California Maid Cafe

alice in wonderland? you mean there's opium smoking caterpillars, Cheshire cats and Mad Hatters?

the girl with the twintails(?) is cute haha!

I think that's the first maid I've ever seen with a tattoo...

The one on the right has tattoos?

How is that sweet.

This is fail to me.

I would prefer Alice in Wonderland WITH Hooters.

sooo, this is a normal cafe with maid dresses as uniform?

At least is states that they don't target otaku otherwise it'd just be embarrassing.

it not work 4 me

"but with differences from Japanese version"

yeah, the maids are a lot less cuter

I do not like the owner since he or she did not respect the real spirit of Maid Cafe.

This is what we call in the Philippines "wrong mistake" hehe..

I dunno man, I think I'd rather be at hooters than at that maid cafe, sounds kinda boring.

no actual research. no commitment. no taste. epic fail.

Well, the tatoo does kinda kill it for me, but it would be totally cool to have my own Combat Maid.

Oh, and the maid with twin tails, かわいい！

epic phail :c oh well...but sould at least pray the meidos will be as beutiful as the twin tailed meido...she looks decent enough at the very least :P

oh what's up with the tatooed maid?! O_o;

ah well.........we'll see if this will work out

yeah right?! art is the emphasis

btw does the comment mean that japanese maid cafe = hooters and Royal/T = Alice in wonderland?

Maids without maid service is not a Maid.
Its just simply wearing Maid costume and being a waitress.
this cafe epic phailed.

I actually live in the area and had heard about it a few months ago. Apparently it's well more about the art than the food or the maids. In fact, I'd heard the cafe part only just opened recently (a few months after the gallery opening), and the food is in very small portion and not that tasty (though I haven't tried myself). It's just unfortunate that the people most likely to visit (otaku) in realizing it's nothing like the actual maid cafes of Japan won't give it a second look, once they find out. Fail indeed.

No. Just. No.

Excelent service, but she look like a exconvict (the right-side girl)

The maid on the right looks like someone whom after you say "Arigatou" when she brings you the food, grabs the front of your shirt, stares into your eyes and corrects you "Arigatou go-zai-ma-su."

This maid cafe is frightening.

Planning on going there next week, saw the place in the last months edition of "Los Angeles," but still didnt have the time to check it out - I'll take pictures and let you all know :)

so old too ulyg

I live not too far away from the area where the cafe is but I don't really want to go there. I heard the cafe has lots of art stuffs and not really related much to its Japanese original so enough said. I want my tsundere maid and I guess only place to see one is in Japan only.

I think I'd be too scared to go in...

In usa???????? I do not believe myself it

Will go out of business in a year.

Lets have a cafe where girls dress in exotic clothing and lovely thighs.
"But we are not hooters"
"we attract customers with 'modern art'..."

Tongue in cheek much?

>Never been to a maid cafe in Japan
i can see this business is going to pack up very soon

>We want customers to come in and feel like they're in Alice in Wonderland, not Hooters"
>not Hooters
>Hooters
ok i raged REALLY HARD at this

I think she'd have more success opening a tsundere cafe instead

For me it's not a maid cafe but a normal cofe with the waitresses dressed as maids. The special service is what it's all about. And the waitresses are less cute, althought the one on the left is nice. The other one with the tatoo is rather scary.

So that place is a high class refined place, with a refined art galery. Then what is a tattoed maid doing there? :P
Also, didn't really like how the Japanese maid cafes are described here. Not that I've ever been in one actually, but I think that this is a bit exaggerated right? ^_^; It's not that I'm saying that the Japanese maid cafes are all 100% pure and innocent (we all know that the idea is not 100% pure right ^_^; ), but I guess that the main idea of the maid cafes is to create a cozy, warm and happy environment for people who goes there (specially lonely otaku lol), and not exactly for those "other purposes", and I don't really think it's a bad thing (it's actually a cute thing ^.^ ).

Some more traditional Cafes over here also have waitresses in french maid uniform but i wouldnt call them meidocafe because of that.

This Cafe is trying to attract customers with frenchmaid uniforms without getting the "bad" reputation the meidocafes have.

Will run soon out of business

i don't like it

I expect to see Humpty Dumpty in maid costume.

I know where I'm going this weekend xDDD

I won't be ever go to that place...

Alice in Wonderland? Alice in Wonderland style cafe would be nothing like this! Alice in Wonderland exists because Carol fell in love with a little girl and told the story to entertain her.

This fake maid cafe is not close enough to a fantasy to even be called a maid cafe. DO NO WANT.

Ahaha, I picked up my copy of My Paper just a few days ago and I saw this article too. Pretty interesting that in all places and article like this would pop up, it had to be my favourite freesheet. You even get to learn a bit of Chinese from it too; it's a biingual paper.

I think I've discovered a new life mission: to work at a maid cafe . . .

LOW RISK OF DEATH?! good news! yay!!!...oh the post was about the maids....crap

I don't think it is going to work over here in the US. If it dose that that shows me what I know.

The Twin tails girl is so cute and bubbly~
I love the way the cafe looks in the background, very classy.
I wish them success!
:D

Yeah the Asian one on the right is a little too, um, granny-tranny-tastic if you ask me. And, "Our maids don't call customers 'master' and the girls are sweet rather than flirty,"? Puh-lease. That's just one reason why a maid-kissa would never work state-side. I personally never understood the appeal of maid cafes in Japan, actually. And that's all the more expounding I'll do on this matter.

I would like to see one here in West Michigan.

Hmm I wonder what magazine it is? There is Mandarin in the bottom right corner

this cafe looks like its located in china town area of la

Appearntly HAVE NOT BEEN TO A REAL MAID CAFE. Come to think of it in Japan it may seem Flirty but that IS WHERE THE CUTENESS COMES FROM. and DOnt Forget there are Butler Cafes too where GUYS Treat Women too. The way they treat the Customers here is almost simliar to Butler Cafes only the Butler Cafes actually they do the same things Meaid Cafes do only Manlier and More Clothe. OuO Overall Japanese Cafes Maid Cafes AND Butler Cafes Treat Their Customers in similar Fashion to each other but NOT THIS CAFE. *SIGH*Where is the CUTENESS!? LOVE!? SPECIAL TREAMENT!? FUN!? Just TEA!? NO FUN!? NO ROCK PAPER SCISSORS!? Its like taking Peanut Butter and calling it JELLY JAM. This CAFE TOOK OUT ALL THE FUN OF THE REAL CAFE AND MADE IT LESS FUN *SIGH* But have not been to one so this is just Opinion. But can tell NOT FUN BY ARTICLE. *SIGH* Basically they only took the LOOKS, STYLE, COSTUMES, and SERVICE. Everything else which is basically FUN AND HAPPINESS IS OUT OF THE PICTURE *SIGH* But Will admit have not been to one but can tell NOT LIKE JAPANESE CAFES. AT LEAST WE CAN TELL FROM VIDEOS THE JAPANESE GIRLS ENJOY and HAVE FUN WITH IT. *SIGH* This Cafe just made it look Down Score. IDK No choice but to FLY THERE AND SEE FOR MYSELF WHEN HAVE A CHANCE. *SIGH* but still INTERESTING.

And the way the JAPANESE GIRLS SPEAK IS SO DAMN FREAKING CUTE! I would just FALL EVERYTIME TIME I HEARD THEIR SWEET SEET VOICES. KAWAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII..............................................

For me the way they talk is only ENCOURAGEMENT FOR ME TO BETETR MYSELF AND OURSEL:VES TO PROVE TO OUSELVES AND OTHERS WE CAN DO ANYTHING IF WE TRY AND WORK HARD FOR IT IF WE TRY AND NEVER GIVE UP. Thats why I LOVE MAID CAFES! IT GUIVES ME HOPE AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THE FUTURE! and THSI SITE! THANK YOU DANNY CHOO-SAN AND MEIO KAFUES! THANK YOU!