I have literally no idea where else this should go. I was considering putting it in anime, but...
Anyways.
Considering the frightening lack of maid cafes in the West, I've decided to try opening up my own maid cafe.
However, I need to see if such an option is actually financially viable, first. I get the feeling my results will be skewed asking here...
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Nearest large city: los angeles
If a maid cafe opened in your area, would you be willing to visit it on a regular basis? No.
If a maid cafe opened in your area, would you be willing to WORK in it as a maid/butler? Yes.
I'm not going to answer these questions but I will say this:
If you build a maid cafe within 25 miles of my town I will be there everyday.
Male
22
Tampa
Yes
Maybe
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Nearest large city: Cleveland
If a maid cafe opened in your area, would you be willing to visit it on a regular basis? Sure why not
If a maid cafe opened in your area, would you be willing to WORK in it as a maid/butler? Yes
What do butlers do in maid cafes anyway?
I always figured the butlers would seat you and run the till machine (assuming you don't pay at the table).
I think your best bet to get the most customers is in California somewhere, since California has the largest population of Asians and some major cons are in Cali. Maybe DC or New York, but I still think you'd have a better chance in California.
Anyways;
Female
19
Denver
If the food/drink isn't crap
Sure
>>4 here.
I am in desperate need for a job, so I definitely would work there as a butler.
If I were to work in this would I have to give handjobs under the table to certain customers?
I'm willing to do that and more for this job...
1. Gender: Male
2. Age:22
3. Nearest large city: San Antonio
4. If a maid cafe opened in your area, would you be willing to visit it on a regular basis?:I wouldn't even visit it once
5. If a maid cafe opened in your area, would you be willing to WORK in it as a maid/butler?: NO
1.Gender: female
2. Age: 19
3. Nearest large city: Perth, Australia
4. If a maid cafe opened in your area,
would you be willing to visit it on a
regular basis?: yes
5. If a maid cafe opened in your area,
would you be willing to WORK in it
as a maid/butler?: yes
Personally I think that maid cafés are ridiculous. Also there isn't really a market for it in the west.
1. Gender: Male
2. Age: 29
3. Nearest large city: Little Rock, Arkansas (it's big right?!)
4. If a maid cafe opened in your area, would you be willing to visit it on a regular basis? - Depends on what kind of maids we're talking. I'm not a fan of the whole fawning, 'goshujin-sama~ <3' type of maid, but the elegant and capable maid.
5. If a maid cafe opened in your area, would you be willing to WORK in it as a maid/butler? - This.... is actually kind of intriguing.
Male
37
Portland
Occasionally
God dammit 1-san, I'm a chef not a bu
Male
20
Pheonix
Yes.
Yeeeeeeeeeees.
Waitress uniforms aren't that rare, and doting waitresses are probably creepy. Hope you've got some good ideas to refine the concept.
Male
30
Los Angeles
No
Absolutely not.
I don't think this would go over well in America. Besides, I'm pretty sure I read about one of these opening in LA. Thing was it was going to be "ironic" as in not catering to the creeps that the concept caters to in its native environment. I have no idea how they planned on staying in business. I never bothered looking for it and it's probably long gone. Fake Edit: Actually it's in Culver City and called the Royal/T. It's still there and apparently attached to a super pretentious pop art gallery!
If you're reading this, chances are you're not in Japan. There are better jobs for women in the West. You'd be hard-pressed to find the right combination of attractive, willing to dress up and be ogled by creeps, and yet unwilling to be a stripper to fully staff such a restaurant (except in Culver City, apparently with its endless supply of failed actresses).
I think it would be a fun idea, especially because of the different cultures around here.
1.Gender: female
2.Age: 17
3.Nearest large city: new york
4.If a maid cafe opened in your area, would you be willing to visit it on a regular basis? I do every month, I wish there were more
5.If a maid cafe opened in your area, would you be willing to WORK in it as a maid/butler? Of course!
Male, 20, put it in Boston.
Boston USA has the highest concentration on otaku-types in the USA. You will get a better biz there.
DO NOT PUT IT IN PORTLAND OR, ITS A HIPSTER CESSPOOL.
Also, I would love to work as a host. Y'know, ladies nights!
Female
22
Los Angeles
Yes
Yes
OP, are you the guy who opened this restaurant? http://www.chouanime.com/
Because if so, I have two questions for you.
Anyway, I'm a 27 year old male living in the South, and I wouldn't go to a maid cafe unless I'd been dragged there by friends. I'd feel creepy as hell otherwise, especially if the girls working there were young. I really don't think this idea is viable in the US anyway; tastes here tend more towards "tits and beer" than "cute girls and tea".
O excellent! I love Ding-a-Ling better than fags.
> "tits and beer" than "cute girls and tea".
That's true, I'm not sure how viable a maid cafe would be here, but I really like the idea of spending time at one, I would definitely check it out if there was one nearby.
There's always Dick's Pizza, which is some kind of combination of the two. It's just anime tits and beer.
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>>32
Wow, I'm honestly not sure what my opinion on that is.
Do away someone?
Male, 18.
Riverside might be a large city.
I would definitely visit if a maid cafe opened but I don't know that I would be accepted to work there. Apparently I don't have facial expressions.
Do you think he ever opened up his maid cafe?
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>>33
i like this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_QuVpRPLvM
I suggest you should try making a video like this for your next one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqAIOMj4TDQ
(filmed in Japan)
>>1
recently it seems there has been an upsurge in anime and things associated with it.
you see companies like crunchyroll and netflix trying to create their own animes and even those virtual anime girl characters.
it seems people have finally realized how much of a cash crop anime is. they realized how people will eat that shit up real good.
this thread may be old but i wouldnt actually be surprised if one opened up in America within the next oncoming years.
sure the older generation will still go to the bars and prefer the tits n beers and whatnot, but there is still a target audience for the younger generation.
of course there will be setbacks and things to consider, but just remember people in America shovel money at some underaged anime girl who plays games on twitch just to say their nickname.
as for me no i would not want to visit one daily. the only way i can see myself going to one is if the food doesnt suck.
no i would never work at a maid cafe providing service. i suppose i could work as a chef, but thats a stretch as i could already imagine what my co workers would be and act like.
>>40
Amazing Necro, my dude. OP probably already opened his meido cafe, sold out, and fell asleep in a pile of cocaine by this point.
>people in America shovel money at some underaged anime girl
This is long tail in effect. Median per-viewer yield is very small, profits arise from large number of viewers, both due to raw numbers and due to chance of getting a whale.
Such model is not reproducible in physical business, as it requires service capacity at virtually zero-cost.
Classic model of maid-cafe would not work in this cursed times too.
On demand side: competition from aforementioned camwhores for audience in need of para-social relationship, neo-puritanial stigmatisation in more `normie' crowd; leaving only marginal fan and novelty demand. So low and, most importantly, unreliable capital returns.
On supply side: business, giving -1..2%, could get money in late 00s, but not today.
It's 2023. Did OP ever open his gay cafe?