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South African food in Tokyo?
there's a place in roppongi called spring valley brewery that sometimes does south african pop-ups, worth checking their schedule. also the safrican store in hiroo has frozen boerewors and biltong if u want to cook at home, it's near the national azabu supermarket
depends what you're after but the cape town fish market in minami-aoyama is mostly seafood and not really south african despite the name lol. there's also a guy who runs a pop-up called braai tokyo that does proper sosaties and lamb chops, he posts locations on instagram usually in yoyogi or shinjuku gyoen when the weather's good. the safrican store in hiroo really is the most consistent option though, they even have that ouma rusks and tennis biscuits if you want a taste of home
fwiw there's a little place in yoyogi uehara called africa bar that does south african stuff sometimes, not always on the menu tho. the owner travels back a lot so it depends what they brought. also the nissin world deli in azabu-juban has peri peri sauces and some SA snacks if you're craving that
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Charcoal Yard Tokyo grill worth the trip in 2026?
Spring weekends, aim for a 5pm slot.
Agreed on the early slot. I'd push for 4:30 if they'll take it, since the room goes loud and smoky by six and the last seating gets rushed. The kitchen also runs out of the thick-cut tongue first, so earlier is safer.
Correction: they open at 5:30, not 5.
Charcoal Yard's set runs about 12,000 yen for two now, and honestly the walk from Ebisu Station is the real cost, so book ahead.
yeah the walk up that hill from the station is no joke, especially with the slope. fwiw the 12k figure tracks, but add a drink or two each and you're closer to 15k. book two weeks out, weekends fill fast.
tbh the booking bit matters more than the walk. we tried a week ahead in spring and every slot was gone, so call way earlier than u think. also check if they take walk ins at open, that saved us once.
Walk ins at open only work on weekdays, and even then they cap them at a couple of tables.
theres also a bus from the west exit that skips that climb for 210 yen, worth knowing if its raining
Good tip, though it only runs until around 9pm so it's no use for the trip back. I usually just walk down since it's downhill anyway.
12k sounds about right for the set but the drinks are where it adds up, we ended up nearer 16k with a couple of rounds each. also they tack on a small seat charge per person which nobody mentions upfront.