Izakaya Den

This has been on my Melbourne hit list for quite a while and tonight I was able to go. Loved it. Great service. Brilliant cocktails. The food was amazing, every mouthful was delicious.

Absolutely amazingly fresh Japanese food. I can not speak highly enough of this place. Hidden away its easy to walk past, but worth the hunt. Best sashimi I've had outside of Japan by far

This is one of my favourite modern Japanese restaurants. On Fridays they do a $22 lunch special and they also have a $33 menu called the Izakaya classics which features its infamous corn fritters with wasabi salt. The serving size was very generous especailly for the pork belly. This time we came around, the service was on the slow side however this could be due to the lunch rush.

I am almost certain that this is the best Japanese restaurant I have ever experienced in Australia.
Hidden in the basement area of a city building, this dimly lit Japanese bar has about 50 seats. It opens at 5:30 and you can sit at the bar and watch the highly skilled chefs prepare your food with such care and precision.
Every dish was amazing but my favourite was the kingfish, the fried chicken and the seafood clam chowder which was a sweet broth of subtle and well balanced flavours.
It is a little pricey but the quality of the food is exceptional. It cost is about $140 for two of us.

Wonderful Japanese food in this cozy nook of a place. As soon as you enter you feel like you are entering another world and the food certainly transports you. A great place to try different dishes that you might not find anywhere else!