Best places: Cafes in Minato, Japan

👍👍 Easy to find. Staff are very friendly. Highly recommended.

👍 Was drawn to this place by the sound and smell of roasting coffee beans ☺️. The place is quaint, homey and cosy. I am not a coffee drinker myself, so I sat with a softserve (very nice I must say) and enjoyed the sound and the sights of the place accompanied by the low humming of easy jazz music in t...

👍👍 Plate Tokyo is by far one of the best dining experiences I’ve had, period. Ayano-san, the owner, is a fantastically skilled and knowledgeable chef and sommelier who somehow manages to cook and present beautifully tasting and looking food while simultaneously merrily engaging with her guests througho...

👍👍 Outstanding and tasty Kobe beef! Definitely worth trying. The cheapest option is to make a reservation and choose a lunch menu (~¥1700-¥2500). You will receive a decent dish with Kobe beef that will be a really good experience for you. Restaurant is rather stylish and the dress code is elegant, but...

Venue for weddings & other events featuring a quaint Japanese garden with bonsai trees & koi ponds.

Spacious exhibition showroom for original robotics, 2 & 4-wheel vehicles, events, plus cafe & shop.

😠 I love sake and went to many sake bars in Tokyo. This place is a tourist trap which charges you 3-5 times more expensive than other local sake bars. Also most of the sake showing in the picture are “not available”. For example Shinjuku New Rebaya 新宿ニューれば屋 has way more selection on the best s...

👍👍 The best pancakes I’ve ever had in my life. So much more tasty than the overhyped (in my opinion) fluffy pancake craze that’s all over japan these days. Actually, it’s like the perfect median between the fluffy pancake and the traditional flat pancake. Everything about this pancake is picture perfec...

👍👍 I am GF and I really wanted to try Japanese food like okonomiyaki and tempura. I was able to taste both as well as gyoza!!! They were all excellent! The atmosphere is also cozy and the staff very nice. They had interesting drinks and gf cookies for sale as well (which were delicious). I was only i...

👍👍 The tea experience was transcendent. The extensive menu includes few recommended tea tasting courses, also you can order tea/sweets/snacks a la carte. I chose the pricier 5-type tea tasting course and I was amazed. Reservation is highly recommended as the limited seating allows staffs' full attentio...

👍👍 Wow, what a wonderful cafe!! The pour over coffee is really flavorful, they have around 3 beans to choose from for ¥500. As for atmosphere, there are several English books focusing on Japan (a lot from the War). They were playing some lovely jazz as well. A great place to chill.

👍 Offers strong, but heavily edited and rotating French wine list (on iPad menus) and boards of charcuterie in a cool building with stylish, open interior space. A bar and 4-5 tables that seat small groups. Great place for a date, to talk business or to talk $h!t with the homie. No smoking. French,...

Sleek venue serving charcoal-grilled meats, with Tokyo Tower views from the terrace.

French-inspired vegan bakery with minimalist decor, serving coffees, quiche & a renowned lemon tart.

👍👍 Bathe best teppanyaki in Tokyo. I have been here many times and never disappointed. This is the first time since they renovated and the view is great (moved from a closed area on 5F to 41F) and the menu got a facelift too (a bit more pricey now). But all in all, the service remain top notch, the aba...

👍 The open, work-oriented interior is stylish and comfortable. There is a DJ booth in the back. The music is loud, so if you want to spend a quiet time, this may not be the place for you. It is dark at night, so it is more suitable for working on a computer than reading a book. There are many foreign...

😐 It's an attractive space. I went for the fancy shaved ice. It was very photogenic but the flavors were lacking. The ice itself is from somewhere special, but it was clumpy and grainy, more so than other shaved ices I've had. There was a scoop of vanilla? ice cream on top, it was ok. The best pa...

👍👍 The detail given to us and our food was beyond incredible. Amazing taste. Everyone spoke English (even for the phone reservation). Excellent place for a date, a business meeting, or just relax after work. Depending on what you order, it can be a bit expensive but it is well worth it.

🫤 Avoid if you’re into strong coffee. Overpriced “cappuccino” they refused to call “cafe latte” was bland. Nice service though and seems like a good place to work or meet quietly.

Hip, minimalist stop for coffee made with ethically sourced, single-origin beans, plus sweet treats.