01 / ABOUT THE PLACE
About this place
Situated alongside the Joto Police Station in Kitasuna, Koto-ku, Japanese restaurant Eiraku is a reliable dining spot popular for everything from hearty lunches to casual evening drinks. Deeper than its storefront suggests, the interior features table seating and private raised tatami rooms, offering a calm environment to settle in for a meal.
The highlight of the daytime menu is the build-your-own lunch set. Diners can select 2 dishes from a varied lineup—including assorted fried items, salt-grilled mackerel, ginger pork, and sashimi—tailoring the tray to suit their mood and appetite. Rice portions can also be adjusted. Classic set options are also on hand, such as the lunch tonkatsu set featuring thick pork in crisp breading and the lunch fried chicken set.
Come evening, the restaurant doubles as a comfortable place to sip drinks over carefully prepared dishes. Offerings range from live horse mackerel sashimi or tataki from the tank near the entrance to assorted tempura, vegetable tempura, salt-grilled yellowtail, and maitake mushroom tempura. Small plates like teppan-grilled chicken skewers, braised pork belly, and simmered beef tendon pair naturally with draft beer, Nihonsakari chilled sake, or highballs.
To finish, the menu features rice bowls such as tenju, oyakoju, and katsuju, alongside salmon ochazuke and cha soba noodles. Whether dining solo or gathering with a group, it remains a dependable spot to savor unpretentious Japanese cuisine.
