800,...
Open noon-2, 5:30-8:30pm (LO). Closed Mondays.
Open 5:30-10:30pm (LO). Closed Sundays, Mondays.
A tiny, legendary sake pub with an unusual selection, including many rare koshu (aged sakes). There's also a big list of shochu made from sugar cane. Food highlights include the anago dishes and...
Open 5:30-10:30pm (LO). Closed Sundays, Mondays.
Unagiya - Unagi: Ekoda
Open 11:30am-9:30pm. Closed Fridays.
This long-established neighborhood shop is known for the high quality of their eels, which are brought in every morning from Shizuoka, after which they're left to swim around in a big tub filled with...
Open 11:30am-9:30pm. Closed Fridays.
Grilled fish and sashimi
Open 11:30am-2, 5pm-5am daily.
Good-value grilled fish, snacks and sake in this lively late-night drinking spot. The specialty is himono (grilled dried fish) from around Japan. Budget around Y2000-3000 per person. There's often...
Open 11:30am-2, 5pm-5am daily.
Uoshin Yonban Third - Izakaya: Shibuya
Open 5-11:30pm (LO) daily.
Another branch of the excellent Uoshin chain, serving fresh fish and other izakaya fare.
Open 5-11:30pm (LO) daily.
Open 6pm-1am (LO) daily.
If it weren't for the illuminated sign advertising "Fish and Sake" in English, you might have trouble finding this second-story hideaway in Ebisu. The interior is modestly appointed with a few small...
Open 6pm-1am (LO) daily.
Open 5-11:30pm (LO) daily.
The specialty of the house here is himono - various types of dried fish that are grilled over charcoal. There's plenty more on offer as well though - lovely fresh-seafood sashimi platters that...
Open 5-11:30pm (LO) daily.
Open 11:30am-1:30, 5:30-9:45pm (LO). Closed weekends.
Seafood is the star at this reasonably priced counter shop - the owner is a fisherman and he often serves his own catch alongside the daily selections from Tsukiji. The sake list is well above...
Open 11:30am-1:30, 5:30-9:45pm (LO). Closed weekends.
Open 11am-11pm (LO; Sat -9). Closed Sundays.
There's a good selection of sake to go with your grilled himono (dried fish) and other izakaya fare, all at quite reasonable prices. Lunch is served until 4pm.
Open 11am-11pm (LO; Sat -9). Closed Sundays.
Open 5pm-midnight daily.
The specialties here are charcoal-grilled fish and seafood on skewers, plus deep-fried fish and vegetables on skewers. There's a big open kitchen and counter area, plus high tables with stools. ...
Open 5pm-midnight daily.
Open 11am-10:30pm (LO; Sat, Sun -9:30) daily.
We were intrigued by the menu categories at this after-work izakaya - charcoal-grilled meats, charcoal-grilled small fish and charcoal-grilled big fish - all of them prepared over top-grade bincho...
Open 11am-10:30pm (LO; Sat, Sun -9:30) daily.
Open 11:30am-1, 4-9:20pm (LO) daily.
Excellent grilled fish and meat cooked over an open hearth, robata-style. There's also sashimi and plenty of standard izakaya fare. The charmingly rustic two-story building is reminiscent of a...
Open 11:30am-1, 4-9:20pm (LO) daily.
Other fish and seafood specialties
Open 5-11:30pm (LO) daily.
All kinds of sardine dishes, plus a number of beef-tongue items (perhaps for nutritional balance). Seating is a bit cramped, and customers are packed in like, um, fish in a can.
Open 5-11:30pm (LO) daily.
Open 11:30am-2, 5-9:45pm (LO). Closed Mondays.
This traditional whale restaurant has been a Shibuya institution since 1950, although they only moved to their present location in 2019. Whale meat is served a dozen ways - as sashimi, deep-fried,...
Open 11:30am-2, 5-9:45pm (LO). Closed Mondays.
Open 6pm-midnight.
Ibiza calls itself a "fisherman's diner," and this unpretentious neighborhood spot offers a great selection of fresh-caught fish and seafood. Simple home-style recipes rely on the high quality of...
Open 6pm-midnight.
Open 11am-3, 4:30-8:30pm (LO) daily.
This small Nagoya-based shop served excellent broiled fish that has been marinated in sake lees. Set meals are priced around Y1000-2000.
Open 11am-3, 4:30-8:30pm (LO) daily.
Open 11:30am-2, 5-10pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
Fugu is the wintertime specialty here, with fugu-centric prix-fixe dinners starting at Y10,000, with sake or wine to drink. Soba lunches with tempura and/or sashimi are priced Y1260-3150.
Open 11:30am-2, 5-10pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
Open 11am-11pm daily.
There's a nice selection of some three dozen craft sake to explore at this stylish little bar, with an unusual fish and seafood-centered food menu to accompany your drinks. It's run by a...
Open 11am-11pm daily.
Open 6-9:30pm (LO; Sun 5-8). Closed Mondays.
A compact menu of oysters and seafood starters is served in Iki's stripped-down dining room, where the design aesthetic is industrial loft meets dockside fishmonger. You can choose from seven or...
Open 6-9:30pm (LO; Sun 5-8). Closed Mondays.
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