Ima Izakaya Review & Bathroom Guide
2100 Michigan Ave, Detroit, MI 48216
I want everything on this menu. The move across the street was an upgrade: an approachable bar, sake and Japanese whisky, and a room that fits more people.
Reviewed May 2026
First-hand Shooki editorial · Izakaya visit only
Shooki’s Review of Ima Izakaya
By Shooki · Reviewed May 2026
I want everything on this menu. The move across the street was an upgrade: an approachable bar, sake and Japanese whisky, and a room that fits more people.
I want everything on this menu.
This place has really upgraded since the move from across the street. The bar is approachable — a great way to strike up a conversation with locals — and they built out the back to fit more people.
A great selection of sake, noodles, and Japanese whisky, and on my visit the food and the service were both on point. I'll probably be here once a week now.
Selfishly, I'm upset they dropped Guinness on draft. But I can always stumble across the street to the Gaelic League for that.
Best for
- Sake and Japanese whisky
- A seat at the bar and a conversation
- Noodles in Corktown
Less ideal for
- Guinness drinkers
- A busy night on one stall
The Shooki Bathroom Review
First-party restroom record · Reviewed May 2026
Restroom verdict
The photographed men's room was clean and included grab bars and a changer, while one-stall capacity, dryer-only hand drying, and unreviewed-room access unknowns limited the score.
- Restroom inventory
- At least 2 identified — 1 multi-user men’s restroom and 1 women’s restroom
- Review coverage
- At least 2 gendered restroom areas were identified; the men's multi-user room was reviewed and photo-documented, while the women's interior and any other rooms remain unknown
- Room reviewed
- The men's multi-user restroom only
- Reviewed room fixtures
- 1 stall/toilet · 1 urinal · 1 sink
- Photo documentation
- 1 distinct restroom interior photographed
- Accessibility evidence
- Grab bars were visible in the photographed men's toilet stall · Shooki’s first-hand accessibility assessment remains unknown
- Accessibility status
- Unknown · Shooki's relative-accessibility impression and observed grab bars do not establish the entrance, route, door operation, clearances, dimensions, women's-room parity, or legal accessibility.
- Why this score
- The 7/10 reflects clean visit conditions, a changer, and observed grab bars, balanced against one toilet stall, dryer-only hand drying, and unresolved parity and access details.
- Layout
- At least one men's and one women's restroom area were identified; only the men's multi-user room was reviewed.
- Capacity
- The photographed men's room contained 1 enclosed toilet stall, 1 urinal, and 1 sink; women's-room capacity is unknown.
At least 2 gendered restroom areas were identified on Shooki's May visit: a men's multi-user room and a women's area. Shooki reviewed and photographed the men's room only. It contained 1 enclosed toilet stall, 1 urinal, and 1 sink. Grab bars, a baby-changing station, and a hand dryer were documented; no paper towels were documented.
The women's interior and fixture parity, any additional rooms, the approach route, entrance and door operation, clearances, dimensions, and legal accessibility remain unknown. Shooki's relative-accessibility impression does not establish compliance.
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