Fodor's Expert Review Tokyo Record Bar

An homage to the genre of jewel-box-size restaurant-bars in Tokyo that play vinyl while patrons sip Japanese whiskey and eat feel-good fare, this subterranean, 12-seat spot offers three seatings per night—6:30 and 8:30, and on Thursday to Saturday, 10:30—for a seven-course Japanese-influenced tasting menu. The offerings change with the season and the chef's whims, but expect dishes and libations such as a shiso-wasabi mojito, nuggets of pork katsu paired with shishito peppers, and a caviar sandwich. Take it all in while tunes from Ray Charles to the Beastie Boys to Prince and everyone in between ooze off the vintage vinyl spinning in the corner.