Santa monica Crepes — Restaurant in Tokyo

Overrated and underwhelming.

When in harajuku, one must get the craziest and most selfie-worthy treats as possible! These were my exact thoughts when I passed by Angels Heart and instantly craved a crepe. After perusing their menu, it looked rather delicious. I had just gone to Long, Longer, Longest but didn’t care about adding a few more calories in my system!

The prices weren’t incredibly terrible. I had paid for more expensive ones in LA and OC so I figured I might as well try it. The presentation itself is great and you can definitely agree after looking at the photos, but once you take a bite you know exactly why nobody else was really buying it...

The crepe was cold, for starters. At first I wondered how they were able to make my crepe so quickly. When I received it cold I realized that they make it in advance and then just prep it with whatever ingredients you ordered. Bummer. After taking another bite, I was expecting to be surprised with a lot of flavor. Instead, I got a mouth full of whipped cream. So much so that the majority of the crepe was like this so I actually never ended up finishing it.

I was so disappointed because I was expecting more. If you’re into having thinly sliced crepe and a massive amount of whipped cream then this place is for you. If not, I’d highly suggest putting your precious yen towards something...

Santa monica crepes is a sham! The displays show delicious looking crepes full of fruit whipped cream and other ingredients. Though what you get is not so. I chose the strawberries and cookies 'n' cream cheesecake option, number 111.

In the display it is ladent with strawberries and whipped cream drizzled with chocolate sauce with a slice of cheesecake in the middle. But what i got was just a dissapointment, it had only 3 strawberries which were from a can and a tiny cube of cheesecake on the top that wasn't even cookies 'n' cream! And the rest was whipped cream which wasn't much because I took 4 bites from bottom to top before I got to the cream and I take big bites!

To sum it up it was mostly whipped cream and not that much cream only about 3 or 4 heaped table spoons.

Not worth the money! Go to the one in Akihabara it had icecream and fresh strawberries! At least...

Tried Santa Monica Crepes in Harajuku — it was my first time trying crepes in Japan, so I don’t have a local benchmark to compare to (though it’s not my first trip here). I ordered the banana crepe with chocolate sauce and custard cream. Flavours were decent, but the crepe was cold and a bit soggy — I was expecting something warm and slightly crisp, so the texture was a bit of a letdown.

That said, I didn’t go out of my way for it — just happened to be in the area — and it did make for a very Instagram-worthy shot 📸✨

Bonus points for the little things: they provide a trash bin for customers (a rare convenience in Japan!), and order numbers were called out in English, which was a nice touch for non-Japanese speakers.

Cute spot and worth trying once if you're in the area, especially for the novelty, but I’m not sure I’d queue...