A note on the words: a Chocolixir is GODIVA’s frozen chocolate drink, the chain’s signature in Japan; koji is the fermentation mould behind miso, sake and the rice-koji milk used in this drink’s cream. Prices are as of this writing (August 2026).
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GODIVA cafe Minatomirai on Tabelog (English) — opening hours, payment details and the Japanese address are kept up to date there, not here.
Drinkers, good morning. This is Hangover Meshi!
Sad news — the GODIVA cafe in Nihonbashi has closed… I only hope my regular haunt in Hibiya survives!! And so, this time: “GODIVA cafe Minatomirai”.
Having set foot in Minatomirai for the first time in ages, one must, of course, have one.
Strawberry pistachio Chocolixir — 845 yen
There is a 100th-anniversary limited-edition strawberry pistachio Chocolixir! I want it!
What a treat. The queue was enormous, but I stuck it out for about fifteen minutes.
Right — that was quite a wait!
And after paying there was another fifteen minutes or so before my name was called^^ And here it is!
A drink that has completely captured lovers of strawberries, of chocolate, and of the Chocolixir.
First one simply admires the look of it — the balance of red and white and pink and pistachio green is lovely!
A special drink for GODIVA’s 100th anniversary!
I did not come here for it, as it happens (pure coincidence)…
…but it is a limited drink worth making the trip for^^
Drinking it: first, the superb lightness of the whipped cream that defines a Chocolixir. Then the sweet-sour brightness of strawberry bursting through, and finally the toasty richness of pistachio lingering at the end. The finish is surprisingly clean. I love the strawberry Chocolixir too, but why not keep this one permanently? It is delicious!
The collaborator behind this limited flavour is apparently the French pastry chef and ice-cream maker Emmanuel Ryon. The whipped cream uses Japanese “rice-koji milk” (a plant-based fermented drink of rice and rice koji made by Marukome) — a French-Japanese crossover design.
I see — so the cream was slightly different. I could not really tell.
But it was delicious!
And so, quite by chance, I met the 100th-anniversary limited flavour.
The contrast of pistachio green against strawberry pink gave it a properly anniversary feel — a charming Chocolixir. Truly, when you spot a GODIVA cafe, the thing to do is go in. Branches seem to be closing here and there, so I must keep drinking to hold them up before they disappear!
May you meet something good to eat today too.
GODIVA cafe Minatomirai (cafe / Minatomirai Station, Sakuragicho Station, Bashamichi Station)
Tabelog lunch rating ★★★☆☆ 3.5
I ate here and paid for it myself. Nothing on this site is a comped meal.
One more for the road?
