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- Hotel:
- MIMARU Tokyo Ueno Inaricho
- Country/region:
- Japan
A Friendly & Open-Concept Café with Welcoming Staff
I went around 2:00 p.m., and the restaurant was over half full. The second floor is not a cafe space but an interior showroom, which anyone can visit. Half of the café is an atrium, giving it an open feel and spaciousness. The space was open, so voices echoed, but there was also recorded music playing from a good speaker, giving the impression that it was well and truly buzzing. The walls and ceiling were only grey concrete, and there were few lights, so it seemed a little dark, but during the day, it was a nice, calm atmosphere with outside light coming in.
The menu is in both English and Japanese.
Take-away was also available, but if you wanted to spend time in the cafe, you had to take a seat first and then order.
The interior of the cafe did not have a Japanese feel; it was more like coming to a relaxed local café in Europe, America, or Australia.
The staff was friendly and pleasant, yet they worked briskly and made a good impression.
