Excelsior Café Ichigaya Ekimae — Restaurant in Tokyo

The café is ok though not great. The location across from Ichigaya Station is convenient and it is pretty spacious inside. It also connects to the bookstore next door.

At the same time the coffee and food is so-so. I had waffles which took quite a while to serve, yet they were only lukewarm (probably not made fresh but heated up in the microwave).

The setup is also not very cozy. A lot of chairs are facing the same direction, a setup one sometimes finds in Japanese cafés, the idea probably being that people don't want to face each other. At the same time it doesn't provide a warm and welcoming atmosphere and makes it difficult for having a conversation when you're more than one person. Feels more like a movie theater...

市ヶ谷駅周辺のカフェの中でも、店内は広く席数も多く、入口にスロープもあるため車椅子等の障碍を持つ方や大きな荷物を持つ方でも利用しやすいカフェだと思います。窓の外には坂道の傾斜となっており、外の光は入るものの昼間でもやや薄暗く、落ち着いた雰囲気になっているため、それに伴ってか利用する客も静かに利用する客が多く、快適な空間となっています（特に夜間は落ち着いた雰囲気です）。 給仕されるドリンクや料理の質、スタッフの接客対応の質は、他のエクセルシオールカフェと遜色ありません。

Among cafes in the Ichigaya Station area, this cafe has a large interior with many seats and a ramp at the entrance, making it easy to use even for people with disabilities such as wheelchairs or those carrying large luggage. The slope outside the windows allows outside light to enter, but even during the daytime it's somewhat dim, creating a calm atmosphere. The quality of the drinks and food served and the customer service of the staff are on par with other...

There's speakers placed in every corner playing quite loud music - and not some jazz or classical you can ignore, but folky-lyrical easy-listening... Really excruciating when you come to a...