Secret Fort is a yakitori place with fun decor! There is a pixelated fire sign above the entrance and a window for their Hokkaido soft serve business. Inside the walls are filled with anime and the shelves are lined with toys and action figures. Very fun and cool vibe. Their specialty is yakitori, Japanese skewers cooked on a charcoal grill. It's the perfect place for a date or a nice dinner. Depending on how hungry you are, I would probably get 3 to 5 or more skewers per person. For happy hour, it's 3 select skewers for $10. We tried a few different skewers, my favorite ones were the chicken negima, wing, pork belly and the mitarashi dango. The chicken especially had a great char! The kare sauce style was delicious. I also really enjoyed the spicy mentaiko potato salad. The service was kind and attentive. I recommend making a reservation online ahead of time, it's a busy spot. For dessert we had the Hokkaido soft serve from Indigo Cow. It was so creamy and delicious. They also have a ramen place next door Yoroshiku that I need to try next time. It has a different vibe from Secret Fort. Brighter lights and a more clean, minimalist aesthetic. It's pretty cool to see 3 different Japanese restaurant concepts in one place!

Wow - definitely deserves 5 stars!!! I just had dinner here with my husband and I have to say, food and service is phenomenal!!! We ordered the Christmas special $48 five course omakase and it is totally worth it. Basically get to try a lot of dishes on the menu and get $10 off! Omakase includes 3 small plates: cucumber, chili garlic edamame and the potato salad. THE POTATO SALAD IS TO DIE FOR. I love it so much. Also offered on the monthly special menu for $12. Next course of the omakase is hamachi sashimi then winter soup Oden followed by 5 selected yakitori skewers (beef, shishito, scallop, pork belly and chicken), Hokkaido chirashi mini bowl and the $5 add on for the Indigo Cow soft serve. You need to get the soft serve. We love it so much!! Wow. Omakase is perfect for sharing. We ordered the Fingered Ribs in addition and Mochi Bacon too. Dinner did not disappoint. Neither did the service. These 3 hard working ladies running around and making sure everyone had fill glasses of water, plates cleared off their table, next course of food coming. I'm so fascinated with the orchestrating between them. They were so friendly! I had a whisky highball that took 20 mins to get and the host took off $5 from the bill. Such a kind gesture and we truly appreciated it. Tipped 25% because these are great servers! If you haven't been to Secret Fort- I highly recommend coming and ordering the Omakase. Can't wait to go back!! Funny thing is, there was another party named Grant for 2, but they headed to the ramen side. I guess you can always go to either one! Yakitori then ramen? Sure!

I love the food here but the bartender was kinda rude. She literally clapped her hands when answering my question about the menu. She was yelling at the other servers too. I kinda just felt bad for the other workers.

Delicious Asian-inspired drinks, high-quality yakitori, and sushi/sashimi items in a trendy atmosphere. The menu has lots of good variety - many types of beef, pork, and seafood items. We ordered a variety of skewers and sushi/sashimi items. Highlights for me were the bacon mochi skewer ($6) and the saba sashimi ($15). I also tried the mini chirashi don ($12) and the BBQ eel skewer ($9). My friends loved the sampler ($25), particularly the wagyu beef skewers. The portions are small, and the bill can add up quickly as the skewers accumulate (we paid almost $300 for 3 people). The staff is young and energetic.

Came here for Seattle Restaurant week and got that special. Was there around 5 pm so it hadn't started getting busy but was crowded once I left. I really liked the red snapper carpaccio, the sauce and everything inside went well. I also liked the ebi roll, very crunchy and flavorful since there was so much sauce. The yakitori was a little less consistent but I wasn't aware that I was supposed to add my own salt and seasoning. Even without the extra salt and seasoning, all of the yakitori except for the negima were all really good. I think my favorite was actually the okonomi-yaki and the dango. Staff was really nice and attentive.

Cool spot for kushiyaki and other bites. Loved the retro decor from the Showa era, and a menu that is a nice selection of mainly grilled items. we actually started off with a sashimi sampler, which was better than expected. Afterwards, we tried a number of kushiyaki including: - chicken - chicken with green onion - pork - beef - eel - mitarashi dango - shrimp The chicken and beef skewers were better than the seafood ones in general. You can have the skewers prepared in 3 different ways, and we stuck to just a simple salt (shio) prep which allowed the quality of the ingredients to shine. The beverage menu is a bit limited though with only a handful of sake selections but is priced fairly. we didn't get to dessert as we also wanted to try Indigo Cow which is also part of the restaurant and well worth a visit too! Overall, Secret Fort is definitely a good spot when craving kushiyaki and more.

This 'hidden' gem is serving up yakitori/kushiyaki, Japanese skewered foods over a traditional charcoal grill and delightful drinks. With a little sign of an 8-bit fire ball, Secret Fort can be found between modern ramen bar; Yoroshiku and Indigo Cow (Hokkaido soft serve). Secret Fort is open at 4:30PM Wednesday - Monday (closed Tuesdays) till 9:30PM. Enough time to grab a meal or a snack and drink. Reservations are easy to make and are recommended if you have a larger party. As soon as you walk in you are hit with the smell of warming charcoal that reminds me of camping, and the sights of nostalgic Japanese, video game/commercials/toys/magazine clippings and explosion of other Japanese memorabilia all over the walls. The servers are super nice and go through the menu if you have any questions. Happy Hour starts from opening to 6PM and offers a discount to all their great cocktails, beers and wines. While the Happy Hour food menu give you a couple more items that are not on their regular menu like the Zangi (Hokkaido style fried chicken bites) from Yoroshiku. They also have daily specials that change regularly so you'll always be surprised. Some of the favourite were: Chicken Thigh $3.5 Mochi Bacon $5 Mitarashi Dango Pork $4 Beef Wagyu Zabuton $7 US Wagyu ginger Rib $8 Zangi $5 All the skewers we had were mostly just with salt. Letting the natural flavours speak for themselves. You have the option for salt, tare (sweet/salty sauce) or spicy. If it seems a bit pricey, its because it is. But they take great care of the quality of the food. It feels like your in a smokey Japanese yakitori bar, but with a lot more space and without traveling all the way over to Japan. 10/10 would go again! Definitely DO go for happy hour to make the most the discounts. We plan on bringing friends and family who end up coming to visit whenever they're in town for a super fun experience.

So glad I found this place on Yelp. This is why I continue to use this app, haha! Was so excited to try yakitori in a setting like this. So many options to choose from and they have different seasoning options to boot. Great cocktails and drink options, including a selection of Japanese whiskey. I'll say I have a decent appetite and was good with around 7 skewers. Definitely around 5 I would think on average is a good number to order. My favorite yakitori were the scallops and the Negima (both with salt). Okonomoyaki was also fun. I was happy to try Dango for the first time but that one wasn't my favorite because of how chewy it was, same goes for the mochi (a personal thing I have about stuff getting stuck in my teeth). You go for it though if that's your thing! The shitake with tare seasoning was also quite good. Love the video game and anime vibes in here, too. Didn't realize there appears to be a ramen place next door and it was pretty packed full of people who seemed happy to be eating it. There's also a little ice cream window at the front? It was closed when we were there but we're curious to try. Can't recommend Secret Fort enough for a unique and tasty experience!