More Tokyo street chic than standard sushi house, this izakaya—the Japanese equivalent of a bar with appetizers—with bamboo-screen booths serves up surprising fare, from chicken tartare to wonderful yakitori, skewers such as bacon-wrapped enoki, bacon-wrapped mushrooms, and pork belly. (Anything skewered here is sure to please.) Dinner beats lunch at Ippuku, and savvy diners make reservations...
"Live dangerously" at this "friendly" Japanese izakaya near the Downtown Berkeley BART station, where "two guys and a hibachi" reward "adventurous eaters" with "amazing" yakitori and other dishes featuring "various chicken parts" that might "challenge" your "comfort zone"; just "bring plenty of yen", as the fare and the "interesting" shochus and sakes that "go with them" can "add up quickly."