Lacto
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Pizza
Italian
Beer/Wine
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Vegan not labeled, but some dishes can be ordered as such, but you should show the Japanese vegan passport to the waitstaff for the "vegan." The pasta is without egg, and the pizza dough is vegan as well. Meals which can be prepared vegan include: garlic bread, salad, eggplant pasta, pizza funghi (or ask for vegetable pizza). Vegan cheese is available. Open Tue-Sun 11:30am-2:00pm, 6:00pm-9:00pm.


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40 Reviews

First Review by EnricoVegan

VioletLouise

Points +40

Vegan
16 Oct 2024

Really hit the spot

Absolutely loved this place! Vegan options include vegan pizza with soy cheese(!!), garlic bread, house salad and pasta. Everything was so delicious. Please support this vegan option in the area!

Pros: Vegan cheese, Delicious

Cytrin

Points +16

Vegan
10 Oct 2024

Tasty Pizza

There is a vegan pizza with soy cheese and unfortunately hardly any vegetables. It was also the most expensive pizza - I think that's a bit of a shame! But it was still very tasty! So only 3 stars, but we would still come back! :)

Updated from previous review on 2024-10-10

bettafrg

Points +2558

Vegan
30 Sep 2024

Pretty good pizza!

It doesn’t look great from the pictures, but the pizza is pretty good! The crust is crunchy, the sauce is tasty and the vegan mozzarella is delicious! The garlic bread was good too. This place can be a life saver, since most restaurants close very early!

KevinErhart

Points +73

Vegetarian
11 Sep 2024

Good, but not exceptional

We had a Funghi Pizza which was average in terms of dough and tomato sauce. The funghi were very nice. Additionally, we had some Caprese which was nice, but rather small. Also the pizza was not really big, but as we were just after a snack and not a full meal, it was ok.

One vegan pizza is also available!

Updated from previous review on 2024-09-11

skmee24

Points +82

Vegan
10 Aug 2024

Wonderful vegan pizza

I absolutely loved the vegan pizza! Only reason I didn’t rate it 5 stars is because I save 5 star reviews for overt vegan restaurants

Updated from previous review on 2024-08-10

Pros: Pizza , You can make some pastas vegan , Good salad

Cons: They also serve meat

elinerenne_

Points +496

Vegan
06 Aug 2024

Good vegan pizza

Good vegan pizza, only one vegan option for pizza and some side dishes also vegan.

ptait

Points +206

Vegan
31 Jul 2024

Few good vegan dishes

We were glad we found La Luce for dinner on our first night in Fuji-Kawaguchiko. We ordered the eggplant and tomato sauce pasta and the vegan pizza.
The dishes were simple yet delicious. Highly recommend.

wez

Points +67

Vegan
20 Jul 2024

Surprisingly fantastic

What's not to love, pizza, pasta garlic bread and beer! Carb heaven.
Both vegan main dishes were really enjoyable. The cheese was tasty and the staff were very friendly. Walked out very satisfied.

Happy to support businesses like this who add just a little bit of vegan cheese to the menu and make life much better for all of us.

Seats 36 apparently. We got there too early before opening, but you never know it was full when we left.

Pros: Chili oil condiment is 👌🏼, Nice pizza dough.

Cons: I didn't see any vegan desserts

vannyy.o

Points +1697

Vegan
11 Jul 2024

vegan Pizza Cheese 🍕

Classic Italian restaurant with vegan Pizza & vegan Cheese! Not the best dough but the pizza was quite good and the cheese was really nice!

edevivo

Points +49

Vegetarian
08 Jul 2024

Great find close to station

Lots of vegetarian choices. When we walked in we were greeted and told the food would take a while to prepare. We were not in a rush and decided to stay. Our drinks came out fast followed by our garlic bread appetizer. The pizza and pasta quickly followed. The wait time was very typical of an average American restaurant. The food was exceptional and service was friendly. It was a very nice atmosphere.

Pros: Lots of vegetarian choices , Friendly service , Delicious food

hyvatti

Points +87

Vegan
31 May 2024

Best option for us in this area

The vegan pizza option is now labeled as vegan in the menu. They probably have had some more vegan customers, as they seemed more familiar with the concept. No new items on the menu. We ordered the pasta made vegan and pizza and the bigger salad. Salad for 3-4 persons is good for 2. Not that much proteins there, but we were happy!

Sannychan

Points +70

Vegan
13 Apr 2024

Amazing vegan cheese!

As an Italian, salad on pizza is a big no! BUT the soy cheese was simply amazing and the dough too!
The price is a bit high (1600¥) but it was the only option near

Pros: Soy cheese, Pizza dough

Cons: Salad on pizza

Plantos

Points +3093

Vegan
09 Apr 2024

Delicious vegan cheese 🧀🍕

Unfortunately the vegan Pizza is the most expensive one but it does taste great! Crispy Dough and creamy vegan cheese with good flavor. The salad on top was not my favorite but did not disturb really.

Pizza is a definite recommendation!

🍕 Vegan Pizza (1600¥ | 10.5$)

Angie_

Points +502

Vegan
19 Jan 2024

Great pizza!

This place had surprisingly good pizza and also some accidentally vegan side dishes. Only the pizza is labeled vegan, but the staff was very helpful and was able to confirm which other options on the menu are vegan. English menu available

Pros: Great food, Good service

Squizsh

Points +715

Vegan
15 Nov 2023

Perfect!

Vegan options? Definitively!! This place was amazing. Has an English menu with a clearly listed vegan option (the pizza), as well as a modifiable eggplant pasta and mushroom pizza. We had the mushroom pizza with soy cheese and it was flippin’ awesome, as well as the eggplant pasta minus the cheese. Probably the most vegan friendly place in kawaguchiko where we were actually able to get (pretty damn good) food!
For the 2 mains and a beer, we ended up paying about 4400 yen. Staff were also incredibly lovely - while we communicated in Japanese it did appear to have plenty of foreigners in the restaurant who didn’t seem to have trouble ordering their food so you should be A-OK to go here with 0 language knowledge and an empty belly. ❤️

Ps. Use the restroom, you won’t regret it! 😎

Pros: Mushroom pizza, Beautiful restaurant/decor, Super snazzy poopin’ facilities

Cons: Awkward couple sitting next to us

CamEvans239

Points +18

Vegan
18 Oct 2023

Amazing

Vegan and vegetarian options, just tell staff and they'll point out the choices. We had the vegan pizza with soy cheese, the veg spaghetti, mushrooms with vegan garlic bread and very tasty sorbet. Very friendly and helpful staff, absolutely delicious food. It's a must visit when in town. Worthy of a 5 star rating.

Pros: All the meals were excellent , Staff is great, Quite reasonably priced

Coweos

Points +594

Vegan
13 Oct 2023

Delicious meal

The spaghetti with tomato sauce and the vegan pizza were amazing! The vegan cheese was surprisingly good.

Pros: Very tasty

EmiliaLouers

Points +838

Vegan
28 Sep 2023

Great pizza vegan

Vegan pizza with soy cheese, clearly labelled on the menu
The pizza was pretty good

veganbrianna

Points +273

Vegan
11 Jul 2023

Really yummy soy cheese!

First night I had pasta and second night I had the vegan pasta. The soy cheese is really yummy! Garlic bread is vegan too.

omersh

Points +96

Vegan
29 Apr 2023

Very good

Great food, don't remember seeing vegan cheese in Japan before, it was a good cheese! Good service and nice atmosphere. Asked for vegan and they understood immediately. A little pricy for japan though.

Updated from previous review on 2023-04-29

Pros: Tasty and fresh, Quality options and substitutes, Quick

Cons: Pricy, Pasta dish- a bit of small portion

jennadanger

Points +23

Vegetarian
21 Apr 2023

Italian food

Loved that vegan cheese is available upon request. Lots of options for vegetarians.

Pros: Vegan cheese available if you as for it , Both pizza and pasta options , You can actually feel satiated after a meal

Cons: Cash only

zakkeed

Points +23

Vegan
05 Apr 2023

They still have soy cheese!

I went to this restaurant last night (April 2023) since everything else was closed and they did not disappoint! They don’t label the vegan cheese on the menu, so *you have to ask for it!* Get the fungi pizza because that’s already vegetarian and it isn’t common to be able to ask for substitutions at Japanese establishments in my experience.

Domnkx

Points +77

Vegan
10 Nov 2022

Hidden vegan options

Italian restaurant with a nice atmosphere. I had a pizza fungi with vegan cheese (made with soymilk). On the menu there is no information about the vegan options of this restaurant, so please ask the staff and they will tell you a lot of vegan dishes they can create (Pasta too).

Priscilavk

Points +171

Vegan
18 Aug 2022

Great spot near Kawaguchiko station

There is only one clearly labelled as vegan on the Japanese menu (the English menu is outdated), but other dishes can be made vegan upon request.
Tell the staff you are vegan and they will happily suggest to replace cow's milk cheese for soy cheese and meat for vegetables.
The only downturn is the long waiting. We got there 5min after the restaurant had been opened and there were no more tables available (on a Thursday night, so that's how popular the place is!).

Pros: Delicious vegan pizza, Many dishes can be made vegan upon request, Courteous staff

Cons: The queue was huge, we waited for 2 hours

Faz

Points +979

Vegan
15 Mar 2022

We will be back!

As others have stated only a few vegan options including an off menu vegan (vegetable) pizza sans cheese, but what they do have is delicious.

I let our waitress know; “Watashitachi wa bīgan desu” (we are vegan) and she understood immediately and began listing all the items we couldn’t eat to reinforce her understanding. She did however list garlic and onion and we promptly corrected her, fortunate that we did because garlic was the hero of the dishes.

We passed on the garlic bread as it looked dry without the butter (judging from one of the photos another user posted) and instead ordered the garlic mushrooms which I didn’t see anyone else’s write about in their reviews. I double checked with the waitress it was vegan and she assured us it was. It was phenomenal. We ended up ordering a second serving! We also had the eggplant pasta which was also amazing and quite filling.

Updated from previous review on 2019-11-20

Pros: Fantastic flavours, English menu, Accomodating to vegans

Cons: Vegan items not listed in the menu, Only a vegan few options, Serves meat

whitesiroi

Points +1831

Vegan
10 Oct 2021

美味かった

food was very delicious.
love they vegan cheese

cbegley1808

Points +388

Vegan
29 Sep 2020

Delicious Italian restaurant

About a 10 minute walk from Kawaguchiko station and the menu had a few various options. Staff knew what vegan was and could also speak a little English.

Pros: Delicious , Multiple options , Friendly staff




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