A reservation-only Ginza counter where an entirely gluten-free kushiage omakase is fried in rice oil with rice-flour breadcrumbs — a rare safe haven for coeliacs.
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Gluten-free
小麦アレルギーです。小麦は食べられません。
Komugi arerugī desu. Komugi wa taberaremasen.
I have a wheat allergy. I can't eat wheat.
普通のしょうゆには小麦が入っていますか？Does your regular soy sauce contain wheat?
Ginza Park Building 2F, 8-15-2 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Nearest station
Tsukijishijo Stn
Cuisine
Gluten-free kushiage (fried skewers)
Price
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English menu / support
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Rice-flour kushiage omakase course
Su is a six-seat kushiage counter tucked up a quiet side street in Ginza, one flight above street level in an unassuming building -- the kind of place you would walk past without knowing it existed. What sets it apart is not a gluten-free section on the menu; the entire kitchen is gluten-free, full stop, which is a meaningfully safer setup for coeliac diners in a country where soy sauce and dashi are the usual hidden landmines.
The format is chef's-choice: rice-flour breadcrumbs, rice oil in the fryer, and a procession of skewers built around what is in season, bookended by appetizers and dessert. Kumamoto wagyu beef is the one constant on an otherwise rotating course; expect things like Spanish mackerel finished in butter, a confit of domestic salmon, or fried oysters in a savory reduction -- a skewer list that reads closer to a kappo tasting menu than a street-food kushikatsu joint. Two dips come standard, flaky salt and a housemade Worcestershire, with gluten-free beer and sake alongside. The weekend lunch, seven skewers plus appetizer and dessert, is the gentler and cheaper way in at a little over 40% of the dinner price -- though it currently runs only every other weekend rather than every week, so it is worth confirming the date is on before you plan a visit around it.
Because there are only six counter seats and everything is cooked to order, book ahead -- two to three weeks is the realistic lead time, through the English-language Tabelog listing or TableCheck. Cards and QR payments (PayPay, Alipay, WeChat Pay among them) are accepted, though there is no e-money or Suica tap. The menu comes in English, and while the entire operation is built around gluten-free dining, it is still worth confirming specifics with staff on the night for anything you are strict about -- cross-contamination risk, however small, is never fully zero even at a dedicated venue like this.
✓ Last verified Jul 2026
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