ARC — Restaurant in Tokyo

TLDR: worth trying if you’re nearby. Otherwise, forget making the trip down. One of the worst cafes I’ve been to, if I were honest.

Very very tiny cafe that sits around 25 pax. It was full when I went on a rainy day. I was second in queue yet waited for an hour in the rain and cold. 2 patrons exited and when I entered, I saw that they have FOUR empty seats. You do the math.

The staff felt like they weren’t happy to serve me. The lady gave me weird stares the whole time. The guy was chill though.

The menu has a tiny selection of 2 mains, 3 desserts, and wider coffee and tea options. For what it’s worth, the avocado toast and hot mocha was amazing. They used lemon pepper on the toast, which elevated the taste and cuts the cloying feeling. Pleasantly surprised with that. But do I like it enough to go back? No, I have more self respect than to let the staff treat me like this.

They have a toilet inside but the tap mouth was very near the edge of the sink, making it very difficult to wash your...

Arc (pronounced as “arch” for some reason!) is a newly opened cafe located bang next to Torigoe Jinja 鳥越神社 in Kuramae 蔵前 near Asakusa 浅草. Very elegant interior with cool jazzy BGM flowing from an old style record player. They serve not only great coffee, but also beer and wine with some light food on the side. Open until 11pm, this place is extremely foreigner-friendly and Soma Tanaka (the young shop manager) speaks fluent English, having spent several years in the US. Definitely worth a visit when you’re in the...

I loved how it was decorated. Very well curated furniture and atmosphere. Im not sure if there are two levels of seating but the toilet is in the basement and it's one of those old style ones where you flush pulling the string from above, I was so excited to finally try one out lol. I got an espresso orange juice and a cheese tart. Lowkey the drink grew on me and paired really well with the tart. I obviously will come back and im excited to try out the more...