Starbucks Coffee - Kyoto Sanjo Karasuma Building — Restaurant in Kyoto

This was just around the corner from our hotel so we went here for breakfast every morning (the banana granola was very tasty). Staff are bilingual (or at least speak enough English for me to get by with English and my rudimentary Japanese). As with all the people we came into contact with, staff are really sweet and lovely.

It was packed all the time (we walked past it almost every day) as most locals seem to do work/homework there, but we worked out that the done thing was to put your bag at a table first, then order your food and coffee (this goes for every similar eatery in Japan - find a...

This shop is very spacious and I love that it opens until 11pm everyday, it provides a space away from home to do some work and have some drinks even late at night. as many people hangout here it does get very noisy at times, but it’s a cafe so im not really complaining. My only dissatisfaction would be the playlist, they tend to play very loud and pop rock music that’s not very peaceful, and adds to the...

Amazing Reserve location. The staff know their stuff, are extremely kind, and will go extra steps to help customers better understand coffee if they are interested in learning. I was given several other coffee samples to help me distinguish between tastes, as well as caramel and fruit syrups (tastes that paired well with my bean of choice) to learn how certain coffees pair well with...