Toriyoshi Syoten Ofuna-Kasama shop — Restaurant in Kamakura

(editing my review to express my opinion with more precision) The food was good and the atmosphere was great too! It is an izakaya, so I recommend ordering 2-3 dishes per person as they are small/medium and we usually share the food so we can try several dishes together. We really liked the shūmai and the oyakodon. Next time, I would like to try their potato salad.

2 warnings though: order is done by QR code on smartphone, so it's great for tech savvy people (+possibility to order in languages other than Japanese), but for those who prefer ordering to the server, like my older parents, it might be difficult. But I think you can ask for a server as we saw one person ordering to the counter for a takeout order. Japanese culture can be a little bit surprising if you are not used to it. The following is a common practice in the izakayas: you will be served a dish at the beginning of the dinner that you haven't ordered ("tsukidashi" or "otōshi"), it is usually served with your drink order and it helps you appreciate your drink while waiting for the food. It is unfortunately not complimentary (it's like a mandatory seating fee?). In this place, it was less than...

The food was good but attention to everyone who doesn’t speak Japanese!! It is a restaurant with an „otoshi“ cover charge. We didn’t know about it and were surprised about the extremely high bill at the end. Keep that in mind that you pay around 500 Yen per person more at the end. It turned our evening a little sour especially because we really...

Incredible food!!! And for English speakers like me, they have iPads at the tables with photos so you can order easily and as much as you want! You can order 1 or 2 things to start and keep going as you like. If a friend asked me wheee to eat on their trip to Kamakura, I would tell them...