omocafé — Restaurant in Shilin District

I only heard of this restaurant but never tried. And today when I visited Sogo at Shilin, I saw them setting up a booth selling bento sets Taiwanese style. All their bentos looked really decent and decided to give it a try. I ordered 3 types. First one was the healthy version with salmon, boiled egg and mushroom, one miserable brocolli and some kimchi. The rice was undercooked and the rest were bland. As for the other 2 bentos, they were slightly better but portion wise was miserable. I have eaten many types of bento in Taiwan since I arrived and I have to say, their version was not great. Very...

If you’re willing to wait nearly an hour for a plate of pasta, then this is absolutely the place for you. Service is extremely slow, apparently especially so when it comes to pasta dishes (just look through the other reviews, such an experience was not unique to me alone).

When we inquired about why it was taking so long, we were told that the dishes were made fresh, so they required more preparation time. Don’t play me for a fool, if you forgot, just tell me you forgot, but don’t try and tell me that a plate of pasta and a roasted chicken leg takes you an hour to prepare, especially not when your restaurant is half empty.

Not worth a revisit. At least not until they can make serious improvements to their...

Food is good, but somehow it’s really noisy in the cafe around 2pm!? Housewives talk really loud like there’s no one else around...Or maybe cafe would consider the noise absorbing panels to reduce the noise. Pity the street view was quiet nice if you...