This anime series is set in the 'Western Restaurant Nekoya'. This is ostensibly an ordinary restaurant that serves both Western and Japanese cuisine during the week. However on Saturdays a door will appear is various mystical or alien realms that leads to the restaurant and those who find the way there can enjoy its delicious, but unpretentious, food. The clientele includes dragons, elves, beast men and other such creatures. It is run by an unnamed middle aged chef who, in the opening episode meets Aletta, a homeless demon girl, who has found one of the doors; he offers her a job and now she works as a waitress each Saturday. Later in the series they are joined by Kuro, a dragon who takes the form of a black-haired girl who communicates telepathically. Over the course of the series a variety of customers discover the restaurant and new interesting foods
occasionally arguing about which is the best.
This is one of those series where little really happens; each episode a new character or two seems to discover a door to the restaurant and be wowed by the food they are served often one serving is not enough. They all seem to like the first thing they try and then wouldn't think of ordering something else which seems a little strange. This doesn't really matter as the food is just a way of showing us new characters and a little bit about their lives before they find the restaurant. The main cast, those who work at the restaurant, are likable and their guests are fairly interesting. Overall this is one of those gentle series that is pleasant while one watches but I suspect won't be remembered long after it has finished; still it is inoffensive and passes the time nicely it might also make the viewer hungry.
These comments are based on watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles.
This is one of those series where little really happens; each episode a new character or two seems to discover a door to the restaurant and be wowed by the food they are served often one serving is not enough. They all seem to like the first thing they try and then wouldn't think of ordering something else which seems a little strange. This doesn't really matter as the food is just a way of showing us new characters and a little bit about their lives before they find the restaurant. The main cast, those who work at the restaurant, are likable and their guests are fairly interesting. Overall this is one of those gentle series that is pleasant while one watches but I suspect won't be remembered long after it has finished; still it is inoffensive and passes the time nicely it might also make the viewer hungry.
These comments are based on watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles.