In this post, we take a closer look at the current status of the series “Isekai Shokudou”, also known by the following titles:
- Restaurant to Another World
- 異世界食堂
- Restaurant to Another World (Isekai Shokudou)
Status#
Based on our analysis, the series is NOT FINISHED. ❌
Here’s how we reached that conclusion:
- Some related entries are still listed as ongoing on MyAnimeList
- The series is listed as ended on Trakt
- The original source material has not been fully adapted, according to MangaUpdates
Taken together, these points indicate that Isekai Shokudou is still ongoing in some form.
Watch order#
Isekai Shokudou ↗ ↖
異世界食堂
Summary
In Tokyo lies a small restaurant called "Western Cuisine Nekoya," ordinary in every way―save one. Every Saturday, its door connects to another world! Follow along as a cavalcade of curious guests from half-elves to samurais, dragons, halflings and vampires enter its premises, all with the same goal in mind: to fill their stomachs with the most mouth-watering of foods.(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
Background
Isekai Shokudou has been published in English as Restaurant to Another World by Seven Seas Entertainment under the Airship imprint since June 18, 2019.
Isekai Shokudou ↗ ↖
異世界食堂
Summary
At the bottom floor of the building with a dog signboard, in the shopping district near the office street, there lies a cafeteria called "Youshoku no Nekoya," that has an illustration of a cat on the door. It's been open for fifty years and has satisfied various salarymen from nearby offices. Despite it being called a western cuisine cafeteria, it also provides other varieties of menus. For the people of this certain world, it's their one-and-only special cafeteria.There is, however, one secret to “Nekoya.” The cafeteria is closed to the public every Saturday in order to make way for special guests. When a bell rings, customers from different places of birth and races appear who ask for mysterious and delicious dishes. They are actually the same dishes served to the salarymen, but these special guests find them to be more exotic than to what they are used to. As the cafeteria aims to serve masterpieces, it is usually referred as “alternate-world restaurant.”
And so, the bell rings again this week.
(Source: MAL News)
Background
Isekai Shokudou was simultaneously published in English as Restaurant to Another World by Crunchyroll since July 2, 2017. The volumes were published by Yen Press from June 23, 2020 to March 9, 2021.
Isekai Shokudou ↗ ↖
異世界食堂
Summary
Western Restaurant Nekoya is a popular eatery located on a street corner in a Tokyo shopping district. Serving both traditional Japanese fare as well as Western dishes, this eating establishment is popular among Tokyo's residents. But this seemingly ordinary restaurant is also popular with another type of clientele...While the restaurant is thought to be closed on Saturdays, the truth is that on this special day each week, its doors are instead opened to the inhabitants of other worlds. From dragons and elves to fairies and mages, this restaurant has no shortage of strange customers. Nevertheless, the enigmatic chef known only as “Master” will be waiting to serve up their favorite dishes with a kind smile and keep them coming back for many more Saturdays to come.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Isekai Shokudou: Youshoku no Nekoya ↗ ↖
異世界食堂 ～洋食のねこや～
Summary
There is a secret to Nekoya, a very ordinary Western-style restaurant. It is that every Saturday, when the restaurant is closed, it is overflowing with "special customers." The customers, who are all different from each other in terms of birth, upbringing, and even race, are looking for the most ordinary Western food. But for them, it's a dish they've never seen or heard of before.(Source: Kadokawa)
Background
Isekai Shokudou: Youshoku no Nekoya has been published digitally in English as Restaurant to Another World by Kadokawa since September 29, 2021.
Isekai Shokudou 2 ↗ ↖
異世界食堂 2
Summary
The Western Restaurant Nekoya is adored by its local Japanese clientele. The eatery's continued success can be attributed to its tasty western and Japanese dishes, as well as its cheerful head chef, "Master" Tenshu. In Japan, the restaurant appears to be closed on Saturdays, but in actuality, it is the one day that Nekoya transcends to the Other World and opens its doors to guests seeking foreign cuisine. From castles to forests, the "Restaurant to Another World"—as its patrons call it—travels far and wide.Nekoya’s diverse and bizarre clientele can expect to be greeted by one of two devoted waitresses—the courteous demon waitress Aletta, or the enigmatic and elven Kuro. As customers, both old and new, pile into the establishment with stories of their respective lands, Master and his staff ensure that everyone is in for a scrumptious adventure of a lifetime.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]