Weekend couple date at a Gimhae large café: honey tomato juice, Peer a
In short
Peer a Peer is a large bakery café spanning about 6,600 square meters in Jinrye-myeon, Gimhae, Gyeongnam. Visiting on a weekend with her husband, the writer ordered honey tomato juice, a decaf iced americano, pain au chocolat and an almond croissant, all delicious, with the honey tomato juice standing out for its not-artificial sweetness. With parking for about 100 cars and a dog-friendly outdoor terrace, it's a solid pick for anyone hunting for a large café in Gimhae or Jangyu.
Good to know
- Address
- 139-5 Jillye-ro, Jillye-myeon, Gimhae-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea
- Hours
- Mon–Fri 11:00–20:00 (last order 19:30), Sat–Sun 11:00–21:00 (last order 20:30)
- Parking
- About 100 spaces
- Dogs
- Allowed on the outdoor terrace only
- Coffee beans
- Momos Coffee beans, with a choice of roast level
- Ordered
- Honey tomato juice, decaf iced americano, pain au chocolat, almond croissant
- Perk
- Free mini muffin with a Naver receipt review
- Note
- Separate smoking area at the parking lot entrance
as written by the visitor on Sep 7, 2026
My husband and I went on a weekend date to Peer a Peer, a large café in Jinrye, Gimhae. His coworkers had been telling him for ages there was a good large café in Jinrye, so we finally made it out there!
The exterior alone was massive — genuinely one of the big cafés of Gimhae. I've been to a lot of Jangyu cafés and this one ranks among the best. The coffee was good, the bread was good.
Peer a Peer's location, hours, and parking
139-5 Jillye-ro, Jillye-myeon, Gimhae-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea
- ⏰ Hours: Mon–Fri 11:00–20:00 (last order 19:30) / Sat, Sun 11:00–21:00 (last order 20:30)
- 🚘 Parking: Plenty of space for about 100 cars!
- 🐶 Dogs: Allowed (outdoor seating only)
There's a separate smoking area too? Not enclosed, though — labeled a 'smoking booth' but totally open haha. It's by the parking lot entrance!
We visited on a beautiful September weekend.
Outdoor terrace and dog-friendly seating
There's outdoor terrace seating too. The landscaping is done so well that sitting out there with a light breeze and a coffee would be amazing... ㅠㅠ
Dogs are welcome! (Outdoor seating only)
A revived 40-year-old factory turned 6,600-square-meter cultural space
Peer a Peer revived a 40-year-old factory, turning it into a roughly 6,600-square-meter stay-and-linger cultural space where you can experience coffee, bakery, books, exhibitions, and performances all in one place. For a revived 40-year-old factory, the interior was way too pretty and nice.
Peer a Peer
Even the entrance was a huge door you had to push open.
Peer a Peer's menu and Momos Coffee beans
Turns out Peer a Peer's coffee is made with Momos Coffee beans...! Seriously wow, Momos Coffee is super famous in Busan with brutal waits every time, and here they're using the same beans?! Premium beans, no less. There's espresso, drip coffee, einspänner, decaf coffee, and more, with different roast levels to choose from depending on your taste, plus a wide variety of other drinks.
Coffee, smoothies, and teas — all kinds of drinks were on offer.
Writing a Naver receipt review gets you a mini muffin.
Art pieces and spacious seating
There were art pieces scattered throughout, and the seats were arranged with plenty of room.
They turned a defunct factory into interiors with a real sense of style, and true to a large café, it was very spacious.
There were even big group tables placed in front of the art like this.
There were all kinds of art pieces, and a lot of stylish interior touches. The lighting fixtures were pretty too.
Bakery lineup — croissants, salt bread, cakes
The bestseller! Lemon meringue croissant, piled high with lemon meringue on top of a croissant.
Apple cream pie, butter tteok (rice cake).
There were several kinds of croissants too — plain croissant / almond croissant. I picked the almond croissant!
The salt bread lineup was varied too — plain salt bread / red bean butter salt bread / pollock roe salt bread. And whenever the trays ran empty, the staff kept refilling them — things that were sold out when I paid were restocked again later.
Pain au chocolat / churro chocolate salt bread. My husband said he wanted pain au chocolat, so I picked that, and it was delicious. Piled with cocoa powder too haha. The salt bread selection is really something, haha.
There were butter rings and rusks too.
Slice cakes, wakbbu salt bread, and tiramisu were there too.
Lemon tiramisu / tiramisu / mammoth crumble.
Vanilla basque cheesecake / wakbbu salt bread / brownie.
Peach yogurt cake. I want to try this one next time too.
What we ordered: honey tomato juice and almond croissant
I ordered honey tomato juice / decaf iced americano, pain au chocolat / almond croissant.
The honey tomato juice was really, really good. Not an artificial sweetness — the combination of tomato with a not-too-sweet honey was genuinely delicious.
Everything we ordered was tasty~!
The almond croissant had cream inside too, so it wasn't dry and was really nice to eat.
If you're looking for a Gimhae café, a Jangyu café, or a large café in Gimhae, I recommend Peer a Peer in Jinrye~!!!!
Where it is
139-5 Jillye-ro, Jillye-myeon, Gimhae-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea경상남도 김해시 진례면 진례로 139-5 1층
