Uoshin

Great, diverse Izakaya with good food. Great place in Roppongi to have some drinks and some food whether you’re starting your night, ending it, or maybe even right smack dab in the middle of it.

Japanese cuisine is incredibly versatile when it comes to seafood — it can be prepared in a multitude of ways and cooked to different degrees (or even not at all), and sometimes it’s so fresh it’s still twitching when you get it. Though you might have to do some traveling to taste it all, if you’re simply after some fresh, delicious seafood, make a trip to Uoshin.
Uoshin is an izakaya chain specializing in seafood — you will not find any meat on their menu. Instead, it lists dishes under various styles of preparation — raw (sashimi or sushi), fried, grilled, boiled, in a nabe pot, and so on — but the seafood changes seasonally, highlighting the best fish to eat at different times of the year.
Naturally, sashimi is a must-​order here: it’s the pride of the menu, literally taking up the whole first page. You can specify by fish, but the best option is to go for the assorted sashimi platter, which comes with your choice of either four or six generous selections of different fish. In the winter, the buri kama (yellowtail collar) is also a highlight — the skin grilled with the right crispness, hiding the juicy meat underneath. Sharing about six to seven dishes between two people came out to just over 3,000 yen per person (including drinks).
Though the Nogizaka branch is by far the most well-​known for its unique bare bones design as a nod to local fish markets, The Shimokitazawa izakaya is unique in style, and makes exactly the same promise — delicious, seasonal, and fresh seafood.