Nōen — Restaurant in Kyoto

A great little cafe that serves coffee with desserts as well as a range of breakfast food. The food here is fantastic, fresh and delicious. The individual foods available on the menu are a little bit pricy although considering how great the food here is I'd recommend it regardless. However, this cafe offers 3 diffirent breakfast menu sets with the largest offering a coffee, scrambled eggs with bacon, salad and toast which when bought as part of the set is actually very cheap at around 800 yen, so I recommend you get one of the breakfast sets if you visit here. The only reason I don't give this place 5 stars is because the cafe permits smoking inside which as a non-smoker is not very nice while eating, though this may or not bother you personally. The staff understands some English and the menu does have English names next to everything although the translation is not great on some of the items (for example pancakes are listed as "hot cakes" on the menu) so if you're unsure of what something is make sure to ask. Overall a great place for...

A very nice Cafe in the busy tourist spot of Gion. I only stopped in for a quick drink, as it was a rather intensely humid day with some moderate heat. The shop itself was very clean, very well maintained with a variety of beverages, snacks and small meals available. By far, it was the service that stood out to me. One of the waitresses brought me water and constantly refilled it. Clearly she could tell the climate had gotten to me but I didn't even need to say a word. Definitely heading there again the next time I need a break while...

Based on my experience today, not the place for anyone who values good coffee. Or even moderately passable coffee for that matter. They call themselves a "Coffee Shop", but point-blank declined our request for something as simple as a double-shot latte. The 'latte' that did arrive was an insipid, milky bilge that tasted like it had a pinch of almost-coffee-like substance thrown vaguely in the direction of our cups from several hundred metres away into a strong headwind, at least seven molecules of which miraculously made it far...