Yoidokoro

Some diners have enjoyed a meal of fish dishes with a citrus sour they squeezed themselves at 酔い処 (よいしょ). The menu offers fresh-squeezed lemon, grapefruit and orange sours, so you can choose your citrus. For a fruitier option, frozen-fruit sours come with peach, mango, muscat grapes and other flavours. Choosing between fresh-squeezed citrus and a drink with fruit in it gives the drinks menu its appeal.

There is also a broad selection of sake and shochu. Sake is available by the one-go serving, with bottles from across Japan, including Hakkaisan from Niigata, Suigei from Kochi and Dassai from Yamaguchi. Shochu choices range from sweet-potato, barley and rice varieties to kokuto (brown sugar) shochu and awamori. Some visitors have enjoyed comparing different varieties.

The food menu makes it easy to settle in with skewers, grilled fish and small plates to go with a drink. The five-skewer assortment excludes bacon-wrapped items; tsukune (chicken meatballs) and negima (chicken and leek skewers) are also available individually. Grilled fish options include salmon belly and overnight-dried striped atka mackerel. Visitors have also described hirame (flounder) and salt-grilled kinmedai (splendid alfonsino) ordered on separate visits as satisfying portions. For a lighter bite, there are edamame and handmade tofu; for something more substantial, try motsu stew or beef tendon and daikon stew. Finish with an onigiri or ochazuke, a rice dish served with tea, choosing ume (pickled plum) or salmon. The menu can suit a meal centred on drinks or one focused on food.

One diner said they arrived at 15:00 on a weekday and enjoyed yakitori and drinks. Yoidokoro is open from 14:00 to 23:00, Tuesday through Sunday, making it an option for an early start to the evening.