Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan｜古城園

A tiny Yakiniku(Horumon) restaurant with old-school appearance. They have only a few dishes but the all are fantastic and very reasonable. Their homemade yakiniku source is also excellent. The owner takes care of everything by himself so service is bit slow. The shop is very small and quite difficult to get the seat without reservation. Air ventilation system is terrible and smell of Yakiniku transfer to your clothes.

I visited the restaurant for the first time in about two years, as the priority measures to prevent the spread of the disease have been lifted and normal business hours will resume from March 7, 2022. 15 minutes walk from Fukuyama Station, 1 meter by taxi. This is a yakiniku restaurant located near the Rose Park and behind the Fukuyama Park Hotel. This restaurant is popular with local customers, but reservations are recommended as it is a small restaurant with three tables for four and one table for two. You often won't be seated without a reservation. The menu includes rose, offal, heart, liver, and mino, all of which are delicious! The dipping sauce is sweet and goes perfectly with the rice, making it addictive. When I bring my children with me, I appreciate their thoughtfulness, such as cutting the meat into smaller pieces.

Cheap, delicious, dirty and small. Only about 13 people can enter even if it is tightly packed. In places, the menu on the wall is too brown from years of meat oil and dust to read. For example, the entire wall is a fly-removing ribbon. At the back of the store, there is a Japanese-style toilet with a door that reads "President's Office" because it is too dirty to read. Well, the Showa Yakiniku restaurant is completely unsuitable for dating. Although there are few meat and dishes on the menu, none of them are out of taste. High-quality meat grilled with disposable chopsticks instead of tongs is also delicious, but the sauce, rice, and kimchi are especially delicious. (I heard that the price of meat was raised for a while, but when I looked at the menu on the wall, it was back to the original price, so maybe they adjusted the amount of meat?) The reception of the young master who is managing alone is also ◎. Alcoholic beverages are limited to bottled beer or Japanese sake, and there are no drafts, highballs, or sours. Water is self. Smoking is allowed inside the restaurant, but the smoke from yakiniku is so strong that even non-smokers don't mind. In any case, I recommend that you wear whatever clothes you don't care about. Reservations are essential as seats are limited.