Restaurant to Another World
Here are my favorite picks for anime like Restaurant to Another World. Keep in mind the list is in no particular order. Enjoy!
Isekai Izakaya: Japanese Food From Another World
The novels center on a bar called “Nobu”—located in Kyoto, Japan, but with a door connected to the bar in another world. The visitors include denizens of the other world, and customers seek out its excellent “Toriaezu Nama” ale and cuisine.
Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma
Since childhood, fifteen-year-old Souma Yukihira has helped his father by working as the sous chef in the restaurant his father runs and owns. Throughout the years, Souma developed a passion for entertaining his customers with his creative, skilled, and daring culinary creations. He dreams of someday owning his family’s restaurant as its head chef.
Bartender
Hidden in the backstreets of the Ginza district is Eden Hall, a lone bar operated by Ryuu Sasakura, the prodigy bartender who is said to mix the most incredible cocktails anyone has ever tasted. However, not just anyone can find Eden Hall; it is Eden Hall that must find you. Customers of varying backgrounds wander into this bar, each plagued with their troubles. Nevertheless, Ryuu always knows the ideal cocktail to console and guide each distraught soul.
Natsume’s Book of Friends
While most fifteen-year-old boys, in one way or another, harbor secrets that are related to girls, Takashi Natsume has a peculiar and terrifying secret involving youkai. For as long as he can remember, these spirits have constantly chased him. Natsume soon discovers that his deceased grandmother Reiko had passed on to him the Yuujinchou, or “Book of Friends,” which contains the names of the spirits she brought under her control. Now in Natsume’s possession, the book gives Reiko’s grandson this power, which is why these enraged beings now haunt him in hopes of somehow attaining their freedom.
Wakakozake
Murasaki Wakako, 26 years old, loves going out alone to enjoy eating and drinking, especially when something unpleasant happens at work. This anime follows Wakako through many solitary outings, where she enjoys different combinations of food and drink!
Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid
As Kobayashi sets off for another day at work, she opens her apartment door only to be met by an unusually frightening sight—the head of a dragon staring at her from across the balcony. The dragon immediately transforms into a cute, busty, and energetic young girl dressed in a maid outfit, introducing herself as Tooru.
Dagashi Kashi
Out in the countryside stands a sweet shop run by the Shikada family for nine generations: Shikada Dagashi, a small business selling traditional Japanese candy. However, despite his father’s pleas, Kokonotsu Shikada, an aspiring manga artist, adamantly refuses to inherit the family business.
Kino’s Journey -the Beautiful World- the Animated Series
When 15-year-old Kino is feeling weighed down by heavy thoughts, one thing always manages to cheer her up: traveling. Nothing fills her heart with joy like exploring the beautiful, wonderful world around her and the fascinating ways people find to live. However, Kino is not as helpless as her cute appearance, and courteous demeanor suggest. Armed with “Cannon” and “Woodsman,” her trusted handguns, Kino isn’t afraid to kill anyone who would dare to get in her way. Always by her side is her best friend and loyal companion Hermes, a sentient motorcycle who supports Kino through the sorrows and hardships of their journey. Together, they travel the vast countryside with the shared goal of always moving forward and a single rule: never stay in one country for more than three days.
WWW.WAGNARIA!!
Daisuke Higashida is a serious first-year student at Higashizaka High School. He lives a peaceful everyday life even though he is not satisfied with his family, who doesn’t laugh at all and makes him tired. However, his father’s company goes bankrupt one day, and he can no longer afford allowances, cellphone bills, and commuter tickets. When his father orders him to take up a part-time job, Daisuke decides to work at a nearby family restaurant to avoid traveling 15 kilometers to school by bicycle.
Love is Like a Cocktail
Chisato Mizusawa is a calm and collected assistant office manager who dislikes drinking alcohol. But she likes it and has a secret side that emerges only when drunk: her cute persona, which she only reveals to her husband, the bartender Sora. Each day when Chisato comes home, Sora takes care of his beloved wife, providing her with a good meal and a fresh drink. These drinks include Plum Splet, Irish Coffee, Orange Breeze, and many more tasty concoctions that she eagerly gulps down. But as much as she likes alcohol, she loves her kindhearted husband more. Together, they share a life filled with happiness—and the more-than-occasional cocktail.
References: Myanimelist
