Isekai Shokudou Portrays a Charming Supernatural Slice-of-Life

Isekai Shokudou (a.k.a. Restaurant to Another World) is one of the more unique premises for this anime season. It centers on the titular restaurant, a perfectly average place by most standards. However, every Saturday the restaurant is accessed by demons, elves, dragons, and all sorts of beings from another dimension. They aren't here to destroy the world, though - they just want to enjoy some of that tasty exotic human food!

Warning: Spoilers For Episode 1

The plot of Isekai Shokudou picks up right after one of these weekly demonic visits. The restaurant owner known only as Master finds a demon girl asleep in his kitchen. Introducing herself as Aletta, the girl explains that she wandered into a random door after being fired from her job as a waitress (the human staff discovered she was a demon). After being treated to a meal, Aletta agrees to join the restaurant staff once a week.

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Isekai Shokudou is all at once adorable, charming, funny, and beautifully animated. The visual quality of the food served at the restaurant rivals that of Food Wars. The opening and ending themes are good, if maybe a little nondescript. Without a sense of much conflict, it's hard to say how the series will fare as the season goes on. Still though, it's definitely worth checking out.

​-Justin

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