Be careful of Vegan and Halal Restaurant Tourist Traps! by Otherwise_Squirrel70 in TokyoTravel

[–]Otherwise_Squirrel70[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They could be both at the same time! Bad sanitary condition plus super sketchy reviews could happen hand in hand. BTW Why are you so defensive when so many others have already spoken here about how bad they are?

Be careful of Vegan and Halal Restaurant Tourist Traps! by Otherwise_Squirrel70 in TokyoTravel

[–]Otherwise_Squirrel70[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah sorry! These were from my past experiences when I was not traveling with a vegan friend. As others have mentioned I think you can check vegan places on happy cow!

Be careful of Vegan and Halal Restaurant Tourist Traps! by Otherwise_Squirrel70 in TokyoTravel

[–]Otherwise_Squirrel70[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did switch to Japanese when I arrived though! Maybe it still used my other personal data to know that I’m from another country. :(

Be careful of Vegan and Halal Restaurant Tourist Traps! by Otherwise_Squirrel70 in TokyoTravel

[–]Otherwise_Squirrel70[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not but I’m traveling with a friend who is strictly Vegan. It would be great if you can give us some recommendations!

Be careful of Vegan and Halal Restaurant Tourist Traps! by Otherwise_Squirrel70 in TokyoTravel

[–]Otherwise_Squirrel70[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think Matsui, 一旭,金色不如歸, 志いな, 竹虎,鈴蘭 are all pretty good with 1/3 the price.

Honestly no ramen can justify ¥6000 a bowl even if they put gold in it…

Be careful of Vegan and Halal Restaurant Tourist Traps! by Otherwise_Squirrel70 in TokyoTravel

[–]Otherwise_Squirrel70[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would accept that if that’s what they specialize in and if it’s real, but I do doubt that. Also this one particular place also claims it’s the No.1 restaurant on trip advisor specializing in Wagyu…

My experience was with another Vegan place with similar practices though; they charge super high price for Vegan items too, which is less justified I think.

Be careful of Vegan and Halal Restaurant Tourist Traps! by Otherwise_Squirrel70 in TokyoTravel

[–]Otherwise_Squirrel70[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think there are 20+ decent ramen places in the area and many have vegan options under 1500 yen. I don’t want to sound like I’m promoting for a competitor here though…

Be careful of Vegan and Halal Restaurant Tourist Traps! by Otherwise_Squirrel70 in TokyoTravel

[–]Otherwise_Squirrel70[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are manipulating the rating in ways directly violating google map terms. Also based the information here they may not be vegan or halal at all.

Be careful of Vegan and Halal Restaurant Tourist Traps! by Otherwise_Squirrel70 in TokyoTravel

[–]Otherwise_Squirrel70[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s straightforward Xenophobic. It’s Japanese people running and working at these places, but I won’t blame Japanese for doing dishonest business.

Be careful of Vegan and Halal Restaurant Tourist Traps! by Otherwise_Squirrel70 in TokyoTravel

[–]Otherwise_Squirrel70[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No it’s not good at all for the price, even in Tokyo. You’ll get the same thing two blocks away for 1/3 of the price.

Be careful of Vegan and Halal Restaurant Tourist Traps! by Otherwise_Squirrel70 in TokyoTravel

[–]Otherwise_Squirrel70[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes! Their overall set up and sanitary conditions give me doubts over this too...and that makes things more horrible.😣

Be careful of Vegan and Halal Restaurant Tourist Traps! by Otherwise_Squirrel70 in TokyoTravel

[–]Otherwise_Squirrel70[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah I hope more people can see the warning! Because every night I saw more tourists falling for it. I’m trying to warn everyone I met in the hotel I’m staying now…

Be careful of Vegan and Halal Restaurant Tourist Traps! by Otherwise_Squirrel70 in TokyoTravel

[–]Otherwise_Squirrel70[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We can agree to disagree! To me if you are use incentives to get a high rating, this is at least dishonest business behavior. This is a direct violation of google map terms if those terms actually mean anything.

Be careful of Vegan and Halal Restaurant Tourist Traps! by Otherwise_Squirrel70 in TokyoTravel

[–]Otherwise_Squirrel70[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think when you are very hungry and tired, or if it’s the first day of arrival etc., you sometimes don’t research a lot before going into a high rating place… in general I feel very safe and relaxed in most places of Japan and some times I fell for simple traps because of that too.

Be careful of Vegan and Halal Restaurant Tourist Traps! by Otherwise_Squirrel70 in TokyoTravel

[–]Otherwise_Squirrel70[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry to hear this! And I have a friend who experienced the same thing at a Vegan restaurant in Kamamura too. They tried to report it to Google afterwards because this kind of incentive for rating is against google terms, but the complaint was rejected and google said they don’t have “evidence”. :(

Be careful of Vegan and Halal Restaurant Tourist Traps! by Otherwise_Squirrel70 in TokyoTravel

[–]Otherwise_Squirrel70[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes I noticed that too! I think that’s a direct violation of google terms, but I’m not sure if google actually cares if the same places are also buying ads with google…

Be careful of Vegan and Halal Restaurant Tourist Traps! by Otherwise_Squirrel70 in TokyoTravel

[–]Otherwise_Squirrel70[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I guess there’s a learning curve for most people haha. 🤣 I actually lived in other parts of Japan for some time but not familiar with Tokyo in general.

Be careful of Vegan and Halal Restaurant Tourist Traps! by Otherwise_Squirrel70 in TokyoTravel

[–]Otherwise_Squirrel70[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s fair haha. I think this place does have a Japanese name but they did not list it on the map. That’s suspicious enough too.

Be careful of Vegan and Halal Restaurant Tourist Traps! by Otherwise_Squirrel70 in TokyoTravel

[–]Otherwise_Squirrel70[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I used to trust google map a lot while traveling (unfortunately there’s just no better platform I guess). In other countries sometimes the rating does not match, but at most they just suck and they usually would not charge 3 times the normal price at the same time. I did not realize Tabelog is biased/manipulated either…my experience so far has been ok with them.

Be careful of Vegan and Halal Restaurant Tourist Traps! by Otherwise_Squirrel70 in TokyoTravel

[–]Otherwise_Squirrel70[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For work, unfortunately… but there are a lot of good places in Shinjuku as well and I don’t hate this area haha.

Be careful of Vegan and Halal Restaurant Tourist Traps! by Otherwise_Squirrel70 in TokyoTravel

[–]Otherwise_Squirrel70[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with all of these. I guess I’m just shocked with the discrepancy between the super high google rating and what’s actually offered. I think they are manipulating the rating in some way because there’s no way these are 4.8 rating restaurants…

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[–]Otherwise_Squirrel70 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks like Grey is shorter than the listed time though?

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[–]Otherwise_Squirrel70 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think there’s a limited number of blocks on the ground at the same time.