Even though most maid cafes are located in Akihabara, Maid House Dear Cafe is one of those that is not. Located near Yokohama station, you can find it according to their website’s instructions:

Starting by the gates at the west exit of Yokohama station, exit the station, and take town street number 5 (editor’s note: just as you exit, take a left, and go straight through the mall in front of you. When you exit the mall, you’re in town street number 5). Go straight and cross the Vivre 21 bridge, pass through the Tokyu Hands store until you reach the Okano-cho intersection, cross it and go through the street between the Yokohama ramen store and the Three-F (スリーエフ) convenience store. Within 50 meters (editor’s note: on your left hand) you’ll find Dear Cafe ♪.

A maid cafe in Yokohama is quite interesting for me, as going there is easier, faster and cheaper than going to Akihabara. I went with a friend, and we found that they were doing an event that precise day. The cafe was full and we could not go in, but we were offered with the choice of giving them a name and a cell phone number so they would call us when a table was open (this is a normal feature in Japanese restaurants and cafes). We received our call around 20 minutes later and we went back into the cafe.

The actual cafe is medium-size, and can seat around 25 people in several tables for two, which can be easily converted in tables for four or six, and also a counter at the end. Predominant colors were white and brown. The place was quite organized, but still felt very comfortable.

They have a very large menu, full of non-alcoholic and alcoholic drinks, some food items, desserts, ice cream and many others. By far, this has been the maid cafe with the largest menu I’ve seen. Also, there are some special items (such as “Kimagure Curry” and “Kimagure Ice Cream”) which seem to change on a regular basis, because their actual descriptions in the menu are “Ask our staff about these”. (more…)