Alma Review Summary

A cozy Japanese-Italian restaurant that you should try. Great lunch course only costs ~4000 yen.

I took the photos of all the food in the course. Starting from the amuse (soup), it’s proved to be a great value. The pasta is a bit hard but tastes umami while not too rich, giving me space to enjoy the great steak. The steak was so nice that it smells good while having a great balance between richness and tenderness

The chef is also very kind that he even helped me to take videos of the make of steak. 😊

My only picky point is the finished plates were not collected on time for several times, affecting my experience of next course

Each dish is well curated and taste very good! You can see the effort they put in!
You can bring your own wine and the bottle open fee is 2,000 yen per bottle.
They used fresh seasonal and local produce from Japan.
They can also make bigger portions for sharing.

The venue is very pretty. I came here with my husband for lunch but I imagine if we were to return for dinner, it can be very romantic. The lunch set has reasonable prices (¥1900-¥3000) which includes an appetizing soup, salad, pasta, dessert and coffee. Pretty good deal! If you get the greedy lunch set, they add a protein dish for you. Overall, I think the pasta can be cooked 30 seconds longer to be the perfect al dente texture; however the sauce for the tomato lamb pasta was amazing. The lamb was also perfectly cooked. And my husband’s pork dish was also tender and juicy. Because I’m a big pasta girl, I am giving this place a 3 star because the pasta wasn’t perfect but it was a pleasant experience. I don’t mind coming back and hope to change it to 4 stars by then.

This Italian restaurant is originally from the Tohoku area, specifically focusing vegetables and meat and seafood from the Tohoku area including Miyagi, Iwate, Yamagata, Fukushima. The prices are reasonable for this area and it is a bit of a walk from the Ebisu station but it’s well worth the walk.

The dishes are always prepared consistently at a high level and it has always been a pleasure to come here when I’m in the area. I highly recommend coming here for lunch as the menus constantly change depending on the ingredients they choose.

On this day our lunch menu included w following: fresh onion portage soup, fresh salad, pink prawns with green pea purée, Pasta with Tohoku clams and shellfish, Bolognese with Miyagi beef, fresh cheese with berry compote.

Cozy restaurant with a western vibe.
I had bolognese and mushroom pasta and it was good!

Might require a reservation on weekend nights.