SHINBASHI: Wataru Izakaya... its all about the 180yen Beers and Whisky Hi-Balls... food is pretty blah.

Its always great to drink for 180yen but these places usually have very diverse yet very mediocre food between 300-600yen that is really quite over priced.

This seasoned cabbage was about 500yen... but you can buy a whole cabbage at the supermarket for 100yen.  They don't make money off the beer at only 180yen but just the food so drink alot!

Overall its just an easy place to drink for 180yen in Shinbashi but I highly suggest avoiding this place as Shinbashi is salaryman heaven and there are sooooo many awesome tiny izakaya restaurants filled with hard working Japanese men.  Shinbashi is known as a Oyaji town (middle aged salary men) who drink on a tight budget.

Restaurant: Wataru

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Address J: 東京都港区新橋3-26-3

Address E: Tokyo, Minato-ku, Shinbashi 3-26-3
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SHIBUYA: Sumire Izakaya... 120yen Beers hidden in a maze of Love Hotels.

I'm still on my journey trying to hit up all the cheap beer spots of this franchise... and snuggled within an area cluttered with neat little restaurants and many love hotels is Sumire Izakaya.

120yen Beers and Hi-Balls!  Everyday except for Fridays and weekdays before a National Holiday!  Drink 5 solid mugs for only 600yen!

Automatic Otoshi... tiny bowl of boiled bean sprouts.

The Kawa-Ebi was about 1/2 the portion of sister Izakaya Mchan in Roppongi.

Recommended specials... 

Avocado Toro Cucumber Roll... 

Its all about being able to drink at the fraction of the cost... you just gotta go to Sumire.  120yen beers, quick service and very very spacious... Can go in small or very large groups, they'll accommodate ya! 

Shop: Sumire Izakaya

Foodie Website: http://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1303/A130301/13135923/

Address J: 東京都渋谷区円山町6-2

Address E: Tokyo, Shibuya-ku, Maruyama-cho 6-2
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ROPPONGI: Ma'chan Izakaya for 180yen Beers/Hi-Balls and great Avocado Rolls!

A good friend just has his first baby girl and he requested cheap beers!  I've been to 210yen Nakanishi Izakaya in posh Omotesando,  100yen Koike Izakaya in Ikebukuro and after all these years I finally hit up 180yen Beers at Machan :).  These sister Izakaya's are scattered around Tokyo and the menu's are identical... beer prices vary with the neighborhood. 

When you sit down the automatic Otoshi arrives... 300yen or so.  

A must is the Toro Avocado Rolls (Toro-Avocado-Maki) and the Ebi (Shrimp)-Mayo was great too... 

Everyday except Friday and before national holidays on the weekday beers and hi-balls only 180yen otherwise its 290yen.

Some Chinese dish with an appropriate plate.

Okinawan Goya Champuru.

Service is extremely quick!  Just ring the button at your table.

Looks like a reservation board.

We had alooot of food but the most popular was definitely the Toro Avocado Roll and the Ebi-Mayo.  And with 180yen Beers plus the speed that my friend Kiyo was drinking and ordering for us we were pretty much toasted in the 2 hours of dining and catching up. 

My iPhone GPS just couldn't pinpoint this back alley hidden residential area of Roppongi but its a spacious well worth the hunt.  I'm a regular at the sister branch Koike in Ikebukuro but this will definitely be a new watering hole and a spot to invite visiting guests from abroad.  Oh, the crows was a mix of young stylish couples, foreigners in their 20's and not really the salary-man crowd of other spots.  

Shop: Machan Izakaya Roppongi

Foodie Website: http://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1307/A130701/13009737/

Address J: 東京都港区六本木7-13-11

Address E: Tokyo, Minato-ku, Roppongi 7-13-11
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