I went to see different temples in Kyoto with a friend from the city and her daughter, and we stopped by Café BEAR for lunch as we were basically starving after so much walking. The first thing I noticed was the huge amount of bears everywhere: plushies, decorations, bear-like furniture, bear-inspired dishes… So my friend’s 14 year old daughter was really curious about this place because the bears were cute, and to be honest I thought they were cute too so I also wanted to have lunch here. The staff was incredibly nice, they greeted us with a smile, served our food with a smile, and said goodbye with a smile. The place itself is also clean, not too big but the word«cozy» should work for it. At least I thought it was cozy and I felt comfortable there. The menu was pretty big and there were many different dishes, from more traditional Japanese dishes to other Western-inspired stuff like pasta carbonara. My friends ordered omurice, curry rice and a sandwich, both things being delicious since I tried them both, and I had the carbonara, which was also really tasty and good. The omurice has the word«bear» on it written with tomato sauce, and the curry rice had the shape of a bear so everything was quite on point when it comes to the bear theme, and also cute! I’d definitely recommend this place, and it’s a great place to have lunch at and then keep visiting temples like there’s no tomorrow!
