Horaido Cafe — Restaurant in Kanazawa

We were famished and on our way to the Kenroku-en Gardens when we decided to try Horaido Cafe which is just outside the entrance to the garden. We ate on the second floor which is adorned with seats small tables and coaches. Relaxing instrumental music was heard in the background which added to the atmosphere.

Wife and I both had pork cutlets on rice. The bowl comes with three small cutlets and rice with a teriyaki-style sauce and finished with sliced green onions. The cutlets are thin and breaded. The meat was tender but when cooked it may dry the meat a bit. I happen to like it that way and my wife liked it just fine. Wife had a strawberry cream drink and I had a glass of Asahi beer. The beer was cold and the strawberry float delicious! The price was ¥3500 which is about what we expected. We can recommend Horaido Cafe if you’re in the...

We were so glad to find this place between visiting the castle and gardens. We’re vegan and this place does plates of soy or salt seasoned noodles which you can have with or without meat. The helpful server confirmed they were not egg noodles. We opted for soy noodles without meat and they were delicious. We also had some grilled dango on sticks - one soy and one kinako. Both were very tasty. Hoping this helps other vegans looking for food in the area as otherwise, there weren’t any options we could find locally....

There are a few places to eat inside here but we came here for the gold flakes ice cream! If you are in the area then this is a must-do! I got the matcha soft serve with gold flake on it and my kids got the vanilla with gold flake. You can’t twisted the gold, but the ice cream is good and it makes for a good story to tell your friends when you get back to the daily grind...