Pain Stock Tenjin — Restaurant in Fukuoka

Was excited to see that Pain Stock had a location near our hotel. While the bread is delicious, the service is horrendously lacking. Very atypical for Japanese customer service. They charge you extra for eat-in and require a drink purchase per person to dine at the few scattered, dirty outdoor tables under a cramped stairwell. That’s fine. The issue came when we opted to dine in for the bread and pastries (which we paid more for) there were no utensils provided to eat wet pastries. When asked if we could get a fork and knife, they said none was available. For a place that serves brunch and breakfast, shouldn’t utensils to eat pastries and baked goods at the location be provided? Find it hard to believe they had none. Especially if you pay more to dine-in? Even Family Mart provides spoons and chopsticks for their food items. Skip the coffee. The transaction is separate and even though they clearly take Apple Pay, the staff kept saying no. Frustrated, I just tapped my watch and went through 🤦🏻‍♀️. Mediocre coffee at best with a lot of pretense and flair for drip. Had better coffee at 7-Eleven. If you do come here get take out only. For the price, would skip altogether and go where it’s...

The breads are all so yummy there! We waited for an hour in the line on a rainy day on Saturday about 8:30 and finally got into the store and it took about another 30 minutes to get to the checkout and get all the orders sorted.

The must try mentaiko baguette is good! The baguette is quite crunchy and the flavor of the mentaiko is good, not too saulty. However probably not worth the line if you just come here for mentaiko baguette as a normal mentaiko baugette here in Fukuoka in any unknown bread shop is already as good!

My favourite is actually the shashuka danish! Can’t believe they can make a shashuka into a danish and still keep the shashuka flavour but also the fluffiness and crispy crust of the danish. So good. We got it warm too! All the other bread we got there is also really yummy. Highly recommend to try some if the line isn’t too long.

We ended up dine in- need to order at least 1 drink per person. We got blood orange juice and apple juice which are both good, didn’t get coffee as we already had coffee before hand. But they have coffee county there I had in Sydney and was really good coffee. So would recommend to dine in and try their coffee...

パンストック天神店(English version follows)

日曜朝に訪問。天気は曇り時々小雨、気温17〜18度。

【基本的なシステム】 コーヒーショップ（コーヒーカウンティ）とパン屋（パンストック）がコラボ運営している店舗。それぞれ、入口、列形成、注文、お会計は完全に独立。イートインスペースは共有で建物内20席くらい（4人がけテーブル3つ、6人がけテーブル1つ、カウンター数席）、建物外12席くらい（4人がけテーブル3つ？）。お会計前の席取りは不可。お会計済みの人でも、「パン購入済みの人」＞「コーヒー類購入済みの人」の順で権利が優先される？（案内板の日本語は、日本人の私でもよくわからない）

【パンストック入店〜会計までの大きな流れ】 8:40 お店に到着。お店の西側にある県道553号に数人差し掛かるくらいまでの行列（建物外で40人くらい？） 9:15 建物の中（ビニールカーテンの内側）へ進入 9:30 店員さんが店内に入る人数をコントールしていて、一度に5〜6人案内 9:40 お会計終わり

【入店後の留意点】 ・一列になり一方通行でパンを選んでいくスタイル ・じっくりパンを眺めていると列の動きを阻んでしまうため少しプレッシャーあり ・序盤にハードパン、中盤に惣菜パン、終盤に菓子パンが陳列されている ・なんとなくパンの雰囲気は見渡せるのである程度見切りをつけて選んでいく（口コミを見てると、会計せずに2周回って選んだ人もいる。その気持ちもよくわかる） ・テイクアウトとイートインで税率が異なるため会計時に内訳を伝える必要あり ・列の進みが遅いように感じるのは、基本的には会計時の手間（パンを一つずつ包んだり、イートイン用に準備したり）。ただし、決して手際が悪いわけではなく、むしろテキパキしている。それに、パンを選ぶ段階になったらその列の進みの遅さが、選ぶ時間の確保につながる。

【パンの種類と味】 ハード系の具入りパンが種類の多さ、味ともに一番。どれも、一工夫した味付けで、似た雰囲気でも違った味わいを楽しめる。でも、生地の種類はそこまで多く無いかも？ どれもおすすめしたいけど、カヌレは正直今ひとつ。カヌレと他の何かで迷ったらカヌレ以外を選んだ方が良い。 回転が速いからか、焼きたての大納言パンを前のロットの在庫が残ってるにも関わらず前に出してくれて嬉しかった。買い終わった後にすぐ食べたけど、やっぱり焼きたてはそれにしか無い美味しさがあって幸せだった🤤

English ver.

Panstock Tenjin shop

Visited on a Sunday morning. The weather was cloudy with occasional light rain, and the temperature was around 17–18°C.

[Basic System] This store is jointly operated by a coffee shop (Coffee County) and a bakery (Panstock). Each has a completely separate entrance, queue, ordering, and payment process. The eat-in space is shared, with about 20 seats inside (three 4-person tables, one 6-person table, and several counter seats) and about 12 seats outside (possibly three 4-person tables). You cannot reserve a seat before paying. Even after payment, those who bought bread seem to have priority over those who only bought coffee (though even as a Japanese speaker, the sign explaining this was hard to understand).

[From Entry to Payment at Panstock] 8:40 Arrived at the store. There was a line of about 40 people stretching along Prefectural Route 553 on the west side of the building. 9:15 Entered the building (past the plastic curtain). 9:30 Staff controlled entry, letting in 5–6 people at a time. 9:40 Finished paying.

[Things to Note After Entry] • You proceed in a single-file, one-way line to choose bread. • You may feel pressure not to hold up the line while browsing. • Hard breads are displayed first, followed by savory breads in the middle, and sweet breads at the end. • You can get a general view of the selection from the start, so it’s best to decide as you go. (Some reviews say people looped twice before paying—I understand why.) • Tax rates differ for takeout and eat-in, so you need to specify when paying. • The line seems slow mainly because of the checkout process (wrapping each bread, preparing eat-in items). But staff are efficient, not slow. Once you’re choosing bread, the slower pace actually gives you more time.

[Bread Variety and Taste] Filled hard breads are the most impressive in both variety and flavor. Each has a unique twist, even among similar types. However, there may not be many types of dough overall. All are worth trying, but honestly, the canelé was underwhelming. If you’re torn between the canelé and something else, go with the other option. Maybe due to high turnover, they brought out a freshly baked adzuki (dainagon) bread even though the previous batch wasn’t sold out yet—very thoughtful. I ate it right after buying, and the freshly baked taste was truly special and made me happy.

Special note for English version: only Japanese written...