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Penstaエキュート上野店 Cafe Area

Item: Penstaエキュート上野店 Cafe Area
Rating: 4
Author: 阿波卡

Taito City • Coffee shop

3 months ago

Afternoon Tea2 ppl$4000

Inside Tokyo Ueno Station, the Suica Penguin-themed café has a plethora of cute Suica Penguin merchandise and themed dishes. Everything is adorably cute and it's definitely worth visiting for photo ops!

【Where is the Café?】

This Pensta Ecute Ueno store is a themed café located within JR Ueno Station. Since it is "inside JR Ueno Station," you need to swipe your card past the ticket gates if you're coming from outside to get there.

【Café Atmosphere】

The café is mainly divided into a merchandise section and a dining area.

Merchandise Section:
There is a wide variety of merchandise for sale, such as stationery and dining utensils, and even clothes, socks, and bags, with various options for penguin dolls as well. Many people love the Suica Penguin; its cute face and innocent eyes make you want to buy any merchandise released.

Dining Area:
The dining area in the café is also exquisitely decorated, with thoughtful details in every corner. You can see traces of penguins from the walls to the ceilings, making it a perfect photo spot.

【Dish Review】

The café's signature set is the "Penguin Pancake Set."

This set is offered in limited quantity each day and includes pancakes with a penguin design imprinted on them and a penguin design latte art. Very cute!

The set includes three pancakes, which aren’t very thick, thus making them a perfect portion for afternoon tea snacks. I spent a lot of time taking photos, so I ended up eating them cold, but even when cold, they didn’t harden and retained their fluffy texture, which I liked very much.

The raspberry sauce paired with the chestnut roll was even more delicious! The sweet and sour raspberry sauce makes the entire dessert sweet but not cloying.

The latte art features a penguin, and the drink tastes slightly bitter but not sweet, perfectly complementing the pancakes.

【Overall Experience】

The staff service is excellent, with friendly staff both in the merchandise section and the dining area, and they can speak English.

Whether you're shopping for merchandise or dining in, from ordering to billing and tasting the in-store meals, the entire experience is great.

Moreover, due to the café’s convenient location, it fits perfectly into your travel itinerary. After visiting #UenoZoo or #UenoPark, you can easily stop by! If you like the Suica Penguin, you definitely need to plan a visit to this café. 📌

The look of the dining area, the sign is super cute. It's a penguin holding a coffee 🐧.

🌟 Signature Set: Penguin Pancake Set ☘︎︎ Limited supply daily ☘︎︎ Set includes a pancake + raspberry sauce chestnut roll + penguin latte art hot latte (The chubby penguin next to it is a stuffed toy bought from the sales area; squeezing it feels like a memory foam pillow, very stress-relieving.)

Latte art Even the cup sleeve is printed with penguin and penguin baby designs. So cute!

Penguin statue at the entrance

Merchandise area next to the coffee shop

The sales area has many peripheral products available for purchase, ranging from stationery, kitchenware, dolls, to clothing, hats, bags, and shoes. Each product is exquisite.

These two shopkeeper penguins are cute!

Next to it is the dining area connected to the café, where you can go directly to buy merchandise after your meal. (But we bought the merchandise first and then took it to the café for photos.)

Order counter

Cold drink and hot drink cup display at the ordering counter.

///Cute Bonus Experience/// When ordering, there is a blind draw of acrylic stirring sticks with penguin designs next to the counter. Each stick costs ¥390, and each one has a different penguin design. They are very cute, inexpensive, and worth collecting.