メイド喫茶（Meido Kissa）Maid Cafe

19th February – 如月

A type of Cafe where staff girls imitate servant (maid) and treat customers as their master and provide service. Many Maid Cafes exist in Akihabara, Tokyo. Usually under 18 years old cannot visit there.

Probably many people who have searched about Japan encounter this types of shop, Maid cafe has variety of shops and each shops have different theme. Today’s blog introduces some basic information about what you can expect when you visit Maid Cafe.

Many people might think this place as only for guys. However, there are many girls or couples enjoying Maid Cafe so you don’t have to feel embarrassed!

When you visit Maid cafe, generally they charge for each seat, the rate is mostly less than 10 USdollars, and some shops have free charge for the first visitors. Weirdly, some shops charge different costs for customers’ gender.

When you get into the shop, the maid staff will welcome you saying

お帰りなさいませ、ご主人様 (Okaerinasaimase, Goshujin sama)

=Welcome back, master

Then you have a seat and can order some food as this place is a ‘Cafe’.

The food in Maid Cafe is known for a little bit over priced, as those food will be served with special service by Maid staff, such as drawing cute character, decorating in front of you, or getting magical wish to make the food taste better…

One of the wish example is Maid saying

おいしくなあれ、萌え萌えキュン！(Oishiku naare, moe moe kyun!)

=Taste better, Moe Moe Kyun – this part is showing cuteness

Therefore, it is understandable why it charges more – with special service.

Other than the food service, you can also enjoy the talks with Maid staffs. Those staffs have created their own character in their shop, so they are supposed to live in imagination. For instance, if you ask them where they are from, they would say they are from Jupiter, Moon or somewhere imagined place.

While in the shop, you can also enjoy playing game with Maid staff such as card games, kids games etc. Also if you pay extra (around 7US dollars) you can take a photo with Maid and she will decorate the polaroid for you. This polaroid is called チェキ (Cheki) and many regular customers collect thousand of photos with Maid.

Some shops hold Maid concert live and people can purchase the live ticket in the shop. People can see the Maid staff singing and dancing there.

There are some illegal Maid shops where overcharge many things, such as staff reservation fees. Therefore, it is better to check the information and review about the shop prior to your visit.

Here is the 2 famous Maid Cafe, it might give you what Maid Cafe is like!

＠ほ～むカフェ

https://www.cafe-athome.com/

アキバ絶対領域

https://akibazettai.com/