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About this place
Neck meat, chicken and spring onion, liver, heart and skirt: at Chabuya, you can choose not only the cut for your yakitori but, for many skewers, whether you want tare or salt. The listed skewers, including neck meat and liver, are 230 yen each; chicken wings and the house-made chicken meatballs are 280 yen each. Some skewers come with set pairings: chicken tenderloin with wasabi or plum, mature chicken skin with ponzu, and shiitake with miso butter. They offer an easy way to decide if you are unsure what to order. Diners have praised the grilling and seasoning with salt, as well as the generous size of the pieces and how they were cooked. One visitor also noted being able to watch the yakitori being grilled over binchotan charcoal in the open kitchen.
For a meal built around chicken skewers, you could add mature chicken thigh and skin, kidney, or gizzard—cuts that offer a change from more familiar choices. Quail egg comes with ginger soy sauce, while ginkgo nuts are served with butter ponzu. Vegetables and eggs are also on the skewer menu, so there is more to choose from than chicken alone. Between skewers, consider a side such as potato salad or chilled tofu with kimchi. Some diners have singled out the potato salad as a favourite they order again, while others have enjoyed the kimchi tofu alongside the yakitori. Both are options for a meal that goes beyond skewers.
Oden is another part of the menu. The assortments come in three- and five-piece servings, and diners have remarked on the flavour of the dashi-soaked daikon and chikuwa, as well as a broth that looks light but has depth. Being able to choose between three and five pieces also makes it easy to match the serving to how many yakitori you have ordered.
Drinks include medium-bottle beer, fresh-squeezed chuhai with flavours such as lemon and ripe pineapple, and Kaku highballs. One diner noted enjoying bottled beer with the skewers, and there are several options if you would like a drink alongside your meal. To finish, chicken soba is 700 yen and the house special chicken rice cooked in a pot is 800 yen. Diners who have ordered the chicken soba have commented on its gentle flavour and satisfying portion, making it an appealing final dish after a meal centred on skewers.
Reservations are recommended for dinner, so consider booking once you have settled on a date.
