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 was spawned from a recent wave of maid cafés (メイドカフェ Meido kafe) and 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-themed 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.