Rk Garden - Karuizawa

Update of the opening hours on the website of the company: morning 9:00~11:00 midday 11:00~16:00 o'clock (lo) holiday Tuesday when arriving with the car, follow a sign to a parking space on the left side of the entrance could be a little difficult to time through the traffic. rk garden menu a beautiful restaurant connected to a garden center. delicious vegan food we had with quiche, Thai noodles, carrot cake and a brownie. the environment, atmosphere and eating compensate the noise from the road.

This café is incredible. As the name here suggests (though it seems to go by Rustic Kitchen elsewhere it feels like you're dining in an enchanting garden. The food is fresh, healthy and delicious, even by Japanese standards. It reminds me a little of Stardust in Kyoto in the whole dining experience. Though the trains don't run so often from Karuizawa, and it's a bit of a walk (use Google Maps, and be careful along the stream and main road so it might be better to take a taxi from Shinano-Oiwake Station. Going here is truly a must while in Karuizawa. (So is the Healthy Penguin in Matsumoto.

RK Garden relocates to a winter store during the cold months and it was like entering a fairytale home. The decor is superb and carefully crafted. The food is equally artistic. We had vegan lasagna and grilled veggies pickled in miso dressing. Desert was beautiful too and I most enjoyed the donuts and sweet-potato-creme-brulee-type-creation. Highly highly recommended. Call ahead because there are only 12 seats in the winter store. We felt lucky to find this place.

We were looking for a vegetarian place and this was perfect. One of the nicest restaurant settings, full of plants and vintage style furniture. The food was fresh and tasty with a focus on fresh veg. I had the lasagna and my friend had the sandwich. Both were good. We went by car, not sure if this place is easy to access by public transit.

This is far and away my favorite 100% vegan place anywhere. During the warm season it is in a kind of semi-open airspace with tons of green inside and outside, soft music playing in the background, and people and their dogs relax. It is the place where you want to take your newspaper on a Sunday morning, take it slowly, maybe even take a nap. The food is the best I ever had. Non-vegans like vegans. Too bad this place doesn't stay open for dinner. The staff is super friendly and they love dogs. Since the dogs are not only allowed inside, they can also sit on the sofas. No matter how big they are. So if you don't like it, lock yourself in a cage!!! Note that during the cold season the place moves into an interior near the Tsuruya supermarket in Nakakaruizawa. They also take a month between the two seasons, at each end, so better check their website. From summer 2021 they lost their comfortable parking. Need the public parking space 200 meters on the road (painted and behind the petrol station to the west). Updated by previous review on 2021-12-27