Kokusai Cafe Sorafune

The food was great but the location was amazing. Very calm and beautiful. The staff was friendly. Highly recommend. It can be difficult to find but worth the effort.

Took me a while to find the place-- it is offset from the road through an archway into a courtyard. But once I found it-- goodness it was good! I got a late lunch tray-- chose one of the two options. It was around $15 USD for the whole thing-- and well worth it. There were at least 6 different small dishes-- salad, bean patty, two kinds of pickles, mashed parsnips (?), miso soup. All absolutely delicious and actually very filling. The waitress was friendly, the atmosphere very relaxed-- it was not an awkward place to eat alone.

Definitely recommend, just make sure you really know where you're going before hand!

The dish was very small and expensive. The service was really bad, the waitress behaved like she just want me to leave the place (it was 16 and they were closing at 17) and she was so rude!I'm sure I'll never come back to this place.

This nice little restaurant/cafe was really cosy on a rainy day. The people there were friendly and the food was great.

It was closed on a tuesday around 1 pm. too bad because the restaurant seemed really cute and the outdoor is beautiful

Closed at 4:02pm on a Tuesday afternoon. I can't read kanji so I don't know what to tell you.

Great little place, I would recommend it as a 'must visit' if you head to Kamakura over the day. Was a little bit hard to find, and I went there on a public holiday so I had to wait for a table but very much worth it.
Excellent first meal in Japan, they set the bar high :)

You don't think it's an eating establishment as you walk up but once you open the doors you're in an authentic japanese style restaurant. Take your shoes off at the entrance and you will be offered a place to sit. There is only 1 table with chairs all other seating is on cushions. If you're not very good with chopsticks you can ask for a fork, but it's fun to practice with chopsticks plus they won't judge you. The food and people are amazing and very inviting. The price was about $13 per person.

I ate here yesterday at lunchtime following Nancy's directions.
This is a great little place in a peaceful courtyard. The lunch set was really good and a little different to those I've had elsewhere in Japan. I enjoyed the flavours and the welcome I received.

When you see the sign "Vegetable cafe" on the street side wall of the historic Minka-style building on Omachi-dori , you've found the garden entrance to this ground floor cafe . Open from 11-17:00, Sorafune serves 3 vegan lunch sets, coffee, tea & desserts , including raw chocolate cake, scones and cake.My tasty lunch set had oyster mushroom croquettes , miso soup, brown rice, two kinds of pickles , salad and kanten aspic. I had a slice of pumpkin cake, served with tofu cream, for dessert and bought rice -flour scones to take away. Portions are moderate sized, and service is quick and friendly. There is an English menu. Our table looked out on a quiet garden--nice atmosphere . I recommend it for a relaxing and nourishing meal.

Location : on Omachi-dori, 10 minute walk from Kamakura main station. Go south past the Main Post Office, Lawson, the railroad overpass, and Kyoonji temple. Cross a small bridge over a river, pass Swany textile shop, and a Hawaii theme restaurant. The cafe is across the street from a motorbike shop Kamakura Scoot. It's in a building with several other businesses , but "Vegetable cafe" is posted at the entrance . Walk through the alley into the recessed entryway. Google maps would help--we asked at the city Tourist Information counter and followed their map. Vege-map Kamakura, available at the Info counter, is a bit out of date, and this cafe isn't on it.