Smart Coffee

Be prepared for a line up. While this was not the case before the pandemic, it is the case now. This joint has become a very popular destination. The coffee is good, thick, black, strong and not too bitter, smoky or pungent. It is very enjoyable. Goes well with the sando, the french toast and the pudding. Sit down, enjoy a lazy Saturday/Sunday morning cuppa with your loved one. Talk about all the good things kawarmachi has to offer, how by the time it's going to get busy with tourists galore, how you are reminded, to not ride your bike but walk to be considerate to all, so and so forth.

Enjoy smart coffee! Warning it has no magical powers, you won't get smarter. Yours truly proves it. :)

We went there after 3pm. Basically no Q. The staff told us our dining time from 3:20pm-4:30pm. The food took a little longer to serve. We were ok for the wait and the French toast came out so fluffy and nice! Highly recommended for their French toast. I like their logo 🤪

Was there for breakfast service. They switch to lunch around 10:30. We had to wait in a line outside for about 30 minutes to get a table. This was on a Monday around 10AM.

The french toast was very good, and I recommend it. Very light, eggy, and fluffy. However, the pancakes were a surprisingly huge letdown. I've had some bad pancakes, but these were really bad. No redeeming qualities. Bland, dry, and not good even doused with butter and syrup. The iced coffee au lait was good though.

I wasn’t expecting to have good breakfast options in Japan, but wow this place blew me away. Order the French toast and the egg sandwich - both were amazing. The French toast was probably the best I have had in my entire life. Additionally, their original black coffee is so flavorful! The only thing I will say is that they seemed to be really understaffed so it made our experience slower and the line was 1 hour.

French toast and pudding are excellent in terms of texture and favour. Need to queue for about 15 minutes to get in at around 4pm.

Fun Japanese version of European dining. We waited about 15 minutes for a table at 8:20am. The interior was nicely decorated. We ordered a sandwich each and french toast each, this was a lot of food and we couldn't finish it. The egg sandwich was light and crispy with toasted bread. The standout though was the french toast which was so fluffy and lightly crispy, served with maple syrup, it seems like a Japanese version of french toast. To pay you take your bill to the till at the front. We spent 4200 yen for four dishes.

The hotel receptionist recommended this cafe as the most popular cafe visited by locals now. We arrived at 9am and there was already a long Q. Waited for about 45mins before we got our sits. There were some tourists like us too, so not so local as we expected.
We ordered all the main dishes in the menu except for the fruit sandwiches. The egg sandwiches were the best, toasted or not depends on preference. The french toast was good too! But the hotcakes was not fluffy as i imagined. It was actually dry. We didn’t like it, but i think this type of dry but thick hot cakes are popular with Japanese as we tried a few places before and they tasted the same. Coffee was decent. Just come for the sandwiches but not too sure if it was worth waiting that long.
Location is good and ambience is comfortable with old style big leather chairs.
Toilet is clean.