KICHIRI Ginza — Restaurant in Tokyo

We researched izakayas to visit and this place popped up. Travelled as a family of four adults from out of country. Walked up the narrow dark stairs right at opening time. The man saw my adult daughters and mumbled something in Japanese to them. My husband came up next and the man said something to the effect of “no reservation” or “”no room” or “full”. But whatever it was we were refused service. We came at exactly 5:00 and the place was empty! Therefore I cannot recommend this place as they were not welcoming to us. We fortunately found a lovely restaurant with amazing food and service a few doors...

I had a course meal with a three hour “all you can drink” with a discount coupon. The food itself is medium, not exactly high cuisine but not bad either. The service on the other hand is slower than a snail on valium! 10 minutes to get a hold of a staff and ten more minutes to get the drinks served. Also they have a policy that you can’t order a new drink until you finish the first one, which lends me to believe the delay is on purpose.

Not a bad experience per say, but it’s the last time I go there and I can’t recommend it, there are way better options with a...

Taka-san was very nice and friendly! He tried really hard to communicate to us in English to be accommodating. Not in complete sentences if that what’s you’re looking for but definitely still understandable!

The food was good and came out quickly, but we came on a tuesday an hour before kitchen closes for reference. Still a lot of lively parties at the time. Recommend the tuna yukhoe, US check steak, potato salad and...