BESIDE SEASIDE — Restaurant in Tokyo

Update 2020 Nov 11: Lunch was excellent value for money, so overall this place well deserves 4 stars. There are 6 different set lunches to choose from, all 4 we tried were excellent. And service kept up despite being pretty much full capacity. Continue reading the original post below.

This place is a solid 3.5 stars, but Google Maps unfortunately doesn't do half stars..

I really wanted to like this place. Location is away from the crowd so it's quiet and was easy to get a table in the terrace area without prior reservation. Atmosphere is relaxed and makes for a good place to chill. Service is great and they make sure you're nice and warm even sitting out in the terrace at 14 degrees.

However, the food for dinner is pricey for what you get. Waiting times were long whether it was for mains or desserts, despite only being around 20 percent full. And food itself was not bad, but not fantastic, and we were not really full even though we ordered more than usual and were expecting small portions.

Maybe the atmosphere set my expectations too high. I did see that their lunch menus seem way more reasonable, so I'll give it a...

I had lunch alone as my family is away, after a long ride on bicycle, I wanted to relax in a restaurant with a terrace (so rare in Tokyo) so I decided to head towards Hinode pier. I already knew this place but never tried the restaurant. After a 20 min wait, I was seated in the terrace facing Tokyo bay and overlooking also Rainbow Bridge. Coming from a Mediterranean country I enjoyed the view of the water and the so pleasant breeze in that hot July day in Tokyo. I order a pasta menu set and went for a Carbonara. It comes with salad, bread and soup. I also ordered a craft beer which was so nice. The salad and bread were good and fresh and so appropriate for such a day. Unfortunately I cannot say same for the Carbonara. Overall not bad in taste but…it came with cream. That’s a big no no for Carbonara (I knew I should avoid Carbonara outside of Italy but it was really a perfect day for pasta). Price was ok-ish around 3000 yen which is pretty good considering the really good service and amazing terrace view. I would definitely recommend mostly for the ambiance and atmosphere, food is ok but not great and price is not...

Good BBQ 🍖 fun night I spent with friends on a special evening but the quality of meat was average…

Each person was given a meat and vegetable plate to cook by themselves on the already prepared BBQ so it was fun experience but the meat quality could have been better !

There was a DJ playing music outside so the terrace so it was pretty packed but fun.

Each of the guest would take turn and cook their own meat and vegetables. It was kind of self service.

The place has a nice view of the ＴＯＫＹＯ Bay.

The only tricky part was that the door was always opened and as it wasn’t a warm day for the people like me sitting inside it was cold. They do distribute warm blankets but it was still cold 🥶…

We had Veuve Cliquot Champagne 🥂 for out table! The service was a little slow in handling operations.

The restrooms were dirty as I believe the staff couldn’t catch up with the number of guests…

I would like to return here day time to check out service again.

Location is about 7-9 min walk from Takeshiba station and the entrance of the building is nice and stylish with...