カフェ・ド・ランブル

A different coffee experience.

While in the Ginza area we visited Cafe delAmbre.
This is quite a unique experience since the moment you walk in. This coffee shop is relatively small, so depending on the time of your visit you might have to wait a bit.

Once you are seated, you start enjoying the aroma of coffee. Cafe de LAmbre offers coffees from all over the world, and you can go for a single one, or try a flight. Coffees are carefully brewed by pour over, this made each of the coffees that we tried smooth, and easy to sip.

So if you are in the ginza area, and want a different coffee experience, Cafe de LAmbre, is an excellent choice. Keep in mind that it is cash only.

If you have time patience a love for real coffee and a 100 yen this is the place. You can order in English, no problem

Thank you Yelpers for helping me on my travels.

They make a very cool looking, martini looking coffee, sort of like a Buena Vista Irish Coffee without the whisky. I wish I ordered it because it looked marvelous.

I had a basic Sumatra and a pastry. Both were delicious and I enjoyed the experience.

It's impossible for me to rate this "café" in a rational way. Cafe de l'Ambre is ground zero for the "nel drip," a method of making filter coffee that involves using what looks like an old flannel sock as a filter. When visiting Tokyo, it's imperative to come here and pay one's respects. I did so while wearing a Small World Coffee t-shirt ("coffee makes you smarter") from Princeton, NJ.

The de l'Ambre operation occupies a very tiny space; when you walk in, you're warned that this is a "coffee only" business and that you can't accompany a paying customer without ordering at least one drink for yourself. In my case, I had two team-members with me who wanted no coffee, so they took a proverbial "walk around the block" while I consumed my drink: I ordered a thimbleful-full of Nicaraguan nel drip and got a very concentrated beverage for my money (around 820 Yen). It's a good thing that I wasn't looking for a high volume:price ratio when I walked in!

After the personnel realized that this particular American actually liked their coffee and wasn't about to tweet about their weakness and dishonesty, they eased up and got friendly. That was a bit of a relief.

I'm glad that I stopped by, but my impression is that the nel drip at the Mint Plaza Blue Bottle in San Francisco is a notch or two better than the Cafe de l'Ambre version.

This was my favorite coffee place in Japan and I'm super sad I only came here once. The place itself is fairly small. There were a couple of tables and the rest of the seating is at the bar. I arrived around 2pm and it was half full, but plenty of seats at the bar which I didn't mind at all. I was able to see their craft front and center and was able to pick up some things to make my own coffee better. I got the No.7 and it was smooth and bold. Totally regret not coming back on my trip, but I'll definitely go again next time. Highly recommend checking out this place!

FOR THE COFFEE SNOB IN ME
(Warning: Young adults from Central Florida in for vacation) Coffee enthusiasts led us here, and it wasn't a secret. We arrived 30 minutes after opening time and our English-speaking server led us to the second-to-last cafe table - even all the bar seats were taken. The interior alone was enough to capture my attention with its plushy red chairs around the bar, and dark, elegant wood. The cafe was created in the late 1940s and seems to have captured the elegance of that time.

GET THE SIMPLE STUFF... UNLESS
Hubs was smart and took their iced coffee. Dang, it was served so smartly on a little white tray with tiny cups of creamer and simple syrup if he wanted to add it. Typically, I get a black coffee/espresso of a sort to really test the quality, but decided to go with the Queen Amber - it was also beautifully served in a curved, martini-looking glass with a layer of foam. But it was too sweet. Tasting the iced coffee black was a smarter option - and yes, the quality was definitely there.

TALL PEOPLE AND BAR SEATS
The table next to us had a tall American built like football player - poor guy had to sit with his legs splayed out because the table was too small and chair too short. Either way, I'd love to sit at the bar next time because the barista there seemed to spark conversations among those watching. Cool note: before you get in the main room, you pass a little office, and it's cool to see all the roasted coffee bean bags inside.

Cafe de l'ambre is an old school Japanese coffee shop that takes hand crafted coffee to a whole new level. Each cup of coffee is poured with personal care. I highly recommend coming here if you are a coffee aficionado for the experience alone.

The experience is 5 stars+

The end product itself is a good cup of coffee but it's on the dark side and I wouldn't put it up there with the better third wave coffee chains like blue bottle, verve, etc.

The coffee would be 4 stars

The coffee here is expensive for coffee but given how much time they spend on each cup it's worth the price.

This was one of the most character filled coffee shops i have visited in my entire life. It was built sometime in the 1950s, you can feel the history when you step in.

The customers are primarily business men, or regulars. This coffee shop allowed smoking which i found kind of gross, but i guess japan is like that. My friend and i ordered the cold coffee drink served in a champagne class topped with sweet cream. It was so sweet and delicious i could have drank a few more.

They make coffee the old school way, and even measure out the beans using a weighted scale!! This is a must go if you are in ginza!

$7 for coffee? When in Japan, it's a must. Especially here. I felt guilty until I took a sip of the Blanc et Noir. It was sweet, but not too sweet and super smooth.

So classy with character. One of the most memorable coffee shops hands down. Def go for the experience and some good coffee.

¥800 for some beans and 5oz of hot water?
And they're not open for the early morning?
Do you really dare to charge at least this much?
Shameless?
Maybe.
Or they're just that mad, militant, and daring...

A thoughtful friend recommended Café de l'Ambre as he had visited a number of times. I'm glad I sought it out.

They pour perfectly heated water over aged ground beans through a little strainer delicately by hand. It is fantastic in the least.
I normally take cream and sugar, but this satisfying exhibition doesn't need it. In fact, the rich cream you can request may even pervert the product.

The space has over fifty years of wear contributing to its charm. It has a bar, coat hooks and a few tables. Don't expect to do work on your sweet MacBook, conduct an interview or meet for business. This cafe is strictly for enjoying the craft, aroma, the careful performance and the taste.

I wish the portion was little larger so I would have the excuse to linger longer in this one-in-a-million of cafes.

I read about this place in my lonely planet book. I wanted to go and try the coffee after traci g the man that owns it and roast the beans is 100 years old at the time of the writing of the book. When he arrived he learned he had passed at 102 but the coffee is still being roasted and prepared as he did it. It was wonderfully smooth. We bought some beans to bring home. However, it is a smoking establishment and you can't get coffee to go. So if you can't handle Smokey places this is not for you!