Cafe Spots in Ishikawa Area

  • E'cafe
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    3.5
    3 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Suzu-shi Iidamachi 1-1-8
    A cafe located inside La Porte Suzu. Particularly recommended is the Himedora combo, produced by Nizami Coffee and Noto Mamehime, which comes with a dorayaki pancake sandwich made with Noto dainagon adzuki beans. The cafe also serves light meals; the Ishiru Chahan fried rice, made with ishiru (a squid-based sauce which is a local specialty product), is particularly popular.

    奥能登国際芸術祭で訪れたラポルトすずの施設内にあるカフェとゆーか食堂です。ローストビーフ丼は予想以上に美味しかったです。「ローストビーフ丼を注文したお客様にはお箸をプレゼントしています」と輪島塗のお箸まで頂きました。ただ、店員さんが、この芸術祭のせいで激務になったせいか、笑顔どころかしかめっ面…。それがちょっと残念でした。

  • Open Cafe Kinokoe
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    5.0
    1 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Wajimashi Machinomachi Kanagura O Unit 123
    This open café can be found in a corner of Kyoganji Temple, in Machinomachi, Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture. Tables are arranged in a corridor with round windows, and customers to the café find themselves calmed by the sound of the wind in the leaves and the voices of insects. The café makes use of local ingredients, and the owner, a qualified nutritionist, is renowned for his carefully created lunch menu. The café’s Kinzo Haikara-don is popular, with its Noto pork, roasted in a special sauce, and garnished with cheese. Their original pizza topped with traditional Noto food is also popular.

    輪島市の白米の千枚田などがある249号線から、車で10分ほど内陸へ入った金蔵地区にある慶願寺。この静かなお寺の、母屋と本堂とを結ぶ傾斜のある渡り廊下部分がカフェになっています。この渡り廊下、片側の壁は完全にオープンで、草深いお庭を望むように4つか5つのテーブルが設えられています。廊下全体が高床になっており背面側の壁にも大きな丸窓が開いているため、涼やかな風がそよそよと通り抜けます。9月の残暑厳しい...

  • Tsubomi
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    4.5
    65 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Kakinokibatake 3-1
    A famous Japanese-style café operated by the long-standing Japanese-style restaurant, Suginoi and located close to the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa in Kanazawa, Ishikawa. The café’s garden, enclosed by a towering stone wall built in the Edo period, offers beautiful seasonal beauty, from cherry blossoms and fresh verdure in spring to autumn foliage in fall. Customers can enjoy charming sweets made with select ingredients and mountain spring water while listening to the soothing burble of the nearby Tatsumi Irrigation Channel. Popular menu items include the hon-warabimochi jelly and the kuzukiri noodles, made from rare 100% pure and domestic warabi bracken and kudzu powder. The café’s famously superb Tsubomi shaved ice, only offered in summer, is luxuriously topped with a homemade syrup created from various fresh fruits.

    金沢市柿木畠にあります、金沢で一番甘味処ですくずきり、わらび餅これはもう絶品の美味しさです、それから暑くなるいまからはかきこうりふあふあです、その中で一押しは抹茶あずきこれは値段が高いが絶品の美味しさです。

  • Sio Cafe
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    4.0
    15 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Suzushi Kataiwamachi No part 12
    A café located along the coast in Suzu, Ishikawa which offers dishes made with Agehama sea salt, a local specialty product, and drinks such as Shio Cider (a soda made with sea salt). Situated inside a remodeled abandoned home, the subdued colors of the café’s décor create a chic atmosphere. The Sea of Japan stretches away into the distance outside the café’s windows and here customers can enjoy a quiet moment away from the hustle and bustle of the city. The café’s fluffy pancakes, made with Shio Cider, are particularly popular. The beef stew, made with slow-stewed Noto beef, is also well-reviewed. The café also has a shop and gallery space.

    能登の伝統的な塩をふんだんに使ったメニューが楽しめます。海沿いにあって景色がいいこともポイント。塩サイダー入パンケーキは3段重ねでボリュームたっぷり。おすすめは能登牛のビーフシチューです。量は少なめですが、お肉が柔らかくて、ルーもお肉もとても美味しかったです。塩サイダーも塩の味がしっかりと感じられておすすめです。ドリンクはランチと一緒に頼むと300円に割り引きになりました。

  • Higashiyama Bonheur
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    4.5
    26 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kagashi Yamanakaonsenhigashimachi 1 - e 19-1 Basho Dojo
    An old-fashioned café standing at the entrance to the verdant forest of the Yamanaka Onsen hot spring resort area in Kaga, Ishikawa. Situated next to a picturesque moss-covered torii gate, the café building resembles a hideaway which has practically become one with the surrounding forest. The only item on the lunch menu is the beef stew rice set. This renowned dish is made with beef slow-stewed until its practically melting, oil-fried vegetables, and a savory sauce served over a bed of rice. The café’s handmade cakes and fresh-squeezed lemon squash juice are popular treats to enjoy after a walk in the area.

    山中温泉の鶴仙峡入口付近にたたずむ森の中のカフェです、ここの人気はビーフシチューセット、森のケーキセットが有名です妻と一緒に来店しましたビーフシチューセットを頂きましたが普通の味ですただスタッフ皆さんは親切です。

  • Le Musée de H Kanazawa
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    4.0
    121 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Dewamachi 2-1 In the Ishikawa Prefectural Art Museum
    A stylish café situated on the first floor of the Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. Produced by the world-famous pâtissier Hironobu Tsujiguchi, the café offers creative sweets made with select local and natural Noto and Kanazawa ingredients. Exclusive sweets are also only sold here, such as the saison de gateau and Tsujiguchi role, made with Noto eggs, milk, and honey. The Concept G course, which combines Japanese teas and sweets, is also popular.

    Had perfectly baked cakes and coffee overlooking the beautiful peaceful garden. Nicely presented. A haven in Kanazawa. Worth the slightly steeper price. Great service. Also nice to watch the cakes...

  • Hyakuyaku Kitchen
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    4.0
    4 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Nagamachi 2-3-23-2
    A café located close to the Nogamachi Samurai District, a popular tourist destination in Naga-machi, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, situated inside a building hidden away on a tiny alley. Inside, the café has an open kitchen design and quiet, relaxing atmosphere. The café serves simply flavored lunches incorporating old-fashioned yet familiar medicinal plants with a focus on organic, locally-grown vegetables. One of the most popular choices on the menu is the Hyakuyaku gozen set, which comes with a medicinal plant and tofu hamburg steak main dish. The café is only open for lunch.

    What a gem of a restaurant this was! Lots of healthy food on the menu and we enjoyed everything we ordered. Nicely spiced chicken burger, excellent apple ginger soda.

  • Chaya Bijin
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    4.0
    17 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Higashiyama 1-26-17
    A cosmetics shop located in the “Higashi Chaya District” in Higashiyama, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture which also has a café space. Situated inside a former teahouse designated a Tangible Cultural Property by the city of Kanazawa, the shop sells exclusive cosmetics made with local gold leaf as well as skin care products. Chaya Bijin has worked to create an atmosphere which harnesses the aesthetic senses of the area, including a register counter covered with gold leaf and a “beauty fountain” where customers are free to try a variety of cosmetics. The café space serves beautifying beverages such as vinegar drinks which alleviate fatigue and “bi no cha” beauty tea.

    Chaya Bijin is a pretty little boutique selling cosmetics, face cream, accessories with gold leaf (tiny dust of gold leaf). Worth the visit when you are in Kanazawa.

  • Café & Brasserie Paul Bocuse
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    3.0
    3 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Hirosaka 2-1-1 Ishikawa Prefectural Government Memorial Shinokino Guest House 1F
    A café and brasserie produced by French chef master Paul Bocuse located on the first floor of the Shiinoki Cultural Complex in Hirosaka, Kanazawa, Ishikawa. Airy and open and offering terrace seating, the establishment faces a beautiful garden and overlooks the stone wall of Kanazawa Castle. Here you can enjoy authentic French desserts and orthodox French cuisine making use of fresh local seafood and seasonal ingredients. The establishment also opens up a beer terrace from June to November.

    平日のランチ利用です。2400円のコースBを注文しましたが、ボリューム・味ともに満足です。窓から見える紅葉の金沢城がとても綺麗で、お料理の味が引き立ちました。

  • Hosho-ji Temple Cafe
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    5.0
    4 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Teramachi 5-5-76 Shodoji Temple
    A café located on the grounds of the Hosho-ji Temple, a Rinzai Myoshinji Temple Buddhist temple which was erected in the early Edo period by Maeda Toshitsune, then lord of Kaga Domain. The café, a historic temple hall, has tables, chairs, and tatami seating as well, and here you can enjoy a cup of tea and a sweet. The matcha green tea sprinkled with gold dust, which comes with a small daily confection, is particularly popular. Other items offered by the café include Japanese sweets such as zenzai sweet bean soup and anmitsu syrup-covered sweet beans with cream, as well as coffee, tea, pancakes, and curry rice. The nearest station is Nomachi Station.

    A very chill japanese cafe in an old temple setting very close to the ninja temple. The hot matcha was very smooth.

  • Naoeya Genpei
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    4.0
    4 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Onomachi 4-16
    This shop and café is managed by Naogen Soysauce, a long-established soy sauce company founded in 1825. It is located in Ono Town, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. As a renovated old brewery warehouse that doesn’t let in any outside light, the interior of the shop has a unique atmosphere, where new and old mix. The shop contains products such as soy sauce, dressings and senbei crackers that have supported the food culture of Kanazawa. In the café space, customers can enjoy such things as dessert sets that incorporate soy sauce, coffee and Japanese tea.

    金沢市大野町あります。金沢市では老舗の直源醬油の直売所です、醬油を中心に色々な調味料,ドレッシング、などの味見が出来て買えるので便利です。

  • Kanazawaya Coffee Shop (Main Shop)
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    4.5
    34 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Marunouchi 5-26
    Kanazawaya Coffee Shop (Main Shop) next to Kuromonguchi in Kanazawa Castle Park in Marunouchi, Kanazawa City is a café. It offers nel-dripped coffee which is meticulously brewed for each cup. Handmade sweets are created to be paired with the coffee. Yokan (Japanese sweet jelly bean paste) from in-house roasted cacao as well as gateau chocolat made from in-house roasted cacao, and in-house roasted coffee yokan using in-house roasted coffee can be enjoyed with coffee.

    Best coffee in Japan. Strong, hot and just the way we like it. We also had an excellent club sandwich and toasty pizza thing.

  • Nizami Coffee cafe
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    4.0
    20 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Suzushi Idamachi 7 -30-1
    Nizami Coffee is a café located on National Route 249 in the Iida Town of Suzu City. Visitors can enjoy superb coffee made using beans from Nizami Coffee Shop Funagoya, in Kinoura and delicious homemade cake. The café usually has a selection of around 10 different types of coffee beans, which are also available for sale. It also sells coffee-related items such as cups and coffee-pots.

    その場で挽いて淹れるので確かに香りはいいですね。濃いめが好きならOKです。種類があるので色々試すといいと思います。

  • Kasanomisaki
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kagashi Hashitatemachi F -23
    "A cafe and restaurant owned and operated by the Kasanomisaki Club dedicated to the concept of regional revitalization. Located close to Cape Kasa, renowned for its sunsets, the pride of the establishment is its cafe terrace surrounded by natural beauty. The restaurant building was once an old Japanese home that was moved here and renovated, and the interior is decorated with antiques from around Japan and the world assembled by the owner. Lunch dishes come with a soup bar, salad bar, drink bar, and a signature dessert. The restaurant's satisfying lineup of choices includes ""aka-kuro"" red and black curry, nasi goreng Indonesian fried rice, and curry made with local vegetables."
  • Hayuwa
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    4.0
    22 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Higashiyama 1-7-6
    A cafe operating out of a Japanese townhouse in the Higashi Chaya District, an area with many tea houses. The table seats by the windows on the second floor offer a sweeping view of the area. The cafe interior is decorated with vivid red iron oxide painted walls with quiet touches of gold. The cafe's tableware was produced by Enishira, a company which carries gold leaf, Kaga mizuhiki cord work, and other traditional craft goods. Particularly popular menu selections include Japanese-style sweets like the cream zenzai red bean soup and the matcha powdered green tea shaved ice.

    町家を利用した和カフェ。2階にありひがし茶屋街のメインを臨む風景が一番の売りなのではないでしょうか。 一階はフルーツ大福のカズナカシマという別店で行列店。狭い間口をふたつに分けて並びます。 連休の狭間の平日でしたがひがし茶屋街自体が人、ひと、ヒト。 波結は二階にテーブル7席だけ。それはそれは並びます。一階は調理場とトイレとレジ。その前に待合席の様なカウンター席もありますが敢えてそこを希望して座る人...

  • Curio Espresso & Vintage Design
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    5.0
    337 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Yasuechou 1-13
    A cafe located in the Yokoyasue-cho Kanazawa Omotesando shopping arcade. The cafe's unpretentious air, resembling a corner coffee shop in Seattle, is popular with locals as well as Japanese and international tourists. The shop is owned and operated by Saul, a Seatllite who moved here with his Japanese wife. Perhaps in part thanks to the friendly disposition of Saul and his wife, the cafe serves as a communication space for customers and is always bustling. Here you can enjoy lattes, cappuccinos, and other coffees made with Curio's own original special bean blend, as well as light meals and baked sweets. The authentic Seattle espresso is particularly recommended.

    Amazing find in Kanazawa. The owner is Sol from Seattle and he has brought those good Seattle coffee vibes with him. If you are looking for great espresso look no further but the real surprise was...

  • Dumbo
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Kourimbou 2-11-6
    A cafe standing along Seseragi-dori Street in the Korinbo neighborhood. Modeled after Brooklyn, New York's DUMBO area, the cafe is decorated with books on art and interior design. Comfy sofa seats can be found on the second floor. The large sized beverage cups are perfect for a long cafe stay. The healthy menu includes items like American-style sweets made with wholesome ingredients. The cafe's naturally sweet carrot cake, cheesecake, and other cakes are particularly popular. The cafe has also taken efforts to ensure that families with small children can also relax and enjoy their time here and has a diaper changing station.
  • Kaga Katayamazu City Spa Machi Cafe
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    4.0
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kagashi Katayamaduonsen Otsu 65-2
    "A cafe located on the second floor of Kaga Katayamazu City Spa where you can take a relaxing break. The cafe's floor to ceiling windows provide a bright and airy atmosphere, and from the cafe's tables you can take in the seasonal natural beauty of the area as well as fireworks in the summer. In addition, here you can enjoy seasonal desserts and dishes made with an abundance of local specialty products like Neapolitan pizzas and pastas. The five layer ""Kaga Parfait"" is particularly recommended was developed under the premise of local production for local consumption with the aim of expressing Kaga City's culture of cafe hospitality. The cafe also has an outdoor terrace seating area."

    片山津温泉の総湯の2Fにあるカフェ。ぼく達は加賀パフェしか食べていないけれど、なかなか美味しかったよ。この加賀パフェ、確か7つほどのカフェ・レストランで提供されていると思うけど、ここのはなかなかのもの。なおそれなりの食事メニューはあるので、お好みで。

  • Norio Cafe (Meitetsu M'Za Shop)
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    3.0
    6 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Musashimachi 15-1 Heza 3F
    "A cafe-style establishment where you can enjoy classic restaurant dishes located in the Meitetsu M'za department store in front of Omi-cho Market, the ""kitchen of Kanazawa."" The restaurant takes pride in its pasta and omelet rice made with an abundance of fresh seafood from the Omi-cho Market. The white sauce omelet rice served with plenty of seafood is the restaurant's most popular menu selection, and during lunch the restaurant also offers this as a set which comes with a salad and your choice of beverage. Also recommended are the restaurant's sweets, like pies and tarts, baked daily; the pancakes topped with hearty servings of seasonal fruit; and the tall size parfaits."

    Dans les sous-sols du grand magasin du même nom, au sein dun food court. Restaurant correct en terme de cuisine et approximatif en terme de service (personnel négligent et peu accueillant ce qui est...

  • Hakuichi Cafe at Hakukokan
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    4.0
    18 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Morito 2-1-1
    A cafe located inside the Hakukokan interactive gold leaf museum operated by Hakuichi, a long-standing company which is involved in the vaunted Kanazawa craft of gold leaf production. Floor to ceiling windows on one side give the cafe an open and airy atmosphere, and in spring customers can enjoy a view of cherry blossoms. The most popular item on the menu, dazzling soft serve ice cream boldly decorated with gold leaf, has become a celebrated symbol of Kanazawa. The cafe also serves other desserts made with seasonal fruits like anmitsu sweet beans in syrup, light meals such as omelet rice made with a homemade tomato sauce, and local liquors and beers.

    Best place to have the famous gold leaf ice cream in Kanazawa! The soft serve itself is really great. The gold leaf is prob more a touristy thing than anything, it does have an interesting texture...

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Long, thin Ishikawa prefecture runs along the Sea of Japan up into Noto Peninsula. Highlights of the seaside towns lining the west coast include Kanazawa, often described as a "Little Kyoto" thanks to its old wooden tea houses and geisha culture as well as its picturesque Japanese garden, Kenroku-en.

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