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About this place
Gyoza is one of the dishes people visiting with workmates say they order first at SUN Uta. Another diner mentions the corn tempura and potato salad as favourites, suggesting plenty of scope to pick a few fried bites and snacks to share. The menu includes grilled skewers and kushi-katsu—deep-fried skewers—with choices such as beef, prawn, quail egg and shiitake mushroom. Kushi-katsu is also available as an assortment of 5 kinds. Some diners recommend the grilled-skewer and fried-skewer sets, a good way to start before adding individual items that catch your eye.
Beyond the skewers, the small plates include seared mentaiko (spicy cod roe) and cucumber pickled whole, while the fried dishes range from sweet potato with butter to deep-fried taro. For a more substantial finish, there are grilled rice balls, grilled rice balls in dashi broth and chicken rice porridge. That makes it easy to shape the evening around drinks and snacks or a full meal. Iburigakko smoked pickles with cream cheese, tomato with pickled ginger and gyoza are also among the dishes diners recommend. Some reports note that the menu changes from time to time, so it may be worth checking what is available that day.
Beer, wine and cocktails are among the drinks on offer, making this an izakaya where you can stop in for a drink alongside a small plate. SUN Uta is in Hirano-kita, Hirano Ward. It opens at 18:00 from Tuesday to Saturday and stays open until 0:00 the following day; on Sunday, hours are 17:00 to 23:30.
