Caffè Veloce - Karasuma Bukkoji — Restaurant in Kyoto

Japan is all about quality all around. Does it have to make a concession to its profoundly nationalist ethos to provide such unparalleled consistency in quality? Then it will.

Hence Caffé Veloce, an italian-named coffee shops chain that serves italian coffee brewed the italian way.

"Caffé Veloce", "fast coffee" if literal translations is what you are into. But nothing is fast about it here, except the excellent service. The place retains the slow, mellow pace of all japanese experiences.

So, listen to your lowly italian-living-in-asia local guide: take a break here, between a piece of raw fish...

Espresso and espresso drinks like lattes and cappuccinos were very good! Espresso was not bitter like many others we’ve discovered.

Service is very friendly and they have an English menu with a staff that does well with English. Service is prompt!

Items in bakery case are prepackaged. I wasn’t too impressed with the bakery items, but the cheesecake was ok.

Location is convenient!

They have a smoking/non smoking section. It is an Internet cafe type, and many people brought their...

They have better bread than in other chains, more crunchy, closer to European. There is an English menu. Breakfasts are until 11 am and we didn't manage to get in time for it, so we took a camembert sandwich and a mini pizza. It tasted pretty good, much better than the fluffy Japanese sandwiches with the crust removed. They have several branches and later we also managed to have breakfast for 480 yen. I highly recommend this place. It's quite large and less crowded than by the...