Abeki — Restaurant in Fukuoka

Waiting was necessary since this cafe is really small. There are 4-5 tables only and the owner/barista of this place handles all of orders by himself. He seems quite busy which is totally understandable.

I ordered cheesecake and chocolate cake for each and those both tasted great. In fact the cheesecake was really good I wish I could visit there again. The coffee was not quite strong which I love even more.

There wasn’t Cafe Latte, so I ordered Caffe Ole, and I asked Mr. Abeki(the owner) what differentiate for caffe latte and caffe ole. He said and I quote “search on the internet”🙄 That was not professional at all considering him being in charge of this place and making coffee everyday.

That sort of let me get the vibe that he made us wait to order about 20 minutes even after we seated and made us to wait everytime we asked for something and rather take care of other (japanese) customer.

Regardless, the food was really great but it wasn’t quite comfortable experience visiting this place. Maybe it was just me but a little kindness...

The cheese cake is better than most, the coffee is ok, but honestly you come for this man's concept. He is very methodical and you can appreciate his work flow. People take points off for the speed of service but in truth this place is not about speed. It took 30 minutes from the time we sat down to get some cheesecake and coffee and that's what most people will complain about. However, if you to take in the atmosphere and watch the man work it is an enjoyable experience. Everything from the way he places napkins and forks to the hildegard von bingen over the speaker seems to have been thought out.

Get here before it opens to avoid a long wait. Even if you manage to get in the door after the first service, expect to wait for your order to be taken.

Your choices are cheese cake, chocolate cake or white chocolate cake. Ice coffee, cafe au lait, hot coffee or...

Coffee here is terrific and the cheese cake is fine, but it takes us 50 minutes to get them after we are seated. To be honest I think it's too long to wait.

The place is very tiny and can be crowded, so if it's less than half full then it would be good. But if it happens to have some other guests who speaking loudly, they could be ruining the atmosphere awfully.

Overall speaking, I think it's a 6.5/10 cafe, but if you're really lucky to be here with no other guests, it would be a...