Bar Oni Izakaya

Japanese sports pub and yakitori grill. Flat screen tv's, $2 beer, and chicken skewers The Oni uses his fearsome appearance to chase away bad luck.

Bar Oni was born of fire:


Our story is inexorably linked with the need to create under pressure. Bar Oni was conceived and birthed during the COVID 19 crisis of Spring, 2020. Chefs David Kocab and Matthew Spinner were busy running a successful Japanese restaurant, when a pandemic disaster struck. The event left their restaurant, as well as all others in the state, shuttered for dine in business.

12/27/2021
12/21/2021

PICKUP ORDERING FOR JAPANESE FRIED CHICKEN IS NOW LIVE! LINK IN OUR BIO AND HIGHLIGHTS!

12/15/2021

FRIED CHICKEN IS ON NEW YEARS EVE THIS YEAR!!! :::::::::THIS POST IS ABOUT OUR PICKUP OPTION ONLY, STAY TUNED FOR OUR DINE IN SERVICE PACKAGES!::::::: FROM 4PM - 7PM we’ll be doing PICNIC PICKUP CHICKEN. 2lbs of cold chicken (with heating instructions), 1lb of that BANGER wasabi wakame potato salad, 2ea curry croquettes, and a piece of yuzu marmalade cheesecake, as well as katsu sauce, sansho ranch, and Okinawa hot sauce for dipping.

12/10/2021

🎉 Guess who’s bizzack!? 🎉 We’ll be open as per our usual shenanigans this evening at 6:00PM! Pitchers of beer. Shots of whisky. Plus our hi-balls and seltzer. All primed and ready to get your weekend kicked off right! ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

12/08/2021

CLOSED FOR TONIGHT!! 😡Those of you who’ve been following us for a while may remember the tens of thousands of dollars CPP has cost our business in power loss due to poorly maintained infrastructure. Now their clerical side is proving to be an issue as well. We’ll get this sorted out, and be back as soon as we can!

11/24/2021

Big shoutout to the birds that make it all possible. We couldn’t have yakitori, without the tori. ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

11/22/2021

One for every member of your family that you’re not super looking forward to seeing! Come hide from them if you need to. ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

11/19/2021

Alright y’all. Family is coming into town, and you’ve got two thoughts in your head : (1) OH MAN! So great to see everyone! Lets go get a beer and catch up! Or, more likely (2) S**T GET ME OUT OF HERE I NEED A BEER! Either way. We’ve got you. $10 pitchers of our favorite yellow beer, lager. Grab a pitcher, and as many frosty mugs as you need, and call up the squad. $10 pitchers From today until Thanksgiving! ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

11/12/2021

Sticks. Suds. Sports. We got it for ya. ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

10/22/2021

There are very few reasons to not come watch baseball, drink beer, and eat chicken sticks tonight. . ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

10/07/2021

Itsssss baaaaaaaacccck. 10pm-1am Fridays and Saturdays. One big, giant bowl of ramen $11 , plus beer specials, hi-ball specials, and playoff baseball. ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

09/29/2021

Sake + Grilled Meats FOREVER ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

09/29/2021

Light prep, cooking on a one of a kind Japanese yakitori grill, working under two award winning chefs. picking up Japanese pub food in a sometimes high paced, but always chill environment.

09/23/2021

Welp. Our A5 has arrived. See everyone tomorrow night! Winners will be contacted shortly! ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Photos from Bar Oni Izakaya's post 09/22/2021

We’re gonna go out on a limb and say is the only Chef in Cleveland to ever win his “Best Of” category with TWO different concepts. Thanks y’all for coming out! ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

09/21/2021

If this post gets 200 likes, we’ll bring back our personal branded A5 BMS12. If it gets 400 likes, we’ll do a katsu sando with it. 200th person to like it gets a free skewer, 500th person gets a free sando. ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

09/17/2021

POV : making you a hi-ball after a long, hot, inexplicably dumb week. . ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

09/01/2021

Hi Everyone! This is announcement that unfortunately, I think every restaurant has had to (or should have, and neglected to) make over the last year and a half. tested covid positive a few minutes ago, though he is fully vaccinated. So here’s the important stuff : very slight, allergy like symptoms began on Sunday (the first day of his weekend), when they were still present today, rather than brushing it off, he was tested, and it came back positive. SO HERES WHAT THAT MEANS : we’re closed for at least a week, and Matt won’t be back for at least 14 days. HE IS THE ONLY POSITIVE MEMBER OF THE STAFF (we stagger staffing, we aren’t ALL in the same building at the same time, ever) HOWEVER, we’re going to play this one on the VERY safe side, and close up shop for a week. We’ll do all of the necessary testing and cleaning and disinfecting. And when we can field a squad of fully tested, neg*tive staff members, we’ll be back.

07/09/2021

Family photo! ⠀⠀
We’re back up and running tomorrow for the VS fight. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

07/01/2021

With the addition of and bringing Dad AKA back home from comforting. We’re excited to announce that we’re gonna take a little break, and we’ll be back at it every g*t dang day thereafter.

06/26/2021

It’s time for a whisky hi-ball. We start with whisky, then add ice, ginger ale, and crisp soda water. The integrity of the whisky is preserved, yet it becomes more refreshing for a bright sunny day. We couldn’t do it without and

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Bar Oni Japanese Pub & Yakitori Grill

Bar Oni is a Japanese yakitori grill, and izakaya style pub. Featuring $2 draft beers, a large Japanese whisky shelf, authentic Japanese bar room food, and several large screen TV’s to catch the game.

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2173 Professor Avenue
Cleveland, OH
44113

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