Jonetsu Horumon

I was disappointed. Non Japanese beef cuts were terrible. Expensive Japanese beef cuts were ok, but nothing special… I had much better Japanese beef in other places. I won’t be coming back.

Super fun Japanese Yakiniku BBQ spot located along ‘Piss Alley’ as they call it or Shinjuku Omoide Yokocho. Went searching for Izakaya but opted for this option since I had yet to try J-​BBQ. Meat in Japan seems more like a scarce source of protein so they’re a bit more stingy with portion size out there. Each order gets you only a few pieces of meat so you’d have to order a ton to get anywhere near full. Sides are not included, nothing like KBBQ with the automatic banchan that’s included.
Tried the ‘Chicken Outside Skirt’ which is probably thigh meat, Tender Short Rib, and Boneless Short Rib. All were good, one of the beef orders turned out to be a little chewier than the other but I did enjoy the clean high quality flavors of their beef. Had to order a side of kimchi since like I had mentioned rice and sides were not included. Wait staff is very attentive and on top of things in Japan especially at this super busy joint. They offered me free beer since I had to wait for a table which was kind of them. Beer in Tokyo is also pricy but this joint offers it at a discounted rate of about 290 yen which is less than half the cost of most places.