I wanted to eat the nostalgic Capricciosa. I really wanted to have the tomato garlic pasta, but considering my plans for tomorrow, I reluctantly had to give up. I did have the rice croquette though. It was delicious. I used to frequent the shop in Yotsuya a lot when I was in university. The pizza was also delicious!

Shibuya Main Store first visit. I wanted to eat after watching Kamaitachi's YouTube and decided to go. I had been to the Shinjuku Washington Hotel store before, but I liked this one more because it had more of an Italian restaurant feel. I ordered the signature tomato and garlic pasta with a salad set. Everything was delicious. After the meal, they served complimentary herbal tea. I was so happy to eat there again that I forgot to take a picture, but there was Kamaitachi's autograph, so I'll upload that.

Anniversary project, awesome!! I missed out on Gasto's half-price coupon festival as a commoner, so I'm feeling the urge to participate in some kind of fun and enjoyable event. Capricciosa is offering a tomato and garlic pasta for ¥450 in honor of their 45th anniversary!! Amazing! While some people order just the pasta and leave, I'm planning to be a bit thrifty and use the points I've accumulated. Okay, let's go! First, let's start with the pasta. It's delicious! The thin pasta cooked al dente with a generous amount of garlic tomato sauce is just right in temperature. Yummy, yummy! But honestly, since I usually order spicy tomato and garlic pasta, I felt like something was missing. It's not enough with just this! As for dessert, I couldn't decide on one, so I searched online and found Capricciosa Ice Cream for ¥600. You're supposed to eat it with a hot blueberry sauce. When I tried it... just the sauce was like, meh. But when I poured it over the ice cream, it was delicious! I ordered a cafe latte as a set drink for ¥250, and it had a generous amount, which was great!

When it comes to spaghetti, the taste of garlic-rich tomato sauce is deeply ingrained in my memories from my student days. The first time I tried a large rice croquette was at Capricciosa. Even though I now visit various high-end restaurants as an adult, Capricciosa remains a standard of "delicious" in my mind.

Dinner: - Tomato and Garlic Spaghetti (Regular) ¥1,150 (tax included) - Salad Set ¥850 (tax included) You may have seen or heard of "Capricciosa" at least once. It is a casual Italian restaurant that boasts over 130 locations not only in Japan but also overseas. However, did you know that the main branch, the headquarters, is located in Shibuya? I embarrassingly only found out recently. In a TV program called "The Best Restaurant in Life," actor Ken Hikari mentioned this restaurant. It is about a 10-minute walk from Shibuya Station. It is located on the first floor of a building on Hachiman Street, which connects Roppongi Street and Meiji Street, passing by Shibuya Police Station. Recent reviews mention that due to a comedy duo called "Kamaitachi" conducting a project at the Capricciosa main branch on their YouTube channel, there are now lines forming. However, when I visited around 6:00 PM on a weekend, I was able to enter without any issues. It had been a while, so I ordered the signature menu item, "Tomato and Garlic Spaghetti," along with a salad and drink in the Salad Set. The acidity of the tomato sauce, the spiciness of the chili pepper, and the umami of the garlic combined to create a bold and flavorful taste. The spaghetti, cooked al dente, was well coated with the sauce, and the simple yet addictive flavor made it easy to keep eating with a fork. It was a regular size portion, but the amount was satisfying. It's spaghetti, not pasta. Sometimes, you just crave this spaghetti. At lunchtime, I could probably handle a double portion instead of the regular size.

When I was a college student, I loved Capricciosa and often ate it with my friends. We were reminiscing about it and decided to make a reservation at the main store. Interestingly, a few days before our visit, the comedians Kamaitachi had a YouTube video where they were eating various nostalgic dishes at this Shibuya main store. When we arrived around 5:30 pm on a weekend, the restaurant was already full and there was a waiting list, which surprised us. Additionally, when we were leaving, there was a long line forming outside the restaurant, which was even more surprising. On this day, we ordered the squid and tuna salad, tomato and garlic spaghetti (double size), carbonara spaghetti (double size), pumpkin tart (daily cake), and for the first time, the Italian burrata cheese and tomato caprese, which we shared among the three of us. The tomato and garlic spaghetti, a Capricciosa specialty, was not as rich and flavorful as it used to be, and seemed a bit watery and lacking in garlic, which was disappointing for us. Personally, I preferred it when it was more garlicky and rich in flavor like it used to be. The carbonara spaghetti maintained its unique and rich flavor, and was quite delicious, while the squid and tuna salad remained unchanged and tasty. The Italian burrata cheese and tomato caprese, although reasonably priced considering it had a whole burrata cheese, I thought the dressing on top could have been simpler, like olive oil with rock salt and herbs. The pumpkin tart, which I used to love, was still incredibly delicious, with a subtle sweetness and a strong pumpkin flavor. My friends and I enjoyed it immensely, reminiscing about the past. Although we were so engrossed in our conversation that we hardly took any photos of the drinks, I must mention that this year Capricciosa is celebrating its 45th anniversary, and until the end of June, they were offering a bottle of sparkling wine for only 45 yen (which was surprisingly affordable!). Despite indulging in food and drinks, the three of us ended up paying just over 4,000 yen each, which was incredibly cost-effective. Unfortunately, some Capricciosa stores in and around Tokyo have closed in recent years, giving the impression that the number of stores is shrinking. However, after enjoying the nostalgic taste of Capricciosa, I hope they continue to do well in the future (although I do wish they would bring back the old flavor of the garlic and tomato pasta...). My husband also used to frequent Capricciosa in the past, and after hearing about my experience that day, he also expressed interest in revisiting, especially while the sparkling wine promotion is still ongoing. Finally, the Shibuya main store, where Capricciosa originated, has a limited number of seats, so it's best to make a reservation before visiting, especially considering the ongoing popularity due to the influence of Kamaitachi.

Capricciosa is known for its tomato and garlic spaghetti and squid ink spaghetti! I first tried it when I was a student, how long ago was that.. haha It was a satisfying meal with a huge portion that filled up a student's stomach, and back then it seemed like a slightly trendy place for a date. Recently, it seems to be popular again, with Uber even available in my area. So, I decided to visit the nostalgic Capricciosa and made a reservation to go to the main store on a weekday night. It's about a 10-minute walk from Shibuya Station, even though it was pouring rain that night. I ordered the nostalgic tomato and garlic spaghetti, squid ink spaghetti, pizza, and salad. The pasta now comes in regular size too. Also, they have a special deal for their 45th anniversary where you can get a bottle of sparkling wine for 45 yen. Of course, I ordered it too. The tomato and garlic spaghetti used to have a stronger garlic flavor and was sometimes too bitter back in the day, but it was just delicious this time. The squid ink spaghetti was also nostalgic and very tasty. The salad had a decent portion and was super delicious. I love it. Furthermore, the pizza was also very tasty. Capricciosa is amazing. It feels like the beginning of Italian cuisine in Japan. Even though there are now many fancy Italian restaurants and trattorias, I still think the taste, portion size, and price at Capricciosa are impressive. I really like it. I will visit again.

I love tomato garlic pasta so much that I sometimes recreate the recipe at home. I have visited the main store about 3 times. The Capri in Shinjuku offers a half buffet for lunch, and each store seems to have different options! When I was in high school, I used to go to Capri every week and almost tried all the menu items. The main store's tomato and garlic pasta is delicious, but the lasagna was also very tasty! You can also get a bottle of wine for just 1000 yen, so I always end up ordering it. I will definitely go back again!

"I heard from a friend that the tomato and garlic spaghetti at Capricciosa is really delicious! Since I had never tried it before, I made a reservation with that friend and came to the main store of Capricciosa to try it. The restaurant is located on the right side as you come up from Namiki Bridge towards the Shibuya 2-chome intersection, behind the Ramen Nagi Buta-Oh Shibuya main store. It's a place that you wouldn't know about unless someone told you. The restaurant has a casual family restaurant vibe, with mostly female customers. They have introduced mobile ordering, and if you order using that, you can get bottled wine at half price, which is a tempting campaign. First, we started with appetizers for a toast, ordering sausages, salad, and fried squid. It was a fun experience like being at a family restaurant. Next, we ordered the signature dish, "Rice Croquette." We didn't know what to expect, so we ordered two for four people, and they were huge! It would be just right for four people to share one! The cheese was gooey, and the tomato sauce was delicious. The rib steak was a bit bland, so we felt it needed some salt and maybe a tastier sauce. It's cheap at 2200 yen, but some improvements could be made. Finally, we had the tomato and garlic spaghetti. We ordered a double portion for four people. The strong aroma of garlic, fresh tomatoes, and a hint of sweetness made the spaghetti delicious. Indeed, it was tasty. The pasta was cooked al dente and very flavorful. We will definitely come back to visit again!"

Although I had known about this restaurant for a long time, it was my first visit. I came because I wanted to eat pizza, but I also ordered the squid ink pasta on the menu. I was happy that I could change the pasta to fresh pasta as an option. The noodles were chewy and delicious. The squid ink sauce was rich! The pizza dough was thick and chewy, and very satisfying and delicious. There were many other menu items I wanted to try, so I will visit again.

I have been a fan of Capricciosa since I was a child, and I still love it as an adult! I recently found out that the main store is in Shibuya, so I decided to visit. It's a bit far from Shibuya Station, so on a weekday evening, I was able to get a seat without a reservation. The place gradually filled up as time passed. When it comes to Capricciosa, the must-order dishes are the rice croquette and the tomato garlic spaghetti! However, I decided to skip the tomato garlic spaghetti this time, considering my plans for the next day. The rice croquette is big and solid, with a unique tomato sauce. It's a signature dish of Capricciosa. When you cut into it, the fluffy rice and melted cheese are so tempting. The sight of it really stimulates your appetite. The eggplant and mozzarella spaghetti, the pizza topped with olives, the nostalgic flavors, and the overall high quality of the pasta and pizza dough at Capricciosa are all reasons why I keep coming back. Even at my age, I am completely satisfied with the delicious taste! It's not easy to go there often due to the location, but next time, I want to come back for the tomato garlic spaghetti! ☺️♡

Capricciosa's tomato and garlic spaghetti is something I crave every now and then... It's a taste I've been familiar with since my student days ✨ The junkiness is irresistible‼️ I tried their new menu item, the spicy chorizo carbonara, and it surprisingly works well with the spiciness adding a nice accent to the creaminess❣️ The acidity of the tomato ragu also adds a good balance to all the flavors⤴️ They also have a kids' menu, so it's a good place for families ===========

Capricciosa Shibuya Main Store (1F, Caminito Building, 1-3-1 Higashi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) If you leave the east exit of JR Shibuya Station and head east on Roppongi Street (Aoyama Street) towards Nishi-Azabu for a while, turn right at the signal at Shibuya 2-chome and enter Yahata Street. On the left side after a short distance, you will find the building where "Capricciosa Shibuya Main Store" opened in 1978 (Showa 53). You can also reach it via Meiji Street and turning left at Namiki Bridge. When you hear about the "hole in the wall" and the spaghetti at Capricciosa in Shibuya, it brings back memories and excites the heart. The founder of Capricciosa, Masaki Honda, passed away at the young age of 44 in 1988. In 1962 (Showa 37), he became fascinated with Italy, learned cooking there alone, and won various contests in Europe. His achievements were recognized by the Italian government, and after serving as the chef of the Italian Pavilion at the Osaka Expo in 1970 (Showa 45), he opened a small 6-tatami Italian restaurant on the outskirts of Shibuya, which was the beginning of Capricciosa. At the time of its founding, there were not many Italian restaurants, and the concept of the restaurant, which was authentic yet adapted to the unfamiliar Japanese palate in terms of ingredients and cooking methods, was "not being particular, but having a passion." The popular restaurant became known for offering authentic flavors at affordable prices. The first time I visited Capricciosa was when I was a university student, and at that time, as a student, I was captivated by the oversized spaghetti that seemed to be more than three servings. If my memory serves me right, I think I shared it with another person and we both got full, but I challenged it alone and finally finished it with great effort. This time, I visited the restaurant after a long time and ordered the Tomato and Garlic Spaghetti, Regular for 990 yen, the popular No. 1 pasta since its founding, which also won first place in the pasta category in the Noodle General Election. The highlight of the taste is the tomato sauce made by simmering Italian tomatoes for a long time, which has a sweet and rich flavor. The tomatoes used are long tomatoes with thick pulp and rich umami components grown by contract farmers in Foggia, Puglia, the largest tomato-producing region in Europe. Only the tomatoes that meet the quality standards after harvest are processed into whole canned tomatoes and imported to Japan. The proud tomato sauce made from these Italian tomatoes with a secret recipe can be directly enjoyed in the Tomato and Garlic Spaghetti. When you take a bite, the sweetness, acidity, and rich flavor of the tomato spread in your mouth, followed by the fragrant aroma of garlic. The simple yet deep taste allows you to enjoy subtle changes in flavor due to the texture of the noodles, which are slightly al dente and have a good bite, and the way the tomato sauce coats them. While reminiscing about the past and savoring the taste, I reluctantly finished the spaghetti of memories. Postscript... The spaghetti at Capricciosa, which used to be oversized, seems to have now been divided into regular and double sizes, possibly due to the changing times. When I asked the staff at the restaurant, they said that the oversized portion I had eaten in the past seemed to be similar to the current double size, but I felt that the spaghetti I ate today was more than double the size (laughs). The spaghetti I ate until high school was probably only two types: Napolitan and Bolognese. When I became a university student and came to Tokyo, I still remember the shock I felt when I ate the original tarako spaghetti at "Kabe no Ana" in Shibuya. After that, I became addicted to the Japanese-style spaghetti at "Hashiya" in Yoyogi-Hachiman and visited it many times. After that, I encountered the oversized spaghetti at Capricciosa. After Capricciosa appeared, Italian restaurants started to increase one after another. Compared to those days, spaghetti, also known as pasta, has become more popular, with a variety of options and a significantly improved taste. However, in my mind, the oversized tomato and garlic spaghetti I ate at Ito Italia-ten in Shibuya during that time is the taste of my youth. Do you also have such memories of nostalgia and the taste of youth? Enjoy your meal.

Capricciosa's flagship store, also known as "Kafuririchioza," is a chain that has been expanding. Located an 8-minute walk from Shibuya Station, it was established in 1978. The official website features a passionate founding story: https://capricciosa.com/about/story/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ◆ Food ◆ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 【Cheese-filled Rice Croquette】¥850 A grapefruit-sized croquette with a surprising depth of flavor. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 【Tomato and Garlic Spaghetti: Regular】¥1,100 【Lunch Set】¥330 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ■ Salad & Soup Potato salad and bacon soup. A conscientious touch that doesn't feel half-hearted. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ■ Tomato and Garlic Spaghetti & Bread The hottest dish of the year. A taste that hits you at your core. The bread dipped in the leftover sauce is also a treat. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ■ Drink: Hot Coffee A fragrant and deeply roasted coffee with a strong bitterness that complements the rich flavors of the dishes. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 【Lunch Dessert: Pumpkin Tart】¥429 The neatness of the whipped cream is impeccable. A serious flavor that also reflects the aesthetic sensibilities of the Showa era. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ◆ Ambiance & Service ◆ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ The interior exudes a sense of history. The service is standard. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ◆ Summary ◆ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ In a way, it was quite good. I could clearly feel the rich flavor that has been loved by many people. I was particularly impressed by the piping hot spaghetti. It seemed to exude the pride of being a long-established Italian restaurant in Japan. In conclusion, it's a place that gives off the feeling of 'being a long-established Italian restaurant with pride.'

I felt like eating pasta in Shibuya, so I looked up and found Capricciosa! I had eaten there a few times during my student days, but I didn't know that the Shibuya branch was the main store! Today, I had Minestrone, Squid and Tuna Salad, Tomato and Garlic Pasta, and shared Squid and Cod Roe Cream with a friend. The Minestrone was incredibly delicious with lots of vegetables and minced meat, and it was quite filling! The Tomato and Garlic pasta was as good as always, and it was nice to have a cream-based dish to alternate with. It's good to share because if you eat one type alone, you might get tired of it. Haha.

I didn't know that Capricciosa, which has been in business for 40 years, has its main store in Shibuya. The sign is written in kanji as "華婦里蝶座". I ordered the classic spaghetti with tomato and garlic with a salad set. It tasted just like I remembered. The olive oil was a bit too much though. It was a nostalgic taste, thank you for the meal.

I visited just a little while ago. I ordered a set of garlic and tomato regular pasta with Caesar salad, and a glass of red wine. The garlic pasta here is really delicious! It brings back memories of when I used to work part-time at the now-closed Kawaguchi branch and ate it as a staff meal. Even after graduating, I used to visit the same branch and the one in Ikebukuro. The main store has a cozy atmosphere, like a small Italian restaurant in the countryside. Thank you for the meal!

Lunchtime at Capricciosa 1st store ❤️ The Bolognese was so delicious, it was amazing! The last taste was like Ferice Ruto Bia. So good! #Capricciosa1ststore #ShibuyaLunchtime #Ferice #KobayashiEntertainment #ComedianUmebusuki #Deliciouslyamazing #SoGood

My spouse and I went to eat tomato garlic pasta together, which we are both hooked on. It's just tomato sauce, garlic, red pepper flakes, and Parmesan cheese, right? Even though it has a simple composition, it's so captivating. I like high-end restaurants and even the pasta at places like Saizeriya, but Caputo's tomato garlic pasta is truly one of a kind.

I found out that the nostalgic Capricciosa has started offering takeout. Most of the stores are selling their signature tomato and garlic pasta for 500 yen, but the Shibuya main store is offering a portion equivalent to 2-3 servings from when they first opened for 1000 yen. Capricciosa used to be a popular restaurant known for its taste and portion size, although it has become more of a chain restaurant now. I used to frequent this place often. I haven't been there much recently, but I decided to support them by ordering takeout. I got the tomato and garlic pasta and rice croquette. The tomato and garlic pasta was even more delicious than I remembered. The rice croquette was also much bigger than I remembered. It was delicious. I was full. Thank you for the meal!