Kyo Matcha — Restaurant in Ellicott City

If you enjoy matcha and ice cream, do yourself a favor and try this place out. I’m not a fan of matcha or milk/vanilla ice cream, but I frequent this place with my brother because he loves their matcha and milk ice cream. I’ll always sneak some from him and can tell the ice cream is high quality. And it should be, for the price! One thing you should know so you don’t get disappointed- the ice cream is hallow, so you’re not getting as much as you think you are.

I decided to check out the rest of their menu items and saw a chocolate crepe layered cake. 1 piece of cake is $9 !!!! Which is insane, but YOLO. Once I tried the cake, I had zero regrets! I’ve never tasted a dessert like this in my life. It wasn’t too sweet or heavy, but perfectly tasteful. They have other crepe layered cakes as well, but who could resist chocolate! I could only eat half of my piece and left the other half for the next day. So it’s def shareable. Overall, the place is clean, covid friendly, and the items are High quality. I’m giving it 4 starts because I wish the piece of cake was priced a little lower .. maybe $7...

So glad this location opened up on this side of MD. I came early on Easter Sunday to grab some desserts. I ordered the iced matcha latte, matcha milk cap cake, matcha crepe layer cake, matcha roll cake, and the sakura cheese mouse cake. My family and I loved all of the desserts. The textures and airiness of each of the desserts were great. I love the mouse cake it tasted like a cheesecake and the bottom had a dark chocolate thick layer. The matcha crepe layer cake and the matcha rolls are a must order. Textures on the roll were on point and you can't help to admire the creativeness before taking a bite.

Something about this location vs the Rockville one the desserts just taste better. Since this location recently opened during Covid. They have fiberglass partitions, sanitizing stations and the staff is wearing gloves/masks. This is a great place to come for drinks and desserts. I'll definitely be back to try their...

I’m originally from Japan. My husband and I went to Kyoto Matcha for the first time. We bought two matcha drinks, three different types of matcha cakes and a sweet potato cake. Their drinks were so bad. They added too much water and those drinks tasted way too bitter. Their matcha cakes were all too bitter because they were covered with too much matcha powder. Also, the matcha cream of their cakes were so bitter too. The matcha powder was overpowering. There are so many different kinds of matcha desserts in Japan, but their matcha drinks and desserts are not authentic. You can’t find such bad matcha desserts and drinks in Japan. I really don’t want Americans to think that they are authentic Japanese matcha desserts and drinks. I really don’t want this place to represent Japan. Their drinks and cakes are not worth trying. My husband and I are so disappointed. We’ll...