The Berry Cafe in Ginza is almost not as expensive as it looks. The cafe is furnished in black and the lights are low; one of the first things you see is a row of cakes lit up in a showcase as in an expensive jewellery boutique. They have jewellery off to the side too, costing tens of thousands of yen.
Looking around, clientele are almost exclusively female, plus boyfriends. This is common in Japan, though I hesitate to say ‘normal’ — what kind of man sacrifices cake in exchange for manliness?
It’s okay to order a single slice of tart and my friends do just that. One slice is around 650 to 950 yen, so it’s not like the staff will mind. They communicated with us in Japanese, but I’d be surprised if you had any problems if you didn’t speak it. You have an entire showcase of tarts piled high with berries and a menu that works more like a picture book. It’ll be easy.
The slices come beautifully presented, although you’re paying for that privilege, of course. My personal recommendation is the hot lemon ginger drink and a slice of blueberry tart (pictured). Tasted as good as it looks.
We went to the branch in Ginza, but the flagship cafe is in Aoyama (Tokyo), with other branches in Nagoya (Aichi), Chiba City, Funabashi (Chiba), Hiroshima City, Nishinomiya (Hyogo), Kyoto City and Osaka City.
