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Izakaya Den's menu is impossible, ridiculous, amazing, awe-inspiring and should never work in a million years, but somehow it does. At its core, it's a fusion menu. A Japanese-Mediterranean fusion menu (with hints of northern Spain and France and America shot through it like rogue strands of culinary DNA). The room is large and beautiful; the staff both competent and confident, knowing the menu, sake list and lore of the house inside and out. A night at Izakya Den can be so perfect, you may never want to leave.

Cuisine(s): Fusion, Japanese, Spanish, Sushi

Hours: Sun,Sat 11:30am-2:30pm, Sun,Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Sat 5pm-10pm, Fri 5pm-11pm

Price: $$$
Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, cash

Features: ATM, Banquet Facilities, Catering, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Takeout

Serving: Dinner, Lunch
Alcohol: Full bar

Reservations: Accepted, Recommended for Large Parties

Parking: Street, Valet

Sliced!

Wed., July 13

A sushi-making class featuring chefs from Sushi Den, Izakaya Den and Ototo; after class, sit for a meal that includes sushi, miso soup and green tea.

2010 | Best Vegetarian Dish in a Non-Vegetarian Restaurant

What do otherwise dedicated carnivores eat when they think no one's watching? Seaweed salad at Izakaya Den, a tide of flashy green algae, weeds and leaves, pink grapefruit wedges, pencil-thin rods of asparagus and sliced apples tossed in a stark... More >
2009 | Best Late-Night Menu

Denver has always had a shortage of good late-night restaurants. Most places in town lock the doors around nine or ten and leave the late-night service to the drive-thrus, bars, diners and street-corner burrito vendors. So before the clock... More >
2009 | Best Fusion Restaurant

Izakaya Den is a lot of things. It's a tapas restaurant, a small plates restaurant, a sushi restaurant, a sake bar. It does Mediterranean food and Italian food, re-envisioned American bar food and really, really authentic Japanese food. And... More >
2008 | Best Fusion Restaurant

Miso soup? Check. Homemade Satsuma-age and nikumaki with burdock root? Check. For about thirty seconds, Izakaya Den seems like nothing more than a late-night version of Sushi Den, its sibling across the street. But then you see the panzanella... More >
2008 | Best New Restaurant

Izakaya Den is a beautiful restaurant — dimly lit, with a lovely, blonde-wood sushi bar and huge beams made from imported cedar, set and carved by Japanese craftsmen — but that's not why it's the year's best new restaurant. The menu, designed by... More >

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Westword Reviews and News

A sake lesson from Izakaya Den's international sake-pairing event

By Laura Shunk | Wed, November 2, 2011

Sake, with its range of styles, light body and crisp finish, is ideal for food pairings as well as an easy thing to sip all night long. Plus, you can take down a lot of it and escape a hangover More >
Izakaya Den hosts Asabiraki Sake Brewery for a lesson in sake pairing

By Laura Shunk | Tue, November 1, 2011

All sakes start with rice and water, which are fermented in a process similar to that of brewing beer. But every toji -- head sake brewer -- has a different style, and rice polishing, additives More >
Izakaya Den adds ramen to its Saturday and Sunday lunch lineup

By Lori Midson | Fri, September 16, 2011

Beginning tomorrow, Izakaya Den, one of three restaurants on South Pearl Street overseen by brothers Yasu and Toshi Kizaki, who also run Sushi Den and Ototo, will begin dishing out ramen noodle More >
Sake to me! We love Izakaya Den's happy hour

By Kate Kennedy | Fri, August 12, 2011

Happy Place: Izakaya Den, 1518 South Pearl Street, 303-777-0691 Hours: Tuesday through Friday from 5 to 6:30 p.m. The Deals: $5 hot or cold sake, cocktails, wines by the glass, and appetizers More >
Izakaya Den hosts Sliced!, a sushi-making class and dinner

By Amber Taufen | Wed, July 27, 2011

Let the good times roll! Izakaya Den will present Sliced!, a sushi-making class featuring chefs from Sushi Den, Izakaya Den and Ototo tonight. And after class, attendees will be able to enjoy a More >

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User Reviews

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JamieK2

| Thu, July 29, 2010

After finding that Sushi Den was a 45 minute wait, we went here and got right in. Great service, delicious sushi and saki. I will definitely be back!

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tannaruzicka

| Tue, July 20, 2010

Try their bowls. They have the perfect blend of flavors in them.

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AshleyG

| Mon, June 28, 2010

Awesome sushi

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westwordbestof

| Wed, May 06, 2009

Denver has always had a shortage of good late-night restaurants. Most places in town lock the doors around nine or ten and leave the late-night service to the drive-thrus, bars, diners and street-corner burrito vendors. So before the clock strikes eleven, head to Izakaya Den, which has a great menu for late-night snackers: a combination Italian/Mexican/French/American/Japanese board that offers both the lowbrow and the high-tone side by side.

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BDP1210

| Sun, October 19, 2008

Sushi Den is one of the best restaurants in Denver, and Izakaya is even better. They are on the same street and at least for now, people still wait for a table at Sushi Den when you can walk right in to Izakaya. Beautiful space, same quality of service, excellent Japanese cuisine.

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Main Menu

Soups And Salads

$4.00

Miso Soup

$8.00

Chilled Cucumber Soup
poached lobster, ricotta gnocchi

$8.00

Yellow Tomato Soup
crab salad, lemongrass, basil, jalapeno

$5.00

House Salad
carrots, cucumber, water chestnuts, haricot verts, ginger tofu dressing

$9.00

Baby Beet-frissee Salad
cucumber relish , herbed goat cheese

Vegetarian

$10.00

Oven Roasted Tomato Bruschetta
grilled ciabatta

$10.00

Portobello And Grilled Asparagus
aged balsamic reduction

$8.00

Organic Haricot Verts
sautéed with japanese mushrooms and garlic

$7.00

Organic Fingerling Potatoes
pan roasted with garlic butter and fresh herbs

Japanese Cusine

$12.00

Crispy Tuna
tempura sushi rice cake, spicy tuna, avocado, sliced jalapenos, tobiko, sweet eel sauce

$16.50

Jalapeno Sashimi
yellowtail , jalapenos, cilantro, yuzu soy

$16.50

Ginger Sashimi
bincho, japanese mushrooms, ginger soy

$16.50

Fresh Japanese Wasabi Sashimi
bincho, fresh wasabi, ponzu sauce

$16.00

New Style Sashimi
lightly seared salmon and whitefish, cilantro, ginger, yuzu soy

Sushi And Sashimi Combinations

$14.00

Taste Of Sashimi
6 piece chef's choice

$13.00

Taste Of Sushi
4 piece chef's choice

$20.00

Sushi Platter
1 piece tuna, hamachi, salmon, whitefish, scallop, shrimp, albacore tuna & unagi nigiri

$24.00

Sashimi Platter
2 piececs tuna, salmon, albacore tuna, hamachi & whitefish sashimi

$16.00

Unagi Bowl
freshwater eel over bowl of steamed rice

Izakaya Den Dessert Menu

$7.00

Banana Cream Pie

$7.00

Tempura Apples
crème cinnamon anglaise and caramel dipping sauces

$7.00

"twix Bar"
salted caramel gelato, vanilla-toffee crumble

$7.00

Brownie A La Mode
maple bacon ice cream, candied pecans

$6.00

Mochi Ice Cream
green tea, red bean and mango

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1518 S. Pearl St.
Denver, CO 80210

303-777-0691 | Website

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