Cafe Bibliotic Hello!

Almost 20 years in business, ‘Café Bibliotic Hello’ is one of the most well known and most popular cafes in Kyoto and for a good reason.

The café is located conveniently between Karasuma Oike Station, Marutamachi Station, Jingu Marutamachi Station and Kyoto ShiyakushoMae Station as well as on a walking distance from Kyoto Imperial Palace.

Bibliotic Hello opened its doors in 2002 and is situated in a 130 year old machiya. It stands out from the neighborhood with large banana trees in front of the café. The façade has large windows but since the windows have a dark tint as well as being covered behind the foliage its difficult to see inside. This gives the café a cozy atmosphere as well as a sense of privacy.

The interior has a retro style design with a focus on the large book shelve that extends to the second floor. There are a variety of different seats to choose from including a large dining table, some living room table style seats, in the back there are even more tables and there is even a table outside in the back patio. Then there are also tables on the second floor. Most of the furniture is old teak from the Bali islands.

The menu consists of salads, sandwiches, curry and hashed beef and everything tastes absolutely fantastic. They also a have small selection of sweets for dessert. Café Bibliotic Hello is a great place to have a break before or after an outing, to just have lunch or for a date. Find out yourself why this café is so popular.