When “ikigai” was conceived in 2022, it was a passion project, a project not only to create great affordable food but to showcase the journey of the plant to your plate, spotlighting seasonal items brought with a fair-trade mind and applauding the farmers who grow them, all in a warm creative space. Ikigai is now 4 years old! our ethical, sustainable pillars stand strong and true and are admired by us and friends alike, we have never wavered in our ethos. Our transparent operation shines as an example to others and is often replicated in individual lives and fellow restaurants, bringing positivity, creativity, sustainability and a zest for finding your own ikigai.  We wanted to create a location that speaks hospitality loudly but also envelopes likeminded people softly and we navigate daily with compassion and kindness with a huge dose of the unique. Taking kindness as one of our pillars, we like to indulge in other people’s passion and skills.  As you look around the walls, our pictures are for sale by an amazing artist Victoria Vorreiter, she dedicated a lifetime to catalogue the hilltribes in their natural environment, her exhibition on our walls makes us so proud that she did. ur menu carries chili sauce made by a local teacher who has an amazing understanding of cookery and grows his own imported chilies and can be brought to take home also. And not forgetting our wine list, here we carry locally sourced wine from Skugga Estate Vineyard and we also use their chocolate in many ways within our weekly changing menu, synergy, cross pollination of great people and products. This what is what it’s all about: Seasonal blackberries, amazing hormone free proteins, local peaches, home grown items and the bravery to honor the animals in their entirety when they make the ultimate sacrifice. Above all we value family, the guys that create it, serve it and clean after it. Without the team, the passion and the dedication we couldn’t do this, without the backbone ikigai doesn’t work, without the understanding of wives, kids, parents and life partners we couldn’t do the dedication. Without you as the customer this wouldn’t be worth it and we thank you wholeheartedly for your kindness and feedback.