The 10 Best Dessert Shops You Must Eat in Roppongi, Tokyo

Roppongi in where the Roppongi Hills and the Tokyo Midtown meet and many sightseers gather there. It is the largest concentrated district of sweets shops. The prices are slightly higher, but the taste is worth the cost. You can enjoy various countries’ sweets such as French, Italian, Japanese and American which only Roppongi can offer. The sweets shops are dotted around all over Roppongi, so you can enjoy eating around in the small area! Let’s find your favourite among all the personal shops!

1. The excellent sweets at the Roppongi landmark, Midtown [Toshi Yoroizuka]

This shop looks like a high-class sushi restaurant or a bar because of the effect of the concealed lighting and the counter-seats. From the counter-seat, you can see the patissier making the sweets. This is something very different from other sweets shops. You can enjoy even your waiting time, as long as you watch the professional technique and behaviour. However, it is so popular that they often require their customers to wait in a queue, so please be aware of it. Booking is surely needed.

Take note that their menu changes monthly. You can enjoy the [Assiette dessert] (desert on a plate) together with the hors d’oeuvre. They go very well with a glass of wine, so it’s recommended for people who like drinking. As the [Souffle chocolat] will be made after receiving your order, it will take some time, but it’s worth waiting. When you taste it with [Framboise sauce], you will definitely be impressed! Please enjoy the sweets only Roppongi can offer.

2. The sweets which represent Roppongi! It is guaranteed! [Fiorentina Pastry Boutique]

The [Fiorentina] in the Grand Hyatt in Roppongi is a super popular Italian café. It is a speciality shop for sweets. [Pastry Boutique] should also be paid attention. In the showcase, the cakes, baked cakes, tarts and buns are beautifully arranged. Especially, they have more than 30 different varieties of cakes. The sweets, using the elaborate fresh fruits are beautiful not only to the eyes but also to the palate. They are truly world class.

There are more recommended sweets as souvenirs for your precious ones. The pound-cake, pudding, jelly and mousse in the boxes look gorgeously elegant and they will surely please them. Especially, [Banana & Chocochip Brownie] looks simple but has a quality flavour. The scattered chocochips are great!

3. The famous shop in which you can taste superb sweets in Roppongi [La Boutique de Joel Robuchon Roppongi Hills-ten]

The appearance of the shop is based on a black colour and La Boutique de Joel Robuchon in art deco letter font is very impressive. The sophisticated black and red interior looks very stylish! This is named, “Pastery and Boulangerie” and is a confectionary as well as a bakery. It is French chef, Joel Robuchon’s own shop and the elaborate sweets and breads are beautifully arranged.

The [Chou cream bun] which you can buy at this shop, no exaggeration to say, has the highest quality. The plentiful custard-cream is stuffed in the brioche dough. Let’s enjoy its profound flavour until our complete satisfaction. The [Strawberry brioche] is very compatible with the strawberry sourness! These are my recommended sweets for you, when you visit Roppongi.

4. Limited to Roppongi! You can taste the seasonal sweets [Toraya Karyo Tokyo Midtown-ten]

The [Toraya] is a famous Japanese sweets yohkan (a bar of sweet jellied azuki-bean paste) for example, shop. In the Tokyo Midtown shop in Roppongi, the tea-room [Toraya Karyo] has been attached. The modern designed interior based on black & white as well as their landmark, noren (shop entrance curtain) are very impressive. You can enjoy Japanese authentic sweetness. You may want to taste the classic menu such as anmitsu (diced agar-jelly topped with bean-jam) and yohkan. They also have the limited seasonal cakes and limited Tokyo Midtown shop menu!

Especially, the [seasonal anmitsu] is limited to this shop. You can enjoy the anmitsu, using the seasonal ingredients like a strawberry. In summer, the shaved-ice is recommended. The types of flavour are sometimes limited to the season, so you can discover a new flavour on each visit. The standard, shaved-ice, [Ujikintoki] can’t be missed! It goes really well with the condensed milk and shiratama (rice flour dumpling). It is a famous sweet item in Roppongi!

5. From France! The authentic chocolate sweet which you can taste at Roppongi! [La Maison du Chocolat Roppongi Hills-ten]

The [La maison du Chocolat] established in 1977 in France is a speciality shop of chocolate. The sophisticated appearance of the shop just like a high-class boutique is very impressive. At this Roppongi Hills shop, you can buy some sweets as well as eating them inside is available. They have various kinds of sweets such as chocolate, ice-cream, cake, éclair and macaron.

The éclair has 3 different flavours, such as [chocolate], [coffee] and [caramel]. Each one of them is delicious. The flavour of chocolate is rich but not too sweet and is excellently balanced. The high quality which only a specialist can provide is attractive. The macaron has the ganache and the outside dough has a crispy texture. There are 11 types of flavours and you can enjoy a different one each time. It is one of the sweets which you will want to taste in Roppongi.

6. The custard cream is superb! The limited summer sweets are recommended! [Cream de la Cream Roppongi Hills-ten]

The [Cream de la Cream] is a speciality shop of chou a la crème from the confectionary, Ishida Shinise in Kyoto. The clean white image appearance of the shop with the small white noren (shop entrance curtain) is their landmark. [Suiho-no-custard chou a la crème] has the characteristic almonds scattered on the surface. Its crispy texture and the mellow crème will make you addictive! The rich flavour of the cream is shockingly delicious.

The [Osanji chou] is baked off at 2 o’clock in the afternoon every day. It is the Roppongi Hills limited menu. The cookie-chou is crispy and easy to eat and the custard-cream inside has the richness of a fresh cream. It is very delicious. But as it is not too rich, you never get tired of eating it. Besides those, they have the limited summer chou-soft. You can taste the cold refreshing flavour. Please try them.

7. The healthy sweets which are particular about vegetables [Veganic to go]

The [Veganic to go] is a healthy café which is particular about additive-free vegetables. Their signature menu is the [Vegan burger], but I’d like to introduce their sweets! The recommended [Soy-milk Soft] is made without sugar. The sweetness is light, but you can find the natural flavour. Also, you can enjoy organic strawberry sauce as a topping.

The [Soy-milk cheese-cake] is also recommended! As the name shows, it is made from the soy-milk. It doesn’t have a gaudy appearance, but the natural profound sweetness is attractive. It is the delicious item of which you never get tired. The sauce on the top goes well with the rich cheese flavour. The [vegan apple-pie] which is good for you goes well with the ice. Please buy them when you come to Roppongi.

8. Don’t miss it in the hot summer! The essential sweet for strolling in Roppongi[PALETAS]

The [PALETAS] is a speciality shop of ice-candy in the basement of the Tokyo Midtown. In the showcase, various colourful Ice-candies have been arranged. It is the scenery of highlight! You can eat in as well as take away. Those ice candies have variety in flavour and the healthy ingredients are used. They keep the additives and artificial colouring to a minimum.

The fresh fruits and vegetables are used and they are frozen in the ice-candies together with yoghurt and gelato. At the Tokyo Midtown shop there are 22 types of ice-candies. Especially, the [Sangria] is a cool ice-candy with an alcoholic flavour which makes you be addictive. It is recommended to stroll in Roppongi, tasting this ice-candy on a fine day!

9. Have the exquisite sweets which were originated in NewYork at Roppongi [HUDSON MARKET BAKERS]

The [HUDSON MARKET BAKERS] is a speciality shop for cakes. The small shop appearance which looks to go well with the kind of street in America is characteristic. The shop design based on black and white looks very sophisticated and the passers-by gaze into it unconsciously. When you step into the shop, there is a showcase which has a lot of cakes arranged and at the far end there is a café area.

The carrot-cake with plenty of butter-cream pasted is very popular because of its rich flavour. You can taste the sweetness which only an American sweet can provide. The [NY cheese-cake] is also rich! The sourness of the cheese is its point and is delicious. It would be nice to have it with an alcoholic drink such as a glass of wine. Please enjoy them all!

10. The cold sweet which you can eat all year around! [KAKIGORI CAFÉ & BAR yelo]

This shop is near the Roppongi junction where the Almond is located and is standing on the back street just like a hideaway shop. It is a speciality shop for the shaved-ice! At weekdays, they are open until morning because it is in Roppongi. Surprise to say, you can eat the shaved-ice not only in summer but also in spring, autumn and winter. In winter, it is quite remarkable that you can eat the ice-cold shaved-ice in a warm shop!

Like a speciality shop does, they don’t shave the ice all at once and it takes time. So, you need to wait for 3 minutes after ordering. The shaved-ice is fluffy in your mouth. Firstly, I recommend, the [Strawberry yoghurt]. The fluffy shaved-ice, the strawberry flavour sauce and the total yoghurt taste is marvellous! Please enjoy the superb sweets made from the ice!

Let’s enjoy the exquisite sweets in Roppongi!

Roppongi is more convenient than in the past because of the Hibiya-line, Oedo-line and Nanboku-line which go through the Azabujuban station. As the access from Shinjuku and Shibuya is easy, the streets are bustling with many people all year around. Many sweets shops are open until late at night, so it is an attraction that you can enjoy the town of Roppongi and the sweets at the same time. Let’s enjoy the world class flavour of which Japan is so proud as much as we like!