While researching where to go during our recent Taipei trip, I stumbled upon Hello Kitty Sweets Café. I immediately told Lauren and Irene about it and printed out the map and put it on our itinerary.
Fast forward to our Taipei trip, we took a cab to the café since I’m not familiar with Taipei.
We got there around 3:30pm but had to wait almost 15 minutes since the café was full (both floors). When we finally got a table, we were informed by the server that there is a NT$300 (P450) minimum consumption per person even kids. So with the 4 of us, we had to order at least NT$1,200, a little high but you’re paying for the ambiance and novelty.
We were informed that they had afternoon sets so we got 3 sets (cake and a drink) as well as 2 extra cakes to be able to reach the minimum spend amount.
This cake slice is kinda like a layer cake with fruits and cream in the middle and a large strawberry on top. It was not bad but nothing exceptional.
Chocolate shake, not really sure since the menu is in Chinese and its kinda hard for Irene to understand some of the complicated stuff. There’s a cute Hello Kitty chocolate on top, but did not pass Lauren’s test for yummyness.
G’s choice, cheesecake. This cake had a nice texture with a light cheese taste making it less heavy that American cheesecakes. G paired her cake with a cup of hot latte (1st picture).
My drink was a strawberry ice cream soda. A scoop of strawberry ice cream shared the top billing with a frozen strawberry Hello Kitty ice cube. Its kinds weird at first but once you dunk the ice cream in, the drink became very unique.
My dessert choice was a strawberry pudding with white chocolate inside and sitting on top of a graham cracker, served again with powered sugar dusted fresh fruit slices. I like my dessert a lot but would have preferred they left out the white chocolate since the pudding was delicious for me.
Complimentary Hello Kitty Strawberry Jelly. this was again not too sweet and the jelly was just right while the strawberry taste was just right and not too overpowering.
None of the desserts were what we would describe as knockouts, they were all quite ok. If we had known about the minimum spending per person we would have went there on a less full stomach. We were not able to finish most of the desserts.n, so a trip here is a no brainer. The novelty of the decor is really what we paid for since the food is not the main purpose. Be sure to take lots of photos like we did, the servers will not mind, since all their patrons are doing it all over the store. We all enjoyed our experience especially G and Lauren.
Hello Kitty fans, be sure to put this place on your itinerary for your visit to Taipei. It would be better to have your hotel make a reservation for you to avoid waiting, since a lot of people go there in the afternoon, locals and tourists alike.
Hello Kitty Sweets Café
No. 1, Jinshan North Road,
Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Taiwan 100
Operating Hours: 11:30am to 10:00pm dailyLike this post? Subscribe to Tales From The Tummy by Email
wow! this place is a dream! i love hello kitty!
noted!!! will definitely visit this place but im not a huge dessert fan so baka masuya kami sa sweet stuff :-/
fran,
a set already cost around NT$300 that’s one dessert plate and 1 drink.
Wow ang cute! The shake looks yummy pero parang ayoko kaining yung hello kitty hehe :D
nice post Richard!!! Lauren must have felt Heaven on Earth in there…
I still can’t believe I forgot my camera when we went there! On hindsight, maybe we should have also tried their savory dishes.
But then, all the more reason to go back! WITH my camera na, take note!
I’m not an avid fan of Hello Kitty but upon seeing your photos, I’m in shock! And those desserts are tempting. I want to eat them. *nom…nom…nom*
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Its sooooo cute! I dont think I can eat them because theyre so pretty to gobble up :P
Yay, everything is cute! How could you eat or drink these things? Better take them all for souvenir. Haha. Too kawaii!!
Visiting from PB! :D
yay! hello kitty! from the 70’s up to this time i am a big fan of hello kitty next is my melody of sanrio. though dining in this cafe is quite expensive but for me it is worth the pay :)
I loved Hello Kitty when I was younger and when a friend of mine went here last year and posted photos on Facebook, I just had to add this to my bucket list. :D
Lovely photos of the food and they all look so cute. And I agree, you come here for the novelty so I’m also okay with the price. :)
This is the Hello Kitty paradise! I love Hello Kitty but I didn’t start collecting HK stuffs ’cause I know I’d totally be addicted.. XD Anyway, I’ll definitely take note of this place when I got to Taipei.. :)