Ken Yakitori - Howick

Great ambience, very high prices, as is with most yakitori places. Wait time for food can be a bit long though. DO NOT recommend the tuna tataki- no flavour, super dry, felt like eating damp kitchen tissue roll. Salads were nice, kumara was nice. Serving sizes super small (as expected), but overall great service and very suitable for a quick late night snack and drinks.

Amazing service amazing food ! Bumped into a couple who have been coming for 20 years enough said ! And when the chef comes out and asks if everything was ok !! I’ll be back !

The food was great! I had the fish katsu, chicken gizzards, beef tongue and chicken thigh sticks. My partner got the teriyaki chicken udon and the yakitori set. Everything was great! Great place to eat at especially if you're looking for drinks as well. Love the selection if beer as well.

Best Japanese restaurant ever! This has been a family favourite of ours for years. Kens is very small, so if you show up without a booking on a Friday or Saturday night you will probably have to wait awhile. Food is amazing! Such a great selection and always made perfectly. Highly recommend Kens to anyone who loves Japanese- the Sommerville branch is the only good one.

Felt like a light evening nibble, but not a full meal. Discovered this little hidden gem of a place in Somerville. The entrance was inviting the place has a cozy ambience with the authenticity of a Japanese bar. The staff were friendly helpful, seating was on comfy stools, but no back on those, so one cannot remain seated for too long, it 's a compact place that 's part of the decor. Check the sitting stools out, they are a most original design. I loved the lacquered solid timber slab table tops. I know, I am going on more about the decor than the food. After all it 's the decor which is why I was attracted to this place. The menu was placed on a wall bracket well within hands reach. Their authentic beers are certainly worth trying. As it was evening time I chose a warm 'sake ' it was perfectly heated. A slice of raw cabbage was the free accompaniment I relished their tempura battered prawns. The prawns were amazingly long, straight not curled up, this shows the excellent culinary prepping frying skills of their Tempura Chef. The batter could have been a bit more browned but just a little bit only. The oily taste was not entirely to my liking but still a very nice presentation. The Ken Yakitori combo is a new top favourite I relished the little skewers of prawns, sausages, beef chicken mince balls. All of the skewers were beautifully marinaded cooked to flavoursome perfection. The accompanying dipping sauces were just fine. The service was prompt friendly most courteous with a great smile. All in all a very pleasant experience certainly a nice new favourite eating place has been added today to my growing list of favourites. Quantity was perfect a very enjoyable meal with the perfectly matched warm sake. Definitely coming again sometime soon to try some more items on their varied menu. Pricing for quantity could have been better. Love this place great atmosphere too. Thankyou Ken Yakitori team, for a nice very enjoyable experience this evening.