Café Knit — Restaurant in Tokyo

we stood 40 minutes in the line outside and it was very bad organised.. there was couple of free tables and no one came to bring in the people to sit until we told them. there was tables for 4 people that only 2 people set in and next to them table for 2 that was not occupied and they didn't brought anyone to sit on it, we didn't really understand why... we eat the pancake and the pasta, the pancakes was very good with the butter and the syrup but the pasta was extremely sweet and we highly suspected that the sauce contains ketchup which for me as a pasta lover is a big no no. I didnt understand what the buzz is about but I think the dessert is the strong side there.. when we were inside the service...

If you love the retro Showa-style cafes minus the smoking, this is the place for you.

Be careful of the long waiting times for popular foods (pancakes, neapolitana spaghetti). I ordered the pancake set and I had to wait for 1 hour for the food. I was served my iced latte, so it’s fine.

I’m a foreigner, but even I could sense so many famous Japanese celebrities either visited this cafe or used it as a set for their filming.

Really worth a try!

They don’t accept cards, so do prepare enough cash.

Edit: Turns out they forgot to place my order for the pancake, so I waited one hour for nothing. I spoke in Japanese, so this isn’t a translation problem. Service recovery is poor too. Amending...

I was super happy to be able to go here with my mom. It’s has retained the look and feel of a Showa era cafe/restaurant serving old fashioned (relative to current era of course) food like fruit parfaits, Napolitan spaghetti, sandwiches, coffee, etc.

The seats are very low to the ground and might be uncomfortable for some tall folks (not a problem for me) and the toilets are also old fashioned (a heads up).

The service is not fast and the servers may have been working there from the Showa era themselves. Very sweet and easygoing. I tried the fruit parfait which was a bit sweet for my...