Food & Dining at Ikebukuro, Tokyo— Page 4

Pork-specialist counter bar near Ikebukuro west exit, also serving a lunchtime Fuji-style tsuke napolitan.

A homely Korean diner in an Ikebukuro back alley, serving authentic home cooking and a 500-yen lunch.

All-day bistro on the second floor of Daiwa Roynet Hotel Ikebukuro East, famed for buckwheat galettes and smoked beef.

A long-running casual Italian dining bar near Ikebukuro's west exit, famed for its crab cream pasta.

Casual Italian near Ikebukuro's west exit with house tomato sauce, lunch sets and free birthday dessert plates.

A buzzer-quiz bar in Ikebukuro where each table gets a quiz-show style buzzer, serving drinks alongside timed quiz rounds.

A Korean fried-chicken takeaway in Ikebukuro, serving boneless yangnyeom, soy-garlic and whole-bird varieties into the small hours.

A neon-lit Korean izakaya in west Ikebukuro, serving cheese-chukmi and all-you-can-drink plans.

A casual French and Italian petit bistro near Ikebukuro C6 exit, pouring affordable wine with hearty meat plates.

Build-your-own malatang specialist near Ikebukuro West Exit, with 65-plus ingredients and a herbal Sichuan broth.

A vegetable-focused organic Italian bar in east Ikebukuro, pairing organic produce with a huge drinks list.

A Kyoto-founded chicken-nabe specialist on the 12th floor of Tobu Ikebukuro, known for mizutaki, duck sukiyaki and oyakodon.