Dark roadside Yakiniku Shop offering all you can eat Yakiniku plans... i don't have a great impression of all you can eat meats spots because once in a while the meat comes out rather frozen and like it was carved with an industrial saw.
But their huge 500yen Yakiniku Lunch banner made me U-turn from my walk and give this place a try.
Nope nope nope nope...
YES!! 500yen for the 100 grams of Yakiniku "Service" Lunch... thats all me! Or you can go for the 724yen 150 gram lunch but in that case why not go for two 500yen Lunches ;).
*** There are 3 lunch courses: Pork Kalbi, Family Ro-Su and Nakauchi Kalbi.
There are some Japanese style booths (no shoes)
This whole booth for 4 all for me. Interior wasn't pretty but he I'm just here for the meat.
Boom! This is really great great volume for only 500yen.
My Family Ro-Su kalbi recommended by the waitress as the most tender.
Kimchee was lightly tasty.
Big bowl of seaweed soup.
100 grams of Yakiniku.
Some white anin-dofu for dessert.
This Yakiniku was amazingly tender! I was simply couldn't believe how soft the Ro-Su was... wow... all Smiles!
Cool Metal Chopsticks just like Korea
All these things for free~. Fresh garlic, Kochijan, Spicy red oil...
Sauces: Lemon sauce, sweet yakiniku sauce, spicy sauce and Japanese style sauce.
Kids Menu!
Smoking and Non-Smoking sections!
Kitchen looked like something out of a school cafeteria... huge.
Customers place dots of where they live.
Free candy to return your breath back to normal.
Great thing about family restaurants located far from station is that they need to offer great deals to attract diners... lots of locals and cab drivers. I fully enjoyed myself in this spacious restaurant and will definitely take that long stroll to have another 500yen lunch! See you soon Anraku-Tei!
There are special TV programs in Tokyo highlighting great one coin 500yen lunches throughout the city. One of the best hands down is Nakame'kun in Nakameguro so I had to give this place a try.
Three lunch choices: Pork bowl, Chicken tomato stew bowl and Mabo bowl... all with 2 kinds of free self-serve soups. Plus 100yen for salad buffet and 100yen for a drink.
Its nearly all counter seating as the place seems more like a British pub than a restaurant. Pre-pay at the register and they hand you your bowl order...
Even at 500yen my pork bowl was rather disappointing... beef was rather tough and sauce didn't compliment it at all, too sweet. Mayo topping didn't help much.
There were 2 types of free soup: Seaweed or Cabbage soup... both quite boring. As for the salad bar the selections were limited and most items seem to come directly out of a can but for 100yen I guess you can't ask for much more than that.
I sat in one of the few counter window seats overlooking the street with sliding windows bringing in a nice breeze. Overall this place was definitely not worth even the 500yen when average lunches in the area were 750yen. Oh well... looks like a great place for drinks in the evening as the space allows for some friendly mingling but as for lunch it was...honestly... just very bad.
Amongst all the Tapas/Yakitori/French/Kushiyaki standing bars there is nothing like Shibuya CONA (http://r.gnavi.co.jp/e192500/) in Tokyo. You could try to hit up their sister shop VOCO (http://r.gnavi.co.jp/p456803/) in Ebisu or their new Shibuya shop KUNI (http://r.gnavi.co.jp/e192501/) but the standing bar atmosphere, thin crust pizza's and House music playing in the background just seems to work. You'll usually find me and the boys here during the evenings but this was the first time to try their 500yen Pizza Lunch Set (Pizza, Salad, Drink). Dude, other than a beef bowl or cheap ramen you won't find anything this good for 500yen in Shibs. (Excluding Nakame'kun's Lunch http://r.gnavi.co.jp/p854500/ )
There are easily 30+ different kinds of Pizza's but I went for the prosciutto with half boiled egg pizza.
Salad and Ice Tea.
Red pepper olive oil sits on the counter.
The menu isn't in English so practice your Katagana before hitting up Cona or you'll miss out. I'd recommend the Mexican (with lots of Jalapenos), Ham with half boiled egg, Gorgonzola (comes with a side of honey), Garlic Chorizo or Anchovy and Cream Cheese Pizza. But there are other choices: Margherita, Italian Basil, Garlic Cheese, Downtown Special (like Okonomiya), Basil Seafood, Eggplant Bacon Meatsauce, Mushroom and bacon, Hawaiian, Seafood, Mix, Carbonara, Basil and Mascapone, Avocado Pizza... and I'm still not done. You'll have to check out the menu~. But they do have one great item that I've yet to try... the Hot Maple and Vanilla Ice Cream topping on a Pizza... looked tasty.
Don't forget their Happy Hour from 2-6pm.
Shop Name: Shibuya CONA
Foodie Website: http://r.tabelog.com/tokyo/A1303/A130301/13059175/
Gnavi for Coupons!: http://r.gnavi.co.jp/e192500/
Address E: Tokyo, Shibuya-ku, Dogenzaka 2-7-5 (Its a bit hidden away so the easiest would be to walk along the LEFT side of Shibuya109 then hang a left at LOTTERIA Burger Shop and it will be facing AM/PM Convini).
Address J: 東京都渋谷区道玄坂2-7-5
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