SANNAISARYO TAIKOBO — Restaurant in Nikko

As I am vegetarian and love fresh yuba, I was looking for a restaurant that combined these two things. I previously used to visit 精進料理 restaurant Gyoshintei, which has unfortunately since closed. So when I saw the photos of the beautiful garden at 山内茶寮 大光坊, I knew I had to visit!

I ordered the Yubadon with the ginger drink, which was the perfect antidote to the summer heat. I had a table overlooking the beautiful garden, and with the windows open there was a pleasant breeze.

The yubadon, miso soup full of bamboo shoots, and sesame tofu was very filling. There was such a large portion that I was unable to finish all of the rice, but I very much enjoyed the Yuba, pickles, and soy sauce with sake lees to go with it. You also get a small square of yokan for dessert.

It’s worth going just for the beautiful garden alone! Outstanding service as well. Very convenient to Rinnoji temple and...

Called ahead a few days before to book a time and when we arrived they had no recollection of this and just told us that they don’t take reservations from foreign numbers. As it was busy we had to wait 30 mins before we could get a table. Despite this the service was very good once we were inside and the staff were very attentive.

We’d planned to go here as it looked like there would be a great vegan set menu. Once we arrived it quickly became apparent that some of the set menu’s marked as ‘Vegan’ actually contained Dashi in some of the dishes, so I was only able to get the most basic set menu which was pretty plain.

The setting is lovely and the food is Okay, but nothing...

El servicio fue bueno y el lugar es muy bonito y acogedor. La comida es vegana típica de la zona y según entendimos al estilo budista. Pongo 3 estrellas porque creo que hubo un mal entendido a la hora de pedir la comida.

Al sentarnos quien nos atendió nos dijo que los postres estaban incluidos, entendimos que podíamos pedir cualquier postre de la carta (incluso lo preguntamos señalándolo) nos dijo que si, pero a la hora de pedir los postres nos atendió otra persona y terminaron cobrándonos todo, con los postres que pedimos pero más baratos (cosas que no entendimos).

No sabemos si el menú venía con un postre más pequeño que no tendríamos que pagar si solo comíamos el menú o si al pedir nosotros uno de la carta nos hicieron un descuento o que pasó. Porque al hacer los cálculos después, si pedimos todo por separado nos salía a 9000 Yenes y nos cobraron 8000 yenes. 6000 yenes por 2 menús, un postre de +1600 yenes y otro de +1300 yenes más o menos. Preguntamos pero no entendimos la respuesta que nos dió, preferimos pagar y continuar nuestro viaje.

Si llegamos a saber que teníamos que pagar esos postres no los hubiésemos pedido, lo hicimos porque nos dijeron que estaban incluido y luego no estaba incluidos.

Si vais, el sitio está muy bien como experiencia y si te gusta la comida vegana, pero preguntad bien todo...