Where to eat in Hiroshima after midnight, and the classic 2am move.
Where to eat in Hiroshima after midnight. kitchens that keep going, post-bar staples and the classic 2am move.
Bambino keeps a griddle running to a 04:00 kitchen close in Mikawa-cho, the Hiroshima dining bar to fall into once the Nagarekawa doors start closing.
Try: Ketchup omurice
Order: Ketchup omurice off the teppan at three in the morning
Tip: Food orders stop at 04:00 and drinks at 04:30, and the venue keeps no regular closing day.
American Pub Ace runs to 05:00 on Yagenbori in Hiroshima with burgers, hot dogs, darts and billiards for the tail end of a long night in Nagarekawa.
Try: Burgers and hot dogs
Order: A burger and a bottled beer before the 04:00 kitchen close
Tip: Sundays and public holidays close at 02:00 instead, which catches people out at the end of a long weekend.
Bar Neo pours until 03:00 on most nights and until 04:00 at weekends, from a fourth-floor Nagarekawa room in the middle of central Hiroshima.
Try: Bar snacks
Order: A seasonal cocktail built on the house fruit syrup
Tip: Darts and karaoke share the floor, so this is a loud last stop rather than a quiet nightcap.
Mongoi-tei keeps its Tanna counter open to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays, which makes it the practical late ramen bowl in southern Hiroshima.
Try: Seafood tonkotsu ramen
Order: Seafood tonkotsu ramen with the dried-fish oil
Tip: Weeknight dinner stops at 22:00 and Tuesday has no dinner service at all, so only Friday and Saturday run genuinely late.
Kitchen Minot serves until midnight from a two-table Hatchobori room in Hiroshima, working from a menu that changes from one week to the next one.
Try: Changing European and Japanese plates
Order: Whatever the chef has chalked up, plus the yuzu-kosho
Tip: The room is tiny and closed on Sundays; arriving before 22:00 is the only way to be sure of a seat.