# Tokyo's classic kissaten

Showa-retro rooms, spaghetti Napolitan and thick pancakes: Tokyo's old-school coffee houses worth visiting.

- 71 votes · 12 items
- Oct 9, 2025 · hiking
- https://even.best/en/l/2475/tokyo-s-classic-kissaten

## Top 12

1. **Café de l'Ambre (Ginza)** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — 'Coffee only', with aged beans.
2. **Tricolore Honten (Ginza)** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Founded in 1936, once a haunt of writers and artists.
3. **Tsuta Coffee (Omotesando)** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Ivy-covered house with garden views.
4. **Sabouru (Jimbocho)** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — Mountain-hut façade, Jimbocho's iconic coffee house.
5. **Milonga Nuova (Jimbocho)** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — Back-alley café playing tango.
6. **Ladrio (Jimbocho)** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — Said to have introduced Vienna coffee to Japan.
7. **Café Bach (Minami-Senju)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Renowned house-roasting coffee shop.
8. **Meikyoku Kissa Lion (Shibuya)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Classical-music café played at full volume.
9. **Chatei Hatou (Shibuya)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Careful flannel-drip coffee, one cup at a time.
10. **Knit (Kinshicho)** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — Popular kissaten running for about 50 years.
11. **Junkissa Oka (Ueno)** (0 · ▲3 ▼3) — Showa basement with sparkling chandeliers.
12. **Yuria Pemuperu (Kichijoji)** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — Long-standing café founded in 1976.

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