Hantei - Skewers & Sake restaurant

MAR 2024 Had the lunch course which includes two appetizers, fresh vegetable sticks and cabbage, eight kushiage (deep fried skewers), choice of white rice with miso soup or ochazuke with seaweed and kelp, and dessert. The fried coating was thin and crispy with a bit of flakiness; very tasty and light on the stomach. It is very different to the other kushiage I've had before which tends to have a thicker coating. For each skewer, the staff will recommend the condiment to use which includes miso paste, salt and sweet tare sauce. The appetizers and the ochazuke was pretty good as well. Dessert was a smooth sakura flavored pudding with a strong matcha sauce on top. Price was reasonable and I really enjoyed the kusiage, staffs were friendly, though towards the end the pacing was very slow for the ochazuke and dessert.

Unique in my travels. Super friendly staff. I think the price was super fair. The food pushes the boundaries of what I am used too, but I'll never forget this restaurant as long as I live. Such great and different flavors!!! The ambiance was awesome. You will only eat so many meals in your life. This one you will remember. Stone cups for beer glasses! :)

I truly recommend this gem, located in a traditional building. Lightest fried food I ever had, crispy & not heavy, it’s a 5/5 (bookings accepted).

Delightful building, good fried-things-onna-stick. The corn was great ( butter!) and mushroom too! 4.5 would be closer to my true rating.

Absolutely loved this authentic restaurant where we enjoyed some small dishes to share. Service was great and the food was even better. I would definitely go again.

Really lovely and typical japanese restaurant. Very good the deep fried food on skewers.

Excellent place to eat when visiting Yanaka. You cannot really choose what to eat. You must go with their selection of fried vegetable, shrimps and meat that they will keep on bringing to the table. We had the 8 items meal which was great. The place itself is very nice, in an old wooden house. My favorite was the scallop. It comes with a small desert and small “amuse bouches”.

Nice place for kushiyaki. Reasonable for the price.