Take-out
Bakery

Second location. An all-vegan bakery near Shimokitazawa Station. Open Wed-Sun 8:30am-6:00pm. Closed Mon.


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43 Reviews

First Review by JackieJans

maggy_i

Points +211

Vegan
30 Apr 2023

Cute bakery

They have a lot of yummy baked stuff like donuts, croissant, muffins, baguette etc. Cute place, they also offer coffee to go 🌱

itsrinokt_

Points +3935

Vegan
30 Apr 2023

Pastries heaven

Savory muffins, donuts, croissants, etc. What more could I ask for? This shop is mainly for takeaway and sweet pastries while another store- Universal Bakes and Cafe has some seatings and food menu.

FredNirk

Points +320

Vegan
26 Apr 2023

So many options

First off - Google Maps will give you the runaround. Best to get directions to "ENTRANCE HALL" Ary Gallery. Once you get there, the bakery is down the far end of the complex, on the upper level.

No indoor seating which is a shame on a rainy day such as today, but there's so many good looking options on offer, don't let the weather deter you.

I got banana French toast, a chocolate donut and a delicious looking muffin even though I have no idea what it is.

They also sell bread (vegan bread! In Japan!!), French sticks, oat/but bar, packaged vegan chocolate blocks, coffees etc.

Pros: Heaps to choose from

Cons: Nowhere to sit on a wet day

Nattata

Points +365

Vegan
25 Apr 2023

Great vegan bakery!

Delicious vegan treats in Shimokitazawa. Lots of gluten free options available as well. I went in late March and they had some Sakura themed treats!

Pros: Many gluten free options, Open early

hotmilk993

Points +452

Vegan
15 Mar 2023

Great blueberry muffin, period

The doughnuts and toasts and other things looked awesome but I only wanted a humble muffin. (I often crave blueberry muffins and they are one of my favorite baked goods) Based on the muffin though, I’m pretty sure everything else is also great.

Updated from previous review on 2023-03-15

447xpro

Points +33

Vegetarian
26 Feb 2023

Great bakery

Really well done baked goods. I strongly recommend banana and cardamom muffin. More muffins should just have a banana stuck in the middle.

They also do coffees and some non-sweet options: sandwiches, but the choice here is limited.

Pros: Great textures of the doughs, Fun flavours, Nice location

Cons: Small choice of non-sweet options

AnitaDollar

Points +2489

Vegan
05 Feb 2023

I would move to Shimokita just for this

Delicious food, I really want to make it a goal to try all of their amazing vegan pastries and savoury items.

Pros: Amazing vegan bakes, Nice seating area

Hayden5780

Points +176

Vegan
26 Jan 2023

Great vegan options

This venue had many more sweet options than the original across town. We got three different sweets and all were good. Nothing was the most amazing thing ever, but it was all yummy and we would love to return to try the big range of different sweets they have. If in the suburb again, we would come here and give the original location a miss.

oceana1928

Points +204

Vegan
10 Jan 2023

Good oat milk!

Not many gf opinions, but everything we tried we loved! Especially the gf donuts and chocolate croissant. And pretty good coffee😄

MillieCrompton

Points +200

Vegan
11 Dec 2022

Vegan Pastry HEAVEN

what isn’t there to like about this place wow!!! the choice is out of this world i had so much fun deciding, they have a bakery in the back too and if something was finished they should go back and get a new whole tray out. INSANE! Such friendly people and very very helpful. they had gluten options too which was wild !! gosh this place was a great find. the textures and flavours, fluffiness of the bakes immaculate!! i cannot express my highest praise for this , it is so rare to find a 100% vegan bakery with good prices and 10/10 quality .

Pros: everything 100% vegan , textures flavours complement each other so well, inexpensive

Lisa_T_vegan

Points +32

Vegan
30 Nov 2022

All vegan delicious bakery

Croissants, donuts, cinnamon rolls.. There are many kinds of bread. I’m very happy to have so many options. It was my first time to eat vegan croissant and it was delicious.

Under the blue sky, you can sit and eat on the bench outside the shop.

Pros: many types of bread, Tasty

sasham

Points +4385

Vegan
15 Oct 2022

Drinks overpriced, but baked goods selection is amazing!

I dont think I have ever seen so many vegan baked goods in Japan in the same place. Wow, I was pleasantly surprised. They have croissants, muffins, cupcakes, donuts, scones - you name it. I am actually am ok with the prices on the baked goods, but I thought the drink menu prices were a little stiff.

There are plenty of gluten free options here too. My fav thing was the croissant. Baked goods look so colorful and delicious.

Pros: So much selection

Ruzha

Points +3627

Vegan
25 Sep 2022

The Best Pastries in Tokyo

This is the second location of Universal Bakes, my favorite bakery in all of Tokyo. It is take out only, but there are plenty of places to sit and hangout in the area. If you do want to sit in, the other location is not too far to walk to. The options are slightly different and change up all the time, so it's a great opportunity to try new exciting types of bread and pastries. Together with the other branch, this is one of my most visited spots in Tokyo.

DanielSchroppe

Points +319

Vegetarian
06 Aug 2022

Cute bakery in hip environment

Huge selection of different treats in a really nice and hip area. Nice staff. Only soy milk tho, so if you must have Oat milk, the Ogawa coffee lab 3 mins from there has that option ;)

Pros: Pure vegan, Coffee available , Friendly staff

Cons: No Oat milk options currently

Natbar

Points +965

Vegan
16 May 2022

100% vegan

Fully vegan bakery with both savory and sweet food.

Pros: Great vegan options

Cons: A little expensive (600 yen for a soy latte)

JackieJans

Points +1228

Vegan
03 Feb 2022

Vegan curry pan and donuts!

The donuts are amazing and taste just like Krispy Kreme but even better. Also I love the Nori croissant and curry pan




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