Maid cafe in Japan
Maid cafes have quickly become a staple of Japanese otaku culture. Compared with service at normal cafes, the service at maid costume cafes involves the creation of a rather different atmosphere. The staff treat the customers as masters and mistresses in a private home rather than merely as cafe customers.The popularity of the cafes has spread to all other regions in Japan as well as other countries, such as U.K., Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, France, Italy, Canada, and U.S.A....
When a customer enters the cafe, the maids typically give an extraordinarily humble greeting, such as "Welcome home, Master" in order to play the role of a house servant.
In order to enhance the illusion that the customer is indeed the master, they often serve the customer in a very deferential fashion. For example, staff sometimes kneel to mix sugar or milk in teas or other drinks.