Route 227s' cafe TOHOKU — Restaurant in Sendai

Located in the center of Sendai City. This restaurant is a place where you can enjoy the charms of the 227 municipalities of Tohoku through FOOD!. From appetizers to meat and fish dishes, pasta and pizza, the cafe offers unique dishes using local ingredients from all over the Tohoku region. This cafe has started offering Muslim-friendly menus from 2020 as part of the Miyagi Prefecture Halal Food Development Project. Now the cafe offers not only halal menu but also vegan friendly menu. I went to a cafe the other day and ate halal gorogoro mutton curry (The cafe use halal certified mutton), vegan friendly ratatouille with sendai aburafu, and vegan cream pasta with avocado and dried tomatoes. Every dish was wonderful! It is a place where you can not only feel the charm of the cities, towns and villages in the Tohoku region through food, but also rediscover the culture of each region of Tohoku and make yourself want to travel to...

The food we had was great (especially the pizza, pictured) but the star of the show was the 5- or 6-hour Happy Hour. All drinks were ¥390, extreme value in my book.

The tables outside were great for people-watching as the Tabanata Festival was in full swing and the park was very lively.

Service was disappointing in that there simply wasn’t/weren’t enough staff on to cater for the number of punters. I’m not marking my score down on this account as it was clear that the staff were trying very hard (and were great, by the way). It is hard to know whether the lack of staff was due to poor management or just bad luck (illness, etc.). But it needs to...

One of the few places we encountered in Japan where you can sit outside on a lovely day, under the trees and enjoy a coffee or a meal. Really enjoyable stop and some very friendly staff who was keen to use his English with us and wish us the very best for...