Reviews Bon Crepe

Bon Crepe is a little stand located within Konbiniya Japan Center on Robson Street.

The Japanese green tea parfait is worth cheating on your diet for. Their green tea ice cream is definitely the bomb.

We will definitely come back to try out their crepes!

Foodies in Vancouver certainly love matcha and Bon Crepe on Robson is a place where you can go for your green tea fix.  Located within Konbiniya, a Japanese convenience store, Bon Crepe has been around since 2005 and is a food stall serving matcha desserts. There is a walk-up window facing Robson where you can place your order.  You can also go into Konbiniya and order from inside where there are even a few dining tables.

Now that I’m down to my last month in Vancouver, I’m trying to scope out all the eateries that I haven’t tried yet.  I’ve always walked past the Konbinaya Japan Center for the longest time and have never stepped a foot inside.  Located right on Robson Street, this store has a wide range of premade bento boxes, sushi, Japanese candies, groceries – and all the varieties of Glico / Pocky products you can imagine!  However, the window stall of Bon Crepe is where its at.  Bon Crepe is located inside Konbinaya, and makes a huge variety of treats: sweet and savoury crepes, sundaes, and basic soft serve amongst other things.  There’s always a lineup of people waiting to get their desserts,  its clear that the $7 parfaits are one of the most popular choices.  I always felt that it was a tourist trap, but a group of my girlfriends wanted to try it out since they’ve heard such good things about it so we gave it a go last week.  What the hell was I waiting for all these years?!

You must try the Matcha soft serve here! It's absolutely delicious. You can really taste the Matcha flavor and it's not overly sweet or masked by any other flavors. Their parfaits here are the best in the city (in my opinion), they only offer two kinds: Vanilla & pudding parfait and the Matcha and red bean parfait. The crepes here are pretty good as well!!

I came here for desserts. Looking at their menu, they have a wide variety of crepes and other green tea desserts.

Lots of people especially students visit this shop or crepe place. I ordered a pudding whip topping crepe. The crepe was warm and soft and smelt so good!! The egg pudding tasted excellent as well. It went so well with whip cream. The whole crepe did not taste too sweet. It was about right. Even I had finished the pudding whip topping crepe, I wanted to eat and order more!

There are only four seats inside the shop. This shop is a small Japanese supermarket as well, so there is limited space for an eating area. However, I would highly recommend to try any of the food on their menu!!!! There must be something that you like.

K this is pretty cool. Soft serve matcha with goodies in a cup. The gentlemen who serves you is very humble and nice. Their crepes are delicious. And the best part is you can shop inside the store next door "konbiniya."
Quite the variety of pocky flavors.

I love this place. It has a lot of selection for crepes and it's at an affordable price too. My favorite is the Terri-chicken-Mayo. Among other favorites are the Green Tea soft serve ice cream and the Green Tea parfait. Awesome place to visit on a hot summer day.

Passed by for a quick dessert today. The matcha soft serve was delicious! Creamy, smooth, with a rich and not overly sweet or artificial green tea flavour.

Had the chocolate cheesecake crepe. The crepe had a slight chewiness from the mochi, and the apparently homemade cheesecake was rich, tangy and creamy. There was lots of whipped cream, but not a lot of chocolate sauce. They were generous overall with the fillings though, and the cheap price, decent size and good quality makes for an excellent dessert or treat.

Great place for a sweet snack! Try a parfait - it has a bit of everything: soft serve, ice cream, sponge cake, tapioca balls, corn flakes, brûlée pudding ... it's just great! For a sweet but not too sweet treat: green tea soft serve!

MuchAdoAboutFooding.com. One of the best things I ate in Vancouver was actually not a meal or even in a restaurant; it was a little stand connected to a Japanese grocery store. The signage outside of it caught our attention as did the tantalizing display of their many crepe offerings. Bon Crepe drew us in with their blown-up poster of what their green tea parfait was made of. Upon seeing it, I stopped walking and said, "I want that." So in we walked to see the tiny wooden counter hidden behind aisles of Japanese snacks. We ordered our green tea parfait with the one man working there and sat down on wooden chairs to enjoy its delights. Let's start from the top: green tea soft serve and whipped cream were sprinkled on with green tea powder. A crisp vanilla wafer added some crunch while the dollop of red bean gave sweetness to the mix. Green tea syrup melded the soft serve together with the firmer green tea ice cream; these both softened up against the green tea cake slice on the side. I promise you can't see everything that was on this beauty in my picture! Once you got lower in the cup, you hit tapioca balls (boba), creamy vanilla ice cream, crunchy corn flakes (trust me - they were awesome with everything), and light, delightful sponge cake. Heaven in a cup? Yes. Double yes.

A French Name For Japanese Crepe in Vancouver Canada. E: I am not a crepe or dessert diehard and yet I like Bon Crepe's cadre of textured treats. Bon Crepe easily offers over 50 flavours of crepe ranging from the obvious (say banana) to the more exotic and East Asian (like red bean green tea). The menus is divided into three sections featuring (what I call) regular crepes, special sweet crepes and meal crepes like Pizza Ham Cheese Crepe. I have never had the last kind preferring to visit Bon Crepe for dessert or recreation. In that context, Bon Crepe is a hit. I have been there half a dozen times and always been impressed with the taste whose most important characteristic is the rougher texture, which Bon Crepe calls 'Mochi Mochi style.' Mochi refers to the Japanese rice cake made from rice flour. Whether Bon Crepe uses this fully or mixes rice flour as a blend I cannot say with certainty, but the crepe is thicker, heftier and more textured than the average crepe. I hope it was just my imagination, but on my latest visit I found the crepe to be less 'mochi' than before. It was smoother and less chewy than past visits. Another complaint based on my most recent visit was that the fillings were not properly mixed. I ordered the Strawberry Custard Topping and the strawberries were in one corner and the lump of custard in another. I was tasting one or the other. It was $3.50. I hope he is not slipping. My permanent and enduring criticism is that Bon Crepe uses whipped cream and not the real thing. I realize that prices are between $2.50 and $4.50 approximately, and serving real cream might force an upward motion in the price tag, but since they are not a chain and do something different and special perhaps real cream can be one option or choice for customers in the future. Nonetheless, the crepe here is different and unique. It is certainly fun to eat. This year I noticed ice creams, creme brulee (more of the French stuff), puddings and bubble tea on the menu as well. Bon Crepe's closest competitor is Mazazu Crepe in Aberdeen Centre. A friend of mine had told me about Mazazu and we had subsequently bought crepes there. While Bon Crepe is better, from what I remember from my visit to Mazazu in October of 2010 the latter was the winner in the size sweepstakes.
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A: The wicket/space/kiosk is nestled in the Japanese grocery store Konbiniya on Robson halfway between Burrard and Denman. The closest cross street is Bute. Japan Centre used to also occupy the second floor containing a number of Japanese businesses including a video rental store, bakery and karaoke, but that level went out of business two years ago. One can buy a crepe from the front wicket or from the back where two tables and chairs allow for a sit-in within the aforementioned Konbiniya. The grocery store it seems is also a mecca for Japanese students in Vancouver in need of supplies from pocky to rice to natto.
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T: Parking can be a challenge on Robson during the afternoon rush hour or peak shopping times, but drive up and down and parking eventually becomes available on the main street or one the side roads. There are several parking lots in the back as well. The bankrupt Japan Centre and Konbiniya also offer a time-limited free parking in the back alley. Use that at your own risk. The spot is tight and, most recently, the signs are fading so park there knowing the risk that it is the dedicated space of a business no longer there. I have used the spots nearly every time I have visited and have had a car.
The creperie is rarely busy so one is going to receive the order within 5 minutes of arrival.
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S: The gentleman who owns and operates Bon Crepe is busy and earnest, but get him talking and he will tell you about his life in Richmond, his children there, how he used to operate the business in Richmond until the mall's rental prices became astronomical and more.
I think most people walking by look at Bon Crepe as an oddity. For some reason I have never seen non-East Asians purchasing crepe there. Of course, being inside a Japanese store would bias the clientele mix, but I have found the place and it is on Robson near downtown so what gives?
Buy a crepe and enjoy it while checking out the various delicacies in the store or people-watch the passers-by on Robson. Either way, I introduced the crepes to a friend two years ago who has since taken friends and daughter there all to good effect. You know the thing is a hit therefore when people pay it forward.
The crepes are tasty and different. Since restaurants I either liked or have visited in the past are disappearing at alarming rates I hope the same fate does not befall Bon Crepe. Down the street at 1025 Robson where Tsunami Sushi was the whole building was under renovation. I had never eaten there, but had walked up on a lonesome evening to peer inside. I just found out that Aki is moving after all these years (its entire building was boarded up), Northern Dynasty's already been replaced by a Chinese cafe, Saiz closed down three years ago, Yoshi On Denman went bankrupt and most recently Goldfish Pacific Kitchen transformed itself into Goldfish Seafood And Chops before definitively closing down in 2012, etc. etc.
One last thing: a sign on the storefront calls the business 'Bonne Crepe.' Which is it?

Ice cream in crepe. Need i say more?

The Best. Best damn crepes in town, hands down. A thousand times better than "Cafe Crepe" and definitely less expensive (Cafe Crepe charged me $9.00 for a strawberry Nutella crepe, whereas Bon Crepe has them for $4.50 incl. tax AND whipped cream).

It's a bit expensive... one more time.. MUST TRY

Delicious, fresh and different. Bon crepe is operated by Japanese people, therefore the texture of the crepe itself is different. The crepe is very soft and glutinous, very mochi like texture.

They use fresh (fruits) and home made ingredients (cheesecake or chocolate cake). They have something like 50 different flavors to choose from as well.

I personally loved both their sweet and salty crepe, and for under $5/each, it's a great deal (comparing with cafe crepe)

We decided to pop into Konbinya to see what Bon Crepe has to offer. Perhaps we wanted a crepe of some sort or an ice cream.

Matcha Green Tea Ice Cream from Bon Crepe is absolutely delicious! If you love matcha green tea, I HIGHLY recommend a visit to Bon Crepe. The ice cream has a smooth and creamy texture with a strong matcha green tea flavor. It taste fantastic! This is my n

My hunger not completely satisfied from the previous eatery, we wandered along Robson looking for a late night snack. Our wanderings led us to Konbiniya, and attached to it is Bon Crepe. I've had crepes before, and remember having some of the best crepes in Japan of all places. I got the Tuna, Egg, Corn Salad crepe for $3.80. It was a helluva deal, but the tuna was bit on the dry side (what do you expect from canned tuna). I guess it would have been nice to have a bit more mayo, but overall, still tasted good and a pretty good deal for $3.80. The next time I go back (and I will go back), I'll probably ask for a bit more mayo on this one, or try one of the dessert crepes.....Nutella and bannana is always a good combo.

In Bon Crepe’s case, the crepe batter contains glutinous rice - which gives the crepe a distinctive and self-described “mochi-mochi” texture (mochi means Japanese rice cake); these crepes are chewier and more spongy than French-style ones.