Seattle's Best Coffee

Name: Seattle's Best Coffee

Type: American Style Cafe

Japan Website: http://www.seabest.co.jp/

US Website: http://www.seattlesbest.com/

In Brief: An amazingly quiet and secluded cafe in one of the busiest locations in Tokyo! And of course 100% Smoke Free and with Wireless Internet!

Review: I found this cafe by accident, trying to find my way out of the maze that is Sunshine City which just goes to show that the best places in Japan are the ones you find when you get lost.



There were several features that drew me to SBC. The first was the "No Smoking" sign, naturally. The second was the selection of vacant seats available. Something that I thought I would never find at 3:30pm on a Wednesday during the school holidays but here we were with over 10 seats completely vacant! SBC is also nicely removed from the noise of the main Sunshine shops while only being a ten second walk from them.

I treated myself to the 220 YEN banana walnut muffin and a Tall (same size names as Starbucks though slightly larger in size and thus better value for money) Mocha with no cream (with cream is the default) which was where SBC really lived up to it's slogan "Bold Flavour, Smooth Taste" with a first class coffee served within 30 seconds and two people being served before me! Great stuff! The milk, foam, espresso, were all spot on and the temperature was hot enough to mix the ingredients but not so hot as to force me to wait half an hour lest I get third degree burns trying to drink it.

I really enjoyed going through my shopping (The Body Shop is just under and several anime and manga stores are directly across the road) and writing this article in here. I didn't get the chance to try the much promoted "SBC Dog" (wasn't that hungry today) but I'll definitely try it on my next visit.

Note: Left of SBC is nice but medium sized park with nice seats and a water feature. On a nice day, try grabbing take out and enjoying some Tokyo city nature. If you've never seen a cicada before, you should definitely do this in Summer as the park is full of them! A great experience!