tocoro burger — Restaurant in Nakatsugawa

A red eye flight from Singapore and a drive to Kamikochi in need of a pit stop.

Tocoro is the perfect adjournment. With easy parking nearby this simple welcoming establishment is guranteed to hit the mark if you are looking for a hearty meal.

Run by a husband and wife team, there are only about 12 covers and at lunchtime mid week it was packed with a short wait time.

The wait is more than worth it. The menu is simple ( one man kitchen) with standard faire and a couple of specials. The result is far from simple and what makes Tocoro outstanding is the artisan preparation to each burger and the quality of the ingredients.

With friendly service and a great ambience it is hard to see how Tocoro will not thrive. Just hoping they set up a...

Such a great find! Coming back down from Kiso Valley we stumbled across this burger joint. The burgers really do taste as good as they look! I had the bacon cheeseburger and my partner has the pulled pork and both were so tasty! The wedges were also amazingly crunchy and tasty. Super affordable for the quality of food you get here. Highly rate it! The owner, who also speaks really good English, was very accommodating of my egg allergy, advising me of what I could and and couldn't eat and offered to take off egg related products. Communication like that is always comforting in a foreign country when dealing with an allergy. If were ever visiting Japan, you can bet we'd be coming back here! Both the owner and the waitress showed us...

First of all, be careful that prices have significantly increased compared to photos available online. 1100 yen for a 500ml beer, 1700 for a cheeseburger. Food absolutely average. Additionally, serving size is ridiculously small: see the picture of one serving of “chips” (they are named as such on the menu, but it’s actually roasted potatoes). We arrived a little before 7pm, with one person in line to order take away. While we were immediately seated, we had to wait for 35-40 minutes to be served because the cook was CHATTING with another person at the counter, completely oblivious of our presence. When he finally acknowledged our order, a good 25-30...