Japanese Tapas & Kushikatsu
Ultra-crispy panko-breaded skewers fried to golden perfection with our house tare dipping sauce, edamame, and seasonal small plates.
Japanese Tapas Bar & Izakaya
Ebisu Shoten
Ebisu is the only one of Japan's seven lucky gods said to be purely native — a fisherman's god, always smiling, always a little late, because he can't hear the other gods calling from the ceiling of heaven. He waits. Good things come to the patient.
Ebisu Shoten — "Ebisu's shop" — opened in Gozsdu Udvar, the passage off Dob utca in Budapest's old Jewish Quarter, with the same idea. Sit at the counter. Let the coals do the work. Skewers over binchōtan charcoal, small plates built around what came in that morning, and a back bar stocked deep with sake, shōchū and Japanese whisky.
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No two nights at the counter are the same — the fish changes with the tide, the sake list turns with the season. Come back often and it still surprises you.
The counter at Gozsdu Udvar
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Budapest is a city of contrasts too — grand boulevards and back-street bars, ruin pubs and quiet counters. Ebisu Shoten sits in that second Budapest: unmarked door, low light, no rush.
It's in the chicken turned by hand over binchōtan. It's in the thirty-odd bottles of sake kept at the right temperature, each one poured by someone who can tell you why. It's in keeping the menu short enough that everything on it is done properly.
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Ultra-crispy panko-breaded skewers fried to golden perfection with our house tare dipping sauce, edamame, and seasonal small plates.
Premium salmon, bluefin tuna, sea bass, and hotate scallop sliced with master precision, served on seasoned Koshihikari rice.
Simmered rich broths, silky hand-crafted noodles, and aromatic Japanese golden katsu curries for hearty satisfaction.
Chilled highballs with super-carbonated soda, artisan Junmai and Daiginjo sakes, and crisp Asahi Super Dry on draught.
Host your birthday, corporate dinner, or private reception in our warm, lantern-lit dining room or semi-private counter.
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