The chicken skewer bowl (Yakitori-don) for lunch was absolutely delicious! It was so much fun tasting the different textures and flavors of the various chicken parts. This was my second visit, and it’s a perfect spot to stop by when visiting the Imperial Palace.

I recall it was a much rougher eatery before than it is today. They have renovated the restaurant through and through. Isehiro is a popular #yakitori restaurant that has been around since 1920's near #Kyobashi station business district. It is super hard to find. See that little alley with a gutter in between? That is where I found it lol. That should not even count as a street lol. It does not look like it, but it is actually one of the top rated yakitori place in Tokyo. If you go between 1-1:50pm (yup :50 not sure why lol) the set of 3 yakitori rice bowl is only 1,000 yen. One of my most satisfying $10 lunch in Tokyo! It is so good you can actually smell the place from a block away lol. I just followed the smell to find it. Lol!

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The best yakitori I’ve ever had. Be warned, this place is popular. We got here before opening time on a weekday for lunch, and there was already a big queue. It did move quite quickly though, because the place has a few floors. The way this place works is that you can’t pick your exact skewers, you need to order a set (at least for lunch). I got the biggest set of 9 pieces because I wanted to try everything. Everything was great except two skewers that were liver or intestine or something. Besides those, everything was delicious. Random note, but is it just me, or does Japan love to undercook their chicken? I’m not complaining, I haven’t gotten sick yet and it makes the chicken super tender.

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After waiting outside for more than one hour during winter, we need to waiting for the food to be served for about 50 minutes. Never had this kind of experience in other japanese restaurants. And then after we finished the food the staff asked us to go out as soon as possible even they late to serve the food, it was kind of disappointed. For me the food taste was average for the price and it’s not worth it.

We didn’t eat the cucumber appetisers. We asked to refund it. They staff insisted we pay & its 500¥ pp. when I told them I wanted it removed from my bill, they told me off that it’s a compulsory payment. So dishonest. When we asked for water, the staff said she would get it. We had to ask 4 times before she brought water over. It’s my 8th time to Tokyo & this is the worst service I had. WORST DINNER EVER.