Izakaya Gonta — Restaurant in Himeji

It was a nice place with lots of food and drink options, although it took some time for our food to be served and I found it slightly pricier than other izakayas.

It's a very busy place and the servers are trying their best to keep up with the orders, so do be patient and only ask the necessary questions, especially as a foreigner.

The fried chicken was really crunchy on the outside and tender on the inside, can't help going for seconds. We found the Kobe beef skewers a little tough and lacking. The grilled onigiri tasted sensational, the nori sheet was super crispy!

I would order more of the fresh cucumber with niku miso dish as it was really refreshing and worked great as a palate cleanser.

The grilled mushrooms came with grated daikon and a dash of ponzu, just what I needed after days of eating meat.

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