Ippuku

“The ethereal pork belly was perfectly paired with a smear of wasabi.”

Eric★★★★

The food was delicious but a little inconsistent. Some of the dishes were exceptional and sometimes mind-blowing, others left something in the kitchen (no, not literally). The chicken giblet skewer, for instance, was amazing-you'd never think something so unassuming could have so much flavor. The agadashi tofu was full of deep flavors....I hadn't had this in a long while and it took me back to the first time I was blown away by it. The ethereal pork belly was perfectly paired with a smear of wasabi. The karaage redefined "fried chicken" for me forever. The service seemed a little confuse

Cai★★★★

Great izakaya experience for skewers that mainly highlight chicken! Don’t recommend walking in without a reservation—we waited an hour on a Sunday night & although you can get lucky with the bar seating, the booths are part of the ambiance! Everything is charcoal grilled so it will be smokey in there. Great experience for date nights except skewers are on the pricey side (about $12 for a lacarte). The omakase set is usually pretty solid but if you want the more specialty like chicken skin, it’s better to order separately. I liked the chicken neck skewer best for the flavor and the fattiness!

Alice Hou★★★★★

This place has been on my want to go list for a while, and I finally got to try it! We didn't make a reservation and walked in instead. We waited for about 30 min and the restaurant texted us once the table was ready. We ordered quite a few dishes and started with Omakase gushi, which came with chicken breast, thigh with leek, heart, cartilage, and minced chicken. We also ordered the oden set, sasami, tori tataki, gyu-tan, enoki bacon, and buta bara. Evertyhing tasted pretty good, but the most impressive dish was sasami with umeboshi, which was inner bresat with umehad was the inner breast

Christopher Harto★★★★

Ippuku (一服), which means to take a short break for a cigarette or tea during a busy day (literally meaning “one dose”), had a very nice vibe walking in. The entrance was unassuming, but the interior transported me back to Japan. They had seating areas which simulated traditional seating on zabutons and tatami maps, and also more western style sitting areas. You can immediately tell they take pride in Japanese tradition without becoming pretentious or trying too hard to be "unique". They gave a complimentary chunk of cabbage with kewpie mayo topped with togarashi. While pretty difficult to eat