• Cafe Rest Montrose

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Japanese
Western
Buffet
Honey
Breakfast
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Breakfast buffet on the ground floor of the Oriental Hotel in Fukuyama open to the public. Offers vegan dishes made with local produce including miso soup, Japanese country-style dishes, onigiri (rice balls) with choice of vegan toppings, salads with vegan dressings and bread rolls. Open Mon-Sun 6:30am-9:30am.


2 Reviews

First Review by littleforeigner

harrisonfm

Points +1294

Vegan
18 Apr 2025

Great Experience

Felt like a treat to walk up to a buffet and see so many high quality options clearly labeled with ingredients. Highest recommendations for vegans looking for breakfast! 1700¥.

Cons: Serving can be awkward even for average height

littleforeigner

Points +315

Vegetarian
20 Jan 2025

A buffet breakfast buffet in Japan vegans can get their teeth into!

Cafe Rest Montrose's breakfast buffet has won several awards for its sustainable practices, such as supporting local food producers and utilizing byproducts from food production (search "FOOD MADE GOOD Japan Awards" for more details). In late 2024, the manager and her staff made a concerted effort to expand the number of vegan options offered.

The result is the best breakfast offering I have yet to experience in a Japanese hotel, and I am sure it must be the best in the west of Osaka.

As well as committing to include at least 3 or 4 vegan dishes among the handmade Japanese homestyle dishes on offer each day (separate from salad), you can make your own vegan miso soup and there are multiple vegan toppings to pop on your onigiri rice balls. Salad dressings are also vegan (made using veggies that would otherwise be thrown away.) The local bakery they work with has also started to provide cute, little vegan bread rolls - a nice example of how their new service may create vegan-friendly ripples beyond their own restaurant.

Cafe Rest Montrose is located inside the Oriental Hotel near Fukuyama Station and Fukuyama Castle but is open to anyone. The Anchor Hotel, a few meters away, offers a free vegan sandwich for breakfast, which you choose to eat in or take to-go, so, I recommend staying at the Anchor but having your breakfast at Montrose and taking your sandwich to-go for a mid-day snack.

Pros: Variety rare at a hotel breakfast buffet in Japan, The vegan miso soup is awesome, Supporting local farmers




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