Cafe Zaiya

I used to love coming to this cafe when browsing Kinokuniya, for over a decade. Today the staff was unbelievably rude to me and other customers, with an attitude like she didn't even want to be working there and hated everything and everyone that dares to ask a question. The milk tea was room temperature warm and they didn't have any boba or toppings at all in the middle of the day. I'll be skipping this cafe from now on.

I miss Cafe Zaiya when was located on 41st St. It had better service, more food options and it was way more cozy. Now that is located inside the japanese bookstore, it’s always busy with noisy teens and otakus, less food options and terrible service. They took 10min to give me one coffee. Too bad because I like the bakery and some of the food.

41st street에 있을 때부터 빵이고 케이크, 덮밥 다 맛있어요 녹차케이크도 맛있고 커피도 맛있고ᆢ 너무 팍!단 미국 케이크보다 훨 맛있음

The sweets are either delicious or meh. The savoring food is not worth getting, they are so flavorless.

Great variety of japanese food, love it!

Quite nice that there’s a cafe inside the Kinokunya bookstore. You can shop as you please and then when you need a break, grab a drink or some snacks and chill out over at the cafe. It also overlooks Bryant park while having cool air conditioning. I got the cafe mocha and it was quite refreshing but not too strong on the coffee.