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Kirby Café reservations: the 2026 account rules, the three cafés, the menu and what you can do without a booking
Kirby Café is the official café of the Nintendo game series Kirby, run in Japan by Benelic. There are three sit-down cafés, in Tokyo Skytree Town, in Daimaru Shinsaibashi in Osaka and in Canal City Hakata in Fukuoka, plus two takeaway sweet shops and three goods shops that need no booking. Since bookings for August 2026, every reservation needs an account, verified by a phone call, and each person can book each café only three times a month. This guide sets out those rules, the party sizes, the 85-minute time limit, how the three cafés differ, the menu and its prices, and how to get to each one. Everything comes from the official Kirby Café website, which is in Japanese, and was read on 15 October 2026. The pages are listed under Sources at the end.
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In short
Kirby Café takes reservations online only, on its official reservation page, and not by phone. From bookings for August 2026, you must first register an account, which means entering your name and phone number and then calling a verification number from that same phone, and each account can book each of the three cafés (Tokyo, Osaka and Hakata) up to three times a month. A booking is for up to 8 people in Tokyo and Hakata and up to 6 in Osaka. Arrive 10 minutes before your time with the booking confirmation email and photo ID for the person who booked. Your table is yours for 85 minutes, including seating and paying, and a booking is cancelled if you are more than 10 minutes late. The website does not publish a fixed rule or time for when each month's bookings open. Without a booking you can still try for a free table, order takeaway at the Tokyo and Hakata cafés, shop at Kirby Café The Store, or buy sweets at Kirby Café PETIT.
How to get a Kirby Café reservation
All three Kirby Cafés take bookings through one official reservation page, linked from each café's page on the Kirby Café website. You choose the café when you log in. The café pages say plainly that a reservation needs an account, and the FAQ says bookings cannot be made by phone, to stop the same seat being booked twice.
The rules changed in summer 2026. A notice dated Wednesday 17 June 2026 says that, to give better service and tighten security, bookings for August 2026 onwards, which opened on Friday 10 July 2026, need an account. Bookings up to 31 July could still be made without one. The notice lists three changes.
What changed for bookings from August 2026
- An account: you register before you book, and you choose the café when you log in.
- A My Page: you check and cancel your bookings there.
- 3️⃣ A monthly limit: up to three bookings a month at each café, with one account per person.
When do Kirby Café reservations open?
The Kirby Café website gives no fixed rule or time for when each month's bookings open. The only date it gives is in the June 2026 notice: bookings for August 2026 opened on Friday 10 July 2026. Nothing on the site, in Japanese or English, says that later months follow the same pattern, so check the café news on the official site before your trip.
What the site does make clear is that tables go quickly. Its English notice on resale, dated Tuesday 1 August 2023, begins: "We sincerely apologize that it has been difficult to make reservations on the Kirby Café reservation page, especially immediately after reservations have started due to the high number of customers accessing the site."
Registering a Kirby Café account
The FAQ sets out the steps. The account is checked by a phone call, so have the phone you register with you.
Registering, step by step
- Pre-registeron the reservation page with your name, phone number and other details, and agree to the privacy policy. The pre-registration email then explains the phone check.
- Call to verify.From the phone number you registered, call the dedicated verification line.
- Log inwith the temporary password in the completion email sent to your registered address, then change the password. Your account is now fully registered.
- Booka café, date and time, and check that the booking appears under reservation check and cancel on My Page.
If a booking does not show on My Page, the FAQ says it has not been made.
Party size, children and the three-a-month limit
Can you go to Kirby Café without a reservation?
Sometimes. The FAQ says guests with bookings are seated first, and walk-in guests can be seated when there is a free table, but a table is not guaranteed. If you have no booking, you still have four other options.
Kirby Café without a booking
- Takeaway at the café: at Kirby Café TOKYO and HAKATA, takeaway can be ordered without a reservation. Go in and ask a member of staff. It can take a while when the café is busy.
- Kirby Café The Store: a goods shop in the same building as each café, in Tokyo, Osaka and Hakata, open to everyone with no booking.
- Kirby Café PETIT: takeaway sweet shops at Tokyo Station and in Tennoji, Osaka. No booking, first come, first served.
- Buns and drinks at The Store: in Tokyo and Hakata, The Store sells seasonal steamed buns and four Kirby drinks to take away.
The goods corner inside the café is only for guests who are eating there. The Store, in the same shopping complex, is open to anyone.
Kirby Café Tokyo vs Osaka vs Hakata
The three cafés share most of the menu and the same booking rules, but each has its own hours, party size and a few dishes found nowhere else.
| Kirby Café TOKYO | Kirby Café OSAKA | Kirby Café HAKATA | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where | Tokyo Skytree Town Solamachi East Yard, 4F | Daimaru Shinsaibashi, Main Building 9F | Canal City Hakata North Building, B1F |
| Hours | 10:00 to 22:00 | 10:00 to 20:00 | 10:00 to 22:00 |
| Last orders | 21:00 | 19:00 | 21:00 |
| Largest booking | 8 people | 6 people | 8 people |
| Takeaway menu | Yes | No | Yes |
| Only here | Fluffy pancakes, Doctor Kirby soda | Okonomiyaki Waddle Dee burger, kushikatsu, takoyaki-style cakes, Tornado mixed juice | Kirby's helper parfait, Kracko soda |
| The Store | Same floor, 10:00 to 21:00 | Same floor, 10:00 to 20:00 | Next to the café, 11:00 to 23:00 |
Which café to choose
- Tokyo: the latest last orders, room for 8, takeaway, and Tokyo Skytree in the same complex.
- Osaka: the most dishes of its own, inspired by Osaka street food, but the earliest close and a limit of 6.
- Hakata: room for 8 and takeaway, and The Store stays open until 23:00.
- One account, three cafés: the limit of three bookings a month applies to each café, so a trip that passes through two cities can include two cafés.
Kirby Café menu and prices
These are the café menu prices on the official site on 15 October 2026, tax included. The site notes that items can sell out and that what is served differs from café to café. Several dishes come with a souvenir, such as a plate, a mug or a glass dish, and some come with or without it at two prices.
Food
| Dish | Price | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Car-Mouth gourmet plate (sandwich, roast beef, garlic shrimp) | 2,860 yen | All |
| Kirby burger and meat pasta | 3,520 yen with souvenir plate, 2,420 yen without | All |
| Waddle Dee burger (teriyaki chicken) and meat pasta | 3,520 yen with souvenir plate, 2,420 yen without | Tokyo, Hakata |
| Waddle Dee burger (okonomiyaki) and meat pasta | 3,520 yen with souvenir plate, 2,420 yen without | Osaka |
| Waddle Dee's napping omelette rice | 2,288 yen | All |
| Low-allergen star curry (mild) | 1,485 yen | All |
| Whispy Woods feast plate, with a Kirby or Waddle Dee fève | 2,948 yen | All |
| Kirby's big-inhale kushikatsu | 1,628 yen | Osaka |
| Camembert cheese fries with star toast | 1,078 yen | All |
| Waddle Dee's hand-rolled piccola | 968 yen | All |
| Margherita pizza | 1,793 yen | All |
| Seafood pizza | 1,991 yen | All |
| Quattro formaggi pizza | 1,903 yen | All |
| Carbonara pizza | 1,903 yen | All |
| Half and half pizza, with a pizza plate | 4,598 yen | All |
| French fries | 715 yen | All |
| Kirby Café bread | 330 yen | All |
The menu says the low-allergen curry uses none of the eight specified allergens as ingredients: shrimp, crab, walnut, wheat, buckwheat, egg, milk and peanut.
Desserts and drinks
| Dessert or drink | Price | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Kirby's fluffy pancakes | 2,068 yen | Tokyo |
| Takoyaki-style petit cakes | 1,958 yen | Osaka |
| Kirby's helper parfait | 1,078 yen | Hakata |
| Waddle Dee's search, with a star-shaped glass plate | 2,068 yen | All |
| Meta Knight's chocolate parfait | 858 yen | All |
| Car-Mouth cake | 2,398 yen | All |
| Doctor Kirby's secret research soda | 1,408 yen | Tokyo |
| Tornado mixed juice | 1,078 yen | Osaka |
| Kracko's fizzy soda | 1,078 yen | Hakata |
| Art collection au lait (coffee, chocolate or strawberry) | 2,398 yen with souvenir mug, 1,518 yen without | All |
| Orange Ocean | 968 yen | All |
| Kirby's marshmallow au lait | 1,738 yen | All |
| Green Greens | 968 yen | All |
| Blend coffee | 660 yen | All |
What a visit can cost
- 2,420yen, a Kirby burger and pasta without the plate
- 3,080yen, adding a blend coffee to that
- 858yen, the cheapest dessert, Meta Knight's parfait
Takeaway (Tokyo and Hakata)
The takeaway menu can be ordered without a reservation, at Kirby Café TOKYO and HAKATA only.
Takeaway prices
- Pizzas: margherita 1,760 yen, seafood 1,954 yen, quattro formaggi 1,868 yen, meat sauce 1,760 yen.
- Half and half pizza: 4,298 yen, with a pizza plate.
- Kirby burger and fries: 2,246 yen, with a lunch box.
- Waddle Dee burger and fries: 2,246 yen.
Kirby Café goods
Kirby Café goods are sold in three places: the goods corner inside each café, Kirby Café The Store, and the online Kirby Café Pop-up Store. Some goods are sold only in the café's own goods corner, and that corner is only for guests eating at the café.
Goods on the official pages, October 2026
- Café-only goods: die-cut stickers 495 yen each, a pizza magnet 715 yen, an umbrella charm 638 yen.
- Tableware: a salad bowl 5,280 yen, a mug 2,640 yen, a plate 4,950 yen.
- Small goods at The Store: pins 935 yen each, a food magnet 1,265 yen, a sign-style clip 792 yen.
- Music: a record 6,050 yen, a CD 2,420 yen.
- Silver key ring: 1,045 yen, or 1,595 yen with engraving at The Store TOKYO and OSAKA, with ribbon charms in six colours.
- New on Friday 16 October 2026: a shoulder bag 7,150 yen, a shoulder pouch 5,280 yen, carabiners 2,420 yen each and a food charm 1,408 yen.
The FAQ notes that new items may be limited to a few per person for a time, and asks guests not to buy goods to resell.
On the day: arriving, 85 minutes and cancelling
The FAQ's rules for the visit are short and strict, so it is worth reading them before you set off.
Before you leave for the café
- Your booking confirmation email, ready to show on your phone.
- Photo ID for the person named on the booking. Staff check both at the door.
- Enough time to reach the café 10 minutes before your slot, waiting in front of it.
- A plan for the end of your 85 minutes, which include being seated and paying.
To cancel, log in and use reservation check and cancel on My Page, up to the day before your booking. On the day itself, the FAQ asks you to contact the café directly, by phone. The café numbers are on the FAQ page.
Birthdays at Kirby Café
The café has a birthday service. When you book, you choose one of two styles, and the dessert you order on the day comes to the table with a birthday message in chocolate pen.
The birthday service
- With music: special birthday music plays as the dessert arrives, and the whole café joins in.
- Without music: the dessert is brought to your table quietly.
- A birthday coaster: one is given to a guest whose birthday month it is, after showing something with their date of birth on it.
- Other months: the message and music can be used in any month. Only the coaster is limited to your birthday month.
Kirby Café resale warning
Kirby Café posted an English notice about resold bookings on Tuesday 1 August 2023, and it is still on the café news page. It says: "The transfer or resale of reservations by third parties is strictly prohibited at Kirby Café." It adds that "all reservations, fictitious reservation numbers, and fraudulent reservations obtained by transferring or reselling by a third party will become invalid."
The ID check is how this is enforced: "Kirby Café will check your ID when you visit the store, and if you are not the person who made the reservation, you will not be allowed to enter the store." The café also takes no responsibility "for any problems that may occur when reservations are made through sites other than the official reservation page (resale sites, reservation intermediary sites, etc.)."
In short, a booking bought from someone else will be refused at the door, and paying a service to book for you puts the booking in another person's name. Book for yourself, under your own account, and bring your own ID.
Kirby Café PETIT: sweets with no booking
Kirby Café PETIT is a takeaway sweet shop that grew out of the café, with cakes shaped like the world of Kirby. There are two shops, neither needs a booking, and guests are served in the order they arrive.
| PETIT sweet | Price |
|---|---|
| Kirby's strawberry pudding | 950 yen |
| Car-Mouth cake PETIT | 1,188 yen |
| Elfilin's twinkle parfait | 972 yen |
| Chiffon cakes (Star Rod custard, Invincible Candy strawberry, Maxim Tomato chocolate) | 734 yen each |
| Meta Knight's chocolate cake | 842 yen |
| Pupupu tiramisu (Kirby, or Waddle Dee matcha), from 1 March 2026 | 1,566 yen each |
| Macarons (Kirby raspberry, Waddle Dee chocolate), from 16 September 2026 | 918 yen each |
| Warp Star loaf of bread | 1,296 yen |
| Star Block scone | 950 yen |
| Star Rod apple pie | 734 yen |
The menu notes that the Pink strawberry shortcake (788 yen) is due to return around the autumn. The Tennoji shop also sells four Kirby drinks, at 994 yen with a mascot or 691 yen without.
New PETIT goods go on sale on Friday 16 October 2026, among them a room hoodie at 12,980 yen, a necklace at 2,420 yen, a ring at 1,980 yen and food charms at 1,408 yen.
Kirby Café vs Pokémon Cafe
Both are character cafés with online-only bookings and a café in the same Osaka department store, so many fans try for both. The rules differ in ways that matter when you plan.
| Kirby Café | Pokémon Cafe | |
|---|---|---|
| Cafés | Tokyo (Skytree Town), Osaka, Hakata | Tokyo (Nihombashi), Osaka |
| Osaka location | Daimaru Shinsaibashi Main Building 9F | Daimaru Shinsaibashi Main Building 9F |
| Bookings open | No published rule | 18:00 Japan time on the first day of the previous month, all through 2026 |
| Time at the table | 85 minutes | 90 minutes |
| Largest booking | 8 (Tokyo, Hakata), 6 (Osaka) | 6 |
| Cancelling online | Until the day before | Until 22:00 Japan time on the previous day |
| Takeaway with no booking | Kirby Café PETIT, takeaway in Tokyo and Hakata | Pikachu Sweets in Ikebukuro |
Because the two Osaka cafés share a floor of the same building, a day in Shinsaibashi can take in both if you hold both bookings. Our Pokémon Cafe reservation guide sets out its booking times in full.
How to get to Kirby Café TOKYO
Kirby Café TOKYO is on 4F of the East Yard of Tokyo Skytree Town Solamachi, the shopping complex at the foot of Tokyo Skytree, at 1-1-2 Oshiage, Sumida-ku. Kirby Café The Store TOKYO is on the same floor.
Stations for Kirby Café TOKYO
- Tokyo Skytree Station: on the Tobu Skytree Line.
- Oshiage Station: served by the Hanzomon Line (Tokyo Metro), the Asakusa Line (Toei), the Keisei Oshiage Line and the Tobu Skytree Line.
The store page of the Pokémon Center in the same building lists both stations as near the complex. A booking at the café fits well with a trip up the tower, so leave time for both. Our anime locations guide covers other fan stops across the city.
How to get to Kirby Café OSAKA
Kirby Café OSAKA is on the 9th floor of the Main Building of Daimaru Shinsaibashi, the department store at 1-7-1 Shinsaibashisuji, Chuo-ku, with The Store OSAKA on the same floor.
From Shinsaibashi Station on the Midosuji Line of Osaka Metro, an underground passage from Exit 4 leads straight into the store. That route comes from the Pokémon Cafe page for the same building, which shares the 9th floor.
How to get to Kirby Café HAKATA
Kirby Café HAKATA is on B1F of the North Building of Canal City Hakata, at 1-2-1 Sumiyoshi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, with The Store HAKATA next to it.
Routes to Canal City Hakata
- From Hakata Station (JR or subway): about 10 minutes on foot. Leave by the Hakata Exit and walk straight along Hakata Ekimae-dori for about 7 minutes, then cross at the Hakata Police Station entrance junction and turn left.
- Kushida Jinja-mae Station, Nanakuma Line: a walk of about 3 minutes from Exit 1. From Fukuoka Airport, take the Airport Line to Hakata and change to the Nanakuma Line.
- Nakasu-Kawabata Station, Airport and Hakozaki lines: from Exit 5, put Hakata Riverain behind you and walk along the Kawabata-dori shopping arcade for about 7 minutes, then about 3 minutes more from the arcade's exit to the North Building.
The walking times come from Canal City's access page. For the rest of a Kyushu trip, our itinerary planner can help.
Frequently asked questions
Can you book Kirby Café in English?
The Kirby Café website and its booking rules are in Japanese, apart from a 2023 English notice on resale. Bookings are made online on the official reservation page, with an account checked by a phone call from the number you register.
What time do Kirby Café reservations open?
The website does not publish a fixed day or time. It says only that bookings for August 2026 opened on Friday 10 July 2026. Watch the café news on the official site for later months.
Can you go to Kirby Café without a reservation?
You can ask for a table, but guests with bookings are seated first and a free table is not promised. Without a booking you can order takeaway at the Tokyo and Hakata cafés, shop at Kirby Café The Store, or buy sweets at Kirby Café PETIT.
Can you use a phone number from outside Japan?
The FAQ does not say. Registration needs a phone number, and you complete it by calling a verification line from that number, so check whether this works with your phone before you count on a booking.
How many people can book at Kirby Café?
Up to 8 people per booking at Kirby Café TOKYO and HAKATA, and up to 6 at OSAKA. Babies under 1 on a lap are not counted, but a baby in a pushchair at the table is.
How long can you stay at Kirby Café?
85 minutes from your booking time, including seating and paying. There are no extensions, even if you arrive late or the café seats you late.
How much does Kirby Café cost?
The bill depends on what you order. A Kirby burger and pasta is 2,420 yen without the souvenir plate and 3,520 yen with it, Meta Knight's chocolate parfait is 858 yen, and a blend coffee is 660 yen, tax included.
Which is better, Kirby Café Tokyo or Osaka?
Tokyo is open later, takes groups of 8 and has a takeaway menu. Osaka has the most dishes of its own, inspired by Osaka food, but closes at 20:00 and takes 6. The three-a-month limit counts each café separately, so choose the café on your route.
Sources
Official and primary sources used for this page. Checked October 15, 2026.
- Kirby Café: official site (Japanese) — the cafés, PETIT, The Store and the online Pop-up Store
- Kirby Café: café news, menu and goods (Japanese) — the June 2026 notice on accounts, the 2023 English notice on resale, menu prices, takeaway and goods
- Kirby Café: FAQ (Japanese) — booking limits, party size, registering an account, the day of your visit, the birthday service, takeaway and goods
- Kirby Café TOKYO (Japanese) — address and hours
- Kirby Café OSAKA (Japanese) — address and hours
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- Kirby Café HAKATA (Japanese) — address and hours
- Kirby Café PETIT (Japanese) — sweets, prices, the end of purchase limits, ice packs and box sizes
- Kirby Café PETIT Tokyo Station shop (Japanese) — location and hours
- Kirby Café PETIT Tennoji shop (Japanese) — location and hours
- Kirby Café The Store (Japanese) — goods, steamed buns and drinks, key ring engraving
- Kirby Café The Store TOKYO (Japanese) — location and hours
- Kirby Café The Store OSAKA (Japanese) — location and hours
- Kirby Café The Store HAKATA (Japanese) — location and hours
- Canal City Hakata: access (Japanese) — walking times from Hakata, Kushida Jinja-mae and Nakasu-Kawabata stations
- Pokémon Cafe Osaka — the underground link from Shinsaibashi Station to Daimaru Shinsaibashi
- Pokémon Center Skytree Town — the stations near Tokyo Skytree Town Solamachi East Yard
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