Matcha Cafe Maiko
Coffee shop · San Francisco
About Matcha Cafe Maiko
En Matcha Cafe Maiko, te invitamos a descubrir el auténtico sabor del matcha en un ambiente acogedor y cercano. Elaboramos cada producto al momento, desde nuestros suaves helados hasta nuestros deliciosos floats, utilizando ingredientes de la más alta calidad. Ven a disfrutar de una experiencia únic...
En Matcha Cafe Maiko, te invitamos a descubrir el auténtico sabor del matcha en un ambiente acogedor y cercano. Elaboramos cada producto al momento, desde nuestros suaves helados hasta nuestros deliciosos floats, utilizando ingredientes de la más alta calidad. Ven a disfrutar de una experiencia única y sumérgete en la tradición japonesa del matcha en pleno corazón de la ciudad.
What Customers Say About Matcha Cafe Maiko
Matcha Cafe Maiko is popular for its strong matcha flavor in soft serve and sundaes. Customers rave about the quality and taste of the matcha ice cream, often describing it as creamy and not too sweet. Some find the lattes inconsistent and the portions small.
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Tip: Go when it's not the Japantown festival to avoid long lines. The matcha soft serve is a must-try, but be cautious with the banana matcha.
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Matcha Cafe Maiko is located in San Francisco, surrounded by cultural and historical points of interest. Here are some of the most notable places nearby.
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Matcha Cafe Maiko San Francisco Reviews
I got their yuzu sparkler with boba. It was delicious and refreshing, a good mix of sweet and sour. Highly recommend if you are a fan of good flavor.
Great flavors and delicious! Definitely a must if you are visiting Japanese town in SF. We really liked their ice creams and their cones are delicious as well. The space is small and I suggest taking a walk to see other stores while having your ice cream! We got the Matcha Vanilla ice cream with the gold on it! The gold doesn’t have a taste but it was fun to try!
Amazing and strong matcha soft serve of nice size. I don't eat any preservatives/emulsifiers, and when I do, watch out bloated belly. Well after eating this ice cream from the gods, nothing, all good. I give it a Betty award of excellence...I am Betty.
love. love. love. during the Japantown festival day, there was a line of 20 ppl. most other days, it's pretty empty. but that's LUCKY for uu go enjoy their matcha. great prices imo and taste was amazing. really happy I finally went here and I'll be back for more. I'm sad they don't make the mochi waffle anymore, but if I want matcha ice cream or a parfait, this will be my go-to spot!
Great spot. Went here with my boss sort of. Last day and she took me out which was really nice. I got some sundae and it was gas. The flavors are just so amazing and the combination of red bean and mochi makes it one hundred times better. Definitely a great spot, a little pricey but what isn’t pricey in sf. Definitely recommend.
Love the matcha ice cream. They sprinkle some matcha on top of the soft serve to balance out the bittersweet taste and let me tell you that i am overreacting when I say that this is probably the best ice cream I have ever had. The honeydew ice cream is good but very sweet. The ice creams have this perfect consistency that is creamy and yummy love it so much. Recommend to anyone who wants worlds best Ice cream. COME HERE NOW!!!
We got both the Matcha and Hojicha lattes. The matcha is pretty good honestly, no complaints there, though it was batch-made. This was my first time trying Hojicha, and while it was freshly made and very flavorful, it came out pretty gritty, and it seemed to be not fully mixed since there was still a lot of the powder suspended in solution rather than dissolved, so it was grainy while drinking. Overall, though this place does receive great reviews so maybe this was a fluke. I would be open to coming back again, but for the price and experience I received, I just can’t give it five stars yet.
We came here around 9:30pm at night for dessert. There was a short line that moved very quickly, and the staff fulfilled our order within minutes. The matcha and vanilla ice cream cone was good, but the waffle cone was the highlight since it was crispy and not too heavy. I also got the cheese foam matcha latte just to compare it with the ones I got from Izumi Matcha and Maruwu Seicha. The cheese foam here felt slightly heavy, and the matcha latte tasted slightly watery and wasn't creamy enough. I would say this place is better than Izumi Matcha, but Maruwu Seicha is still the best for both drinks and soft serve.
I ordered matcha and vanilla ice cream. Delicious ice cream flavor, not too sweet. The queue was quite crowded due to the holiday, but the staff worked quite quickly so I didn't have to wait long. It takes about 10 minutes to have ice cream. The small shop has no seats, you can bring ice cream to a chair in the middle of the mall to eat.
Nice place to get dessert for a bite. The line can be absurdly long so planning to go before attending really helps. Opted for a cone on a hot busy day. It was alright, a bit overhyped I felt for the popularity it gets. The ice cream definitely emphasizes the nice creaminess of the treat but flavor is a bit flat. Quantity is a bit on the lower end which doesn’t make sense paying the higher price you pay.
Stopped in for the Golden Sho-Gun (24K Golden Soft Serve). The screen in the shop shows a cone fully draped in gold leaf; what I received was a small patch of gold on one side, with the rest of the swirl bare. The matcha itself is creamy and pleasantly bitter-sweet and the waffle cone is fresh, so flavor-wise it’s solid. But the draw here is the gold, and the presentation didn’t match the advertising. At $11.90, it feels overpriced for what’s essentially a gold-leaf accent. Either apply the gold as pictured or update the menu to show what’s actually served. I’d come back, but for the regular matcha—it’s the better value.
Can't say the matcha/vanilla cones we got were anything special flavor-wise. If you have kids they'll enjoy them, but if your dessert palate is even slightly refined you can definitely do without their ice cream. Very bland ice cream to be honest; their mini cheesecake pies were decent though. Excellent service here.
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