Maidreamin

DON’T go to this one! Definitely find a better maid café. This one was… OK. And just that, ok.
The maids weren’t as enthusiastic as they should be and the food was eh, but who really goes to a maid café for the food right? haha.
Maids were cute enough, place was ok, and they charge and arm and leg. For you table plus your food. There are different options to get but DON’T DON’T waste your money on the food, if anything go with the dessert… it’s decent.
We only went to this maid café because it was convenient in Akiharbara (Akiba) for us but definitely going to try another one. There are tons of maid cafes everywhere in Akiba.
The only good thing was the free wifi.
DON’T WASTE MONEY OR TIME ON THIS ONE, GO TO ANOTHER!

Rarísimo.
Había visto la reseña de Carlos P. hace un tiempo y quedé impactado con lo bizarro de este lugar.
A ver, si a alguien no le explico en detalle el lugar y le muestro un par de fotos, no me cree que no fui a un cabarulo.
Posta. No es.
El lugar está en un piso (Tercero o cuarto, según recuerdo) llegando a una de las esquinas más transitadas de Akihabara.
La movida es así:
Un bar donde atienden unas japonesas vestidas al estilo Sailor Moon, que hablan muy poco inglés y como pueden te explican como es el sistema.
Te cobran una especie de «cubierto» (que no incluye nada), y el menú tiene de todo. Desde birra, tragos, café, helados y tortas.
Cada vez que llega un pedido a la mesa, hay que hacer una coreo con la mesera Sailor Moon (!!!).
A todo esto, suena pop japonés (que sospecho que lo cantan las mismas meseras) al palo, y te quema la cabeza.
El ambiente? Raro, también.
Desde gente sola hasta alguna familia.
El café es horrible y los helados son buenos.
Pero, creo que de los argentos, nadie va por la comida.
Ah, la jodita no es nada barata.
Cuando fuimos a pagar a la caja, nos dieron el ticket, estaba en japonés y no quedó otra que aceptar todo y pagarlo. Pero no es nada barato.
Pero había que hacerlo, che!

Place was a fun experience, and definitely something worth experiencing atleast once. Albeit it’s expensive, but I got served beer by cute Japanese girls dressed like maids so I can’t complain too much. Basically college all over again, except this time I wasn’t in front of a computer screen. Also my waitress spoke decent English.

Want to feel really awkward and be forced to chant and sing really cute things before you get your food or drinks? Come here! Nobody really comes for the food, you come for cute little asian animé girls to talk, sing and dance for you. I would recommend coming here just for the experience and hopefully you get treated to a live song and dance too.
Its 500 yen an hour for a regular bar seat, and 1000 yen per hour each person for a sofa seat. It was very entertaining but also very expensive for the food and drinks. Just sit back and enjoy everything. Would I ever come back on my own? Probably not. Would I be open to it again if my friends want to try it for the first time? Sure.

We had a fine experience. Yes, the place is a little touristy but you’re going to a maid café in Akihabara, that’s no surprise.
The food was super cute. It was not delicious. My Jasmine tea was so bitter it was undrinkable. But I was not expecting it to be. That’s not why you go. You’re paying for super cute food and girls dressed in maid costumes, performances, your food infused with «mui mui cuuuuuuuuute! (does gesture with hands in a heart shape)», being called master (guys) or princess (girls) and if you’re being spoken to in super proper Japanese.
When we were seated we asked about the performance and the waitress said she would go ask and within 10 minutes there were 6 or 7 maids performing their famous «happy happy morning» song and dance routine.

Antes que nada, por si empiezan a haber incoherencias en mi relato, les hago un disclaimer: Llevo unas 24 horas sin dormir, y anoche «dormí» en un placard ubicado en un pintoresco (not) galpón de una zona muy fiera de Osaka (Hogar de los Yakuza).
Con el aviso ya afuera, empiezo a contarles sobre lo que realmente quiero hablarles, que es Maidreamin. Maidreamin es lo que se conoce como un Maid Café. Un lugar donde chicas vestidas de mucamas lo tratan a uno como su patrón, cumpliendo las fantasías de uno. Nada mejor que esto, ¿no?.
Cuando entrás, te recibe una de estas chicas con una sonrisa, te invita a sentarte y te muestra el menú. Con una voz kawaii* te va explicando las opciones, plato de comida, helado o una bebida. En mi caso, decidí elegir el helado con cara de osito que supuestamente nuestra maid, con amor, hace para nosotros. Desde mi posición podía ver la cocina donde un ponja sudado estaba armando mi parfait, pero bueno, decidí dejarlo pasar. Una vez que traen tu pedido, estas chicas hacen como un cantito «mágico» junto a una mini coreografía que en general incluye formar corazones con las manos y te insisten en que lo hagas con ella. Un poco confundido por el asunto, seguí el juego y lo hice. Ahí fue cuando me di cuenta, mirando alrededor, que todos lo hacían. Pero no como yo, incómodos. Ellos disfrutaban cantar con su maid y hacer corazoncitos mientras reían. Con eso terminé de cerrar la idea. Ese lugar era el lugar más triste del mundo.
Lleno de hombres adultos sonriéndole a chicas que tal vez no pasaban los 20 años (o los 30, con las japonesas uno nunca sabe) mientras hacían cánticos con ellas a la comida.
Estaba pensando en pagar (el fee muy caro de 10 dólares por servicio de mesa más la comida) cuando de pronto se hizo realmente magia.
Se apagaron las luces, trajeron una porción de torta y empezaron a cantarle el feliz cumpleaños a un tipo. Que estaba solo. En sus 40 años. Festejando en un maid café. Si no estaba al borde del suicidio le pegaba en el palo.
Después de la canción el chabón se puso a llorar. Fue un momento complicado. No sabía si reir o tener lástima del tipo hasta que una de las mucamas le dio una pandereta y lo invitó a tocar mientras ella cantaba en el escenario un tema j-​pop de moda. Ahí todo cambió, sabía que tenía que reir y solo tuve un pensamiento: ESTE LUGAR PASÓ DE SER EL MAS TRISTE DEL MUNDO AL MEJOR DE TODO JAPÓN.
Si, mi pensamiento fue en caps.
Con esa imagen del viejo tocando la pandereta mientras la maid cantaba, pagué y me fui teniendo una de mis experiencias favoritas de Japón.
*Kawaii es un adjetivo del idioma japonés que puede ser traducido al español como «bonito», «mono», «precioso» o «encantador».

The food was awful and the «live entertainment» never happened. Save your money.

If you are going to a maid café, I would not recomend this one, its not bad, but its significantly more expensive than its quality, the food is ok, the variety is not very big, the service is good, and the place is small. However, go ahead and try those restaurants, good to experience them at least once in akihabara.

It’s a trap!
That’s pretty much what this place is. A huge tourist trap. It’s a cool concept, but they charge you an entrance fee and when we came in they pointed out that we only had three options to eat from all combo meals. Unknown to us there was a different menu with pretty much a bunch of cheaper options. A scam I tell you!
The food itself was great and cute, but be careful when taking pictures, because if you take a picture of one of the girls when they don’t want it, they will kick you out. Still, it’s worth trying out a maid experience at least once.

Was not attended to after we were sat down and given menus, after half an hour of trying to get a waitresses attention and finally having our orders taken, the food took even longer to come out. Expensive for what this place truly is. This was my first time here and I don’t think I want to come back.

I took my son here and boy did I show him something that will change his outlook on life. I watched videos of 20 somethings going there and thought it would be fun. After sitting down I quickly realized that its like a hooters/​strip club without anyone wearing revealing clothes or taking them off. Its like a fetish club for sad Japanese men. Being a westerner and looking at it at face value, it was awesome to witness. But when you start looking around more and thinking, thats when you see the problem. Its dudes drinking beers and smoking (strip club part) and hoping to get a chance with these maids. I felt so sad about men in this country, like worse than guys in an american strip club. Its like they wanted it to be their birthday everyday there.

First of all. I understand it’s not easy as a foreigner to experience this. But as I read all these other reviews and comments about «no pictures» and «what a ripoff» is silly. «No picture» policy is everywhere in the entertainment business (and even some restaurants) in Japan. Just take it for what it is, a make up fantasy land for some, a way to relax and have fun for others.
Personally I only go here with «newcomers» to Japan. If you never experienced maid café before it’s definitely worth your money! Relax and have fun enjoying probably something you never can experience outside Japan! Nyan nyan (^^)

Maidreamin was a… unique experience. It is 2000 yen and its all you can drink. The girls are cute and interesting enough, but like Tokyo itself, the place seemed a bit weird to me. My friend and i came out of curiosity as we had heard about maid cafes in Japan. Its very animé oriented and the maids perform a live show. It was definitely different and the food wasn’t too bad. I doubt i would return but it was still a great experience.

I had to go back again two days after my previous review to entertain my visiting client from the US, and I must say never again coming back.
Place was busy but there was no «live show», and for two beer we spent 4000yen. Seriously?! Also noticed gals wore really dirty uniform this day, almost wonder if we hit wrong day to be there.

This place is a complete rip off. We were told that the maid cafes were very popular in Akihabara. We were kind of lost and somebody told us about this one. First off, there is a hefty entrance fee. Then there was a minimum of one drink and one menu item. All being told, for my wife and I, we spent almost $ 90 for an ice cream a piece and drink a piece. Then all the waitresses did was talk baby talk and do pop songs. No pictures are allowed in this place, I found this out the hard way. I snapped a picture, and the girl told the waitress to go over and have me delete the picture. Luckily we snapped a few that they didn’t notice. You can have a picture with a waitress if you want to pay an additional $ 10. This place was a mess. Next time I will do my homework and hope there are classier Maid cafes.

This is one of those once in a lifetime experiences for sure but it sure felt otherworldly. 2000 yen for all you can drink and a show for 1 hour. You can also get a photo with one of the animé maids for 500 yen. It’s an interesting atmosphere and they will give you ears to wear. You also have to meow to get drinks. The show itself was amusing and the maids do move wildly with the flashing lights and j-​pop tunes. Recommend to those who are willing to try something different!

Akihabara is also known for its Maid cafes, where waitresses dress in a French maid-​like outfit and treat their customers as kings and queens. A cute maid invited us to Maiddreamin, located on the 4^th floor of the Otaku Goods building on Chuo Dori. We didn’t know what to expect, but we were happily greeted by several smiling, friendly, sweet maids! We were promptly seated and our maid came over and spoke about a «dream candle», a candle that stayed lit during our visit to the café. Though we had some trouble understanding her, she never stopped smiling! We ordered cake, parfaits, melon soda, and tea. Before eating our meal, we chanted «Delicious, delicious, yummy, yummy yummy!» As we were eating and relaxing, two of the maids sang a few songs on a small mini stage in the center of the café. They encouraged us to sing along. It was a lot of fun! We weren’t able to take photos of the maids without permission but purchased one of their «souvenir» packages which included a photo and keychain. We each spent around 2000 Yen for the admission fee, souvenir, and food. To some, a maid café may be strange and different, but the girls make you feel happy and extra special. You can’t help but smile!