Parisier — Restaurant in Himeji

We were supposed to visit Hamamoto Coffee to have our breakfast fix in Himeji, but it was closed unfortunately. The fortunate thing is, we came across Parisier, a traditional Japanese cafe serving good ole’ homely coffee set meals to locals mainly - not a lot of visitors come here probably because it’s quite far away from the main touristy areas.

Parisier is run by an elderly gentleman and a sweet middle-aged lady. The elderly gentleman doesn’t understand much English, but don’t be intimidated! Parisier has an English menu, and the middle-aged lady could take your orders with limited English. Google Translate helps a lot here!

Set meals are extremely tasty and affordable. For 500Y / meal, you get a well-toasted butter bread (you can request the lady to remove the butter if you prefer plain toasted bread), a hard-boiled egg, a salad and a cup of freshly-brewed coffee. The toast was quite thick and filling. We also ordered an additional hard-boiled egg but the very sweet middle-aged lady gave it to us for free!

Patrons are allowed to smoke inside the cafe so please note if you’re not comfortable with that. Also, it is a cash-only facility.

Highly recommended if you want to have a quick tasty breakfast in a...

I stumbled upon this place while walking around town. Most places don't open until 11, but this lovely cafe was open early.

I had the set menu with toast, egg, salad, coffee, and a savory shiso ume tea. It was simple, refreshing, and delicious. The inside is very peaceful, charming, and not "tourist-y" at all. It's a unique place with its own atmosphere.

No one spoke English, but they were extremely friendly and understood my embarrassing Japanese. They wanted to communicate and help. The other customers were just as helpful. If I ever happen to return to Himeji, I hope to...

This is a warm and welcoming cafe. I went alone and got the morning set which came with a salad, egg, toast, coffee and warm savoury shiso ume tea (approx. ¥400). The woman behind the counter was lovely and looked after me even with my subpar Japanese. The locals were also all extremely kind to me. As it is open early by Japan standards it is the perfect place to have a coffee and some breakfast before seeing Himeji Castle and...