Butlers Café (バトラースカフェ Batorāsu Kafe?) is a restaurant and bar located in Shibuya, Tokyo, one of Japan's leading fashion centers. The cafe opened in 2006 and spawned from a recent wave of maid cafés (メイドカフェ Meido kafe?) or cosplay restaurants (コスプレ系飲食店 Kosupure-kei inshokuten?) that have opened up in and around Tokyo, though predominantly in Akihabara. Butlers café is one of a few butler theme cafes in Tokyo but as of July 2008 is the sole cafe hiring only foreign men as staff. The cafe serves a menu consisting of mainly Italian food, desserts and a range of teas and alcoholic beverages. It was designed for women in Tokyo who "need a bit of fun and excitement in their lives," said the cafe's owner