Yakitoriya Sumire Higashinakanoten — Restaurant in Tokyo

Edit to add: tourists — they will not sit big groups without reservations. I came back with friends and felt completely embarrassed they wouldn’t seat our group of 7 even though the place was mostly empty. We came at 6pm on a weekday and they said the earliest they could give us reservations was at 9pm. We were with three kids and couldn’t wait that long. I’m sad my friends didn’t get to enjoy the food.

Original post: Very nice family-friendly restaurant. Our family of four came here for dinner. We saw lots of local families and their kids eat here and felt very welcomed. Ordering is easy with their tablet. You can order in Japanese or English. Everything was delicious and came out quickly. We especially enjoyed the chicken ramen stew. We highly...

I think this place is called Smile in English? But everything is in Japanese, so I still needed help from Japanese coworkers to translate everything.

Fun place to hang out late night for drinks and nibbles, but I didn’t really like some of the food and drinks I had. Maybe I just wasn’t used to it.

We sat at a long table at the back where you have to take off your shoes, so that was cool. You can also hang up your coats on hangers along the wall, so that was convenient.

I was excited to try a tapioca tea cocktail, but it wasn’t my favorite drink. The fresh cabbage and edamame were good. I didn’t like the shark cartilage with pickled plum or the chicken cartilage yakitori. But the chicken meat...

I loved the concept of the store but imo the amount of food you get for the price is way too little… But some interesting yakitori varieties in the menu to try.

We were located near the back of the restaurant in one of those comfortable seat where you can remove your shoes. Sadly we were seated near children yelling the whole time accompanied by completely oblivious parents. Obviously not the restaurant’s fault but I was so tired that I just...