Kichiri Shibuya — Restaurant in Tokyo

Oh, where do I even begin? Dining at this izakaya was truly one of a kind. If you’re looking for an experience that challenges your patience, tolerance, and physical flexibility—this is the place for you.

Despite ordering enough food to feed a small village, we were treated with the kind of attention usually reserved for invisible guests. Many of our dishes seemed to take a detour through another dimension before finally reaching our table. And no, they didn’t just forget—we had to repeatedly remind, re-confirm, and practically beg for our food to arrive. Each request was met with the kind of enthusiasm one might expect if we had asked them to cook the meal ourselves. Eventually, the dishes did come—after an extended exercise in persistence and a masterclass in patience.

The servers carried an aura of… disinterest. It was honestly impressive how consistently unfriendly they were. A true commitment to the bit.

Now, let’s talk about the décor. Designed, perhaps, as a test of reflexes and skull resilience. Low beams and strange structures ensured everyone got at least one solid bonk on the head. Fun for the whole group!

Also, as an izakaya, you’d think they’d prioritize comfort, right? Think again. Shoes off, sure—but the floor? Sticky, greasy, and a visual reminder of everyone who had dined (and slipped?) before us. Hygienic minimalism, maybe?

We had a reservation for 8 people. The restaurant responded by offering us a lovely, cozy table for 6. Nothing says “team bonding” like everyone squeezing into a tiny space and playing DIY furniture rearrangement.

And the food? It wasn’t terrible… if you like your dishes seasoned exclusively with salt and regret.

In conclusion, would I recommend this place? Oh absolutely—if you’re writing a thesis on hospitality gone rogue....

After walking in the busy Shibuya for few hours,bwe think a good place to sit and enjoy the meal would be good. We found this restaurant in one of the building, decided to go up and try. Place is good to relax and eat. But they don't separate smoking and non smoking zone as after eating for a while the table next to us started to smoke. So I'd you have young kids, maybe this is not suitable. The size of each dishes is tiny for one, so for our family of 4, it's very difficult to manage what to order. I really like the 🦀 crab dish (790 Yen) I ordered but staff should suggest us to have some rice with other dishes so it would compliment the food very well. I gave only 3 stars because they forgot one dish we ordered and gave me the wrong drink. Plus price is very confusing ... i.e. the fish egg dish which tastes very good, the menu said 7-800 Yen (can't remember) , the waitress asked, do you want bread to eat with this dish. We have no idea, so we said yes, and when she asked 4 piece sof bread, we said yes to 4 piece s of bread (as they are 4 of us) On the bills, 4 tiny slides round baguette = 400 Yen and one fish eggs dish became 2000 Yen. I don't mind the price as it taste so good but they should indicate the...

Food was delicious and fairly cheap, servers were super friendly and atmosphere was unmatched. We got our own little room and the servers explained everything.

We had the steak, fried potatoes, crab pizza, some udon noodles, two berry drinks and a ginger ale, as well as some mango liqueur at the end. Everything was really nice and for very good prices as well. Portion sizes were a little small for us, but that just meant being able to try more things.

If you don't speak much Japanese, like us, no big deal, some of the servers speak near perfect English and even the ones who didn't speak it much, google translate made it easy enough to communicate. (One of the servers even apologized afterwards for his "bad English" and not being able to guide us through perfectly, even though that was by no means either the case nor a requirement one...