Shibuya City, Tokyo, Japan｜Ikkyu

I’m literally crying rn. This is a local restaurant run by an elderly couple. We were planning to eat at another okonomiyaki restaurant, but they were fully booked. Ended up here instead and am so glad we did. Doors were closed like other reviewers mentioned, but we just opened the door a crack to peek in. The sweetest elderly lady came over to warmly greet us. She speaks a little English, but there’s an English menu available to point and order from. A Japanese couple also offered to help translate as needed. The cute obachan took our order and then helped us prepare the okonomiyaki. She then allowed us to try cooking the second one on our own. Food was really good and it seemed like a healthy meal. 100/10 recommend! I know tipping in Japan is not a thing, but if it were, I would give all my money to them. Rare to find a quiet space in Shibuya, but as much as I want to keep it that way, I think everyone should know about this gem.

From all my dinners in Japan this one was my favourite ✨💕 The place looks like it’s closed form the outside, but you just need to knock the door. This place is magical 🤩 Great music, and classic Japanese furniture, small and private. The food is amazing and the best of all is the experience of you cooking your own okonomiyaki, the lovely owner will bring you an English menu, you just need to order the main flavour for your okonomiyaki and she will bring all the ingredients that you need and help you to prepare it, so don’t worry if it’s your first time 🥢🥒🥩🥦. Great service!! And the price is so low for such good experience 😍👌🏼✨ MUST!

Ran by Husband and Wife. Very very friendly lady. Almost everything is suppose to self cook, including desert. The lady boss is very kind to realised that my family lack the skills to cook the food and came in to help us. Really enjoyed ourselves and the food is really good and value for money! My wife love the red bean roll!