The bar at night, warm light on the bottles and the counter stretching back into the dark

Seattle's First Yakitori Izakaya

Charcoal-grilled skewers, izakaya small plates, sake and cocktails in Redmond and Tukwila. Open late, walk-ins welcome.

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Signatures of the house

Chicken skewers in every cut, plus Wagyu, seafood, donburi and small plates.

Charcoal-grilled chicken skewers on textured white stone plates

Yakitori 焼き鳥

Chicken skewers in every cut, from thigh to heart, with tare sauce or sea salt.

Charred beef over rice crowned with an egg yolk and green onion

Donburi 丼

Rice bowls from gyu don to seasonal uni, plus udon, soba and curry.

Matcha beer poured bright green into a glass at the table

Liquor お酒

Sake and Japanese whisky, cocktails, and Kyoto craft beer on the table.

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Beef skewers with charred edges laid across white stone plates

一串入魂. Every skewer, our whole heart.

Tonight calls for a drink

Unwind with a yuzu highball, a sake flight, or a cold Kyoto beer. The counter's warm, the pours are generous, and the kitchen's open late.

Sake and whisky from Japan's famous breweries, and beer poured with Seattle's own Pike Brewing Company.

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Friends toasting with fruit tea and a mint cocktail

Three colorful cocktails lined up on the bar

Hand lifting a yuzu highball at the counter beside a sake tasting flight

Giant red chochin lantern glowing above the dining room, wall of lit lanterns behind

An old Tokyo night, grilled over live charcoal

Shinya Shokudo means "midnight diner." We grill every skewer to order over charcoal, seasoned with house tare or sea salt, the way it's done in Tokyo.

The lights are low, the grill is going, and the sake shelf runs deep. Settle in and take your time.

Our Story

Cuts you won't find anywhere else in Seattle

Real yakitori uses the whole bird. Thigh, breast, skin, cartilage, gizzard, heart. Each cut cooks differently and tastes different.

Every skewer comes with a choice of house tare or sea salt. You can't go wrong either way.

Illustrated chart of yakitori skewer cuts, from thigh and wing to heart and cartilage

Gallery

Dining room with hanging lanterns, shoji screens and wooden tables

Hand seasoning rows of grilled skewers during evening service

Platter of assorted skewers with grilled mushrooms and a yuzu highball

Kyoto craft beer bottles beside takoyaki at the counter

Golden chicken katsu with fresh greens and cherry tomatoes on a wooden plate

Bento compartments with tamagoyaki, scallops and greens in a wooden box

Grilled prawn and scallop skewers on a white stone plate

Glowing paper lanterns hanging through the dining room

Izakaya feast of skewers, soba and a partitioned box of small sides

Wooden bento box of skewers and vegetables beside a bottle of Kyoto craft beer

Table spread of hotpot, udon, sushi and izakaya small plates

Peach mousse served whole in a ceramic bowl with a wooden spoon