Excelsior Caffé Nippori

Will it be a croque monsieur for breakfast, or something more substantial, such as pasta or doria? Excelsior Caffé Nippori offers a range of meals as well as a place to stop for coffee. Breakfast options include tuna tapenade with scrambled eggs, a jambon ham and lettuce sandwich, and a thick-sliced toast plate. One diner who chose the croque monsieur for breakfast enjoyed it with coffee.

For something lighter, consider the ciabatta sandwich with grilled chicken and caponata sauce, or the shrimp and salmon cream cheese sandwich. For a fuller meal, there is soy milk cream pasta with duck and Kujo spring onion, as well as shrimp and avocado mentaiko doria. Black Bolognese comes as either pasta or doria; the pasta is made with truffle oil. The black Bolognese pasta with a soft-boiled egg is not available for takeaway, so it is an option to enjoy in the café.

Drinks include hot or iced caffè latte, soy milk latte, matcha soy milk latte, royal milk tea and masala chai tea. The soy milk masala chai tea contains dairy despite using soy milk, and is also made with honey, so check if either ingredient is a concern. The Nippori branch is in Nishi-Nippori 2-chome and opens from 7:00. It suits an early coffee stop or a meal near the station.