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The animation and designs are amazing. Those are really the only good things I can say about the movie.
The story is remarkably boring and doesn't seem to go anywhere or have a point to it. I suppose you could say it was unpredictable though as I had hoped it would go somewhere at least.
Other than Shiro, I can't even remember the names of any of the characters. They're all forgettable. Shiro's motivations seem unclear and I don't really understand why he does any of the things he does. The relationship between two of the main characters is confusing and completely uninteresting. The music is ... weird and starts and stops abruptly.
I really like other shows with a similar style and design (Watch El Hazard if you haven't instead) and I had high hopes from seeing pictures and favorable reviews here but I was pretty disappointed.

Bleach isn't all bad.
Ichigo is actually a pretty good MC. He's a cool guy and didn't whine and bitch all the time. Great.
There are a lot of great, interesting characters throughout the show. Watching them grow and progress was pretty cool.
Some of the arcs were initially interesting but dragged on for way too long and got really boring.
The number one thing this show suffers from is the "Ha! You shouldn't have underestimated me and turned your back on a presumed dead opponent" trope. A lot of shounen have this problem, but Bleach does it more than any show I've ever seen.
If you're ... kinda iffy about the show but have somehow made it past episode 300 or so, the last arc is absolutely worth it. For me it brought the show from a 5-6 up to a 7.

I did use a filler guide to only watch the canon.

I watched the English version: Digimon Fusion. From a Digimon fan's perspective there's a lot of weirdness about this show. It doesn't really follow the same formula of everyone gets a Digimon companion, everyone needs to learn lessons and grow, the Digimon actually digivolve into cooler more powerful forms, etc. Despite being so different, I found it pretty ok.
Mikey is probably one of the most responsible main characters of any Digimon series I've seen (especially compared to Marcus). He seems to think things through and actually look out for his friends. The supporting characters aren't amazing but they're not horrible either.
I would say one ... of the big disappointments with the show is the lack of digivolutions. Shoutmon doesn't actually digivolve until the end of the season. The rest of the "evolutions" are weird fusions that remind me of Power Rangers robots joining together. I can definitely see how it wouldn't be for everyone.
Another nock against it would be that none of the villians are particularly imposing. There's no Myotismon scheming for an entire arc or the Digimon Emperor creating his very own frankenstein digimon.
Overall, I don't know if I'd recommend it to anyone, but you could do worse if you wanted to watch a Digimon show you haven't seen. You could watch Frontier

To understand where I'm coming from, I'm a huge Digimon fan. I have been since I was a kid watching them air on tv. I never watched Savers when I was younger so I came into this fresh.
Initially I absolutely hated this show. I watched the English dub and despite having some great VA's, they couldn't save some awful writing. I, like many people, found the intial arc to be horrible. Its really boring and doesn't get you to care about the universe or the characters. Many characters seem to be copies of other main characters from other series.
Over time it did get better ... though. I would never say I felt it was great though. By far the most redeeming factor for this entire show is Marcus. He seems dumber than any other main character we've had so far, but he actually punches the Digimon in the face. And its amazing. If they made a Savers 2 where Agumon disappears for some reason and its just Marcus punching everything in the face, I'm in.

Isekai is a very overused genre. That said this really had none of the hallmarks of your typical isekai (no hero, no new powers, no driving quest, etc). It was much more like an episodic show that doesn't attempt to go anywhere with a plot or attempt to show you the journey or development of a character. Some of those things sound like bad things, if that's what you're looking for. But if you're just looking for something calm, interesting and wholesome, this could be it.

Story:
The story is somewhat tricky to explain. There really isn't a driving narrative. The main characters, the chef and Aletta, ... are actually more like side characters in each episode to whichever patron is being spotlighted. That said I found each episode interesting and fun to continue explaining those who show up in the restaurant.

Art:
Not much to say here either. I think the art looks alright. Nothing spectacular but it works with the show.

Sound:
The music does a great job of setting the tone for a calm and excellent restaurant. I actually think the intro may be a bit too upbeat considering the pace of the rest of the show.

Character:
All of the characters meet the minimum requirements for not being horrible characters. None of them are too annoying or too completely one dimensional. That said none of them are terribly interesting.

Enjoyment:
I'm not sure how exactly you can add up all those elements and get a show that I found so enjoyable. Maybe I just watched it in the right mood when I was ready to chill out and not have to focus on a complex plot or watch a hero defeat the final villain. Anyway, I loved it.

To preface, I'm a Digimon super fan and I have been all my life. I loved the first 3 seasons (Adventure 1, 2 and Tamers) but by the time Frontier was airing I guess I was doing something else because I never got around to watching it. I just remembered the cool designs of the main characters.

Story:
Honestly just didn't really feel all that compelling. Yes the typical save the world thing which is fine, but the execution just isn't great. Characters are often yelling things before concepts are even explained, like how in episode 1 Takuya is yelling something about fractal code before anyone knows ... what that is. There are some well done moments with some of the main characters later that I genuinely liked, but the flow of arcs seems too fast. And "The power of Friendship!" is mentioned at least 20 times per episode.

Art:
The art is still good and holds up well. Most of the Digimon designs are still great.

Sound:
Overall not bad. At first I didn't like the intro but I think it grows on you.

Characters:
In general I liked the way that characters were fleshed out. I thought it was an interesting spin to have people recognize themselves as Digimon and how that changed their perspective on things.

Enjoyment:
This is where it really hurt the most. I found that I liked the show less and less as I kept on watching. And I think I only liked it as much as I did because of my love for the franchise.

Overall:
I wouldn't recommend this to anyone. I don't think Digimon fans will prefer this over previous seasons and I think non Digimon fans won't even get the small pleasures of seeing returning characters.