Self-selected yakitori is delicious at this standing bar! Honmachi Yakitori Standing Bar Ichimaido! Yamadera On this day, we enjoyed some ladder drinks around Osaka Utsubo Park. The shop is a standing bar called "Yakitori Ichii." The atmosphere of the shop and detailed information can also be found on YouTube, so please refer to it. As soon as we entered the shop, there was a standing bar counter, and in the back, there were standing bar table seats. We started with a lemon sour from the carefully selected bar menu for 360 yen. As for various yakitori for 130 yen each, you can choose your preference from the refrigerated case, hand it to the owner, and have it grilled. You can choose between salt or sauce for seasoning, but I chose all salt. Every part of the yakitori was grilled to a crispy and fragrant finish, and being made with Ooyama chicken, when you bite into it, delicious juices come out. As expected of a popular shop, it was bustling in no time. In addition to yakitori, there is also a variety of side dishes, and I ordered the Hokkaido octopus balls for 400 yen. I ate it with stem wasabi and soy sauce, and the crunchy texture was good and delicious. This goes well with alcohol. Another dish was young corn for 450 yen. I also ate the part of the corn's husk around it, and it has a great corn aroma and flavor. It's really delicious. For the finish, I ordered dashimaki for 330 yen. It was full of flavor from the dashi, and the fluffy dashimaki is just delicious. Oh, I went there for the first time, but it became my favorite, so a revisit is definitely confirmed. Thank you for the delicious meal. Yakitori Ichii Basic Information Address: 1-7-1 Uemachi, Nishi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Closed: Sundays, holidays Business hours: 17:30-23:30, Saturdays 17:30-22:00 Smoking allowed

The place is located near Joumon-cho, right next to Hungry Tiger. Inside, there is a fridge on the left where you can help yourself to yakitori skewers for 100 yen each. There are about 10 different types of skewers available. Other menu items need to be ordered as usual. Most customers prefer to stand and eat, although there are some foldable chairs available. The taste is decent for the price, with the chicken cartilage skewers offering good value for the portion size. The tulip skewers have a nice spiciness to them, while the curry-flavored fried chicken brings back nostalgic memories of school lunches. You can enjoy some food and drinks here for around 1,000 yen per person, making it a convenient choice for pre-drinks or the first round of the night.

On a regular day, I was invited by a friend who works nearby to visit this place. The entrance has a counter and there are tables further inside where you can sit. They serve Premium Malt's beer and yakitori skewers for only 100 yen each, which are small but you can have as many as you want. In addition to their regular menu, they also offer seasonal items like oysters in the winter. The atmosphere was just right and cozy. It was a great start for a night of hopping between bars. Thank you for the meal!

It's fun to choose your own skewers, and freshly grilled yakitori is the best! The cost performance is great too. Perfect for a casual drink.

Highball 330, Yakitori 140x4

After drinking at "Tachizaru" and looking for a cheap and sketchy place, I ended up at "Yakitori Ichi." I had passed by this place a few times before but had never gone in. I thought it was a standing bar, but they had chairs so I was finally able to sit down. A friend had been here a few times before, so the system was perfect. You order your drinks, then you pick out your yakitori from a refrigerated case and hand it to the staff to grill. You can choose between sauce or salt, but we went with all salt. The yakitori didn't have anything special, but it was on par with what you would get at "Yakitori Yoshikichi." It's not bad at all, so I think it's good enough for cheap drinks. Everyone was drinking quite a bit so we only ordered this, but it seems like a handy place to have before payday.

Bar Tateyama is a store next to the Tateyama. They have skewers in the fridge, you can pick the skewers you want and hand the palette to the staff. They will confirm if you want salt or sauce, then cook and bring it to you. Other than that, you can order as usual. There are chairs but you can also stand and drink. Visited with respected senior colleagues, former bosses, and coworkers. The store is just as it looks. It's cheap! ■Draft Beer (Premium) ¥360 ■Red Eye ¥450 ■Chu-hi ¥310 ■Shochu (Then) ¥300 ■Kaku Highball ¥300 ■Sake ¥330 ■Glass of Wine ¥300 ■Grilled Items (ALL) Skewers ¥100 (e.g. negima, seseri, sasami, sunazuri, kokoro, shishito, etc.) ■Edamame ¥180 ■Cold Tofu ¥180 ■Ume Kurage (plum jellyfish) ¥270 ■Addictive Cucumber ¥260 ■Beef Tendon Stew ¥320 ■Dashimaki (rolled omelette) ¥280 ■Sausage ¥300 ■Grilled Hormone ¥380 ■Yakisoba ¥350 ■Chicken Cartilage ¥380 ■French Fries ¥280 ■Oyakodon (chicken and egg bowl) ¥480 and more... The most expensive item is the sashimi platter for ¥980. Grilled chicken, thick fried tofu, chikuwa tempura, chicken cartilage... Eating and drinking heartily with four people costs less than ¥3000. A dandelion-like store blooming in the business district. Just being there gives a sense of security. Thank you for the feast☆

This place was visited by me and a friend on a whim. It was our first time here, and we randomly chose to enter. Near the entrance, there was a refrigerator where you could select the skewers you wanted to be grilled and hand them to the staff. My companion seemed intrigued by this system, but I was not as surprised since it was similar to a place I used to frequent in Doshima called "Monchan," which seems to have closed down. The staff were friendly, but the most important aspect is the taste. From that perspective, the satisfaction level might be a bit low. The price is reasonable at 100 yen per skewer, but the taste is slightly below average for such a price range. However, perhaps that's why the other menu items, including alcohol, are relatively cheap. We ordered a few side dishes after getting seated. The affordable drinks led us to order more. Lastly, we ordered "green chili peppers," which were the type you eat raw, similar to Korean Pukkochu, and quite spicy. Both my friend and I can handle spiciness, so it wasn't a problem, but the issue was that eating this type of raw chili pepper alone isn't very tasty (laughs). It might have been delicious if we nibbled on it while eating the skewers. It would have been better if there was miso or something similar available, as the provided mayonnaise felt a bit mismatched. I plan to review this restaurant on Tabelog later, but it wasn't even registered. I signed up and let my friend do the first post, and coincidentally, the second review that finally appeared was also from a fellow reviewer.

On a regular night out in Honmachi, we moved from Izakaya Young to a certain restaurant, and then aimed to go to Bar Tateyama, only to be met with the harsh announcement of "Today's reservation only." Even though it was only about 6 people, and there were other empty seats visible, it was still disappointing to hear it was reserved. The bald-headed manager apologized politely, but we decided to look for another place. Recently, the back streets of Namba seem to be booming, and this area, just one street east of Yotsubashi-suji, can be considered as "back Honmachi." It may seem quiet at first glance, but if you look closely, you'll find some interesting and unique bars and restaurants. In the midst of this, we found another interesting place - a yakitori restaurant that seemed to have opened recently. It had a playful atmosphere with a retro feel, not quite a Showa-style yakitori place, but not a modern and trendy one either. It seemed like an old office space that had been renovated. Upon entering the restaurant, we saw rows of skewered yakitori at the entrance, in a state of preparation. Customers would choose what they wanted and hand it over to the kitchen staff to grill. This "Mister Donut style" was a unique and fun concept. We decided to stand and drink at the round standing table, ordered some drinks and started our final stretch of the night. The Tomahawk was quickly served, followed by various other chu-hai drinks. In between, we had dishes like Nagasaki dried sardines, fish cakes, and more. Oh, and we can't forget the super spicy green chili peppers to finish off. The yakitori tasted decent, nothing extraordinary, but that's not what we were looking for in a yakitori place. The atmosphere and experience are what make a yakitori restaurant special, and in that sense, this place did not disappoint. It was a cozy and enjoyable place. It worked out fine in the end, and I guess I should thank the bald-headed manager at Tateyama a little bit.

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