Kind of terrible but pretty memorable experience. This was the only time I truly felt unwelcome as a
京喫茶 潤 京都駅店
住 所:
〒600-8215 京都市下京区東塩小路釜殿町31−1
総合評価:
2.3 (258)
Kind of terrible but pretty memorable experience. This was the only time I truly felt unwelcome as a foreigner in Japan. Similarly to some of the other reviewers, we were also sat in the back of the place next to the fridge and boxes, ie. out of sight, even though all the tables in the front were empty when we came. The big group of (english speaking) tourists who came a little bit later were also sa in the back next to us , front tables still empty. We found it odd and little bit funny to begin with but after realizing, the staff truly put only Japanese people in the front, it felt awkward.
Nevertheless, we got English menu and ordered pancakes with no problem. The food was mediocre at best. My friend got caramel pancakes and coffee jelly, which she said was both okay. I mean the food did not look at all like the things showcased in the window of the store but it was okay. I got the strawberry banana pancakes and was dissappointed to find out that the strawberries were frozen solid. I understand that not every shop uses fresh strawberries, but getting lukewarm pancakes with frozen strawberries on top is not great. They were not thawed at all and biting into ice cold hard strawberry is not the experience I was looking for.
Overall not a great experiece for the price, there are other cafes and pancake places at the station worth visiting. We just had the luck to pick out the worst one of the bunch.