Cafe Giverny — Restaurant in Los Angeles

Cafe Giverny is one of our favorite cafes in Koreatown, quiet and quaint and unique in all of the cafes available in the neighborhood! We love coming here to wind down after a busy day or after a meal, as the ambiance is like a cozy friend's home with beautiful vintage dishes and cups.

ARRIVAL/PARKING: There is a small lot in the front of the cafe (which looks like a house, cozy with string lights and vintage foot stools / pianos in front) and a slightly bigger lot in the back; street parking is available if those are full.

Walking in you are greeted warmly and usually we are ushered to our seats without a wait; we usually visit in the evenings after dinner and there are usually folks enjoying after-meal sweets and teas then too. The glass cases have beautiful serveware on display and desserts too!

ORDERING: Menu has an extensive list of coffee (oat milk substitute available, yes! and decaf available for all drinks), pots of tea (one cup per pot, extra cup for $3), shaved ice, homemade sourdough sandwiches, sweets and snacks. I enjoy how the teas are ordered by the caffeine level, so you can have an herbal no-caffeine order if it's close to bedtime, or get a medium level tea if you want a bit of a pick me up. There are also Korean traditional teas available, as well as sorbets, ice creams, and acai bowls.

EXPERIENCE / FOOD / DRINK: I love the CAFFE LATTE, the last time I ordered this it came in a teacup that had a tiny bee decoration that emerged as I sipped it, served on a teacup dish that had a wee grasshopper on it. The POTS OF TEA are unique and if your party ordered one each, each teapot is likely different from each other and gorgeous. The STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE slice is one of the best slices of cream and fresh berry cakes in town and we order it almost every time, the cream not too sweet, the cake airy and fluffy. The SALTED CARAMEL MACARON is the my personal favorite flavor of macaron, dainty sweet and delicious with a coffee drink. These are all so lovely enjoyed on the homey wooden tables and chairs, a mini grandfather clock nearby, or a piano overlooking your tea.

SERVICE: Friendly and not intrusive at all, it's like you're hanging out at a friend's place if that friend has excellent coffee and cakes and ceramics :) "Take your time", the cafe says!

Lovely place and one of...

I've already left an amazing review for this place before and it still stands true. This review is for their wholesale cake sale which you can pre-order the day before if you call between 10am and 12pm. (2 hour window)

Their cake is a bit pricey, but it is a price well given. Their cake is good for 12 people (1 slice each). At this moment, they only have their strawberry shortcake available. Their cake was used for a birthday and it was absolutely phenomenal. It had the perfect amount of cream and fruit, the cake was exceptionally made, being a perfect balance of sponge cake and cream. It was a refreshing cake and not too sweet either. The kind of cake I'd recommend for 6 people instead because everyone is going to want a second slice.

I could have easily gone to another place more convenient and closer to me, but it was worth the travel, it was worth coming here for my cake, it was worth supporting this business, and the kind and generous people in it. I love Café Giverny, and I stand by supporting this business.

Thank you café Giverny, for helping me celebrate my dad's 70th birthday,...

I'll start out by saying I'm unclear on the root of my interaction and will let the reader make their own determination based on my recount.

I went to Cafe Giverny a couple of weeks back because it was one of the only cafes open after dinner and a friend and I wanted to grab some tea and continue to catch up. It was like 9:30-9:45pm on a Friday (at least an hour before it closed). We walked in, there were a a lot of guests and it was pretty packed.

I assume the owner and owners wife came to my friend and I (my friend is Japanese and I'm black) and told us they were closing. They CLEARLY were not closed, nor closing. It was weird because I looked at their hours and made sure they were open before we went as well.

Ended up going to The Yellow House next door. We walked by Cafe Giverny on our way back to our car, maybe a half hour to an hour later, and they had even more people at their outside table, a big group of whyte people.

That said, I'll never go...