Waterside Cafe Terrace — Restaurant in Nikko

Two main highlights - buckwheat galette (aka gluten free) and milk alternatives (currently only soy). Those two are ratities in Japan! The food is delicious, atmosphere lovely and the pond very soothing. Parking is behind the establishment, on grass (?l) though difficult to find at first. The floating red things in the pond are small koi fish, not...

Had to wait a while to be seated, but the interior is really nice, with large windows overlooking a pond. Half the menu was sold out, so I opted for the sausages, which were okay. I felt the service was on the slow side. On dish came out a considerable amount of time before hand. Overall go for a coffee and just see the pond, but wouldn’t waste...

Had the gallet and it was delicious! A little pricey but worth it. I'm vegetarian and they were very happy to change the avocado and salmon version so I could have it. My partner enjoyed the bacon gallet.

Not what were expecting when we saw the outside but were pleasantly surprised. Especially as it was quite a rainy day so the pond was...