Sake Izakaya Restaurant Teppen Otokodojo Shibuya Review Summary

Great start to being back in Tokyo by having a great dinner at Teppen. The ambiance is lively as an Izakaya should be. We sat at the counter so we were able to watch most of the food being cooked table side. We were fortunate that they had a reservation open at 8:30. Recommend calling ahead for reservation on busy weekends.

My friend group showed up at 11:30pm and we were quite hungry but indecisive, so we said chefs choice, just make us a nice meal and my god did they deliver! To be able to pull out the freshest most well planned set menu with no advanced notice and late at night was amazing, starting with salad and fresh veggies, oysters, sashimi, etc. The staff was so friendly and it was one of the best and most memorable meals of our trip to Japan!

This is an Izakaya restaurant where there are teppan seating (we could see directly the cooking process in the open kitchen) and tatami seating (we sit on the ground with the karpet based). The restaurant may look small, but they can accommodate around 50 people. It's so crowded and narrowed when everybody stands up 🤣

For a welcoming reception, we were here to have dinner and free flow drinks for 2 hours. Since I sat at the tatami, I didn't get the teppanyaki menu, but we did try variant of foods, from the appetizer, main dishes, to sashimi. For the sashimi, I could say that this is THE BEST SASHIMI I've ever had so far! They are cut thickly and so fresh. Another foods that contain chicken, pork, salmon taste good as well.
We enjoyed their beer and sake.

And the most interesting and unique thing is the entertainment from all of the men staff. They danced together, made some noise, and even made a birthday surprise to one of our friend here. It was a fun Izakaya experience in Tokyo. The staffs can speak English, too. Recommended place to enjoy good foods, drinks, and fun entertainment!

After a long day of exploring on our first day of our first visit to Japan we got to our hotel late and tired., we looked for somewhere to eat and we found this place and decided to give it a try. The staff spoke about 10 words of English and the entire menu was in Japanese. Somehow we managed to break through the communication barrier to get a great meal with amazing atmosphere and service. I highly recommend this place for a fun night, we loved it.

I would have loved to give this restaurant 5 stars because all of the food was absolutely incredible. The sashimi was so incredibly tender and buttery, that it felt like it was melting in your mouth. What I cannot say I liked is that I am 12, and there was someone vaping indoors right next to me (which is illegal by the way) and no one was doing anything about it. I walked to the restroom and I see 2 more people vaping!! What the heck. I did not come to a restaurant just to get second hand vape. Also the staff kept yelling (in more of a friendly way but it was still super loud [My dad on the other hand says that the yelling gave the restaurant more atmosphere])