7-Eleven Japan
Convenience store
Praised for convenient locations, fantastic service and quick full meals. Critics say the food is not that special and prices run high by Japanese standards.
Praised for convenient locations, fantastic service and quick full meals. Critics say the food is not that special and prices run high by Japanese standards.
12 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Stores ahead of those elsewhere
“7/11 there is an experience the rest of the world needs to know”
Comment from 25 May 2026 in “Founder of 7/11 Japan, Toshifumi Suzuki, has died at age 93” “the stores in Japan and Taiwan are still light-years ahead”
Comment from 26 May 2026 in “Founder of 7/11 Japan, Toshifumi Suzuki, has died at age 93” “The local stores in Japan and Taiwan are really nice.”
Comment from 25 May 2026 in “Founder of 7/11 Japan, Toshifumi Suzuki, has died at age 93” - Comment from 25 May 2026 in “Founder of 7/11 Japan, Toshifumi Suzuki, has died at age 93”
Good quick meals
“besides the usual assortment of drinks and snacks you can get quick full meals there of high quality”
Comment from 25 May 2026 in “Founder of 7/11 Japan, Toshifumi Suzuki, has died at age 93” “they were really good, for some reason I was not expecting it to be so good”
Comment from 26 May 2026 in “Founder of 7/11 Japan, Toshifumi Suzuki, has died at age 93” “7-11 had the best food though.”
Comment from 26 May 2026 in “Founder of 7/11 Japan, Toshifumi Suzuki, has died at age 93” Convenient locations close by
“it's no big sacrifice to stop at the closer 7-11 instead of adding the extra five minutes”
Comment from 27 May 2026 in “Founder of 7/11 Japan, Toshifumi Suzuki, has died at age 93” “We loved the convenient locations and fantastic service at all their stores.”
Comment from 25 May 2026 in “Founder of 7/11 Japan, Toshifumi Suzuki, has died at age 93”
What people said
All 12 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it's no big sacrifice to stop at the closer 7-11 instead of adding the extra five minutes”
“7-11 had the best food though.”
“they were really good, for some reason I was not expecting it to be so good”
“the stores in Japan and Taiwan are still light-years ahead”
“Can you imagine you could pay your utility bills, print documents, fax and even have a full wifi cafe experience all under one roof?”
“They are expensive by Japanese standards.”
“The food is, in reality, not that special.”
“The local stores in Japan and Taiwan are really nice.”
“besides the usual assortment of drinks and snacks you can get quick full meals there of high quality”
“7/11 there is an experience the rest of the world needs to know”
“they're truly wonderful little stores”
“We loved the convenient locations and fantastic service at all their stores.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.