Report: Cafe Rokumeikan at Akihabara

As I mentioned Cafe Rokumeikan（カフェ鹿鳴館）in a previous article, I went to Cafe Rokumeikan in this weekend. Here's my impression/short-report.

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<Location>
It's very close to famous Karaoke Pasela[JP-LINK]. If you can get to Karaoke Pasela, you'll easily find Cafe Rokumeikan nearby. (Please see these photos of the entrance.)

<Interior/Atmosphere>
There are two "five seater table". IMHO, the interior not so good. The cafe has exposed concrete walls. It's just like "a field cafe(or a makeshift cafe) in a bomb shelter". But the real Rokumeikan was a reception hall for foreign VIPs in Meiji Era. So the atmosphere is mismatched, I feel.

<Maid's manner/serving customers>
All the maid-sans/butlers can really speak English, having (typical) Japanese accents. But their ability of speaking English are all very good as Japanese.
Of course, they have English menus.

<Menu/foods>
When I visited there, they had only limited menus(ex. coffee, tea, and a bread). I ordered a cup of coffee. They served a weak coffee (a.k.a. American coffes in Japan), and it costs JPY500-.

<Overall>
Uumm..., it's just so so(^^;. But It's the first and ever cafe, having English speaking stuff. If you have a chance to visit Akiba, and like to talk to the stuff, it's worth trying.

[cafe info]
Name：Cafe Rokumeikan（Cafe鹿鳴館）
Address：
      M2 floor, 2-11 Kanda Sakuma-cho, Chiyodaku, Tokyo,
Business hours：
      12:00 to 18:00[M-F: cafe time]
      18:00 to 22:00[M-F: bar time]
      12:00 to 22:00[Sat/Sun: all-time cafe]

  Tel: (+81) 50-3498-3922(IP telephone)
Blog: http://ameblo.jp/cafe-rokumeikan/
  Map: http://ameblo.jp/cafe-rokumeikan/image-10155128648-10103971430.html

[Update info: 05.Apr.2009]

Cafe Rokumeikan was closed down in Jan/2009. So it lasts only three months around. If you look for English available/speaking maid cafe, I caqn recommend @home. Here's why.

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