Liberté Pâtisserie Boulangerie Tokyo Kichijōji — Restaurant in Tokyo

I visited this place on Tue afternoon for the first time. The first floor sells bread, pastry and cake for take out. The second floor is a cafe, if you want to eat in their cake, you’ll need to order it on 2nd floor(but for bread, you can buy it on the 1st floor and eat it upstairs), could be confusing so just wanted to mention!

I tried their cake set, it came with pistachio and raspberry cake with ice tea, it was about $15CAD. The cake was not my favorite, pistachio part was so thick it was almost like red bean paste, there was no tart shell or sponge cake, the ration of pistachio and raspberry cream was way off. I also tried their honey toast just because it just came out from the kitchen. It was ok, the brioche bread they used to make honey toast was really good through, but honey part was nothing special.

Service was good and atmosphere of the cafe was really nice. Quiet and...

We stopped by for breakfast on our way to Ghibli Museum. This place was so great for us and our toddler. We ordered two sandwiches, canale, and a mini tart. The woman who helped us let us know there was a cafe with seating upstairs which we could use if we ordered a drink each. She also guided us to the elevator because we had a stroller. The upstairs cafe was beautiful - French inspired chairs and tables. Big, open space. We were the only ones there at 9 am on a Monday morning. We enjoyed our coffee and food. They gave my toddler a few small nibbles (small macaron and a toffee like sweet) and a cup of water with straw just for him (he refused to leave because he wanted to take the cup with us). I also liked the neighborhood around this boulangerie. Wish we had more...

3.7 stars

It only has 3 shops. One in Paris, another in Kyoto and lastly one in Tokyo.

The quality isn't bad but I prefer small artisan bread shops overseen by a strict owner for strict quality control.

The staff and customers seem a bit snobbish. I guess that's to be expected at such a shop.

The bread wasn't bad. I may have expected too much. The cafe on the 2nd floor seems popular.

The French pan de mie was soft and brioche-like. The sourdough bread was underdeveloped for me. The 400yen French butter croissant was alright, good honeycomb structure, I guess, but I prefer...