The hardest part about going to the Kingdom Hearts Cafe is choosing what to order from the massive menu! Square Enix Cafe has gone all out with this theme, offering a huge variety of main dishes, desserts, and drinks inspired by the entire series.

There’s a main dish for all of the biggest characters, including Sora (tomato pasta with potato salad in the shape of Mickey and a keyblade decoration), Riku (a purple chicken burger with the Mickey potato salad and his keyblade), Kairi (cream stew with the rice in the shape of a papau fruit and her keyblade as a decoration) and more! We particularly liked Namine’s plate, which has a sandwich featuring one of her sketches of Roxas and his friends. Of course, for dessert there is sea salt ice cream that looks like it came straight out of the game - and comes with a side of hot milk to combat the winter cold!

Drinks include a few different kinds of sodas with screenshot cards attached to the straw, and a honey latte with artwork of Sora in the 100 Acre Woods on the mug (you can buy the mug too if you want!).

Each speciality drink and food from the Kingdom Hearts menu comes with a free random coaster. You don’t know which one you are getting until you flip it over after the server puts it fade down on the table, so it’s really fun to see which one you get. If you’re feeling brave, you can even try to trade coasters with other people in the cafe, which many cafe goers often do! It’s a good chance to practise Japanese if you want to and to make some friends. All of the main dishes also come with a free mini poster which will be given to you when you pay, and are based on which dishes you got.

Ordering food and drinks at the Kingdom Hearts Cafe is thankfully very simple, even if you don’t speak much Japanese. All orders are taken on a tablet left at each table, which has pictures of all the foods and drinks available. All you have to do is choose what you want from the picture menu, how many you want of that item, and then click to send the order. You don’t have to speak to the servers at all aside from a polite thank you as everything else is done with the tablet. It also keeps track of your bill so you can stick to - or totally blow - your budget. Don’t let a lack of Japanese keep you from enjoying the Kingdom Hearts Cafe!

The Kingdom Hearts Cafe is hosted by the Square Enix Cafe. It’s recommended to make a reservation in advance if possible so you can avoid disappointment, and can be done through the cafe’s official website. Be sure to use a browser translator to help with the process if you don’t read Japanese. Your reservation will include your first drink (from the normal drink menu, not the speciality drinks) as well. If you are unable to make a reservation, you can check the Square Enix Cafe’s Twitter in the morning, where they always post which time slots still have seats available. If you’re quick, you can go to the cafe in person and make a reservation where there is space - or try your luck walking in, though we don’t recommend this in case you aren’t able to get a table!

Even if you can’t make it to the Kingdom Hearts Cafe itself, you can always stop by the shop inside the Square Enix Cafe even without a reservation. The shop has plenty of exclusive new Kingdom Hearts merchandise, along with some items from other big Square Enix titles like Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and NieR. You can also pick up a case that you can put your free coaster inside to turn it in into a keychain - if you were lucky enough to get your favourite character, it’s a great way to make your souvenirs from the cafe even more special and take it with you everywhere!