Oka — Restaurant in Tokyo

Oka was established in the same year as the Tokyo Olympics in 1964 and as far as I am aware of, they haven't changed the menu or interior since then. This cafe is located very close to Okachimachi Station, in the bulding's basement, so after taking the stairs down, you are up for a real time-slip experience here! I used to come here a lot during my long-term stay in Tokyo and in my opinion, the signature dish is the delicious Napolitan Pasta! Make sure to leave some space for the parfait ice creme (on the picture, it is the pineapple one)! Prices for lunch and coffee are very reasonable and you get some authentic Yoshoku dishes (western-style Japanese dishes). As this cafe is not advertized in guide books, there are hardly any foreign tourists, so it is still an...

It's definitely worth a visit for the atmosphere, and I think most people are coming to see the interior and enjoy the Showa era mood, but honestly, I just felt really disgusted by the place when I looked into the kitchen. Service was quite slow (they also opened about 25 minutes later, people were already lining up outside, and making calls to the owner), the place was super cold, and when I received my spaghetti it was also already cold, although it was freshly prepared in the kitchen. Overall it brought me back my childhood trauma being raised in an Eastern-European country after the post-soviet times. If you want to see the place with your own eyes, treat the place as a museum where the food is the...

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