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maid café

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A novelty restaurant, originating in and found predominantly in Japan, in which guests are served by waitresses in maid costumes, who treat them as masters/mistresses in a private home rather than as restaurant patrons.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 女僕咖啡廳 /女仆咖啡厅 (nǚpú kāfēitīng) — Translations
  • Finnish: meido-kahvila — Translations
  • French: maid café — Translations
  • French: maid-café — Translations
  • Japanese: メイド喫茶 (meido kissa) — Translations
  • Japanese: メイドカフェ (meido kafe) — Translations
  • Korean: 메이드 카페 (meideu kape) — Translations
  • Russian: мэйдо-кафе (mɛjdo-kafe) — Translations
  • Russian: мейд-кафе (mejd-kafe) — Translations