Yumcha Terrace Toh-Sai

Yumcha Terrace Toh-Sai (飲茶TERRACE 桃菜, Yumcha Terrace Tōsai) was a Chinese-style family restaurant chain specialising in yum cha — Chinese tea and dim sum. It was operated by Skylark Restaurants Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Skylark Holdings Co., Ltd., one of Japan's largest restaurant groups. The brand was created as a new business format after a 2022 all-you-can-eat dim sum promotion at 15 Bamiyan restaurants in the Greater Tokyo area proved popular. The first location opened on 1 February 2023 in Machida, Tokyo, on the former site of the first Bamiyan restaurant, using a renovated existing building. The chain expanded within the Tokyo metropolitan area, but the original Tsurukawa branch closed on 6 July 2025, and the last remaining branch, Mitaka, closed on 22 June 2026, marking the end of the Toh-Sai brand. Its operations were absorbed into a different brand, Tenshin Tenshin (点心甜心). The brand was short-lived, lasting just over three years, and represents a case of a major restaurant group testing a new casual Chinese dining concept.

Yumcha Terrace Toh-Sai was established as a new restaurant format by Skylark Restaurants, a subsidiary of Skylark Holdings. The concept emerged from a 2022 trial in which 15 Bamiyan restaurants in the Greater Tokyo area offered an all-you-can-eat dim sum menu. The positive reception led the company to develop a dedicated yum cha brand. The first Toh-Sai restaurant opened on 1 February 2023 in Machida, Tokyo, on the site of the original Bamiyan restaurant, which had been renovated. The chain operated within the Tokyo metropolitan area. However, the brand's life was short: the first location, the Tsurukawa branch, closed on 6 July 2025, and the site was later occupied by a new Italian restaurant called Peltica. The last remaining branch, Mitaka, closed on 22 June 2026, resulting in the discontinuation of the Toh-Sai brand. The company indicated that future expansion would be under a different brand, Tenshin Tenshin (点心甜心).

• First Toh-Sai restaurant opens in Machida, Tokyo, on the former site of the first Bamiyan restaurant.

• Tsurukawa branch (first location) closes.

• Last remaining Mitaka branch closes, ending the Toh-Sai brand.

Casual Chinese family restaurant focusing on yum cha and dim sum, positioned as a new format within the Skylark Group's portfolio.

• Yum cha all-you-can-eat

  All-you-can-eat dim sum and Chinese tea offering, inspired by a 2022 Bamiyan promotion.

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