The Cave
Yakitori & Kushiage Bar – Oideyasu, welcome!
Walk in, NO reservations taken except for the large Cage table. However, Tanuki Japanese restaurant above us DOES take bookings. Please make sure you have the correct venue!
Open 5 nights a week for dine in or pick up Tuesday to Saturday from 5pm
319b Queen Street, Auckland City (09)379 5151
The Cave IS Auckland’s Japanese yakitori and kushiage bar. Entrance is from Queen Street only. Follow the smell of grilling chicken and descend down the stairs to our little bar
While yakitori literally means ‘grilled chicken’, The Cave offers a wide variety of meats, seafood and vegetable dishes. All yakitori dishes are grilled on bamboo skewers and basted with our special in-house sauce or grilled with salt.
The Cave has on offer an fantastic selection of different Japanese sakes, genuine Japanese beers on tap and some local craft beers
Entrance is only from Queen Street. There are Watercare roadworks on currently but we are still open usual hours!
Tanuki’s Cave only takes bookings for “The Cage”, which seats a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 12 guests. This table is allocated for 2 hours maximum
All other tables, including seating at the bar is on a first in first served basis.