Lockup Shibuya: Japan’s prison themed restaurant
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The Lock-Up is one of two brands of prison themed restaurants in Japan, and it has several branches throughout Tokyo and beyond.
The Lock-Up has thirteen branches around Japan, with five in Tokyo alone. It’s an izakaya, which means it’s all about drinking, and snacking on the side. Something that themed izakayas tend to have in common with other themed restaurants is that the alcoholic drinks are not particularly alcoholic. The drinks – like the food – are expensive for what you get, don’t expect to get drunk here without breaking the bank. What you can expect is well presented drinks in fitting with the scary theme of The Lock-Up.
Whilst the food is nothing special, it’s not bad either. Like the drinks, the food is overpriced, but you’re really paying for the experience of eating at a themed izakaya.
There are a couple of options when it comes to visiting The Lock-Up. You can either order each item from the menu individually and pay the full amount, or you can select a course menu and/or an all you can eat/drink package. The benefit of the latter is that you’ll be seated in a better location such as a dungeon-type room, and of course at around 4,000 Yen per person, you’ll get better value for money if you’re planning to have several dishes and several drinks.
The door to The Lock-Up will probably be shut, so you’ll need to open it to enter. Then you’ll walk through a corridor full of surprises to give you a fright before you eventually stumble into the waiting area of the izakaya.
Just be sure, that you need to made your booking ahead of time minimum a day before your arrival.
Once your table is ready, a staff member in a police uniform will come and get you. You’ll be asked which of you is guilty, what your crime was, and you’ll be hand-cuffed to the officer and led to your seat. Only one person per group gets hand-cuffed. It’s the same drill for every group of customers.
There are plenty of rules at the Lock-Up, including customers being forbidden from wearing costumes that relate to the prison theme (police officers, prisoners, etc). Presumably this is because they don’t want people to confuse other customers for staff members, which is fair enough.
For more information : http://www.lock-up.jp (Japanese language only)
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