Ceviche Bar Near Me in Minami-Aoyama: ALDO's Nikkei Family Basement

ALDO keeps its ceviche simple and its prices low for the neighbourhood: a plate of fish ceviche or mixed seafood ceviche costs ¥2,200 including tax, in a basement room five minutes on foot from Gaienmae Station exit 1a. The address is Sta-Bld B1F, 3-3-23 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062. Anyone searching ceviche bar near me between Omotesando and Aoyama-itchome should know one rule first: ALDO closes every Monday, lunch and dinner.

The owner-chef is Aldo Urata, a third-generation Japanese-Peruvian from Trujillo in northern Peru. His staff page explains that his grandfather emigrated from Toyama, and that the cooking is the food his Nikkei family ate at home. He opened ALDO in Kita-Aoyama in March 2016, then moved the restaurant to its current address in Minami-Aoyama 3-chome in November 2019. A second branch opened at Azabudai Hills on 23 November 2023, but it is a separate store with its own bookings.

Time Out Tokyo noted in 2022 that a giant alpaca figure greets guests at the entrance, which is the easiest way to know you have the right stairwell. The room holds 30 seated guests, or about 50 standing for a party, with a counter, a private room and a terrace. Pets are allowed, there is an English menu, and the whole room is non-smoking, which makes it unusually relaxed for an Aoyama basement.

That mix of rooms shapes who books here. The private room suits a family birthday or a small work dinner, the terrace is where dog owners end up, and the counter works for one or two people eating ceviche with a pisco sour. ALDO also takes private hire for the whole basement, a useful option for a party of 30 that wants Peruvian food in Aoyama without a hotel banquet price. Mention the room you want when you reserve, because the private room and terrace are limited.

Hot Pepper's food menu, updated in May 2025, prices both ceviches at ¥2,200. The mixto adds scallop, shrimp and squid to the fish, so it is the better value of the two at an identical price. A reviewer on Hot Pepper in July 2026 summed it up with a single line about the ceviche being superb. Order it first and eat it quickly, before the citrus marinade has time to cook the fish too far.

Around the ceviche, the cold dishes are small and cheap. A single piece of causa de atún, layered potato with tuna, costs ¥660, which makes it an easy add-on per person. Pulpo al olivo, octopus in purple olive sauce, is ¥1,480. Two anticucho skewers cost ¥1,280, and the cooked mains are lomo saltado at ¥2,530 and chupe de camarones, a creamy shrimp chowder, at ¥2,580. For a couple, ceviche, causa, anticucho and the chupe make a full dinner.

Lunch runs Tuesday to Saturday from 11:30 to 15:00, and Sunday until 16:00. Hot Pepper's lunch page, updated in April 2026, lists weekday sets that each come with coffee or oolong tea: ají de gallina and pan con chicharrón at ¥1,300, and lomo saltado and a quinoa burger at ¥1,400. The causa lunch sits at the top, from ¥2,100. These are among the cheapest ways to eat Peruvian cooking in this part of Minato.

One honest note: the quinoa burger is the least Peruvian thing on the lunch list, and it is easy to find a burger in Aoyama. Take the ají de gallina instead, a creamy yellow-chilli chicken stew that is a staple of Peruvian home cooking, and add a ¥2,200 ceviche if you have time for a longer lunch. The set lunches are a weekday offer, so a Saturday or Sunday visit means ordering from the regular menu.

The drinks page lists the Pisco Sour at ¥990 and the Chilcano at ¥950. Non-drinkers get chicha morada, the purple-corn drink spiced with cinnamon and clove, at ¥660. These are tax-included figures from the same 2025 update as the food menu. A pisco sour with the mixto ceviche is the classic pairing, and the chicha morada is worth ordering at lunch even if you plan to drink at dinner later.

Bookings run through Toreta on the restaurant's site or through Hot Pepper, where instant online reservations close at 23:00 the day before and request bookings close at 17:00 the day before. Hot Pepper's calendar showed open dates through December 2026, with Mondays marked closed. For anything on the same day, phone 03-6427-7223. Dinner runs from 18:00 to 23:00 with last orders at 22:00 from Tuesday to Saturday, and from 18:00 to 22:00 on Sunday.

Keep the Azabudai Hills branch in mind when you book online, because the two restaurants share a name and the chef. A reservation made for Azabudai Hills will not hold a table in Minami-Aoyama, and the basement here is the original, family-scale room. On Hot Pepper, look for the listing named ALDO Minami-Aoyama, which is the store page for this basement, and pick the branch on Toreta before choosing a time.

On a Monday, the closest Peruvian kitchen that is still open is Miraflores in Sakuragaoka by Shibuya Station, which serves lunch and dinner every day. If you want a more polished room at a higher price, Akowa in Minami-Azabu offers a ¥7,000 traditional course, though it also closes on Mondays. For a Sunday dinner, ALDO's own 22:00 close is earlier than on other nights, so book a table for 18:00 or 19:00.

From Gaienmae, walk the Jingu Gaien Ginkgo Avenue, the Icho Namiki, before or after a meal; its trees turn bright yellow in late autumn and draw big weekend crowds. Time Out places ALDO just off the Omotesando crossing on the Gaien side, so the shops of Omotesando are a short walk the other way. Omotesando Station also works for getting here, and it puts the Ginza, Hanzomon and Chiyoda lines within reach.

Address: Sta-Bld B1F, 3-3-23 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062. Phone: 03-6427-7223. Hours: Tuesday to Saturday 11:30 to 15:00 and 18:00 to 23:00; Sunday 11:30 to 16:00 and 18:00 to 22:00; closed Monday. Prices: ceviche ¥2,200, Pisco Sour ¥990, weekday lunch from ¥1,300. Booking: Toreta or Hot Pepper. Seats: 30, with a counter, private room and terrace; pets allowed.