Hyperlocal Tokyo

While it can be extremely crowded on weekend lunchtimes, making it a wait to get in, you can easily walk right in on weekdays. If you're feeling like you need more vegetables, this is the place to go! It's directly connected to the station, so you don't have to go outside, making it comfortable even in the summer. Lunch offers a selection of different plates. The standard plate is only available with the buffet, but there are also options with added fried chicken, chicken ham, or gratin. All options are around ¥2,000. The buffet always has around 20 different dishes, all featuring vegetables as the main ingredient. This might be a bit light for men! The overall seasoning is not too strong and easy to eat, but there are a lot of fried dishes, so be mindful of that.

This is a vegetable restaurant located on the first floor of Urban Rod LaLaport Toyosu. ✨ I visited it for dinner when I went to Tokyo at the end of May. It's very easy to find because it's right by the entrance. 😊 You can see the inside from the outside, making it very easy to enter. There's a slightly elevated counter to the right of the entrance, and the staff will guide you to your seat. The atmosphere of the restaurant is open, but the overall lighting is dim and there are spotlights on the tables, creating a sense of privacy and making it a relaxing place to be. You can enjoy fresh vegetables from their own farm. Even if you're not a big fan of vegetables, I highly recommend giving it a try. You can have an amazing time with the various dressings and seasonings! It's my top recommendation for a vegetable restaurant. ✨

I went there right after it opened (11:00 AM) on a weekday. It was almost full by 12:00 PM with people coming for lunch. It's a good place to go when you want to eat lots of vegetables. I ordered the lunch plate, chicken ham, and juice. The variety of vegetables wasn't overwhelming, but there was white rice, bread, pasta, curry rice, and vegetable miso soup, so it was enough. The dressing was also delicious.

I was drawn to the all-you-can-eat vegetable buffet and decided to visit. The vegetables available today were: Kale, onion, a mix of mizuna and wasabi mustard greens, soybeans, tomatoes, and cilantro. Grilled vegetables included: Cabbage, komatsuna (Japanese mustard spinach), and zucchini. The menu also featured pasta, mentaiko (spicy cod roe) toast, curry, and miso soup. The miso soup was a basic broth with onion, zucchini, cabbage, wakame seaweed, and a hint of carrot. It was past 1 p.m., and while the sign at the entrance mentioned beets and carrots, they were nowhere to be found. However, the miso paste for dipping carrots remained perpetually available. The mentaiko toast was divided into four pieces, but each slice was so thick that I wasn't inclined to take any. The buffet is a one-hour time limit, and while the staff did announce, "You have one hour from now," they didn't specify the starting time or ending time, so you have to keep track yourself. There were families with strollers, but the restaurant wasn't overly crowded and provided a relaxing atmosphere. However, as the evening progressed, the rice for the curry became hard and dry, the vegetable selection dwindled, and the food choices became limited. While writing this review, a staff member dropped something on the floor, creating a loud thud that startled me. In most restaurants, the staff would apologize, but this time, there was no response, leaving me with a negative impression. With such a limited vegetable selection, I wouldn't consider returning to this restaurant.

I finally got to visit WE ARE THE FARM, a place I'd been wanting to try for a while. Not only are the vegetables free refills, but so are the curry, pasta, toast, and miso soup, so you can enjoy a full meal without ordering any side dishes. Both the curry and pasta were delicious. The vegetables included kale, mizuna, carrots, onions, turnips, and red turnips. While the selection was smaller compared to 'The Farmer's Kitchen,' it was still sufficient, especially considering the availability of curry and other dishes. The staff seemed a bit overwhelmed, perhaps due to understaffing. Even though the restaurant wasn't very crowded, they were rushing around with customer service, table setting, and checkout. I'm looking forward to trying their gratin next time.