Go-to dish:Chicken kara-age.
Good Food hat15/20

Japanese stalwart Izakaya Den serves Melbourne's best fried chicken

The batter is so startlingly crisp it's like eating fine crystal stemware,reviews Larissa Dubecki.

  • Larissa Dubecki

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The basement izakaya restaurant was one of the first of its kind in Melbourne,but continued financial pressures and inconsistent trade have taken their toll.

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Izakaya Den

From street level,stairs lead down to a windowless,basement lair. Music is pumping and cooks are ...

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Izakaya Den

Factor in a mobile phone call if you're meeting first-timers at this hidden basement bunker. ...

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Izakaya Den

Most of the space behind the blackened wood bar that runs the length of Izakaya Den's basement ...

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Dark,sleek,sexy and downstairs,Izakaya Den is possibly this year’s ‘it’ restaurant.