TATOMIYA Sandwich Cafe — Restaurant in Kumamoto

After my walk in the park, I decided to have lunch at this cafe. I ordered a Caprese sandwich with a mango smoothie. I waited 30 minutes for my smoothie and 50 minutes for my sandwich. I have no idea how they managed that, considering the sandwiches are already prepared. After the long wait, I finally received my lunch. It was a plate with the Caprese sandwich, overly salty arugula, a quarter of a potato, and a heap of carrots. I don’t expect much from Asian countries when it comes to Western food, but this was very disappointing. The final bill was ¥1,800, and for that price, you can have a much better lunch...

Japan is terrible at sandwiches. They simply don't know how to make a good sandwich 99% of the time. This place does a fairly decent job. Still light on the ingredients, a single slice of pastrami on their pastrami sandwich!!! But they have a pastrami sandwich, so that alone is a win. Their cheese cake is amazing! And big slices too. Everyone working there was super nice. Their smoothies are a tad small for the price but are tasty.

Let me show them how to make a REAL sandwhich and this place...

Great place for our breakfast stop, on our way back to Kumamoto. The owner is super friendly! The drinks are great and beautifully made. We tried a few sandwiches. The vegetables are fresh from the local areas. The peach sandwich is most impressive! Wish I had the breakfast set and tried their cold potato soup......