This is a list of characters for the light novel and anime series Restaurant to Another World.
Western Restaurant Nekoya
Main Staff
The owner of the Western Restaurant Nekoya. A single man in his mid-thirties, he is the grandchild of a couple who opened the restaurant, and inherited it when his grandfather died ten years ago. An outstanding culinary master, he enjoys cooking for the eclectic group of patrons that visit every Saturday. Resulting from the mingling of so many diverse beings within one space, the restaurant has become a neutral region, since none of the guests – whatever their personal differences – want to miss out on the Master's cuisine. His grandmother, Koyomi (also known as Yomi, a heroine from the other world) entrusted him with the key to the door; should he decide to close the door between both worlds, he is told that he must break the key.
A demon girl originally hailing from the Demon Kingdom on the other world's Eastern Continent. When the Demon God was vanquished by the legendary Four Heroes, the power he had once bestowed upon his demonic subjects waned, and as a result Aletta was born no different from humans except for the goat horns on her head. Rejected by human society and ending up a vagrant, she discovered the Nekoya's interdimensional entrance and began working every Saturday as a waitress. She later finds additional work as Sarah Gold's housekeeper.
One of the other world's Ancient Six imbued with death, a power which inadvertently killed every mortal being that happened to cross her path. To avoid killing innocents, she banished herself to the world's moon. By chance, she found the door of the Nekoya appearing in her vicinity, entered the restaurant and, naive to human customs owing to her long isolation, ended up consuming so much chicken curry that her old friend, the "Red Queen", prompted the Master to hire her as a waitress to pay off her food bill. To interact with the staff and patrons, "Kuro" adopts the form of a black-haired elf girl, but usually communicates via telepathy instead of speaking aloud (in the anime, she eventually opens up to her co-workers by speaking vocally). She unofficially serves as the restaurant's guardian, should a situation arise. Of the diners, only Altorius, Alexander and several priests of the Ancient Six are aware of her true identity.
The now-deceased previous owner of the Nekoya and the current Master's grandfather. He is shown in flashbacks when the story reflects upon the older customers who became his grandfather's regulars. He met Koyomi near the end of (or just after) World War II, and the two eventually fell in love. He gave the restaurant to the current Master, his grandson and apprentice.
A female warrior reared as a Demon-slayer, and a member of the legendary Four Heroes from the other world. During their battle with the Demon God over seventy years ago, she was cast through an interdimensional boundary and wound up on Earth, where she married the Master's grandfather and founded the Nekoya with him. Initially, only Altorius, one of her comrades, knew about this secret. She is still alive on Earth despite her advanced age and visits her grandson from time to time. Furthermore, its implied she retains some of her magical ability. She holds the key to permanently stop doors to warp and a fail-safe, but decided to entrust it to her grandson, seeing what progress the restaurant has made; should her grandson decide to close the door, he must break the key.
Koyomi's granddaughter and the Master's niece by his older brother. A twenty-year-old second-year college student, she has become interested in cooking very early and, eager to run her own restaurant, seeks an internship at her uncle's restaurant. Seeing her as a viable successor for her grandson, Koyomi deliberately sends her to Nekoya on a Saturday, without telling Saki about the restaurant's special clientele or the Master of his niece's arrival on that day. After overcoming her surprise and learning about the restaurant's secret, Saki has settled in and become friends with Aletta.
Restaurant Support Individuals from Japan, who are friends with the current Master. They help supply the restaurant with ingredients; some of them are actually aware of Western Restaurants Nekoya's otherworldly secret.
The Flying Puppy Owner
He is the second and current owner of the Flying Puppy Bakery, who supplies Western Restaurant Nekoya with a variety of cookies, cakes, and other desserts. An old childhood friend of the current Master, he is aware of Nekoya's secret and helps the restaurant as much as he can. The bakery itself is located just above the restaurant, allowing easy access by the Master should he need anything. Shouta Kimura The bread delivery boy from Kimura Bakery, who delivers Western Restaurant Nekoya's bread supply; he works under his father, Kimura Bakery's owner. He ponders why Western Restaurant Nekoya requests for bread restock on Saturday's despite knowing the restaurant is closed. He is shown to have a crush on Aletta, who he assumes is a foreign cosplayer. The Leonhart Owner A former trading company employee who retired in his old age to open a bar in the building where the Nekoya is located, offering finger foods and liquors from all over the world. He also supplies the Master, and is therefore privy to the restaurant's secret. Haruko Haruko is the wife of the owner of the Laughing Dragon, a Chinese restaurant in Nekoya's neighborhood. The two owners are good friends to the former and current Masters; the current Master apprenticed at their place for a time. It is hinted that Haruko's daughter was once the Master's girlfriend, but they separated under unfavorable circumstances, a fact the Master still feels touchy about.
The Patrons from the Other World
The regular patrons call each other nicknames based on their favorite Nekoya dishes. As Earth's modern food preparation is more advanced than how their world prepares versions of their favorite dishes, the patrons rarely alter their dining choices; even when offered a menu.
An elderly sage and magician, and one of the famous Four Heroes of the Eastern Continent. As the restaurant's very first patron, he is responsible for translating the Nekoya main menu entries into his world's language. His former pupil, the half-elf sorceress Victoria Samanark, is also a regular at the Nekoya.
A legendary wandering swordsmaster from the Western Continent's Mountain Nation. He is good friends with Altorius, despite (or perhaps because) they often end up arguing about which of their respective favorite dishes is better than the other.
A female shapeshifting red dragon and one of the Ancient Six in the other world, known by the title to her worshippers. When visiting the restaurant – whose door opens right onto her mountain lair – she adopts the form of a voluptuous, red-haired human woman, with large horns sprouting from her head; to avoid conflict, she arrives only after the other diners have all left. She was already a regular patron in the old owner's time, and because of both her natural avarice and her particular fondness for the Master's beef stew (of which she habitually takes a huge pot back with her for a snack), she considers the Nekoya and its staff her personal "treasure".
Sarah, is a member of the influential Gold merchant family and great-grand daughter of the deceased William Gold, a legendary treasure hunter and the founder of her family business. Infected by adventure lust (which is regarded as a curse within her family), she became a professional treasure hunter herself, and following William's descriptions to his personal door to the Nekoya in an abandoned mine, she gets to enjoy the Master's Minced Meat Cutlet, which was William's favorite dish. In the course of her visits to the Nekoya, she also becomes personally close to Heinrich Seeleman, trading friendly barbs with him.
A nobleman from the Eastern Continent's great Duchy of Samanark who is obsessed with fried shrimp, whose taste he has not enjoyed since he left his childhood sea town to become a knight. After having stumbled upon the Nekoya in the course of a vital mission, he enjoyed several courses of his meal and left his sword as collateral. Unable to find his way back to the Nekoya for several years, Tatsugoro finally helped him in understanding the restaurant's schedule and returning for more fried shrimp. On the occasions of his visits, he also becomes closely acquainted with Sarah Gold.
An admiral of the Samanark duchal navy, who was shipwrecked by a Kraken attack and stranded on a lonely tropical island for twenty years. On the island, Flügel discovered a door to the Nekoya, which was then still run by the Master's grandfather, and has been sustaining himself on the Master's curry rice and the company he found there. After being rescued, he manages to locate an alternative door to the restaurant and indulge himself on his favorite dish once more.
The former owner of a food supplying company in the other world, specializing in pasta dishes, which have become a popular cuisine in his kingdom. His inspiration actually stems from his monthly business interaction with the Nekoya restaurant, whose door opens right into his company's cellar, and his desire to consume their pasta dishes outside of his visits. In exchange for some of the restaurant's Day of Satur income (which is useless to Nekoya and only taken out of professionalism) and a free serving of spaghetti with meat sauce, Thomas supplies the Master with exclusive ingredients from the other world in order to adjust his dishes to his Saturday customers' tastes.
Thomas Alfade's grandson, who is entrusted with his grandfather's secret upon his first visit to Nekoya in order to succeed Thomas as the head of the Alfade Company. Like his grandfather, he has also become quite fond of the Nekoya Meat Sauce Pasta. Johnathan Winsberg / "Pizza"
Sirius Alfade's childhood friend and personal chef. Because Sirius is unable to analyze taste like his grandfather, he decided to take Jonathan with him to Western Restaurant Nekoya. Once there, he discovers the restaurants Italian style dishes, with Sirius requesting if it is possible for him to replicate the dishes with the ingredients from their world. He takes a liking to the restaurant's Neapolitan pizza.
The young princess of the Great Empire, the youngest great power on the other world's Eastern Continent, named after her great-grandmother. She is often sent by her parents to her grandfather's country estate for her health, since she is suffering from a lingering disease known as the "pauper killer disease" (her symptoms imply it to be asthma). Her late grandfather took her to the Nekoya during one of her visits as a young child, during which she came to enjoy the Master's chocolate parfait, making her another regular. Her feeling of loneliness is also alleviated once she befriends fellow regulars Shareef, Ranner, and Princess Victoria.
The late founder and first ruler of the Great Empire, and the son of Alexander, one of the Four Heroes. He is also Adelheid's grandfather, whom he took to the Nekoya to alleviate her loneliness from being away from her family on her last visit before his demise. He was also the first person from the other world whom the new Master had met while visiting his grandfather as a kid. Owing to his passion for the restaurant's croquettes, Wilhelm introduced potatoes from Earth to his world, where they quickly became a very valuable food source and significantly contributed to the Empire's growth, making them his lasting legacy.