Interesting izakaya restaurants in Edmonton
Izakaya joints are not your traditional North American Japanese restaurant with all-you-can-eat sushi, but rather, they are Japanese tapas bars, which specialize in serving a wide variety of alcoholic (and non-alcoholic) drinks. Food is meant to be shared and enjoyed with your party. Say sayōnara to the bento box, and say kon'nichiwa to izakaya!
Izakaya Tomo
3739 99 St NW, Edmonton, AB T6E 6J7This spot offers a great array of drinks, such as beer (dark, lager and specialty) mostly from Japan but also from Germany, Ireland and Canada, and, of course, lots of Japanese favourites, including saké and shochu. Izakaya Tomo also has a great menu to complement the drink selections available.
Yokozuna Japanese Restaurant
They serve up a slew of saké, shochu, plum and regular wines, as well as their proprietary cocktails, like the shochu mojito and the green cow maccha latte. To go along with this great selection of drinks, they prepare Japanese carpaccio called tataki, skewers of various meats and the more traditional Japanese fare.
Mikado
10350 109 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 4X9Robata is fireside-cooking or Japanese-style BBQ, if you will. To go along with some great grills, there’s a fabulous selection of drinks. There’s also the option to try traditional and original tapas, such as saké twist with tofu twist; kikizake with kamikaze cocktail; plum wine with tataki; and dan dan with chicken kara-age.
Kyoto Japanese Cuisine Ltd
10128 109 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 1M7With such a huge drink selection, you won’t know where to begin. Start with a little bit of everything - plum wine by the bottle or glass, different sakés (they have three-plus pages of options), Japanese beer, and other wines and cocktails. The tastiest items on the menu are the gyoza, anago rolls and sashimi martini.
Furusato Japanese Restaurant
10012 82 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T6E 1Z3Try the deep fried salmon head, salmon balls, seaweed salad and tempura. Oh, the tempura: yam, veggies, shrimp or if you like it all, mixed. Any item will go great with the saké and assorted cocktails.
Ohna-Ya
224-2 Hebert Rd, St. Albert, AB T8N 5T8The Ohana-ya blossom is a great starter. Three sashimi flowers: salmon with crab salad, tuna with chopped scallops, hamachi with spicy tuna. Ebi fry are crispy breaded jumbo shrimps but what really sets these apart is the tonkatsu sauce for dipping. If you like spicy, order the tuna tataki with the spicy tataki sauce on the side.
Nomiya
646-3803 Calgary Trail NW, Edmonton, AB T6J 5M8This place has drinks specials every day of the week to complement their tapas dishes. They offer an amazing variety of skewers, such as asparagus, chicken heart, tsukune and more. They also have a whole sanma, a slew of appies and, of course, sushi.
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