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About this place
Ladle-served from a steaming pot, ingredients like daikon radish, eggs, and mochi-kinchaku (pounded rice cakes in fried tofu pouches) soak up a clear, savory dashi broth. Set on the second floor of the Hattori Building in Shimomeguro 3-chome, Meguro Ward, Beroberobar (べろべろばー) is an unpretentious izakaya built around Kyoto-style oden, traditional obanzai small dishes, and an easygoing drink selection. Opening at 3:00 p.m., the pub works just as smoothly for an early afternoon drink as it does for dropping by on the way home after work.
Oden and Small Plates Steeped in Dashi Flavor
The core oden selection ranges from traditional staples like daikon, atsuage fried tofu, and konjac to cabbage rolls, cheese-topped tomatoes, and skewers. For those unsure where to start, ordering the chef's choice six-piece or ten-piece platter provides a well-balanced, warming dish to kick off an evening of drinks. If you prefer sampling several small bites, the daily obanzai assortment, refreshing chilled tomato, and freshly prepared dashimaki rolled omelet make tempting options.
From Specialty Noodles to Dashi-Cut Sake
The drinks menu includes draft beer and highballs alongside regional Kyoto sake, limited local craft beers, and the tavern's signature "oden dashiwari," which mixes sake directly with hot oden broth. To close out the meal, savory noodle dishes such as the house-special pan-fried buckwheat soba ("tokusei wasobayaki"), broth-based oden ramen, and oden-broth curry soba satisfy right through to the final course.
A reported menu listing includes the value-priced "senbero set," available to order until 6:00 p.m.; the same relaxed atmosphere also suits quietly sharing oden and drinks late into the night.
