CITYSHOP NOODLE Shibuya Cast — Restaurant in Tokyo

This is definitely not a value lunch but it's like healthy fast food.

I got the vegetarian hamburger steak and the texture was kind of mushy. The taste was passable but it gave me severe indigestion for a long time so I wondered about it... Was it not fresh or was it some other dish on the plate that gave me such a strange feeling of indigestion and bloatedness...

The taste of the sauces and dressings were pretty spot on and I liked how you could customize the variety of dressings and sauces for each dish. It was a little bit confusing figuring out how to order so I think they should really simplify the system. The mango tea tasted like cheap tea... A bit too bitter and sharp... Nice but to astringent. Maybe I'm too picky because I don't think any young person would even notice that.

Lots of bored housewives come here to eat lunch or young trendy woman who are conscientious about their body and health. It's strange because the desserts they offer are not healthy at all so it's very contradictory to their deli lunch plate. I would have liked some healthy dessert options.

You can eat outside but everyone walking by can see you eating so it can be unnerving for some people. Definitely lack of privacy.

I used the Japanese menu, slowly reading along... I asked the server a few questions and she answered them so I'm pretty sure it was obvious that I was a foreigner...And it's really strange that I wasn't offered an English menu but I found it later on another table. I can read a Japanese menu but it just takes three times the amount of time. The server could have been a little bit friendlier and asked if I could read English.

A good healthy bite and not so bad ambience if you sit in a more secluded corner of the restaurant. The male manager seemed much more accommodating and friendly than my...

Ordered the 5 deli set. Lady proceeds to spread out 1st deli over 1/3 of my plate, then add increasingly smaller portions of the rest. One of the items was sauted brussels sprouts, got 2 chunks of broccoli and half a brussel sprout. In the end, not much in the plate. Quick look at other customers' plates indicates their deli portions look about 30% larger. Asked for a "quantity adjustment", the lady and then other attendant would not budge and insist that there was nothing wrong with how they filled my plate despite ridiculously obvious difference with other customers.

At a hefty 1600 JPY + tax for good looking but tiny portions of deli, I was certainly not amused. Cancelled the order, waited for my friend to finish their (properly filled) plate, and went next door to Rigoletto for an excellent cost-performance meal.

Too long; did not read: forget about this place and head to Rigoletto. Or...

This used to be the number one place to go to for a healthy and super delicious lunch. It stood out from other restaurants since you could choose the delis you wanted and could create your own plate. Flavour and taste were always exceptional, without fail - one sure reason to pop to Shibuya and visit the shop at least twice a month. Today was the first time to go back since they changed their system - you now have to choose from a paper menu at the table and can’t pick your own options anymore. To be honest this kind of ruined the vibe of this amazing place and the atmosphere inside the shop feels rather sterile. Food was still amazingly tasty, and each dish adds a different note to the palate. Times and things change - yet I would wish they would opt back to their previous system as that was the main thing that made City Shop stand out from...