Vie de France

What’s not to like about a small train station bakery that makes fresh and tasty siphon coffee?
This is the only place to hit for coffee when arriving or departing Ueno station on the Skyliner to or from Narita Airport. But no milk for the coffee — just those despised little creamers. So get your milk at the convenience store nearby.

A café conveniently located outside of the subway exits in Akhiabara which in fact does not have very much of a French cuisine. They do serve lots of small patisserie of different kinds, but none of them are flavored or composed as something you would find in France. They also serve small dishes of food such as pies.
If you don’t have a dietary restriction this place offers a good selection and my friend who had two pastries was very happy with both taste and flavor.
As GF I opted for the safe bet for us — the ice cream. They have some nice looking ones that appeared to be soft ice cream combined either with chocolate sauce and banana or one with red berries and some berry sauce. After some discussions with the staff we concluded they were not GF free originally but could be made so for me. Super good!
The ice cream that I got looked like soft ice cream, but rather had the texture of normal ice cream and with nothing special at all in texture or taste otherwise. It also had significantly less chocolate sauce than shown in the picture which made it quite boring to eat. Last but not least they had added a layer of whipped cream to it, but for some reason placed in the bottom of the cup. So instead of being a nice feature to the rest of the ingredients it just became a last splash of fatty dairy.
Conclusion — as GF you could get better ice cream somewhere else, but if you have no dietary needs and want to gran a coffee and something small to eat close to the station this is a good place to go.

We didn’t spend much time here, but we were hungry due to a light breakfast and we need some food. It’s basically a little café with a French flavor. You go pick up your food and you pay for it at the counter. Simple enough?
They most specialize in baked goods and coffee type treats. We didn’t spend much time here as we had a lot to do, but overall everything was tasty and left me with little complaints. I like French food, and it’s interesting how many of the restaurants in Japan have French sensibilities. Can’t go wrong with that. A nice little stop for a quick snack.

Very yummo! Pastries were fresh in the morning. This place is addictive. The salmon keesh was excellent. Sandwich was ok. Pumpkin muffin was really good filled with pumpkin. Cream chease pastries but dont ask for cream cheese for your bagel you will get the big NO sign.

Good stuff! The pastries were great and tasty. I really like the red bean croissant and puffy soft apple thing. It’s a busy area so it keeps the food mostly fresh. Prices were reasonably and service was great.

Pero qué rico estaba el café!!!
El único café bebible que pudimos beber en todo Japón, de Tokio a Kioto a Osaka a Himeji… ni siquiera el del Starbucks conseguía obsequiarnos con un sabor pasable. Qué distinto a España. Teníamos que desayunar arroz y gyozas (las primeras 4 noches) hasta que descubrimos este lugar.
Luego los panecillos rellenos, los dulces, los salados… ¡¡todo estaba delicioso! Los pedíamos para llevar y comer en el tren para ir a los distintos lugares de Tokio.
Y bueno, repetimos desayunando-​merendando allí los días que andamos por Akihabara alojados (las 3 últimas noches).

For a chain, they certainly have some really good pastries. The pastries go by pretty fast and they are slow to re-​stock. As such, their selection is quite limited and the atmosphere is lacking for the Akihabara storefront. I could goto a maid café instead…
However, for a quick bite on the go, this place is pretty good, especially when spending time in Akihabara.