WA Cafe Covent Garden is an independent Japanese patisserie at 5 New Row. The brand began in Ealing before expanding to Covent Garden and other London neighbourhoods, with skilled Japanese bakers and patissiers producing bread, pastries and cakes each day. Its compact cafe offers a calm place for a sweet break, while takeaway and advance collection suit visitors heading through the busy West End.
The cakes combine Japanese tastes with techniques influenced by French patisserie. Strawberry shortcake layers light sponge, cream and fresh fruit, while matcha appears in rolls, glossy individual cakes and tiramisu. Japanese cheesecake, fruit based mousses and changing seasonal creations emphasise delicate textures and restrained sweetness, allowing tea, chocolate and fruit flavours to remain clear.
Fresh bread broadens the counter beyond plated patisserie. Soft milk loaves, cream filled buns, bear shaped buns, croissants and savoury bakes provide choices for breakfast or a light meal. Japanese curry bread encloses a vegetable filling in soft dough with a crisp crumb, while sandwiches and other changing items add meat and savoury ingredients to the daily selection.
Matcha drinks, Japanese tea, coffee and sparkling fruit drinks pair naturally with the cakes and pastries. Whole celebration cakes can be ordered in advance, and popular signature products are available for collection. The mixture of precise decoration, light flavours and bread baked on site gives WA Cafe a distinctive Japanese identity within Covent Garden’s wider bakery scene.
Address: 5 New Row, Covent Garden, London WC2N 4LH, United Kingdom