Matsuya

Pleasantly surprised by this chain machine-​order place. Got a meal with chicken, soup, salad, and rice for 940¥. Service was quick after the order and everything was great.

This chain was great to try and really hit the spot for us. It was our first experience ordering food via vending machine. The meals we got were very good value, and they arrive quickly via counter service (seemed like less than 5 minutes). For 940 yen ($ 7.83), I got a grilled pork set which included a salad, miso soup, a large delicious hot rice bowl and a plentiful mound of grilled pork. For 360 yen ($ 3.00), wife got a small bowl of BBQ pork with rice. There’s no such thing as stale rice servings in Japan I think (since customers move in and out quickly) and it was a delightful and very good quality fast (literally) food. The employees just serve food and do not have to mess around with payments. This chain would be a big hit in the US if they could get it to work the same way there.