This time I’m showcasing today is one of my favorite Pasta places, Mar-de Napoli.
My first encounter here was at the Mitaka Tokyo location and I didn’t really give it much thought.
However, after I ate there, I could not seem to find the same, tasty, creamy, thick sauce that blew me away for my Uni pasta experience.
Therefore, as much as I don’t want to, I’m gonna give you a quick rundown of my favorite pasta place so you can try how great this place is.
Nothing is scientific and there’s no culinary backing to my review. However, I have spent a lot of money on some pretty good food at some pretty good restaurants and this place is still on my regular list of places I take my family to eat.
So I guess that says something!
First off, the place gets credibility from the owner, who won a pizza contest somewhere in Italy a while back. You would figure it’d be easier to find on the corporate website, but it seems that a larger restaurant corporation is taken over the “brand.”
You get the idea for the restaurant concept though.
Usually, this might be a recipe for disaster, but even though the restaurant website sucks, and the corporate website is very clean, I’m happy to tell you that there is no compromise on the quality of food that is served at the restaurants.
Top quality!
My favorite is the Uni pasta, with the large portion for a couple hundred yen more, and the lunch special, which comes with a salad and an ice cream or pudding dessert. The pudding is a little mushy, so I’m not into it, so I usually opt for ice cream. Also, if you get hot coffee, it’s all you can drink so that’s a plus too. Get the lunch special two steps up and you get to choose from the wonderful cakes in front. I always get the Mill-crepe. It’s to die for.
The pizza is baked in the trademark pizza oven, and I must tell you it is heavenly. My kids don’t like any of the fancy pizzas so we always get the margherita but I could eat three of them.
Not much else to say, except his place is always crowded with families, elderly, and young couples. It’s super popular.
They have several locations in the suburban, Tokyo area, as well, as in Nagoya, so check out their website to find the destination … you won’t be disappointed.
One small note is that different locations will have different menus so the Nagoya train station location did not have the Uni pasta which was very disappointing.
They also have limited cake selections. The suburban Setagaya and Mitaka locations have the full selection of cake which I think is totally worth it.
There are many pizza places in the heart of Tokyo, but this place rocks with price and quality, and as the wait times might show, it is definitely worth your time to go.
let me know if you’ve ever been here or need information in the comments below!
