After seeing a certain tune on TV and the subsequent Twitter uproar, I decided to try the pancakes that were causing all the commotion. The pancakes themselves were really just average... nothing special about them. They were tasty, of course, but they were just your typical pancakes. They weren't as fluffy as Eggs 'n Things, and they didn't have any special gimmicks like the trendy souffle pancakes. The thickness of each pancake wasn't that much, but since they were stacked three high, they had a satisfying heft to them. Plus, if you order the brunch set, you get onion gratin soup and shrimp salad on the side, which adds to the overall satisfaction. Considering the price is just under 1k yen, it's clear that they are trying hard with their menu. While watching the TV show, I couldn't help but wonder why they decided to feature pancakes. The basic structure of the show involves the chef asking the company about their intentions, and if those intentions seem off the mark, the chef suggests improvements. It's interesting for viewers to see if a nationwide chain can create recipes from the same perspective as top professionals, and it provides the company with valuable feedback and a chance to check their answers, ultimately boosting viewership. So, in this case... it seemed like the company didn't have a clear intention behind the pancakes. This lack of direction led to a halt in the conversation when the chef started questioning certain aspects. It felt like the company wasn't prepared for this kind of scrutiny, and they were just expecting praise without any substantial reason behind it. Of course, there's nothing inherently good or bad about sticking to traditional recipes. However, not having a clear goal to sell the pancakes suggests that they haven't really directed their efforts towards making them sell better. If there's no intention to change even after pointing out areas for improvement, maybe they shouldn't have featured this menu on the show in the first place. On a different day, I tried the curry that was highly praised on the same show. This curry had a nice balance of sweetness from the attack and spiciness at the bottom, making it a really good dish. The salad that came with the set was a bit lackluster, though. The price for the curry might make you hesitate, but you can feel the effort put into it, resulting in a convincing final product. It was actually my first time visiting a Royal Host, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that they seem to aim for authentic French cuisine despite being a chain. It was a better restaurant than I had expected. With the trend of trendy diseases starting to wane, I hope they continue to do well in the future.

I visited when staying at Shinagawa Prince Hotel. I tried the British-style gathering platter, which included steak, chicken, beans, and more. It was a satisfying dish with generous portions. I paired it with a red decanter and was very pleased. I would love to taste it in the UK someday. 😄

I originally went to Royal Host just for coffee, but ended up ordering the Burnt Melon Brulee Parfait for 1,280 yen (1,408 yen including tax) *Some stores may charge 1,330 yen (1,463 yen including tax) along with a drink bar. The parfait was elegantly made using the sweet part of the melon fruit. It could be considered the top-notch in the category of family restaurants. Next time, I want to challenge the most expensive Fresh Melon Bowl Parfait.

At 5:00 p.m. on a regular day, I stopped by a family restaurant with a friend before watching a movie. It's located on the left side of Zazuranzaka, a little up from Shinagawa Station. The Royal Host has a wide variety of menu options and a nice atmosphere, making it a favorite spot to relax and enjoy a meal or tea. One of their popular dishes, the Black X Black Hamburg, is a juicy hamburger made with domestic black wagyu beef and black pork. You can choose from three sauces: teriyaki, brown butter, or garlic cream. Today, I ordered the 190g Black X Black Hamburg with brown butter sauce and a side of sunny-side-up egg (1,463 yen) along with the appetizer set (869 yen). The brown butter sauce comes in a separate container, allowing you to dip the hamburger into it as you eat. The appetizer set includes salad, appetizer, rice or bread, and a drink bar. The salad comes with onion dressing, and the appetizer is a cold consommé jelly topped with lampfish caviar. The smooth consommé jelly has a refreshing texture and is very delicious. The drink bar offers fresh juices that you can refill multiple times, adding to the value. For an additional 165 yen, you can add a mini happy dessert set, so I ordered the bittersweet café jelly. Once again, I had a delicious meal. Thank you for the treat.

On Sunday, I met up with my husband to watch a movie and decided to visit a restaurant I hadn't been to in a while. Even though it was only 5:30 pm, there was a line already, but luckily we were seated after about 10 minutes. The restaurant was quite spacious, and I was surprised because I had never seen a line at this time on a weekday before. With the easing of COVID restrictions and it being a Sunday, the restaurant was bustling with families from early on. Located right behind the Shinagawa Prince Hotel, it seemed like there were also many tourists. I had been craving steak, but I found a menu option that included both hamburger and steak, so I went for that. I ordered the 190g Regular Black X Black Hamburger & Angus Sirloin Steak for 3,003 yen (tax included) with garlic cream sauce. The popular menu item at Royal Host, the Black X Black Hamburger, is made with a special blend of 7.5% domestic black wagyu and 2.5% black pork, resulting in a juicy and plump hamburger. You can choose from 3 types of sauces for the steak (1. Demi-glace butter sauce, 2. Garlic cream sauce, 3. Grated yuzu ponzu sauce). Today, I chose the garlic-scented cream sauce. The Angus sirloin steak was small but tender, and it was delicious with the flavor of the meat. My husband ordered the 190g Regular Black X Black Hamburger with brown butter sauce and a sunny-side-up egg. The hamburger was quite large even at 190g. There is also a 250g option, which I am curious to see how big it is. The sides included the usual fried potatoes, broccoli, and corn. We usually opt for the rice set (rice and drink bar) for 594 yen (tax included), but due to the movie time, we just ordered rice a la carte. It was a busy but satisfying dinner. Thank you for the meal.

I visited for breakfast, but the restaurant was crowded with people. I wonder if there is a hotel attached, as there were many foreigners and it felt like being in a big city. The dishes looked even more delicious than in the menu photos, and I was happy to have such a meal in the morning. Thank you for the meal!

Royal Host Takanawa store and other gourmet information can be found here ↓↓↓ Located near Shinagawa Takanawa Station, this beloved family restaurant offers a luxurious dining experience. Personally, I feel that Royal Host is a step above regular family restaurants, with a strong sense of indulgence. I hadn't been in a while, but suddenly felt the urge to go, so I found a nearby store and visited. Royal Host has so many enticing menu options that I always end up ordering a little bit of everything, like a greedy plate. Does anyone else do this too? It had been a while, so I indulged in the French onion gratin soup, gratin, and a combination plate of hamburger, steak, and lobster. Everything was incredibly delicious! By the time we left, there was a waiting line, so we were lucky to have arrived at the right time. @ultra_seven.m78さん The food was amazing! I will definitely go back! #RoyalHostTakanawaStore #RoyalHost #TokyoGourmet #TokyoHamburg #Hamburg #ShinagawaGourmet #ShinagawaFood #ShinagawaDinner #ShinagawaHamburg #FamilyRestaurant #FamilyDining

I went to Royal Host Takanawa store. The place has an international feel. It's almost like being in a foreign country! I really like this restaurant because the atmosphere is very nice. I had a light breakfast there. It was a high-class family restaurant. Thank you for the meal.

Meeting for work, first time visiting since before COVID. It was bustling during lunchtime. The service was good and I felt relaxed during my lunch. I had the salad lunch. There were many other menu items I wanted to try, so I would like to come back again.

Royal Host is a family restaurant, but I think it's quite delicious despite being a bit pricey. The pasta, especially, is made with fresh noodles, and you can immediately taste the difference compared to dry noodles. I tried the seafood tomato cream sauce, which was rich, mild, and delicious. It's a flavor that I just can't replicate at home no matter how hard I try. The onion soup, a signature dish, has a consistently good taste. Eating something warm really helps you relax. Don't forget to get your veggies with the salad! Located right near Shinagawa Station, an area with many hotels, it tends to get crowded. If you sit two people at a four-person sofa seat, you can have a spacious dining experience. However, being a family restaurant, it can get a bit noisy with all the chatter around.

Visited the Royal Host Takaban store in Minato-ku, Takanawa for the second time. Arrived just as the lunch menu was starting at 11 am. The menu is incredibly extensive with attractive weekly lunch specials and tempting omurice options. I decided to order the "Miyagi Prefecture Oyster Fry & Hamburg" which came with 100% Australian beef, demiglace sauce on the side, warm vegetables, fried potatoes, rice, and soup for 1573 yen (tax included). Started with a delicious consomme vegetable soup. The main dish arrived shortly after, and when I poured the demiglace sauce over the beef, steam rose up. The European beef was juicy and flavorful. The oyster fry was first enjoyed with mayonnaise, then with a squeeze of lemon for a rich oyster taste. The texture was both crispy and tender, truly delicious. A well-done dish.

A while ago, there was a pancake that went viral on a TV show and ended up becoming really popular. I had never tried it before, so I decided to go when things had calmed down a bit. On that day, I started with lunch. I had the salad lunch, which came with fried chicken, shrimp, a little bacon, garlic toast, and onion gratin soup. My husband had the black x black hamburger with a Japanese-style sauce, which is a signature dish at Royal Host. Even though it's a family restaurant, the prices are a bit high, but the food is delicious. After lunch, we had the pancake. It was relatively cheap at 500 yen. It didn't take long for it to be served, about 10 minutes. The taste was traditional and ordinary, not as chemical-tasting as mentioned on TV. It reminded me of the taste of pancake mix from home. It's a simple and normal pancake that would appeal to most people. However, whether I would want to eat it again... is a bit questionable.

I stayed at the Keikyu EX Hotel and had breakfast on the first floor, so I decided to have breakfast here! Just like living in Hawaii, I had breakfast at Royal Host. I had the 858 yen morning set! The potatoes and sausages were delicious!

Can you resist the crispy texture? If you run across a large crosswalk and climb a hill, you will find a family restaurant in front of the Shinagawa Tax Office. The glass-covered interior is bright and filled with salarymen and shoppers. The spacious seating area in the slightly higher-priced section of the family restaurant allows you to relax even when it's crowded. The best part is that there is a drink bar nearby. The original black tea is delicious, and the cocoa is a classic. I always make sure to have them. Now, the goal this time is the strawberry parfait. It's amazing - a parfait with a crispy brulee that you can break. In an old movie, a woman once said that this moment was the happiest. When you pierce the brulee, the poster of that movie always comes to mind. But happiness doesn't end there. The rich cream with pieces of caramel creates a crispy texture. If you can sense the sinful sweetness of biting into thin sugar and a hint of burnt aroma, you'll do a victory pose saying, "This is what I wanted to eat." And as you go deeper, you'll find refreshing strawberries at the bottom and rich strawberries further in. I'm the type of person who wants the parfait glass to be filled without any gaps. I don't need extra cornflakes if possible. Royce's parfait fulfills that desire. It was the best this season. I'm looking forward to the next limited edition parfait.

In the evening, my master and I stopped by for a meal before watching a movie. Despite being crowded on Sundays, we arrived a bit early so we were seated right away. The restaurant is located on the left side as you go up Tachibana-zaka, just next to Shinagawa Prince Hotel after crossing the signal in front of Shinagawa Station. It's a family restaurant with high-quality food. It's always busy, but the staff are efficient and the turnover is quick. The menu is extensive, offering a variety of main dishes and desserts. My favorite is the Black X Black Hamburg using domestic black Wagyu beef and black pork. Today, I decided to try a new menu: Angus sirloin steak 100g & grilled lobster and cream croquette with red king crab for 3,223 yen (tax included) with garlic cream sauce (choice of 4 sauces). The steak is tender and delicious, and the plate includes three enjoyable dishes. The lobster and cream croquette are also tasty. It comes with purple cabbage and mashed potatoes, making it a luxurious dish. I also tried Angus sirloin steak 100g & kale salad (with gravy sauce) for 1,793 yen (tax included). The gravy sauce on the steak is amazing, and it pairs well with the kale salad. The rice set with rice & drink bar is 594 yen (tax included), offering a variety of drinks including fresh juice. It's a family-friendly restaurant, so it's popular among families and friends gathering for meals. Thank you for the meal.

I went to Royal Host Takanawa store located near Tokyo Shinagawa Station, towards Takanawa. I stayed at a nearby hotel and decided to have breakfast here. The restaurant is located above the hotel, and it also serves as the breakfast venue for the hotel. There were quite a few customers even in the morning. I ordered a Japanese set meal and a Morning Fried Toast set. The salmon in the Japanese set meal was marinated in mirin, so it was sweet. The toast was perfectly toasted, and the egg was cooked just right. The coffee from the drink bar was quite delicious, made with a good coffee machine. Thank you for the meal!

After returning from Maxell Aqua Park, we decided to have dinner before heading back to the hotel. We originally wanted to go somewhere else, but ended up at a family restaurant to fulfill our child's wish. Since it was the end of the year and winter break, we splurged a bit. We tried the steak set and the seafood hot grill, both were delicious. Our daughter had the kids' meal, can't remember the name, haha. Our 3-year-old had ramen, my wife had the fried chicken set, and we also ordered the onion dish. Everything was tasty. Evaluating the steak is tricky. The seasoning was good but it had some tough parts which made it a bit hard to eat. Still within an acceptable range. The shrimp and scallops were delicious without any complaints. It definitely felt like a typical family restaurant experience. I couldn't remember if our daughter disliked shrimp, so I ended up eating it. The shrimp in the kids' meal set was unexpectedly thick and juicy, a true delight. A little luxury at Royal Host. We didn't try the popular pancakes though, haha. Thanks for the meal.

Visited Takanawa Izumigata Temple and then headed to Royal Host Takanawa for the first time. Arrived just as they switched to the lunch menu at 11 am. The menu was extensive with a variety of options, including weekly lunch specials and tempting omurice dishes. After much consideration, I decided to go with the most basic option, the "Garlic Cream Sauce Hamburger Steak" made with 190g of domestic black wagyu beef, served with rice and soup (free refills) for 1573 yen including tax. The staff was quick with questions, and I stuck with the default options of rice and penne gratin. The soup was served first, followed by the main dish - a flavorful hamburger steak dripping with garlic cream sauce. It was a delicious dish, complemented well by the rich and creamy penne gratin. Overall, a satisfying and well-prepared meal.

I visited for dinner. I ordered the Angus steak brunch, which is highly rated for its steak, and for dessert, I had pancakes. The steak in the salad set was cooked to a perfect medium rare, and it paired well with the kale salad. The lean steak was cooked just right to bring out the flavor, although there is a limit to its deliciousness. I would like to try a bigger portion next time. As for the famous pancakes, the texture was soft and moist, but what caught my attention the most was the syrup. The syrup had a strange artificial flavor despite being less sweet, and it made me feel a bit sick after a while. Perhaps they reduced the sweetness to enhance the enjoyment of pouring the syrup generously, but it ended up with a strong artificial taste. There was no hint of honey or the refreshing taste of maple syrup. I now understand what was meant by the chemical taste mentioned on a TV show. Even if you bake the pancakes at home, they would probably turn out similar. A product that relies on nostalgia will lose its relevance once the nostalgic customers are gone. As a company with strong menu development capabilities, I hope they reconsider what they want to focus on selling with their pancakes.

This day, I had plans to depart from Haneda Airport and was about to miss lunch, so I decided to quickly grab a meal at the Royal Host right near Shinagawa Station. It had been about 20 years since I last visited this particular branch. Surprisingly, Royal Host has relatively few locations, and they don't have any stores in Yamagata, Tochigi, Gifu, Mie, Hokuriku, San'in, Shikoku, and other regions. They have a unique approach as a family restaurant, distancing themselves from direct management and discount pricing. In 2021, they celebrated their 50th anniversary. Despite being a large family restaurant, there were surprisingly few families (it was a Saturday), with more groups of friends and seniors. The staff wore sharp uniforms like flight attendants, and they moved briskly, perhaps influenced by the Shinagawa area. I started with their signature dish, the "Onion Gratin Soup," which Marilyn Monroe reportedly ate three days in a row during her honeymoon in Japan. The consomme base was robust, with a strong sweetness from the onions. Finding a soup of this quality for around 500 yen is quite rare worldwide. Impressed by the soup, I also ordered the "Cream of Lobster Bisque." Wow! It was delicious! The rich flavor of crustaceans, combined with the umami of seafood broth, made for an outstanding dish. The creamy texture was also excellent. If this were casually served in a Michelin-starred restaurant, very few people would realize it's from a family restaurant. Next was the Angus Sirloin Steak Salad. The kale salad with a tangy dressing was topped with a 100-gram Angus beef steak. It was delicious. Angus beef can sometimes be too chewy, but this steak had a tender texture similar to Japanese roast beef. It was much better than the food in American Airlines' first-class lounge at JFK. However, the bread (garlic toast?) was not tasty at all. It's just a complimentary bread from a family restaurant, but it stood out negatively after the excellent dishes. I also tried the "Black x Black Hamburger," made with a blend of domestic black wagyu beef and black pork, served with a garlic sauce. The meat had a firm texture, and the hamburger was rich in meaty flavor. The side gratin (?) was also of high quality. I opted for multigrain rice as the carbohydrate. While it's common to have bread or rice, Royal Host offers various options like low-carb bread, multigrain rice, and regular bread, making it challenging to decide the best choice, especially for those with an IQ below 100. Perhaps simplifying the ordering process a bit would be beneficial. In conclusion, Royal Host is fantastic. If a foreigner asked me, "I'm going to Japan, what food do you recommend?" I would suggest sushi, ramen, and Royal Host without hesitation. With affordable drinks and the option to make reservations, it could even be suitable for company gatherings. Most Western-style restaurants do not reach the level of taste and service at Royal Host, surpassing even the average hotel's all-day dining. It's much tastier than first-class airline meals. I encourage everyone to enjoy Royal Host with confidence.

I stayed in Shinagawa for work. For dinner, due to various circumstances, I went to the usual "Royal Host Takanawa" restaurant. Despite showing abnormal blood pressure values since morning and receiving sad news, I managed to focus on work. So, for dinner, I was allowed to choose freely. I ordered the "Angus Sirloin Steak 200g & Grilled Lobster and Red King Crab Cream Croquette" from the "50th Anniversary Set" and changed the dessert to a "Petit Mont Blanc". The restaurant was filled with an international atmosphere due to its location. I was served bottled beer and red wine in a decanter at first. Cheers! The lively atmosphere around me helped distract my mind. The meal was delicious until dessert. Thank you for the feast. Good job. And... thank you.