Sushi Izakaya Nihonkai Asakusa — Restaurant in Tokyo

Located near tawaramachi station and open till late night, I had sushi at 10pm. They have English menus with a large selection of sushi and yakitori. Many local people come here to have a drink, unwind and eat good food. The portion sizes are huge from my experience with dining Japanesem sushi pieces were very generous, and the price is extremely reasonable. I ordered a set for 12 pieces of chefs choice for about USD $16, plus four seasonal speciality pieces of sushi like Kawahagi, Shirako, and Amaebi. There are much higher quality sushi places in the area but you will also pay significantly more money. This is a great normal sushi place for local people to enjoy. Nothing fancy, and can host a large number of people easily because the restaurant is quite large located on the corner of a major intersection. The sushi chefs were very nice and funny with big smiles on their face. Staff was very nice and helpful with ordering. I do not speak Japanese, but know the basics of ordering food and asking for the bill. I also know many types of fish by the Japanese name because I cook Japanese food almost every day back in New York City where I can shop at the oldest Japanese supermarket opened in the early 1900. I do not give it 4 or 5 stars because 5 star Japanese would be 3 Michelin star, and 4 stars would be 1 or 2 star Michelin rated place of much finer dining and service.(in my opinion) 3 stars for this local place is solid in my opinion and won't break the bank. Enjoy it! I also use S.tabelog for restaurant...

A lively izakaya spot where you can talk as loud as you want, the locals will be just as loud. While the beef isn't that great to be honest, the seafood and sushi is bountiful, delicious and highly recommended.

Having visited many times, you can see business people getting rat faced, families getting rowdy & tourists revelling in the high quality sushi and Asahi on tap. Notice the photo of the fresh grapefruit sour, it's literally grapefruit that you squeeze yourself! Awesome!

As an izakaya they also serve grilled steak, fish, cheese filled mince patties, Chinese style rice, various skewers and other bits and bobs but in my opinion you should be coming here for the sushi. It's my go-to in Asakusa. There are two floors and downstairs usually has a waiting list. By the way, the sushi bar downstairs is more quiet and sombre, a different vibe for sure, but can be lively too.

After asking to buy their sushi tea mug for few years, they finally put them on sale, only for them to sell out during our most recent visit, so grab one if you see any in stock. There are still many other places to try however, if you find reservations are full, but I would simply ask your hotel staff to help you book a table. It will be busy during the weekend and variably at other times.

Always lively, with friendly staff who also speak English, it's not cheap but a highly recommended quality Sushi restaurant. Oh my goodness, looking at our photos makes me...

Since 2012 we ate here several times during each trip to Japan (nearly every year) and always loved it. Food is good, we had fun, staff was always friendly, helpful and funny. Unfortunately today was our last time here as obviously we were not very welcomed. There were other staff today, no english at all but thats ok. The seats at the counter on the groud floor were empty, the restaurant was not packed, we came early but were placed on 2nd floor. When we left I asked for a reservation for tomorrow as its our last day, but the young man seemed not too interested and obviously there are no 2 seats at the counter available tomorrow. The lovely Lady who also works there and often seems to remeber us was not in today so - well, we will eat somewhere else tomorrow and on...