Address: 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato (5th floor of the West Walk in Roppongi Hills)
Website: http://www.rigoletto.jp/
Type of Meal: Lunch
Located on the in the
Roppingi Hills complex, Rigoletto is one of the few restaurants with low
prices; it’s also spacious and serves American favourites such as burgers,
pizzas and pasta.
Despite its extensive
menu and prix fixe lunch menu options, my husband and I stuck with the a la
carte menu and each had a salad and 6 inch pizza (pizzas are also available in
10 inch sizes).
The mixed salad (¥400)
I ordered was a simple spring mix with grape tomato, cucumber, sprouts and
asparagus shavings. The vegetables were all tossed with a creamy miso dressing
and topped with fried garlic chips. Although the ingredients were quite
ordinary, the dressing and garlic chips added a nice Japanese twist to the
salad which was quite enjoyable.
Meanwhile, my
husband’s Caesar salad (¥500) was pretty standard… I didn't bother to try
it.
Rigoletto’s menu
contained an interesting sounding sour cream shrimp pizza (¥1,100). The crust
was the blistered Neapolitan style, which is softer and doughier making it
harder to hold slices of. With no tomato sauce but rather just the tangy sour
cream it reminded me of eating naan bread with dip. Except in this case there
was a liberal amount of shrimp, broccoli and capers on top. All in all, an
interesting twist but wouldn’t be my go-to combination.
The spicy diavola
(¥1,100) contained various cured meats (spicy salami and prosciutto),
button mushrooms and garlic chips. Once again I didn’t try it so unable to comment
on its taste. But, my husband did like the spicy oil they brought for the pizza
to add extra flavour.
Overall, Rigoletto is
in line with most chain restaurants you’d find in North America. It’s a
cheerful environment as they shout as you enter and leave. Moreover, they have
a huge open view kitchen – we sat at a booth right in front of the person
shaping burger patties – so it’s entertaining. Like the North American chains
it’s a good family restaurant with the louder environment, quick service and reasonable
price points. If you do visit, I’d suggest trying their burgers as it seemed to
be the more popular dish as we saw these flying out of the kitchen most often.
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Gastro World's Grading System
- Anything under 5 - I really disliked and will never go back
- 6 - decent restaurant but I likely won't return
- 7 - decent restaurant and I will likely return
- 8 - great restaurant that I'd be happy to recommend
- 9 - fantastic restaurant that I would love to visit regularly and highly recommend
- 10 - absolute perfection!
