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    Cafe Mako

    4.4 (10 reviews)
    Closed 8:00 am - 8:00 pm
    Updated 1 month ago

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    Sarah C.

    small but cozy cafe specializing in specialty matchas! they get a lot of business so getting your drink might take a while. they use high quality matcha powders from decent origins (yame and uji). I really wanted our mango sticky rice matcha latte ($10.95) using the yame origin but they couldn't do that. it was still great with uji though. the coconut cream on top is delicious and seals the deal. the mango chunks are sweet and fresh. would be nice to have some sticky rice texture. definitely more of a dessert but I'll get it again!

    Lico J.

    We were excited to try Café Mako and waited outside in the hot weather for about 15 minutes before they opened on the 4th so we could be among the first customers. Unfortunately, things got off to a bit of a rough start after we ordered. We waited another 15 minutes for our drinks, only to find out the order was wrong. We had ordered a strawberry matcha, a mango matcha, and a double matcha, but received two mango matchas instead. When the strawberry matcha was finally made, it was handed to another customer without any explanation (and at the back there was no strawberry drink being made). It looked like the first three or four orders of the morning were all mixed up, so we weren't the only ones affected. Thankfully, once the owner (I believe) realized what had happened, she immediately made our drinks herself and brought us the correct order. We really appreciated how quickly she stepped in. The drinks themselves were excellent. The matcha was rich and flavorful without being overly sweet or too milky, and we thoroughly enjoyed all three drinks. The café is also beautiful, there's easy street parking, and it's only about a two-minute walk from the zoo - making it a great stop before or after your visit.

    Monica N.

    The space is super cute and love the cafe aesthetic/design. The staff is all really nice. I ordered the strawberry cloud matcha. It was not as strong as I would have liked so I probably would add an extra shot of matcha to it. It was also a lot sweeter than expected even though I had ordered it half sweet. The only thing that that was frustrating was that I was waiting for 20+ minutes for my mactha and 7 people who ordered after me got their matcha (which was similar to my order) before me. It's a new place so I think they're working out the kinks. I had to flag down the staff twice and remind them about my order.

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    Tray

    The cafe was packed with during the soft opening. It's a pretty small space with around 7 tables and about 20 seats, so it felt a little cramped once it filled up. Service was nice. We were quoted a 15-20 minute wait, but it ended up being closer to 30 minutes. You can watch the staff hand-whisk every matcha, which was really cool. The wait was honestly worth it though. The Mango Sticky Rice Matcha (9.7/10) was one of the best I've had. It had a delicious nutty flavor from the coconut, came with oat milk (which I prefer anyway), wasn't overly sweet, and had a creamy texture with all the layers working really well together. Definitely one of my favorite mango sticky rice matchas in Chicago.

    Amber L.

    Small but cute space! Loved the banoffee! It's delicious!!! Quick line! They have a variety of matcha and some coffee too!

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    The matcha was rich and flavorful without being overly sweet or too milky, and we thoroughly enjoyed all three drinks.

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    Levain Bakery

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    holy shit this was SO GOOD. we got chocolate chip walnut, dark chocolate peanut butter, and twice…read morechocolate chip. we got all of them freshly baked piping hot at 10:45pm 15 min before closing they also had a few options left if you don't want to wait for them fresh. the overall store was also super cute, lots of decor and history and merch! CHOCOLATE CHIP WALNUT SO GOOD BEST CHOC CHIP COOKIE???? crispy outside melt chocolate inside so yums dark chocolate peanut butter v rich, same crispy outside gooey inside. p good but kinda too sweet after a few bites twice chocolate chip has hella chocolate chips and also dark chocolate. tasted diff then the og walnut one i think too much chocolate takes away the cookie flavor idk... yummy but not as good as walnut I WOULD GO BACK JUST FOR THE CHOCOLATE CHIP WALNUT AGAIN OMG

    Kari's Rating 6.5/10…read more TLDR: -Cookies are thick as heck -Milk is available for purchase -A bit too many chocolate chips in their double chocolate chip for me Came in with a friend and wanted something sweet. So we tried the double chocolate chip and ice personally, I thought there were too many chocolate chips in the cookie for someone who doesn't necessarily like a chocolatey kind of doubt there were too many chocolate chips therefore the melted chocolate chips, then into the dough and it made it to chocolatey I couldn't finish the entire cookie. I did like the fact that it was fixed so we both had a soft cookie part as well as a crispy outside. I didn't actually finish the cookie, which is really upsetting how much you're paying for it, but I wasn't that hungry and I also didn't wanna waste the calories. I probably wouldn't be back by myself, but if someone wanted to go with me, I would probably split a cookie.

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