Bio Cafe

Two years ago in March, I took my daughter, a second-year university student, for a stroll around Shibuya. We stopped in for lunch. ~We live in southern Kanagawa, and my daughter and I have bronchial allergies... We rarely have a chance to visit Shibuya, which is crowded with young people and foreigners... This was my daughter's third time in her life. I'm 60 years old, hmm, how many years has it been since I last visited?! (laughs) That's the Shibuya area. In front of Hachiko, which is in a different location from before. A long line of foreign tourists lined up. Redevelopment has seen new high-rise buildings rise in front of the station. Recalling the Shibuya I used to walk around when I was about the same age as my daughter (40 years ago💦). I tried to find traces of the past, but although the road structure is the same, the shops and buildings have changed a lot (sweat). Amidst all of that, the atmosphere around Spain Hill, where Bio Cafe is located, has not changed. Phew 😀 Parco, which is nearby (where I spent all of my part-time job pay of 10,000 yen that day, a bitter fate 😭), is also in the same place. Now, the rooftop garden is a secret spot for the night view 🥰 Maybe Biidoro, which is next to Bio Cafe, has been there since back then? I feel like I met up with a friend there to discuss a trip to Bali... 🤔 Memories of such distant youth are scattered like a mosaic in the streets of Shibuya. Hoping to reduce my daughter's allergies, I chose this gluten-free restaurant for lunch. Even though it was vegan food, it was well thought out and delicious👍 The lunch course was 1,880 yen, including salad bar and detox water. We ordered brown rice, fried chicken set, and vegan Mont Blanc. The fact that it was vegan didn't bother us at all, it was just a normal, delicious restaurant✌️ The service and the atmosphere were really not bad. I was a little concerned about the hygiene of the salad bar, so I took one star off. Unlike salad bars in regular restaurants or hotels, there were a lot of spilled food scattered around, perhaps because there were a lot of young customers. It was a little less clean? Tongs were shared, and overall, the area around the salad bar felt a bit messy. (Maybe it depends on the day.) Other than that, the food was delicious, and the location was easy to find and convenient. It's a good restaurant that's healthy but filling. Personally, I was happy that it's located on the nostalgic Spain Hill, right next to Parco, as it reminded me of a lot of the past 😘 On the way home, I told my daughter for the first time about my memories of Shibuya from my time as a university student and employee, as we headed from Koen-dori to the station. ~I would recommend this place for a day of strolling around Shibuya, whether it's for parents and children, friends, couples, or colleagues.

This is "BiOcafe" located on Spain Hill in Shibuya. As it was selected as one of Tabelog's 100 best cafes in 2022, I made a reservation for lunch time with high expectations. The interior is stylish, but it's a bit small. The luggage rack is under the chair, but the distance between the chairs is close enough that you could come to eat together. Please note that the prices are different on weekdays and weekends and holidays. Weekends and holidays are more expensive. Brown rice pasta with vegan cheese carbonara (1,880 yen) tax included It's brown rice pasta, so it has a strong flavor. I think the seasoning is just normal and delicious. It feels like it's for vegans. Brown rice with gluten-free fried chicken (1,880 yen) tax included Is it okay? I feel like I should ask the price. It's light fried chicken. I was looking forward to the salad bar, but there were only a few varieties, and other than turnip and hijiki, it was the same leafy vegetables. There were about four kinds of bread, which were delicious, but the fact that they couldn't be reheated was a minus. Organic coffee (550 yen) tax included I'm not a coffee connoisseur enough to know the difference between organic and non-organic, but... it was average. Royal soy milk tea (700 yen) tax included The kind with tea leaves directly in the soy milk. It's good value for money, but over 5,000 yen for two people to order drinks for lunch is quite expensive. It might be good for organic and vegan people... There was also a mistake on the bill. It said ¥200 off the set drink (choose from the drink menu), but it wasn't discounted. *See photo I won't use this place again unless I'm eating with a vegan friend. There were some negative reviews about the staff, but the female staff member in the hall was very helpful. The male staff member made a mistake when paying the bill, so I wish they hadn't made that mistake.

Vegan and gluten-free options! Calm