Nishinba — Restaurant in Tokyo

Wonderful and very authentic Japanese izakaya. We were the only tourists and there was no English menu, but they were so helpful and found a waiter that could translate some of the dishes for us. You have to be a little adventurous if you don't speak Japanese, but try it all the same, you won't regret it! We had sashimi (uni and chutoro), fresh tofu with small bate (a free starter), rice, miso soup, grilled mackerel (the best we had in Tokyo) and tamagoyakki (hot omelet roll) - all was delicious! And prices are very fair (I don't remember exactly but we payed something like 7500Y/ about 55dollars with a beer and some green tea on the side for two people- and we had expensive sashimi mind. One thing to note might be that the place is rather small and smoking as allowed, but it only adds to the atmosphere (this comming from two non smokers!) We definitely recommend you...

Having lived across the road for two months, I have become a regular in this popular, very Japanese izakaya. Even though an English menu is available, don't bother, just ask the staff for おすすめ (oh-su-su-meh) sashimi, yaki sakana, tamagoyaki, or yaki niku, or try your best to decipher the handwritten menu (mostly in hiragana). The alcohol list is extensive, and I recommend trying a couple of different nihonshu (日本酒). The food is great and the atmosphere is always very natural and gives the impression this is a must-go place for groups of...

We chanced upon this place when were looking for a late night snack around our accommodation. We couldn’t read their menu as it was all in Japanese but they had a menu in english. The english menu had less than 1/4 of what they had in their original menu. We ordered a garlic butter fried noodles but to our absolute disappointment, there was nothing Japanese about it. The noodles resembled pasta and they sprinkled cheese on it, to accommodate westerners we assume. Definitely not very tourist friendly but it does seem popular...