Visit on September 19, 2023 Location: 4 minutes walk from Ueno Station Reservation available Invitation: Yes Number of people: 4 Price: 5800 yen per person Order: Napa cabbage kimchi, mixed namul, steamed pork, beef tendon sashimi, white cow tongue sashimi, red top liver, tan tan, wagyu harami, salted brisket, red special thick harami (sagari), top loin, red sauce bibimbap, cold noodles Notes: Yakiniku restaurant in Ueno. Located a 3-minute walk from Ueno on JR, Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, and Ginza Line. Also within walking distance from Keisei Ueno Station, Ueno Hirokoji Station, Ueno Okachimachi Station, Nakachimachi Station, and Ueno Station. The owner is Mr. Toru Makino. Opened on November 9, 2020. Various information is shared on the restaurant's Instagram. Closed on Sundays. Business hours are from 5 pm to 10 pm with last orders at 9:30 pm. Seating available on the 1st and 2nd floors with 15 tables. Reservations accepted by phone. Private reservations available. Children welcome. Cards, electronic money, PayPay, d payment, Rakuten Pay, and au PAY accepted. No dedicated parking lot, but coin parking available nearby.

Just a 4-minute walk from Ueno Station. I visited a Korean BBQ restaurant in Ueno's Koreatown area that I had been curious about for a while! It seems that the restaurant was started by a long-established kimchi shop. Since the seating is limited, I recommend making a reservation before visiting. Ordered items: - Napa cabbage kimchi - Mixed namul (seasoned vegetables) - Steamed pork - Beef tripe sashimi (white) - Beef intestines sashimi (red) - Upper liver and offal grill - Upper tongue - Lower tongue - Wagyu harami (skirt steak) with salt - Shinshin (red) - Premium thick-cut harami (skirt steak) with sauce - Upper loin (red) with sauce - Bibimbap - Cold noodles The beef intestines sashimi and beef tripe sashimi here were excellent! I love beef tripe sashimi, but there aren't many places that offer it, so I always order it when it's on the menu. Both the beef intestines and beef tripe had a nice rare texture without any off-putting smell, and they were very delicious. There are two types of seasoning: salt-based white and spicy red. This time, I had the beef tripe with white seasoning and the beef intestines with red. Both were firm and had no unpleasant odor, and were very delicious. It's worth going just for these! I also enjoyed the mixed namul appetizer and the steamed pork. The meat was also delicious, especially the lower tongue with its bold seasoning. The upper loin can be chosen as lean red meat or marbled white meat. This time, I chose the red! It had just the right amount of marbling and was delicious. I would definitely like to visit this restaurant again.

The quality and freshness of the meat are quite good. The prices are reasonable. The restaurant is small and hard to find, but the staff are friendly and you can enjoy your meal comfortably. The recommended dishes are the premium Harami and premium Tongue. They were really delicious. I would like to visit again. Thank you for the meal.

I ordered a set of kalbi and harami. All-you-can-eat kimchi. With chijimi, salad, namul, Korean seaweed, soup, dessert (ice strawberry), and extra rice for 1100 yen. Cooking the meat on the grill was amazing! Both the kalbi and harami were delicious. The staff was also friendly. I would like to visit again for a satisfying meal.

After finishing errands in Koreatown in Higashi Ueno, I got hungry. I wasn't too excited about being in the area, but I had to choose a restaurant. I couldn't decide between going back to the Maizan-kan, where I went 15 years ago, or trying the yakiniku restaurant down a narrow alley that I might have visited 10 years ago. I ended up choosing the latter, even though I felt like the name of the restaurant had changed. It was a Sunday, and most restaurants had lunch menus displayed outside, but this place in the alley was cheaper at 1000 yen. I ordered the Harami set, my wife ordered the Kalbi set, and my daughter ordered the 1.5 times Kalbi set. The table had packs of kimchi, which had a good balance of spiciness and acidity. While waiting, the owner brought out bento boxes with plenty of salad, bean sprout namul, meat, small slices of chijimi, rice, and seaweed soup. It looked like a hearty meal. I was hungry, so I didn't take photos and just ate. The meat, especially the Kalbi, looked delicious. I regretted choosing Harami due to its fat content, but it was still tasty. I ended up eating more rice than I intended, thanks to the sweet sauce. In the end, I couldn't resist the dessert, which was a mandarin orange. I didn't eat the Korean seaweed for personal reasons. The restaurant may seem intimidating in the narrow alley, but the interior was clean and welcoming. The salad and namul were delicious, and even with a large serving of rice, it was a satisfying meal. Highly recommended.

★★★Kalbi★★Kimchi rice refill★★★

Lunch is 1300 yen. The ventilation is good so it's not smoky. I had the harami and I was satisfied with it as a lunch option. The stairs are steep so it can be dangerous if you're drunk.

Two middle-aged men visited before 2 o'clock on Sunday. Delicious! Not overly praised. But we will come again.

Saturday from 11:30 to 14:00 is okay. Meat is priced at 100g for 1000 yen and 150g for 1300 yen. Rice refills are also okay. They serve seaweed, salad, kimchi, namul, chijimi, and soup. The meat is grilled over direct gas fire, which is good. The best lunch in the Higashi Ueno area.

I visited with a friend. We were shown to the second floor and started right away. The quality of the meat was high no matter which one we tried. We enjoyed the taste of the sauce. It seems that on the second floor, customers help themselves to drinks from the refrigerator starting from the second round.

It was incredibly delicious! Absolutely amazing!

"Excellent food and service at Atsui Tokita."

Shime no Mano Special =========== The specialty of the house is Shime no Mano.

Great value for money

The Korean barbecue restaurant in Koreatown in Higashi Ueno is undeniably delicious! However, it's a bit hard to find as it's tucked away in a narrow alley with a small entrance and not the most visually appealing. The owner, once you get to know her, is friendly but can seem a bit busy and reserved at first. I recommend trying their Kalbi lunch set for 1,100 yen. It comes with grilled meat, bean sprout namul, Korean seaweed, and chijimi on a plastic lunch plate, along with seaweed soup, rice (with free refills), and dessert. The meat is well seasoned and has a sweet flavor that pairs perfectly with the rice. Make sure to get the free rice refill in case you run out while enjoying the delicious meat. If you're unsure where to eat in Koreatown in Higashi Ueno, I highly recommend this restaurant!

In a corner of Koreatown, there is a barbecue town. The narrow alley may give you pause, but hidden in this alley is Tokyo En, known as the birthplace of harami (skirt steak). Now, this restaurant is located next to Tokyo En. The first floor has only counter seats, while the second floor has two table seats. On this day, when my mother and I visited, the staff in the kitchen suggested, "The tables on the second floor are nice~" and so my mother led us to the table seats on the second floor. It was unusual as my mother had never shown such concern for customer turnover and efficiency before. Was there something going on?? I had tried the harami and kalbi mix before, but personally I found the harami more delicious, so I ordered the harami lunch. It was 1300 yen for a large portion of meat (150g). As I mentioned in a previous review, it comes with bean sprout namul, chijimi, Korean seaweed, all-you-can-eat kimchi, salad, wakame soup, and free rice refills at this price. It's a good value barbecue lunch in this area. I had never used the 4-person table seats before, only the 6-person table seats, so I didn't notice the difference, but this time the fire on the stove of the 4-person table seemed weaker. It took an unusually long time to cook the meat. So, while enjoying conversation with my companion and leisurely eating (which took about 40 minutes), the mother came to urge us to finish quickly because there were waiting customers. I had no choice but to stop cooking one piece at a time, cook the remaining meat all at once, and quickly finish eating and pay the bill. Well, nobody was actually waiting... and there were empty seats at the counter on the first floor too... ^^; It's really strange because this has never happened before... I wonder what happened to the mother... I was surprised by the complete lack of hospitality that was the opposite of her usual attitude. My companion said they wanted to eat barbecue, so I brought them here, but in the end, I felt sorry for them... So, I have revised my rating a bit and it's a bit strict. I'm sorry. Thank you for the meal.