Vegan
Japanese
Take-out

Opened mid-May 2021. Gyoza house and coffee shop. Hours may vary - check IG to confirm. Serves vegan drinks and different gyoza dishes both for sit-in and take-out. Open Wed-Sun 12:00pm-9:00pm. Closed Mon-Tues.


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184 Reviews

First Review by DanielTokyo

JosJI

Points +37

Vegetarian
26 Sep 2024

Absolutely loved it!!!

Super tasty gyoza. Menu with selection of all flavours highly recommended

EdeStrong

Points +21

Vegan
25 Sep 2024

Heavenly!

We arrived late in the evening and had a plate of steamed and a plate of fried gyoza that were the best I’ve had!
Each gyoza is focused on a single ingredient (ginger, mushroom, eggplant, etc) and the flavours are so distinct and clear.
The staff are really friendly and the atmosphere is relaxed and energised.
I’d highly recommend.

f0urwalls

Points +32

Vegan
19 Sep 2024

Absolutely fantastic

The absolute best meal we had in Tokyo, hands down. Every flavour was interesting, even the ones I typically don’t enjoy were outstanding.

Seatown_vegan

Points +7986

Vegan
18 Sep 2024

A gem

I was excited to visit a gyoza house while in Tokyo, and even more excited to see they have a vegan one. I ordered each flavor they had which was 11. Going into this I thought they would pretty much all taste the same. Not true. You can taste the clear distinction between each piece. I ordered mine pan fried and they were cooked to perfection. I highly recommend visiting this place.

Johnson11111

Points +54

Vegan
17 Sep 2024

Disappointed

I sincerely wanted to like this place, and the service was definitely friendly, but it utimately comes off like a gimmick with rainbow-colored gyoza that offer style without substance.

Cons: oily

sopsyked

Points +26

Vegan
14 Sep 2024

Amazing experience

Super cool experience and well worth the money. One of the more unique ways to eat vegan in Tokyo and if you love gyoza you will love trying all the different flavors they have completely vegan.

Pros: Presentation , Taste , Staff

KristinaRoooo

Points +28

Vegan
13 Sep 2024

Delicious!

Best gyozas I ever had. Such a cute place in a nice residential area and lovely staff, I loved it

onlycallisto

Points +70

Vegan
12 Sep 2024

Best thing we had in Tokyo

These are so cute, and so fun to work yourself through the flavours. Lovely space as well. Definitely recommend, not far from Ueno Park!

joeleliakim

Points +37

Vegetarian
07 Sep 2024

Super interesting tastes

Try a lot of different ones!

Updated from previous review on 2024-09-07

Daenvil

Points +327

Vegan
05 Sep 2024

Best gyozas ever

Title. The gyozas are delicious, beautiful, and original, with many diverse flavors. Apart from that, the drinks are also phenomenal, I loved the chocolate matcha latte! The staff is also very nice and welcoming.

Risou

06 Sep 2024

Heikel

Points +40

Vegan
28 Aug 2024

Sehr gutes gyoza

Ehrlich gesagt habe ich schon wo anders gyoza gegessen haben mich nicht so überzeugt. Außer hier jetzt ich fande die gyoza hier wirklich gut und verschiedene Geschmacksrichtungen gab es auch. Also Top 👍🏼

JamieBarr

Points +271

Vegan
28 Aug 2024

Fun & Delicious

Uniquely enjoyable food. Every flavour of gyoza is incredible. Best gyoza I’ve ever had!

Pros: Fun experience, Delicious variety, Wonderful drink selection

Ti2

Points +137

Vegetarian
23 Aug 2024

Best meal in Tokyo

I ordered the 11 piece set. All the flavours were delicious and the staff were very friendly.

kaname2907

Points +93

Vegan
23 Aug 2024

One of my fav places in Tokyo

Gyoza is super delicious each one of the has unique flavor. It's fun to eat them one by one, experiencing each flavor. The staff are very nice and kind. I also love their strawberry soy scream matcha drink. I get it every time! Definitely a must when visiting Tokyo. Also they use natural coloring from vegetables. No artificial crap at all!

Pros: Gyoza, Strawberry soy matcha drink , Friendly staff

singaporelor

Points +362

Vegan
11 Aug 2024

Flavourful and fun gyoza

Wasn’t planning to have gyoza but was curious to try this out because of the numerous excellent reviews! The gyoza are packed with flavours. Ordered the pan-fried set and was not disappointed. Each gyoza tasted really delicious. Gyoza are fill with plenty of fillings. No sauce needed because they tasted so good. Staff were friendly and can speak english but alittle exchange in Japanese is always nice. Thank you again, this is a rare gem!

Pros: Every single gyoza of course!, An easy walk to the train station, Friendly staff

TheMalfoys

Points +140

Vegan
04 Aug 2024

Just do it!

I love that the best restaurants in Tokyo are vegan!

Pros: Beautiful, Filling, Tasty

readHNTD

Points +130

Vegan
31 Jul 2024

Amazing gyoza

I got the sampler 11 gyoza combo, steamed. I would say that alone would make for a light meal.
You can also get any combination of the available gyoza you want as long as there are at least 5 in your order.

All 11 are unique, but there are two shiitake ones that are barely different. They all have soy meat in them.

My favorites were coriander and ginger miso, though they were all tasty.

The service is good, and they will try to speak English with you if you look like a foreigner but will switch to Japanese if you tell them you speak it.

Water is complimentary.

I guess the only downside is that it's ONLY gyoza. No sides or desserts (unless you count their drinks). Not going to count that against them since it's pretty obvious that would be the case.

Pros: Tasty, Good variety

blackbetty

Points +248

Vegan
26 Jul 2024

Wonderful!

That place ist just wonderful! The gyoza are really big and really tasty! There are so many flavors that you can try, and each tastes different! The servers were also very kind and friendly. We even tried the caramel latte and it was also really delicious!

JuneOk

Points +304

Vegan
16 Jul 2024

I adore this place

the gyoza are all so juicy & delicious, nice fizzy drinks, and the exp of trying all the diff gyoza is >>>

Updated from previous review on 2024-07-16

arfie

Points +78

Vegan
12 Jul 2024

Best gyozas ever

They have 11 different flavors which are all delicious in their own ways and complement each other well. You can order a whole set with one gyoza of each flavor, either pan fried or steamed. This makes for a fairly large portion size, for me at least, but it's absolutely worth it.

bejopu

Points +52

Vegan
07 Jul 2024

Would recommend

Very tasty food, we got the 11 gyoza tasting set with all of the flavours. You can choose to have your gyoza pan fried or steamed, I thought pan fried was slightly nicer. Some flavours are nicer than others but still happy to give 5 stars overall. If I went back, I would order loads of the green onion miso gyoza (so delicious), the kimchi gyoza, the shiitake gyoza, the garlic miso and ginger miso are also very good if you like those flavours.

Excellent service too, very friendly, nice beer as well.

Pros: Tasty food, Good variety, Excellent service

jennyc32

Points +4052

Vegan
06 Jul 2024

Excellent Assortment of Gyozas

The 11 piece set really exceeded my expectations! I had worried that with all the different colours it would be style over substance and that each dumpling would basically taste the same. But it turned out that each gyoza had a distinctive flavour that perfectly matched the menu listing. They were also generously filled - 11 pieces made for a hearty meal. Our favourite was the green onion and miso, and there were a lot of other good ones. The only one we were a bit unsure about was the kimchi. My partner loved kimchi and found it too mild. I don't like kimchi much, so it was perfect for me! Also, we had two shiitake dumplings with the same filling but different coloured wrapper, which was a bit of a shame.

It's a nice place with friendly service. We also loved the opportunity to try a cream soda!

MichaelWalker

Points +66

Vegan
21 Jun 2024

Amazing Gyoza

Staff was super friendly and welcoming. Ordered the sampler platter and all of them were tasty. All of the miso flavors were favorites but you can’t really go wrong. Definitely worth return trips.

Pros: Variety, Gyoza!

VeggieCate

Points +63

Vegetarian
14 Jun 2024

Bliss! Absolutely delicious

Food was amazing- had the platter with one of each flavour. Staff are lovely with great English

toastinthetoaster

Points +17

Vegetarian
07 Jun 2024

Get the 11-Piece Assortment

Great food as well as a selection of sake and craft beer. The individual gyoza are quite pricey, but the 11-piece plate with one of each is much more economical. I strongly recommend the mushroom (2 kinds) on overall taste and the coriander on out-there flavour. Serving staff is extremely hospitable. No reservation required.

EVManJapan

Points +519

Vegetarian
07 Jun 2024

One of a kind

Vegan gyoza is kind of a rarity in Japan, but this place has 11 varieties making this a completely unique restaurant!! Quite literally one of a kind.

You can choose steamed or fried, you can order 5 of your favorite flavours (each piece is differently priced but it’ll probably cost you about 1000yen for 5) or go for the FULL RAINBOW and get the 11-piece set for 1,900yen.

They don’t do rice, because they claim it’s filling and flavorful enough to not need it.

I tend to agree! They all taste great, there is some overlap because several are miso based, and a couple are mushroom based.

Pros: Eggplant miso, Green onion miso

Cons: Celery , Green onion miso

p.skillz

Points +504

Vegan
01 Jun 2024

Needs dipping sauce

I was really excited to eat here after seeing the reviews. To be honest, I was underwhelmed. The dumplings were pretty good, but apart from two of them, I found them a bit tasteless. If they had had dipping sauce, they would have been amazing. They claim that their dumplings don't need dipping sauce, and serve them without this, but if they did the sauce they would be much better.

My partner thought they were really good though, without sauce.




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