Warayakiya Ueno Hirokoji — Restaurant in Tokyo

It's my first time visiting this place and that is a surprise! It is a restaurant specialized in seared / deep fried items. Very most of customers are local people after work. A salad with 4 options of sauce is first served. Dedicated spices and sauces on each of their seared items and the waiter explained the suggested way of eating to us in simple english. The aroma in seared items are very strong. Fried sweet potato with a bread like texture of coat is tasty. It is a good entry experience toward Japanese seared (bonito) items. They have quite a wide variety of drink options from local beer and shochu to imported wine and whisky. I was surprised that they had a small piece of traditional japanese folk song performance during dinner. Would suggest to visit in small group of 3 or 4...

I use this place almost once a week. First, they have an english menu. And reservations is very much recommended. Only time you can walk in is if you go when it opens up or when it's late.

They have great service with good visuals and food. The grilled bonito is the most recommended dish here along with the fried sweet potatoes. They have a lot of great non-alcoholic drinks, jon carbonated included. It's great for people who don't drink.

But, they don't have the greatest of the sake collection. They have the usual suspects, hakkaisan, genikara and 2 region specific ones. In total, they have 8 sake but the taste doesn't...

Restaurant specializing in proper straw flame grilled bonito tataki. Super thick slices but amazingly tender katsuo with signature smokey flavors from the straw grill is the must try signature dish - we went for an additional plate since it was so good. You can enjoy other straw flame grilled dishes like steak and unagi pressed sushi. Go for the counter seats if you want to see the flames go up close by. Will definitely go again and this would be a nice place to bring friends visiting Japan who want to try a more niche genre of...