客美多咖啡 Komeda‘s Coffee 大直店

Item: 客美多咖啡 Komeda‘s Coffee 大直店
Rating: 2.5
Author: 一刻又一嗑

Afternoon Tea2 ppl$245

25 days ago

Japanese Chain Café!
So Japanese that I felt a bit unfamiliar...

My biggest critique of this place is the food, so if I visit again in the future, it probably won't be for the meals. (Unless the menu changes, of course.)

Things I'm not used to:
1️⃣ Almost all the coffee has milk, and the drinks often come with a big dollop of whipped cream!
Since I'm used to drinking black coffee, I found that my only option here was really just black coffee 🫠...

If you're someone who always adds milk to your coffee, you may not feel the same way, but if you're not used to adding milk, you might find that black coffee is the only option here 🙂‍↔️

2️⃣ There's a lot of "bread options."
I originally expected to enjoy afternoon tea at the café, which, in my mind, means a cup of black coffee with a sweet cake.

Setting aside the black coffee, I didn't see any sweet cakes on the menu even after going through the whole thing, which really surprised me! Luckily, I later found some on the separate afternoon tea menu and the online menu, which allowed me to have what I wished for. Instead, the menu mainly had sandwiches, toasted bread, burgers, etc. If you're looking for a light meal, that works, but if you want cake or other desserts, it's a bit tough to choose 😅.

Given these two points, I can't give a high rating because the menu significantly lowers my willingness to revisit, although this isn't the only reason for a low score.

I do like the interior!
For discussing matters and not wanting to be easily disturbed by next-door tables, each area is almost always separated by partitions, and the staff don't interrupt often, which I appreciate!

However, perhaps because the furnishings are quite heavy, cleaning the corners is difficult, and I saw crumbs and dirt in the gaps, which made the dining experience somewhat uncomfortable.

And the most important point:
The food did not leave a lasting impression or taste particularly good, nor did it make me want to come back, even when I saw what my friends ordered 👀... I didn't feel it was quite worthwhile.

Therefore, apologies to this place 👋. Unless someone invites me again, I probably won't choose to visit this chain for the time being.

Americano $115 On the menu, I scanned back and forth, and it was the only coffee without added milk or soy milk. But the taste is strong and bitter, causing palpitations; I don't like it 😞

Yuzu Cheesecake $120 This time I felt it was the most worthwhile dish, but that is only in comparison to what I ordered this time. The cake is on the afternoon tea menu, but the afternoon tea combo offers are only available on weekdays, so I could only order it à la carte when I visited on the weekend.

The cake is slightly hard, feels like it was taken out of the freezer. It's not a dense cheesecake, so it doesn't have a strong aroma. As the name suggests, it has grapefruit fragrance, cheese, and cake. However, these flavors feel quite separate, making it just decent to eat, but that's about it. What I personally like is that the bottom layer of the cake is very thin, so every bite is focused on enjoying the taste of grapefruit and cheese. For someone like me who isn't very fond of the bottom layer of cakes, this is ideal.👌

Spaghetti Bolognese $250 Ordered by a friend, according to them: nothing special. My own opinion: not a single bit of vegetable, really doesn't look very sumptuous...