Tokyo Bird

Beautifully decorated, whiskeys galore, top notch sake and absolutely pure authentic Japanese izakaya foodfare. Don't think twice about arabiki sausage, it's amazing. Scallops melted in your mouth. Coming from Melbourne for an impromptu trip, it's truly been an experience dining at Tokyo Bird. Thank you for providing a food experience I haven't been able to achieve since travelling to Japan.

Only came here for drinks and I highly recommend trying the smoked shinobu cocktail. It was quite unique, it's strong but smooth and you can only taste the pandan with the after-taste. It's definitely a drink you should enjoy slowly. The vibes are also great, I would come back again to try other cocktails.

Come here for drinks but I wouldn't go out of the way to come for the food. We came here for dinner and between the three of us, we shared the salmon tostada, gyoza, karaage chicken, sweet corn (all decent enough) and for the yakitori, we had the negima (don't recommend as the chicken thigh was really dry), eggplant (ok but a bit dry too so could have had more miso), salmon (good). The seating is only 1.5 hours and staff were rushing us even though we still had 10 minutes left of the booking. Your clothes will also smell from the charcoal (even though we didn't sit near the kitchen).

Great eatery close to central station. Don't miss the main entrance down the small road. They have a safe variety of Japanese izakaya skewers and nibbles. Just a tad pricey but to be expected for this area. It's not a large menu but has all the staples great flavours in skewers. Personally prefer and recommend the heart skewers and the skin. They have pretty interesting drinks menu and seem to have a big focus on roku gin mixes. Decent amount of tables with bar seating. Went on a Thursday night and it was semi full can imagine it gets busy on weekend. Book online if you have to.

This is a must visit - authentic Japanese feel and service. The food was very tasty and I’d definitely go back for more. The wagyu beef skewers were exceptional, as was the cauliflower dish. Was a busy night and there was some delay in service; some dishes arrived piping hot and others arrived cold after a wait - the food was delicious regardless. The only dish that was not enjoyable was the fried chicken (perhaps the cuts that day were excessively fatty). The QR codes on our table were a bit tatty. The cocktails were very good. The server was super friendly and did a great job explaining the menu to us. I’d love to visit again for more.

Tokyo Bird hits the spot and scratches the itch, when you can’t get to Japan, just pop to Surrey Hills ! A quality yakitori bar with a great whisky program. Go, settle down, enjoy some skewers and explore the Whisky. Pro tip:- chat to Yoshi about the whisky, his knowledge is exemplary!

This is one of our local Surry Hill favourites - can’t beat it for great food, cool vibe, with staff to match. Tucked down a little alleyway it’s very unassuming for such a cool place. The Manga movies are always out there & entertaining if you want them to be, & the service is super switched on. The food is awesome, so much whisky to choose from - it IS a whisky bar after all 😊 & good sake options too. We ordered a lot more than I remembered to photograph.. too excited to eat! It’s all excellent, but the absolute standouts are the Agedashi Tofu, Pork Gyoza, Chicken Thigh Yakitori & Cabbage Salad. YUMMMM!!!

The place is very nondescript and hard to find but the atmosphere is very cozy if not a bit warm for my liking but it feels true to the izakaya vibe. The food came so quickly I couldn't believe it. I really liked the salmon skewers, scallop gazpacho and the calamari the best. It's a bit crazy that the whole place only has the one waitress. But the service was still good!