Tea Pavilion in downtown San Diego's Balboa Park area serves Japanese green teas, sushi, and udon inside a pavilion completed in 1999 as the second major phase of the Japanese Friendship Garden's expansion on Pan American Plaza. The cafe sits at the upper entrance to San Kei En — the 11-acre garden designed by landscape architect Takeo Uesugi — and shares the Friendship Garden complex with the Inamori Pavilion & The Lower Garden Venue event space added during a 2015 expansion. The tea menu spans imported Japanese Green Sencha, Cherry Sakura, oolong, white, and herbal varieties served hot or iced, while the kitchen produces teriyaki rice bowls, miso soup, and udon topped with tempura shrimp and fishcake. Outdoor umbrella seating on the courtyard deck overlooks the garden's koi ponds and cherry-blossom grove, an open-air dining setup along the same Pan American Way corridor as Cafe in the Park near the Botanical Building. The heaviest-production items run through a full tempura station — batter-dipped shrimp, vegetable medleys, and combination platters — executed alongside sushi prep behind a single compact counter.