Tried mango sticky rice for the first time w/ their vanilla soft serve as like a sundae! The space really caught me off guard at how cozy it was, there was an area where you could sit on the ground around a table w: your friends/family that people were using that was nice. The young lady at the counter was nice in making suggestions and my order was ready within minutes. The flavor of everything was yummy -- I can see why people enjoy sticky rice. The star of the show for me was their soft serve that practically melts in your mouth and is the perfect level of sweetness. For the price point, this will be an every once in a while time treat, but it was very good! Parking was free and plentiful in the lot. read more

Matcha Cafe Maiko - Mango sticky rice ice cream - Desserts Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

First time here. I came with a friend who kept raving about it. I really liked the floor seating and decor. We sat in the shoes-off area, which was cute, but after a while my legs were begging for more room. The tables were really low. My drink was good, and I liked the taiyaki too. It wasn't busy when we got there, but it filled up fast. The only downside was the wait for our food. We ordered before the rush and still had to go ask about it. Overall, cute little spot! read more

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Still such a fun spot for matcha! They rotate their specials frequently, so I made sure to stop by and try their new Mango Sticky Rice Matcha. Mango pairs so well with matcha, and I really appreciated that they used a real mango purée rather than syrup. The addition of sticky rice chunks was such a unique touch. I did feel like I was drinking the actual dessert though, with just a hint of earthy matcha, as the drink was quite sweet. The interior is as cute as ever and such a great place to sit back and relax. I will definitely be back for more specials and matcha! read more

This place is so cute and pretty! We went to try their new mango items and it was really good! We got the mango sticky rice sundae and strawberry matcha- both were delicious! Unfortunately I went to get the mango soft serve but they were out, but hopefully next time they have it. Service was also really fast! read more

Matcha Cafe Maiko - Mango sticky rice sundae and strawberry matcha - Desserts Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

Everything was just ok. The matcha wouldn't have been that great without the strawberry component. The customer service was ok. The place itself is cute. read more

Matcha Cafe Maiko - Strawberry Maiko Special (Matcha) - Desserts Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

(long-overdue post) I really really wished we had a location in SC Matcha Cafe Maiko is going to be a must on every trip to/through Georgia. If you're a matcha fanatic like I, you'll be head-over-heels in love with this place. The interior is cute & small. The young man who took our order wasn't rude or anything, just not very friendly I guess? Lol it didn't matter much after we got our drinks, I was in heaven. The soft serve is top tier & has a great matcha flavor. I mean, just look at the color. & I'm still craving that banana brûlée matcha to this day!! We'll be back for sure! read more

Matcha Cafe Maiko - banana pudding Matcha Latte, Soft-Serve Ice Cream (Matcha), Matcha Latte with boba - Desserts Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

I always get the hojicha latte and it's so flavorful. It has a very gentle taste and it's sooo refreshing. If you're looking for something that more mellow with less caffeine, I would highly recommend! I did notice that their lattes are made with a pre-made tea base so if you're looking for something fresher and made on-the-spot, I would take that into consideration. read more

Matcha Cafe Maiko - Hojicha Latte - Desserts Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

I love coming here whenever I feel like treating myself to something unique. Although known for their matcha, I actually come here for their seasonal flavors/items. They generally rotate new flavors in, usually based on what's trending at the current time I assume? But some flavors they've rotated are ube, Vietnamese coffee, mango, Thai tea, black sesame etc. I love that you can get a mix of the seasonal flavor with matcha or with vanilla in soft serve. I also love that they usually do a drink variation as well. They also continue to serve their seasonal items in their freezer section even once they go out of the rotation! You can find a variety of different flavors in pre packaged pint containers in their freezer. What recently brought me back was their mango sticky rice. I got both the mango sticky rice sundae and the mango sticky rice slushie. I loved both and love that they include real mango. The only downside I think is that their menu is a bit pricey. But since I only come for seasonal items every now and then, definitely worth it! read more

Matcha Cafe Maiko - Desserts Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

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The matcha ice cream is authentic green flavor. The purple reminds of Barney so I feel true joy. The atmosphere is divine read more

Matcha Cafe Maiko - Desserts Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

Been to Matcha Maiko a few times and the quality is always consistent. The pandan soft serve is good, but I wish the flavor was stronger. The matcha soft serve is smooth, creamy, and super yummy, but my friends and I agree that the ube flavor is even better. The banana pudding is very sweet and comes topped with banana slices and vanilla wafers. Putting it on top of ice cream is a fun concept, but I got sick of the sweetness of it all pretty quick. Overall, this is a solid spot for soft serve with great texture and flavors. read more

Matcha Cafe Maiko - Ube Banana Pudding - Desserts Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

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Love, love, love cafe maiko. I'm such a matcha fan and this place does not disappoints. Their ice cream is soft serve and it's delicious. I get the matcha flavor and it has a waffle cone. My son loves their classic vanilla one. They usually have some season flavors and offerings as well. My husband tried vanilla and banana pudding last time which was delicious and was part of their seasonal menu. They also have drinks like smoothies and lattes as well. Their service is fast and efficient. They are usually very busy and have a line but it goes fast and the employees at the cash register are pretty fast at getting the order ready. This location is pretty small but they have two really cute tables that are the Asian style sitting on the floor. As well as a few regular tables and chairs . Many people also do to go orders as well. read more

Matcha Cafe Maiko - Desserts Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

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Fast counter service. Great way to cool down on a hot day and get a shot of green tea rich in polyphenols and catechins, including EGC.

I ordered the Mango sticky rice with mango ice cream. So tasty. The rice was well cooked and infused with the sauce. The mango ice cream was refreshing and light. The bad? Super crowded and unorganized. Inconsistent in product. I also witnessed a worker dropping a sticky rice ball on the counter and she just scooped it up and put it on someone's order. Questionable what else would be done? Suggestion: properly update IG page read more

Matcha Cafe Maiko - Mango sticky rice - Desserts Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

Food I tried the mango sticky rice and it was delicious. I wish I went with vanilla ice cream but the mango ice cream was still good. The rice was soft and it was well crafted. Wish they would keep this on the menu longer but I can't wait for it to come back. Note that my fiancé stole it from me so I only had a few bites but it goes to show it impressed her.. Service It was pretty busy and packed. Thankfully, it was quick to order but it did take awhile to get my order. Ambiance I don't like their set up as it makes for a tight space and I couldn't figure out where the line was because people were everywhere. Try to avoid it during busy times if you like breathing space. read more

Matcha Cafe Maiko - Mango sticky rice with mango ice cream - Desserts Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

Love the matcha drinks and soft serve here. The soft serve has so much flavor without being too sweet. The cones are nice and crunchy, adding a good flavor to the soft serve. They have take home pints of the ice cream too. The matcha and ube flavors are my favorite. They can get pretty busy on weekends and late nights, so I usually grab it to go. You can scan their QR code and order too instead of waiting in the line to order. read more

Matcha Cafe Maiko - Desserts Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

Upon entering, this is one busy spot. They have seating but since it is a bit crowded and small it can get quite loud. So we took it to go instead. My matcha latte with Ube soft serve was absolutely delightful. It is a bit on the pricier end but for the quality you are getting, I highly recommend! read more

Matcha Cafe Maiko - Matcha Latte with Ube Soft Serve - Desserts Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

Great service and their ube/matcha mix ice cream is delicious !!! Always worth the drive read more

Matcha Cafe Maiko - Bar area - Desserts Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

I really enjoyed the matcha ice cream here! Swirl with vanilla gave me just enough matcha flavor without being too overpowering. The cone gave it just enough sweetness. I also tried banana ube swirl and that may have been too sweet. Shoutout to the cashier for recommending banana, I would never have tried it otherwise! This cafe is very cozy, with cute low lighting and minimal seating, so if you have a crowd of people maybe order to-go. I reduced the rating to four stars because there were some rowdy customers in the section where you remove your shoes and that didn't help the ambience. If the cafe addressed the issue, it would have been 5. This place is very much a low key date place and it would have set the mood better if they had asked those people to leave. read more

Matcha Cafe Maiko - Ube and Banana swirl. - Desserts Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

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Really good matcha and cool aesthetic with their ambiance. Service was decent, just like any other cafe. read more

Matcha Cafe Maiko - Desserts Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

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REAL matcha experience with cute & authentic Japanese-style seating options! My iced matcha latte was so good. This cafe knows how to do matcha. Japanese approved! Also: Lots of parking! read more

Matcha Cafe Maiko - Matcha latte (left) - Desserts Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

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Always a great place for drinks and desserts, never too sweet and very flavorful. Love their mango sticky rice sundae, very good. read more

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My friend suggested this spot after dinner since we were in the mood for dessert. Ended up getting the soft serve matcha and ube ($6.35 tax inc) in a cup which was really good. It had a good matcha flavor. The texture was smooth and tasted really rich. I would highly recommend this place if you're in the mood for matcha flavored ice cream. read more

Matcha Cafe Maiko - Close up of the Matcha Soft Serve Ice Cream. Ate the Ube ice cream - Desserts Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

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LITERALLY DREAMIN ABOUT THIS SOFT SERVE WRITING ABOUT IT. This was their seasonal flavor- Sakura which is like a cherry blosson, floral flavor and I am not kidding you, my husband did not want to share and I am still upset that I only got two bites. I will be returning for this soon. Service is so quick even when lines are long and such a chill vibe. Love everything about this place and matcha and soft serve were on point read more

Matcha Cafe Maiko - Desserts Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

Ever since a friend introduced me to this ice cream, I have been searching for it. Ube ice cream is made from purple yams, and it is delicious. This café specializes in Matcha teas and also ice cream, which include Ube! The café is neat and spare and very clean. The staff was professional, if not friendly. And I loved being able to eat my favorite purple ice cream. read more

Matcha Cafe Maiko - Ube ice cream - Desserts Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

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Hot summer days mean cooling down with some good soft-serve ice cream! If you're into matcha, this is it! AMBIANCE/SEATING small and cozy shop with minimalistic wood seating areas. A seating area at the front with two tables requires patrons to take their shoes off. I love that this idea was incorporated into the shop. STAFF There were about 3-4 staff members when I visited on a Sunday evening. They were friendly and quick. My review is solely for their soft-serve ice cream. * Ube * Mango * Vanilla * Matcha The soft-serve ice creams are delicious. Especially the matcha (green tea) and Ube. These two have the most flavors. The mango tasted more like a sorbet to me, but it was still tasty. The vanilla is subtle but creamy. Matcha Cafe Maiko is a great ice cream shop to get something to cool down on these hot and humid summer days. read more

Matcha Cafe Maiko - Desserts Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

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I am a matcha girl all the way! It is one of my favorite flavors in the world, and I love Matcha Cafe Maiko! I come here quite often whenever I am in the area and need a sweet treat. They have many flavors that they rotate around, but they always have matcha, of course! This time around, I tried the Viral Banana Pudding Sundae with Matcha Ice cream. It's about ~$9 ish and you can choose whatever soft serve you prefer. I went with the matcha, but they also have Ube (which is DELISH) and vanilla. I enjoyed this sundae a lot! The banana pudding didn't have that fake banana taste, and had nilla wafers on the top and little chunks of banana. It wasn't too sweet, and went surprisingly well with the Matcha ice cream. I believe this sundae is supposed to be here until the end of March, so if you haven't had a chance, stop by and grab a treat!!! read more

Matcha Cafe Maiko - Banana Pudding Sundae with Matcha ice cream - Desserts Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

OMG! I LOVE matcha! This is matcha heaven. Everything we got was delicious! I got the iced matcha latte and the Thai iced tea. They were both amazing! My family got other items and everyone enjoyed their item so much! The service was great! The person who helped us was patient with everyone's order. I really appreciated that. The place was clean and super cute! Price wasn't bad either. read more

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It was probably because of the day I went and the staff I happened to encounter, but the man on the registrar was very rude and wouldn't speak unless spoken to. I watched my very sweet friend go right infront of me and he treated her like she was inconviencing his entire bloodline. And then when I go to order I spoke very kindly to try and give him a second chance, I said hello to the man and he just looked me up and down like I'm somewhat less than. The ambiance was okay. I feel like this is definitely ment for certain crowd and group and otherwise you definitely might feel unwelcome. We ordered the mango sticky rice sundae and which they were out of rice for (okay?) and then matcha with Ube cold foam and just a matcha latte. My friend who is vegan wanted to sub whole milk and when asked if they had any he was greeted with a very rude tone telling him how they don't "carry" that milk. Overall the drinks were nice. I'm not going to like and say they sucked. The ambiance was okay, very stuffy and hard to move around and the service was quick but very inconsiderate and rude. So this is definitely a must go if you don't really care for all the other stuff and just order online and dip. read more

My go to for my matcha craving. My go to drink is the matcha latter float. The soft-serve ice cream reminds me of Japan. The latter compliments the matcha ice cream very well. I tried many of their ice cream flavor and ube and matcha is my favorite. read more

Matcha Cafe Maiko - Ube soft serve pint - Desserts Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

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I'm a matcha lover! This is a matcha lovers paradise. This cafe stays consistently busy on the weekends. My favorite is the parfait. I am sad they stopped giving the chestnut in the parfait. It added a nice texture and flavor. They also do a nice job of providing a rotational flavor. I've seen everything from ube, thai iced tea, pandas coconut, lychee to black sesame flavored. The waffle cones are tasty too. If you're feeling fancy pants you can get their shogun- 24K gold topped on your soft serve. They also sell various soft serves in pint sizes as well as various teas and drinks. Matcha of course is my fav tea/drinks here. read more

ice cream was very creamy and i love anything ube and matcha so they got me there. seating set up was cool but place was very small and got crowded easily. overall cool experience and great if u love matcha and ube! read more

Matcha Cafe Maiko - match and uba ice cream and Matcha Latte - Desserts Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

I've been to few Matcha Cafe Maikos on the East Coast and the one I've taken my friend to try out out in Duluth definitely left an impression of being top 2 best Maikos I've been to. This place serves a variety of matcha products starting from drinks to soft serve icecream or even icee. I've never tried anything else, as I always get and do recommend their regular soft serve match on either a cone or cup. The portion size is fairly large. If it's your first time, I recommend paying a little extra for their "Golden Shogun" which is essentially a regular soft serve match on top of a cone with a covering of edible gold. It's really just for social media or for fun as it serves no other purpose besides for a photo opportunity; no taste difference too. Best part of this place was they gave a freezer with pints of soft serve for sell. Of all the Maikos I've been to, I've never been able to save their soft serve for later until now. I bought 2 pints of matcha although they had other flavors and was able to bring it back home with me. The interior decor was homely and presented a welcoming environment to just relax, enjoy icecream, and chat. It was extremely busy and there were no seats available. Customer service was great! Facilities were kept clean along with everything else, so no complaints! Highly recommend this place if you're looking for some good soft serve matcha. read more

I really enjoy the ice cream I have tried here so far like matcha, and ube. I have also enjoyed the hot matcha, and the strawberry matcha. I will say the Japanese chicken nuggets were absolutely gross and look nothing like the picture. I got more breading than chicken, chicken is poor quality, burned just plain awful skip it and thank me later read more

Matcha Cafe Maiko - Desserts Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

This is one of my favorite ice cream shops!!!! The white rabbit and squid game specialty are my favorites! The ambiance is intimate and quaint. The service is very nice as well!!! read more

I was in town and wanted some matcha! I heard this is the place to go. We ordered the matcha ice cream soft serve, the maiko special, and an Ube latte. Everything was soooo delicious! It was so good I forgot to take pictures. Definitely great spot for a sweet snack or if you want to chill and snack. Great for small or large crowds. Service is up front at the counter. Large menu selection and varieties. Very cute ambiance, cute interior; almost like an indoor treehouse with Japanese vibes. There is inside seating only but there is a small bench outside. If I'm in town, I'll be back. Till then, let's snack! read more

Went there for the first time a few weeks ago, amazing Matcha - lots of varieties to choose from. Clean restaurant and fast service.

Such a cute spot! We were craving ice cream late at night and we found ourselves close to this location. They have a variety of flavors for the soft serves and different desserts and bites. We end up all getting soft serves, you can choose from cones or a cup. We tried the Thai Tea flavor, the Vanilla with boba and the Vanilla with cornflakes. They were all so good. I have to come back soon and try the ube and matcha flavors!! The service was also fast and friendly and there's plenty of parking space. ESPAÑOL El lugar es super lindo! Queríamos comer helado tarde en la noche y nos encontramos cerca de este lugar. Tienen una variedad de sabores de helados y diferentes postres y bocados. Al final todos quisimos helado, puedes elegir entre conos o una taza. Probamos el sabor Thai Tea, el Vainilla con boba y el Vainilla con ccornflakes. Todos estuvieron buenísimos. Tengo que volver pronto y probar los sabores ube y matcha!! El servicio también fue rápido y amable y hay mucho espacio para estacionar. read more

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the matcha just suits my wired headphones, thrifting, indie rock listening vibe to a tee. I love getting this matcha to take pictures with and post it on my instagram story with claire and beabadoobee! read more

Matcha Cafe Maiko - matcha latte - Desserts Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

100000000/10000000, if you're a matcha enthusiast you will %100 enjoy the taste of their matcha, the sweetness and earthy tones were perfect. read more

Matcha Cafe Maiko - Large Matcha Latte - Desserts Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

Waited almost 20 mins for a hot matcha, the workers were laughing wasn't proactive with the wait. They didn't check up on us, was on their phone till we asked about the wait time. read more