Gibbon-tei Forest Animal Restaurant — Restaurant in Ito

Located in the Izu Shaboten zoo, this animal themed restaurant offers a novelty experience where you can dine with large plush capybaras and red pandas at your table. The atmosphere could have been improved if they did not play the same short Animal Crossing intro music on repeat the entire time. At least vary the playlist with some different Animal Crossing tracks, please. The service was very friendly.

The food is a little overpriced for the quality, as is expected at a zoo, but it is not terrible food for a zoo cafe! There are very limited vegetarian options.

The capy-burger was juicy, but the texture reminded us of an instant meat patty. The bun was shiny and very cute though.

The omu-hayashi was good, with a thin omelette enveloping yummy ketchup rice mixed with chicken and peas. It could have been improved with a higher egg to rice ratio. The gravy on the side made it customizable and wasn’t too sweet.

The chicken and french fries were hot and tasty but a bit oily. The pancakes were not great, and they were flat and artificial-tasting with artificial cream topping and sauce.

The drink bar offers a variety of hot and cold beverages, and since it was winter we got hot coffee, mocha, hot chocolate, royal milk tea, and corn soup from the machine. Good flavor for an...

The food presentation is good but the taste is just fair. Initially, we'd like to take the table beside the window but the waitress told us that those tables were for kids and asked us the take the table at the middle. However, later, a waitress led the customers without bringing kids to the window table. I really felt unhappy about it and it was so unfair for us! We had very bad experience in that table...

They played Animal Crossing's intro non-stop during my meal there. I didn't mind it at first but after 20 minutes it felt more like psychological torture. I feel sorry to the workers who have to listen to it non-stop, they should revolt against the management who is probably violating a clause of the Geneva Convention with this cruel and...