Tokyo · Akihabara and Kanda
Cure Maid Café
Cure Maid Cafe was founded in 2001, and presents itself as the first cafe in Japan with waitresses in maid uniform. Wikipedia lists it as the first permanent one, from March 2001. It is on floor 4 of the Onoden Building, inside the G-Store Akiba shop, and the waitresses wear classic uniforms. According to its site, the concept is a calm place.
The hotel chain MIMARU writes that there is no seat charge here, that you pay only for what you order, and that anyone looking for a pop-culture show will not get one here. The cafe's own site says nothing about a seat charge or songs, so this is a report and not a promise by the place.
The menu is that of a regular cafe: the Japan Tea Association recognized the place as a 'good tea house', and a cup of tea starts at ¥770. An omelet on rice is ¥990, curry from ¥1,100, and a sweets platter with scone, waffle, ice cream and tea ¥1,200. The place appears in anime series such as Love Live, and now and then runs collaborations with a special menu. From 30 October to 15 November 2026 this is Touhou Project, with dishes such as an omelet at ¥1,680.
Good to know
- Photos and posting on social media are allowed, but without capturing other guests or staff, and no video.
- The food is not kosher, and includes beef, pork and shrimp.
- Old guides, such as Time Out, still give floor 6. The right address according to the cafe is Sotokanda 1-2-7, Onoden Building, floor 4.
- Opening hours sometimes change before collaborations. On 29 October 2026 the place closed at 18:00 to prepare. Check the news page.
What is nearby
Approximate walking minutes from the entrance of Cure Maid Café.
- HereCure Maid Café
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G-Store Akiba Shopping
A floor of character clothes, goods and cosplay costumes, in the Onoden Building. The shop closes for two stocktaking days a year.
- 1 min
Ginza Lion Akihabara Radio Kaikan Food
A branch of the chain in the Radio Kaikan basement, open for hours after the shops upstairs close. Not kosher.
- ~2 min
mAAch ecute Kanda Manseibashi Shopping
Shops and cafes inside the brick arches of the railway, by Manseibashi Bridge. Closed on 9 November and 31 December 2026, and from 1 to 3 January 2027.
- ~3 min
Akihabara Electric Town Street
The electronics and anime district: Radio Kaikan (10 floors, most of them figures and cards), Animate, Mandarake for secondhand, and gachapo
- ~3 min
COSPA Official Store Akihabara Shopping
The official store of Cospa, a long-standing maker of official anime clothing: T-shirts, hoodies and bags from hundreds of series, from subt
- ~4 min
Komaki Shokudo Food
Buddhist shojin cuisine in Akihabara, in the CHABARA market under the tracks: no animal ingredient at all, no white sugar, and no garlic, on
- ~4 min
Kanda Matsuya Food
A soba house founded in 1884, across the Kanda River. Not kosher.