COFFEE matsu — Restaurant in Kyoto

I still can't forget the day we went to Nanzenji, it rains a lot, we are all wet, hungry, and pushing bikes with a sleepy baby. We urgently need a place to stay, that's the time we found Coffee Matsu. Owner speaks not much, but you can feel he is so friendly. He tried his best to gave us anything we can eat (actually they are mainly selling only drinks and sweets, no lunch), and the warm inner gave us what we really need that time. If you ask me which is Kyoto's best cafe', I will nominate this hidden gem. Very quite, not many people, very ideal place to spend time peacefully. And it's the...

Ambiance is beautiful cozy and peaceful with nice music. The owner is extremely kind and went above and beyond to care for us and provide us with a great experience. Support this place! We had the red bean soup, blended coffee, and cafe au lait. The red bean soup had a mochi in it which was great! Everything we had was fantastic. The perfect place for a pick me up treat. Can’t recommend this...

Small and cozy place, you can see sakura from the large window. Ice cream zenzai was delightfully refreshing. Grandpa shopkeeper was very nice, he even gave us an extra dessert as a service. We were very glad to found this nice café, while the other ones were closed...