GOTTSU — Restaurant in Tokyo

What a lovely little bar near the Shibuya Cerulean Tower.

It was our friend's last night in Tokyo, so we came here to celebrate the end of our two week trip in Japan. We walked in pretty much at opening. Only saw locals in the bar, that's how we knew we picked the right place ;)

The menu doesn't have any English in it, but nothing google translate can't help out with. We sat at the bar, and had front and center view to all the grill action in the kitchen.

We ordered their spiced chicken, meat croquette, beef tendon stew, and 3x 150g various cut of wagyu beef, and bacon egg roll. Everything was sooooo delicious. The beef tendon stew really stood out for me, I practically finished the bowl by myself. The charcoal grilled beef was sooo juicy tender and flavorful. I wasn't a big fan of the spiced chicken ... a bit too much cumin for me. But it was still good.

I often think about our meal...

I have been travelling around Tokyo for the past 4 days, queuing at highly recommended places for long hours, only to be disappointed in the end. I was pleasantly surprised when I chanced upon this restaurant near my hotel. The waygu beef was excellent, and so was the roast. We had the fluffiest egg omelette mixed with potatoes, and tuna with avocado tartare as starters. The restaurant also gave us smoked duck as appetizers and was on the house, which tasted way better than the duck I had in the afternoon in a very popular duck ramen shop. We paired our food with 2 excellent red wines, and the chef was so attentive, waiting for us to finish all our meat before timing the ending with one of the fluffiest garlic fried rice. This shop has truly outdone itself in all...

Wow, what a meal! We ordered a few different tapas dishes, a wagyu A5 steak, risotto and salad to share between two.

The steak was perfection, as was all the other food. Could not fault any of it. And the prices are affordable for such quality food.

The staff were also so inviting, engaging and friendly - exactly what you want at a restaurant - interacting with us throughout the meal.

For any Aussies reading this, the vibe was that of a Melbourne Italian long time establishment. Was mostly locals in the place, with just a few out of towners.

Also, we didn’t have to wait for a table when we arrived at 8:30pm on a Saturday night as walk-ins.

Thanks to the whole team for a...