# Restaurant to Another World (2017)

> A hidden Tokyo basement restaurant opens on Saturdays to otherworldly guests who come for a single comforting meal.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/63151

## Facts

- Seasons: 2
- Episodes: 24
- Episode runtime: 24 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, comedy, fantasy
- Network: TV Tokyo
- Cast: Sumire Uesaka, Junichi Suwabe, Tomokazu Sugita, Hochu Otsuka, Kiyono Yasuno, Saori Onishi, Fumihiko Tachiki, Motomu Kiyokawa
- TMDB rating: 7.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7224994/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: subtle
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: cozy, gentle, warm, whimsical, comforting, healing

## What critics say

Audiences rate the series positively, valuing its warm, food-centered vignettes and gentle fantasy premise.

## Synopsis

Restaurant to Another World (2017-2021) is a Japanese animated isekai slice of life series produced by SILVER LINK. and OLM for TV Tokyo. Set in an ordinary Tokyo basement eatery called Western Cuisine Nekoya, the show follows its gentle owner, the Master, played by Junichi Suwabe, and his young assistant Aletta, voiced by Sumire Uesaka. Through the week the restaurant is a quiet, unremarkable shop, but on Saturdays its doors open to strangers arriving from many different parallel worlds. Each episode centers on one guest and one dish, such as fried prawn or teriyaki chicken, and the meal becomes a way to ease a loneliness, homesickness or private worry. The engine is simple and consistent: a guest arrives, orders, and the kitchen responds with careful cooking and quiet hospitality. The series runs two seasons and twenty-four episodes, with a short episodic structure that rewards dipping in and out. Its tone is warm, cozy and healing, with a soft comic edge and a steady, comforting rhythm. Fans of Midnight Diner, Delicious in Dungeon and Kantaro: The Sweet Tale of a Sweet Tooth will find the same blend of food, kindness and fantasy wonder.

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