[Home](https://thesteep.app/) › [Cities](https://thesteep.app/cities) › [Tokyo](https://thesteep.app/cities/tokyo) › Shimokitazawa # Cafes and bars in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo Tokyo's indie heartland. Record shops, live music venues, and a cafe culture that prizes character over polish. The cafes here do not need the foot traffic. 13 venues reviewed in Setagaya. - [MATCHA PASSPORT](https://thesteep.app/cities/tokyo/matcha-passport-shimokitazawa) Steep Pick Shimokitazawa, Setagaya · Steep Index 8.7/10 A dedicated matcha specialty bar tucked on the 2nd floor of a Shimokitazawa building, easy to walk past. Staff talk you through single-origin matcha varieties like the Tanuki from Wazuka, Kyoto, and the pours are genuinely excellent. - [Belleville Brûlerie TOKYO](https://thesteep.app/cities/tokyo/belleville-brulerie-tokyo-shimokitazawa) Steep Pick Shimokitazawa, Setagaya · Steep Index 8.5/10 A tiny counter-seat coffeehouse right outside Shimokitazawa Station, the Tokyo outpost of Paris roaster Belleville Brûlerie, easy to miss and well worth catching. - [OGAWA COFFEE LABORATORY](https://thesteep.app/cities/tokyo/ogawa-coffee-laboratory-shimokitazawa)Shimokitazawa, Setagaya · Steep Index 8.5/10 An avant-garde coffee laboratory inside Shimokitazawa's Reload complex, industrial-chic and minimalist, where you choose your own beans, brewing method, and tool for an immersive experience built for purists. - [Et -THE CULTURAL COFFEEHOUSE-](https://thesteep.app/cities/tokyo/et-cultural-coffeehouse)Shimokitazawa, Setagaya · Steep Index 8.5/10 A spacious, minimalist coffeehouse across two floors in Shimokitazawa, with good coffee, excellent baked goods, and a considered interior that makes you want to stay longer than you planned. - [Kurage](https://thesteep.app/cities/tokyo/kurage-shimokitazawa)Shimokitazawa, Setagaya · Steep Index 8.4/10 A cozy, lowkey cocktail bar inside Mustard Hotel Shimokitazawa, running dub and vinyl jazz over a genuinely good lemon sour and a wine list that leans American. - [SIDEWALK COFFEE ROASTERS](https://thesteep.app/cities/tokyo/sidewalk-coffee-roasters-shimokitazawa)Shimokitazawa, Setagaya · Steep Index 8.4/10 A patio-forward coffee roastery on the ground floor of Mustard Hotel Shimokitazawa, with an indoor communal table and an espresso tonic that gets the balance right on a sultry Tokyo afternoon. - [COFFEE COUNTY Tokyo](https://thesteep.app/cities/tokyo/coffee-county-tokyo)Shimokitazawa, Setagaya · Steep Index 8.4/10 A small, cave-like specialty cafe in Shimokitazawa built for a solo sit, its dark-roasted Guatemala a genuine outlier among Tokyo's usual light-roast obsession. - [FENDER CAFE SHIMOKITAZAWA](https://thesteep.app/cities/tokyo/fender-cafe-shimokitazawa)Shimokitazawa, Setagaya · Steep Index 8.1/10 Fender's first standalone Tokyo cafe brings a soothing playlist and a genuinely well-balanced matcha to a corner of Shimokitazawa built for lingering, not rushing. - [Look Up Coffee](https://thesteep.app/cities/tokyo/look-up-coffee-shimokitazawa)Shimokitazawa, Setagaya · Steep Index 8.0/10 A quaint, funky cafe tucked into a quieter pocket of Shimokitazawa, patio seating and a communal table inside, a real escape from the crowded main street. The coffee itself is just okay, the scone is the better order. - [(tefu) lounge (GRASS)](https://thesteep.app/cities/tokyo/tefu-lounge-grass-shimokitazawa)Shimokitazawa, Setagaya · Steep Index 8.0/10 A cinema, coworking space, and cafe stacked five floors above Shimokitazawa Station, where the cold brew is nutty and the solo energy is some of the best in the neighbourhood. - [The Mosque Coffee](https://thesteep.app/cities/tokyo/mosque-coffee-shimokitazawa)Shimokitazawa, Setagaya · Steep Index 7.4/10 A rare authentic Turkish coffee specialist in Shimokitazawa where the sand-brewing ritual is worth watching and the coffee is worth drinking. The welcome is harder to find. - [BROOKLYN ROASTING COMPANY SHIMOKITAZAWA](https://thesteep.app/cities/tokyo/brooklyn-roasting-company-shimokitazawa)Shimokitazawa, Setagaya · Steep Index 6.7/10 Brooklyn Roasting Company's Shimokitazawa outpost has a genuinely nice room, high ceilings and a cozy feel, but that is where the positives end. Coffee, food, and service all landed well below what a specialty cafe in a tourist hub should deliver. - [Shimokita Komorebi](https://thesteep.app/cities/tokyo/shimokita-komorebi)Shimokitazawa, Setagaya · Steep Index 4.8/10 A tiny, half-underground, standing-room-only natural wine bar just off Shimokitazawa's frantic main street, easy to miss unless you already know the stairs down. The room has a genuinely nice vibe, but the wine wasn't being kept at the right temperature and the welcome depends on who's working. ## Walk it as a route - [Shimokitazawa's Tightest Coffee Corner](https://thesteep.app/itineraries/shimokitazawa-tightest-corner) 4–5 hours - [A Morning in Shimokitazawa](https://thesteep.app/itineraries/shimokitazawa-morning) 2–3 hours - [Shimokitazawa, Coffee to Matcha](https://thesteep.app/itineraries/shimokitazawa-wednesday-to-sunday) Half day [The full Tokyo guide →](https://thesteep.app/cities/tokyo)