Amai coffee
1701 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, CA
Crema's Take
“Amai Coffee is a calm, student-filled sanctuary where matcha reigns supreme—their high-quality preparations taste authentically Japanese, and creative matcha drinks like the blueberry and cinnamon roll muffin keep regulars coming back. The Santa Monica spot balances being a serious laptop-friendly workspace with genuine hospitality, mellow vibes, and thoughtfully made pastries, making it equally perfect for a focused work session or a leisurely meet-up with friends.”
What to expect
Google Reviews
This is a fantastic café with very high-quality matcha. The drinks are authentic and taste just like what you would find in Japan. The desserts are also excellent and beautifully prepared. The ambience is calm, elegant, and very inviting, and the customer service is wonderful. It truly feels like you are enjoying a café experience in Japan with the same level of quality and attention to detail. I highly recommend this place for anyone who loves authentic Japanese matcha and desserts.
Nice spot, plenty of parking. Vietnamese coffee is v good. Nice vibe on a rainy November morning. Nice space, looking forward to coming to events here soon
Ordered a blueberry matcha at this little shop full of students and shared space workers. Service was super friendly and quick; the ambiance is mellow, and there was calming music playing.
Great!! I recommend everything but the strawberry matcha, i think they use fairlife strawberry milk or something because it wasn’t really the greatest. However, the matcha cinnamon roll muffin was amazing, and so was the banana matcha, the mango sticky rice matcha, and the blueberry! Deinintely recommend THOSE!
Super cute place; only one barista was working so it might get a little slow but that's not for lack of trying - order was taken and made asap. Got a mango spritz which is mango, lemonade, and topo chico and I appreciate that it didn't have too much seltzer in the drink that it was biting but enough that you could notice it was there. Relaxing atmosphere and not too loud.
Crema Reviews
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