PAUL Roppongi Ichome — Restaurant in Tokyo

This cafe was a stone's throw from where I stayed in Roppongi in 2016. I still remember the excellent coffee, great pastries, and comfortable seating. In a four week stay, I must have been here a few times a week to start the day with a pastry and a coffee. Consistently good. The prices were not cheap but I found it a comfortable place to start planning my activities for the day or to get caught up with my trip diary. The small courtyard was reasonably quiet and sheltered from the November weather so it was comfortable even on some of the colder days. There was no shortage of seating inside if the weather took a turn for the worse.

It is June, 2023 and I am in the throes of planning another trip to Japan and this is one of the places I remember. Perhaps it was the coffee and food, perhaps the setting, or perhaps it was just me being very impressionable on that first trip. Regardless, this was a very...

Paul is a French chain that serves baked goods as well as meals. I have tried Paul all over the world, and quality can vary by country, but in typical Japanese fashion the Paul in Izumi Garden tower in Tokyo is of a consistently high quality. I recently had breakfast there, and for 1400 yen you get the breakfast (pictured) with a coffee and a soft drink of your choice. It’s an exceptionally good deal. They have a couple of different breakfast choices on the menu and it is served until 11:00am. Service was a little inattentive after being seated, but it was overall efficient, and the ambience is reminiscent of a French café as all Pauls around the world look. Definitely worth trying especially for a great...

I think the pastries are good to sample and find your favourite, they aren’t hugely overly priced. The baguette and croissant sandwiches are a good standard but not particularly memorable, small and expensive at 800yen. French baked goods are becoming more available at different price points in Japan, visiting natural lawson a short walk away i found they had similiar croissants and...