Waldorf Astoria Osaka — A Slightly Disappointing Breakfast Review. The French Toast Is Delicious!

Hello.

I’m Dr. Baek of Reve Dental, deeply committed to veneers at Sinsa Station.

In my previous post, I shared my review of using the complimentary night certificate I received with the Lotte Hilton Card at the Waldorf Astoria Osaka. Since it is a relatively new hotel, the condition was truly excellent!! However, it was a little disappointing that I couldn’t get an upgrade despite having Diamond status... (I’m being greedy, aren’t I? haha)

Still, there are two places where Diamond status really shines:

1. Complimentary breakfast for two 2) 25% off at the hotel’s restaurants

The next two posts are about these two benefits.

Breakfast at the Waldorf Astoria Osaka

Breakfast is served at Jolie Brasserie, located on the lobby floor.

The bar with the spectacular view is Peacock Alley, so be careful not to confuse the locations!

Breakfast is available from 6:30 to 11:00 a.m., and they are quite strict about the 11:00 closing time.

The space has beautiful floor-to-ceiling windows, as expected.

Thanks to the Hilton Honors Amex Premium Card and the complimentary night certificates it provides, it feels like it has become easier to run into Korean guests. You can occasionally hear Korean, and there were also more white guests than I expected—a melting pot of different nationalities.. haha

We were assigned a window table.

On the second day, we were seated at a table farther inside.

The tableware was clean, and the furniture was in excellent condition.

This is the menu at Jolie Brasserie.

Items without prices can be ordered as part of the breakfast service.

Looking at it again, I see that breakfast is listed as ¥6,500. So if you pay for it, it must cost around 60,000 won.

You will probably order about two drinks, and we ordered the Kyoto Eggs Benedict and French toast.

Several chefs were preparing made-to-order dishes in a stylish space off to one side.

The dishes we ordered arrived in about 10 minutes.

The Pierre Hermé bakery at The Ritz-Carlton, Kyoto was unbelievably, unbelievably, unbelievably delicious, but the bakery at the Waldorf Astoria Osaka was also quite good.

It was definitely high quality... I was just comparing it with the wrong thing.

There were various drinks available, and you could add toppings to your yogurt.

Beyond the open area with the bakery, there was a station farther inside with light food, including salad.

One wall was filled with salad ingredients.

Personally, this picky kid who doesn’t usually eat salad just looked around... My wife said she enjoyed it.

There were also familiar breakfast items such as hash browns, egg dishes, and bacon, all attractively displayed.

Interestingly, there was dim sum right beside them..!..

The station had waffles and pancakes. You could take as much as you wanted, but they were just so-so.

There were also some meat items next to them. Thinly sliced ham, mostly..?

There were also some small breads here~

Try lightly toasting them and spreading butter and jam on top!

No hotel ever seems to leave Japanese food out of the breakfast spread.

Personally, I found the rice and soup quite tasty... but Japanese side dishes tend to include a lot of pickled items, which don’t really appeal to me.

Come to think of it, I don’t eat much kimchi either...

This area had rice porridge and toppings. Since it was Chinese-style porridge, I wondered if it was intended for Chinese guests..

When I think about it, apart from these two stations, there actually wasn’t as much variety as I expected.

The meal finished with tangy, sweet salads and fruit!

This was the Eggs Benedict my wife ordered.

It was plated neatly and beautifully, right?

It tasted exactly as you would expect!! But it was perfectly fine~

This was the French toast I ordered!

I would definitely have it again if I went back....

They had soaked the bread in the egg mixture more thoroughly than I expected.. The berries were delicious too..

It brought back memories of the disappointing French toast I had at The St. Regis Bali hahaha

Anyway, this is a menu item I recommend.

This was udon topped with Wagyu beef that I had on another day.

The flavor was ordinary, so I didn’t finish it.

That’s what we ate~ hahaha

Even though I’m putting it this way, we went both mornings during our two-night stay and enjoyed the food.......!!!!!

Since there is no Waldorf Astoria in Korea, it may be hard to get a sense of what it is like. Based on my experience, as I mentioned earlier, it feels somewhere between Westin Josun and Josun Palace...? It feels just slightly more like a business hotel than Marriott’s Luxury Collection.

Just as the design is linear and clean, the food is clean and has the predictable taste you would expect from something a little above average.

It was definitely tasty, but it’s a little difficult to say that it had enough character to be truly memorable....? haha

So, my conclusion is that it was just a little disappointing.

In my final post, I’ll introduce the sushi omakase at the Japanese restaurant inside the Waldorf Astoria Osaka.

That was another glimpse into the daily life of Dr. Baek, the dentist!!