6. Rilakkuma Cafe

*Do note we didn’t order the dinner courses, so we’re basing this off of our experience with sweets!

My Overall score: 4/5

Lisa’s Overall score: 3.7/5

Ordered:
(sorry I forgot the kawaii names!) Gomen Nasai (>^<)”

-Strawberry smoothie

-Honey latte

-Chocolate mousse and ice cream dish~

Lisa and I were on the hunt for Kirby Cafe and found this place instead!

Started off with a strawberry smoothie

Honey Latte! Gum syrup came on the side

Some Mochi wrapped around ice cream and chocolate mousse.

We were searching in Parco for the Kirby Cafe, in dismay of not finding it we found Rilakkuma instead! We were full of dinner so we just ordered some sweets! ULTIMATE KAWAIINESS ahhh~ So excited! It’s Rilakkuma, Korilakkuma, Kiiroitori, and just recently introduced is Koguma-chan!

Presentation: 4.7/5

It was super kawaii (cute)! Just slightly bugged by some parts of the plate, like sauces accidentally dripped in some placed but it wasn’t cleaned up. I mighttt have cleaned it up a bit before the photo ;p. Also, the faces could have been laid on a bit cleaner…

Lisa gave a 4.5/5 and said she liked the cute latte art~

Health: 4/5
Hard to judge, but most of the things on the menu were vegetables, rice, fruits. They had eggs benedict but it didn’t have that creamy sauce that I usually see, and usually half of the dishes had vegetables! The desserts had fruit, herbs, and granola~ There are some good vegetarian options.

If you wanted to check out the other dishes: http://en.rocketnews24.com/2016/02/24/rilakkuma-cafe-opening-in-tokyo-with-an-extra-side-of-cuteness/

Atmosphere/location: 4/5

Lisa and I had the same score for this one! We liked the decor, the cute photo booth in the front, but I would agree that it wasn’t as closed off as we would’ve liked it (for that private experience).

Cost: 3.7/5
Lisa put a score of 2 as it was really expensive for one latte. My smoothie was 980 yen and dessert plate was 1580 yen (around $15.80), to me it was average pricing for a themed pop-up cafe! With it being in Japan and the dishes that contain more vegetables and fruits, this is pretty normal for me.

(Keep in mind ingredients in Japan are quite expensive)

Taste: 4/5
–Strawberry Smoothie: It was a regular strawberry smoothie, it wasn’t overly sweet which I liked. I like the addition of the mint and sprig of rosemary, simple but really nice fresh herbs. I just wished it was somehow infused in the drink, but I guess this way you can adjust to it since most people may not like the taste of rosemary.

–Honey Latte: “It was a regular latte, not too sweet, but nothing special”-Lisa

–Dessert plate: All those cute wafer-like things with the faces of the characters are actually tasteless, just wished there was a hint of flavour in them~ the chocolate mousse like part is nice and creamy, and the mochi with the ice cream underneath is always one of my go-tos. But other than that it’s pretty average tasting. The fruit was fresh and not dry! (I’ve actually had bad fruit served to me before)

Then again, keeping in mind, most of these themed cafes are for experience and presentation!

Service: 3.7/5
In the beginning they take you to a photo booth and help you take pictures before seating you down. The servers were friendly, but the food took way longer than any other themed cafe I’ve been to-and we didn’t even order dinner sets! Other than receiving food, and getting our orders taken there wasn’t much interaction or seeing our server after that.

EEEEE first post from Japan. I need more timeeeee, so many restaurants to post about!