Kaka Itoken — Local services in Kyoto

Unfriendly service. No smile. No thank you. Finds us unwelcoming.

I bought some snacks: popcorn, nougat with rice crackers, and 3 single cat marshmallows with chocolate center. I took about 5 mins tops.

I saw they sell a 10pk for cat marshmallows so I had my son try it first to see if he liked it, I would buy the 10pk and some more other snacks.

We were crowded by tourist outside the store so we went back inside to the back where tables were as no one was there anyway. It was completely empty. No customers. My son ate the marshmallow and the staff said to us that we can’t eat at the tables. There’s a 10% surcharge as he showed us a sign.

It was only 1 marshmallow my son ate as I was going to buy more, but since he was unfriendly and rude, my husband got angry and we left.

Do you guys want to have a successful business? This isn’t the way you attract customers. All your drinks and items on the menu are repeated in many other stores.

Since you don’t want us there, then don’t open. There’s a sign at the window that if you eat there, they charge an extra 9 yen for a candy stick to be consumed there.

Brain racking on business tactics. Just don’t open...

The inari was okay, nothing special, the ones from the surrounding mom & pops' were more tasty. We ordered their inaris to go, while we were waiting on one of our orders, we took a seat. The shopkeeper immediately came, looks fuming irritated and holding a sign that says only customers with 1 food + 1 drinks per person are allowed to seat. We were just seating while waiting for our order mind you... if you don't want us to seat, have the food ready asap so we don't have to wait.

What a pity, the fruits looked quite novel, but its not worth spending your dime in such money oriented store.

Food 2/5 Price 2/5 Service...

A hidden gem near Fushimi Inari Taisha. We tried their adorable fruit and wagashi skewer, which comes with a tiny omikuji, and the Kitsune no Tamago, a flavorful marinated egg wrapped in sweet inari. Both were delicious, not too sweet, and perfect for snacking on the go.

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