Kano-cho, Kobe
A café by day,
a grill by night.
One room with two names. cafe'u in the afternoon; once the sun goes down it is the yakiniku house Yu. It opened on 25 August 2026.
What lunch is.
Lunch out of a yakiniku restaurant's kitchen.
Wagyu yukhoe don set
¥1,680 The real published price
Sliced wagyu over rice with an egg yolk, and soup, salad and a small dish alongside. The photograph is the set as published on the shop's Google Maps page.
The rest of lunch
These dishes are named in the press coverage, but no price for them is published anywhere. Guessing is not an option, so they go in once we have them from the shop.
- Wagyu hitsumabushi setPrice being confirmed
- BBQ cheeseburgerPrice being confirmed. It is the one in the photograph.
- Avocado and cream cheese toastPrice being confirmed
Drinks and sweets
Transcribed from the shop's own menu board. The photograph it was read from is printed alongside it.
Ice cream
¥500 each- Strawberry
- Vanilla
- Caramel
- Black sesame
- Hojicha
- Yuzu sorbet
Soft drinks
¥500 each- Coffee
- Café latte
- Black tea
- Oolong tea
- Green tea
- Jasmine tea
- Black oolong tea
- Cola
- Ginger ale
- Orange
- Calpis
Alcohol
¥650 each- Draught beerAsahi
- Highball
- ChuhaiLemon, lime, yuzu, tomato, kyoho grape, orange, plain, Calpis
- ShochuBarley (Nikaido) / sweet potato (Kuro-Kirishima, Daiyame) / Matsurika (JJ, JR, JU)
The A-board at the door reads “TAKE OUT ALL500円”. Ask at the shop for what takeaway covers.
After dark
Yakiniku Yu
Same room, same kitchen. In the evening it is a charcoal yakiniku restaurant. The evening hours and menu are still being confirmed and go here as soon as we have them.
Not a photograph of this shop. We do not yet hold a single picture of Yakiniku Yu at night.
What we can say about the evening
The same building and the same kitchen trade as Yakiniku Yu after dark. That much is confirmed. Hours, menu and prices go on this page after we visit the shop.
- Evening hours
- Being confirmed
- Evening menu
- Being confirmed
- Evening bookings
- By phone078-331-4577
- Evening photographs
- None yetThey go in as soon as we may take them
Hours and access
- Day (cafe'u)
- 12:00 to 17:00
- Night (Yakiniku Yu)
- Being confirmed
- Closed
- No fixed day
- Address4-9-9 Kano-cho, Chuo Ward, Kobe
- Phone
- Instagram@cafeu.kobe
Getting here
- JR SannomiyaThree to five minutes on foot, heading inland towards the hills.
- West of Flower RoadNorth-east of Kitanozaka.
- 4-9-9 Kano-choLook for the grey wall of framed menus and the wooden door.
- Opened
- 25 Aug 2026Only just open
- The lunch dish
- ¥1,680Wagyu yukhoe don set
Reservations
Book straight from this page. You do not need LINE. You will get a reference number when you send it.
This form books the daytime café. For Yakiniku Yu in the evening, please call: the details are still being confirmed.