Straight off the coals
Chicken grilled just through, dabbed with yuzu kosho — simple, and nothing more needed.
Yakitori omakase · 8-seat counter · District 1
TORINOAFifteen courses over binchotan
Fifteen courses of yakitori grilled over binchotan, served skewer by skewer at an eight-seat counter on Hai Ba Trung — one evening, one fire.
Open nightly · 18:00–24:008-seat counter
The omakase
Fifteen courses, one fire
There is no à-la-carte list. Each night the kitchen serves exactly one fifteen-course omakase — from whole-chicken cuts to the most delicate charcoal-grilled bites, all over binchotan.
Skewer prep — every skewer cut and threaded to order.
The craft
Every skewer, to order
No skewer is threaded ahead. The chicken is broken down through the evening, each cut skewered by hand and laid over the coals at the exact moment — letting the fire decide everything.
The lineup
From the coals to the plate
Lemon and fire
A wedge of lemon, a skewer browned over live coals — yakitori at its most elemental.
Two skewers, one plate
Each course lands on handmade ceramics — every skewer with its own rhythm and its own heat.
An evening at the counter
Seated at the counter, watching the fire work, a cold beer between courses — that is the Torinoa rhythm.
Hallmarks
Why Torinoa
01 — The room
Eight seats, one counter
The whole restaurant is a single counter. Every seat faces the kitchen and the fire.
02 — The courses
Fifteen courses
A single omakase each night — opening light, peaking over the coals, closing warm.
03 — The charcoal
Binchotan charcoal
Japanese white charcoal burns hot and nearly smokeless — crisp skin, juicy meat.
04 — The evening
Nightly 18:00–24:00
Evenings only, seven nights a week — Torinoa is a destination for the night.
The room
Inside Torinoa
Visit
Your evening, ticketed
Eight seats a night — book ahead to be sure of your place at the counter.
- Address
- 71–73–75 Hai Ba Trung, Ben Nghe, District 1, HCMC
- Hours
- Daily · 18:00–24:00
- Reservations
- +84 816 717 375