Totally Automated Japanese Restaurant Has Games, Prizes

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By Stan Schroeder2013-10-18 03:30:59 UTC

Usually, when entering a restaurant — even a sushi boat restaurant — you're greeted by a waiter. The friendly server takes your order, brings you your food and disposes of the dirty dishes post-meal.

This Tokyo sushi restaurant, however, has none of those shenanigans — everything is done automatically, on high-speed conveyor belts. The kitchen computers are constantly checking how many people are in the place, and the tablets on which you order special dishes can also play games.

BBC's Spencer Kelly checked the place out and, though he doesn't mention its name, it really appears to be waiter-less. The food is delivered via a conveyor belt and you can even request special deliveries via a touchscreen menu, which take a couple of minutes.

When you're done eating, you simply dispose of the dishes via a slot which sends them away for washing — doing that automatically adds the plate total your bill.

To make things more interesting, every fifth dish you eat triggers a game in which can win you a prize — again, delivered automatically, without the need for human contact.

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