Vegan
Italian
Japanese
Macrobiotic
Organic
Beer/Wine
Health food cafe offering a menu of puree soups, vegetable curry, salad with pancakes, pasta, fruits desserts, ginger drink, coffee, and alcoholic beverages. Removed honey in 2016. Last order 1 hour before closing. Open Mon-Tue 11:00am-6:00pm, Thu-Sat 11:00am-6:00pm. Closed Wed.
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Higashi, Shibuya-ku 3-25-3, Ebisu Lions Plaza 1F, Tokyo, Japan, 150-0011
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Added by xela on 16 Dec 2013
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62 Reviews
First Review by MidnightSun112
Taiki
Points +169
Easy to access, good foods - Edit
They have a various kinds of pasta menu and you can choose gluten-free spaghetti. Just 1 min walk from JR Ebisu station. Price is modest.
Read morePros: Easy to access
Cons: None
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DanielleRC
Points +46
Love Ko-So! - Edit
Love this place. Tons of options and everything is yummy and vegan. Well-priced and good atmosphere. Friendly service. I love everything from the pasta to the pizza to the buckwheat pancakes. The desserts can be hit or miss, but other than that it's all pretty great. Highly recommend.
Read morePros: All vegan, Great food, Good service
Guest
Ayefam
Points +75
Great, Cheap Pancakes! - Edit
Very surprised about this place! Stumbled upon it, ordered the pancakes and salad and was pleasantly surprised at how filling and delicious it was, pancakes moist and delicious, as well as how cheap it was to! I also got the dessert which was sweet potato mont blanc, very tasty as it wasn't to sweet but subtly so with a strong sweet potato taste. The pancakes were great, and I believed very well worth the price. The salad also came with three types of dressing, which was cool to test out and mix together which I liked best, as well as some crumbled "feta cheese" (It's all vegan!) that was very nice as well. Love this place! Without the dessert, the price would have been around 800 yen but with it as a set was around 1,000 which in my opinion is very worth it, especially considering the area in Tokyo. Would definitely come back again! It is very close to Ebisu station and definitely not that hard to find.
Read morePros: Well priced, Delicious food, Conveniently located
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mickeybharat
Points +62
great people who can speak English and make custom dish - Edit
Great food, pasta dish was great. I asked for steamed veggies not on menu and they were happy to oblige. Well presented. Great little cosey but modern place. I travel extensivley across the world and this is a great recommendation. I had a great chocolate detox ice cream cake made from brown rice.
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Kimxula
Points +1185
Average hipster kind of place - Edit
I tried the soy milk and mushroom pasta at Ko-So cafe and it was pretty average. Felt it was a little overpriced, but then again it is in Ebisu. Personally, there are other places I'd prefer to go where I could get portion sizes, tastier food for less money.
Read morePros: vegan friendly , nice area
Cons: a little overpriced
Guest
Origamiwolf
Points +225
A hidden gem in Tokyo! - Edit
This place is really fantastic, I cant belive more people arent talking about this place. Very close to the Ko-so Cafe offers a cozy setting with very very friendly staff, their walnut pasta is to die for, so delicous! Great deserts and great smoothies. Why are you still reading this? Just go!
Read moreOne of the best places in town, and I´ve been to many places in Tokyo!
Pros: Cozy setting, The pasta, Friendly staff
Guest
xela
Points +26
Healthy and tasty food - Edit
They have a good choice of pastas (I love especially their spicy basil pastas with salad and coriander on the top!), the curry is good and they serve also some tasty rice and vegetables in bowls. I never take a chance to test their dessert, but they look yummy. Service is quite quick at lunch time. Considering that vegetarian/vegan restaurants are not so common in Tokyo, that's really a good place.
Read morePros: food, good value
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MidnightSun112
Points +322
Wonderfully unique! - Edit
If I were to make a minor complaint about some veg cafes in Tokyo, it would be that many dishes are similar and not as unique or creative as in other cities with a more developed veg culture such as Taipei or San Francisco. In that respect, Ko-so Cafe truly is a treasure! The concept behind the restaurant is that they use their own, homemade ingredient called kōso (酵素 lit. "enzyme") as a base for nearly every sauce on the menu. Rich in umami (savoriness), kōso is made from a blend of 88 different ingredients that are then fermented and aged for 18 months.
Read moreI went on a weeknight and started with the nut pâté & olive paste salad for an appetizer. The veggies looked beautiful and it was topped with fresh alfalfa sprouts, nuts, and vegan cheese. The waitress then appeared with tiny pitchers of 3 different homemade dressings to try: celery, red pepper, and onion. Each 1 contained only kōso and vegetables and the flavor was excellent. The salad also came with 2 slides of brown focaccia bread with some kuromitsu (lit. 'black honey', vegan and made from unrefined Okinawan black sugar) for dipping. Not everyone will be a fan of the sweet dipping sauce as it's typically used for desserts but I enjoyed it. For my main, I ordered the soy milk ricotta cheese & basilico romagna pasta. It was excellent, full of flavor, and the noodles were done to al dente perfection. I also found the portions of my salad and pasta to be generous by Tokyo standards. Overall, I had a great experience at Ko-so Cafe and my only regret is that I didn't try it sooner. Highly recommended!
Pros: flavorful, unique dishes, near the station, ample portions
Cons: none
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