Caffe Veloce — Restaurant in Matsudo

“An Oasis in downtown Matsudo” was my first review comment about a decade ago. Since then, there have been several rough waves, spilling and even completely tumbling down the whole contents of my coffee cup called my life, along with some dead calm periods, but this shop has also been standing with little ups and downs, and I appreciate that. Coffee, food menu and their qualities have got better significantly with a little markups. It used to be a late evening café but now it closes 9 (and 8 on holidays) pm thanks to the “Covid changes everything shorter, dim and remote” revolution. The shop app was ‘hopeless’ all the way and has evolved to nearly ‘useless’, yet I still have...

Pros: The service people are nice and handsome. The layout of the cafe is good; there are two stories, there's a smoking room, and it seems like things feel private if you need that kind of conversation. Minuses: The food is mediocre. The...

Coffee and cakes cheaper than Tully's and Starbucks but atmosphere is a little dull. Popular with elderly crowd. Wifi is touch and go and unreliable but works more...