I was lucky to have meetings a very short walk from here and my hosts had arranged dinner here afterwards. I had not heard of this place and was pretty excited to hear it was used in the Kill Bill movie. From the greeting at the enterance to the good bye at the end of the meal, the service was exemplary. We had an upstairs booth and my host ordered a plethora or Japanese entrees washed down with Kirrin Ichiban beer. In the dozen or so trips I've had her this ranks up there as one of the best nights I've had in Tokyo.

Gonpachi is the well known Japanese restaurant where lots of foreigners and westernised Japanese go. It’s packed, buzzing and seems to attract people who want to go to a famous place. It’s on 2 levels and has fast prompt service though its a tad too noisy for a Japanese restaurant. It’s associated with a few scenes in Kill Bill and for a US Japan Summit dinner.
Among the delicacies we tried were:
Ground chicken stick tsukene
Tanuki chicken and shitake mushroom on a stick
Sasami piman chicken breastwith green pepper
Zaru tofu fresh
Shrimp tempura
Dashi tamago rolled omelette
Sunagimo chicken gizzard
Asparagus maki bacon
Spicy tuna sushi with green chilli red pepper cucumber and sprout
Each was a treat and we had to choose between ordering more of the same or more variety!

English speaking restaurant for tourists. We went mid afternoon , so place was empty, tried a couple of small dishes , they were good. Multiple levels including tatami style upstairs .

In a recent visit to Japan, this was far and away the biggest letdown. I was expecting some genuine Izakaya type place, or at least something authenticity. Any place where when you enter is predominantly packed with tourists is never a good sign.
From the whooping of the staff as each new customer entered, so the musak in the background to the over familiar greeting from the perfect english speaking staff. This was more a theme restaurant from the American mid west then a genuine Japanese dining experience.
Food wise - passable skewers, but at inflated tourist prices. And on ordering cocktails, I have never received one in such record time. Obviously not mixed to order. Stressed out the waiter though, as we didn't realise our table was booked for the next punters and no sooner as I'd finished my drink, and with my wife in the bathroom, we were asked (albeit politely) whether we could wait to the side.

Gonpachi is one of my two favorite restaurants in Tokyo, very suitable for Western tourists. The fit-out is Japanese but also has a feeling of the old West. The music is class rock. It definitely does feel like a place out of a Quentin Tarantino movie, with the level of detail that you would expect. I feel so relaxed in Gonpachi, like I can just sit back and enjoy. The service is outstanding and attentive, and speak English very well. They take your order by tablet, and everything we ordered arrived within 1-2 minutes of placing the order on the tablet. I’ve never seen anything like it.

The food was great except for the sashimi which was just average. There is some kind of fried calamari which is really delicious.