Pari Cafe Creperie

I wouldn’t go here. Even after giving it several attempts at Penn, I’m always disappointed. One time I found a chicken bone in my crêpe, another the cook refused to remake my food after adding cheese. The cook always seems upset and the wait time is incredibly long. The crepes are hefty in size but also dripping wet.

I’ve come here a few times and have tried a variety of sweet and savory flavors. My favorite is the mixed fruit with nutella crêpe. The crepes here are gigantic that they usually serve me as two meals, but the drawback is that they are soggy and not authentic. If you prefer quantity and don’t mind soft crepes, this place is for you.

The crepes here are huge! I buy one and save half of it for lunch the next day. I work at Penn so I get a 15% discount if I show my ID o. n Monday’s. You can get the regular batter, while wheat or herb. The crepes are so tasty and they load then with veggies so you don’t feel too guilty. The guys making crepes can be kind of abrupt but I like to believe that they simply try to keep the line moving. It’s a great lunch!

I wish I’d known about this place sooner! I went on a Monday when University employees are given a discount with a Penn ID. I had a breakfast crêpe consisting of ham, egg, cheddar cheese, spinach and onions. They piled on all of the fillings (lots of ham!) and it ended up feeding me for two meals. Just reheat in the oven at 250 degrees until cheese bubbles. Service was quick and the employees were nice. I can’t wait to go back and try the sweet cheesecake crepes.

Although not an authentic crêpe, they are certainly huge and made fresh before your eyes. Located in Houston hall, this student oriented food stand has a lot of variety and good value. The guy working on this Tuesday morning was a genuine character who was refreshing to chat with in a stuffy Ivy League climate.
I don’t know if I’ll go out of my way to go back, but I’m sure the students here frequent this place often.

I’ve had multiple crepes from here & all have been 5 stars! Authentic Italian crepes here in ‘Merica! The Greek gyro is for sure a must try on the menu. It’s an art watching the guys built their creations.

Great place. The owner is first class and watching the crew at work is worth the wait for your delicious crêpe. Sweet, Savory, Breakfast all are fantastic. Bön Appetit!

I ordered a simple crêpe with Nutella ($ 4.50), and was overall pretty disappointed. You get a huge portion for your money, but a massive amount of Nutella in a thick, soggy crêpe is not the most appetizing. There was easily half a jar of Nutella in my crêpe, and every bite was just a huge mouthful of it. I do love Nutella, but the crêpe itself kind of ruined it. The crêpe was bland with little texture. On a good note, I arrived right before noon on a weekday and there was no wait.

Line was long as previously mentioned, went with the grilled chicken & honey mustard with whole wheat crêpe and was not disappointed (maybe I didn’t have to get ALL the veggies, I think the broccoli and ish didn’t pair too well, as much as I love broccoli). The three of us were just barely able to finish half of our lunch so we kinda forgot to get dessert… but at least we had dinner squared away. Seating is in a common area with mostly students, mix of old architecture and dated collapsible furniture and straight back chairs lol
They have starbucks coffee which was great for us drivers on the way back to NJ and the salads I saw some people take out looked huge and fresh.
Next time I definitely have to get the NY Cheesecake crêpe with raspberry syrup and seasonal fruit: D

I used to frequent this Creperie when I was in undergrad, but the prices keep steadily rising that I can’t help but dock a star. I remember when I was a freshman, it was $ 4.50 for sweet and $ 5.50 for savory crepes. Now it’s at almost double that price!
My favorite thing to do is to go with a friend and get one savory, one sweet crêpe to split — sometimes the chefs are nice and will cut them in half and put half and half into each box so you don’t have to do the work!
I recently got the egg + chicken breakfast crêpe, and it was super dry as the chicken is pre-​cooked and just reheated with the vegetables when you order. I would recommend getting a chicken crêpe that has sauce so it’s not as dry (e.g. Caesar, honey mustard, pesto, etc).
I can see why people complain about the service — the main chef/​owner (?) can seem a little rough in the edges, but he is just a no BS kind of guy. If you can see past that, you’ll find a chatty guy who genuinely seems interested in his customers!
I’m not sure if they still do this, but when I was in undergrad, they would offer free coffee during finals time, which is always a nice gesture to the stressed out Penn students studying forever in Houston Hall. It’s unfortunate that they don’t take dining dollars, but if that isn’t a deterrent for you, I would recommend coming here vs the downstairs Houston Market.

Beware, do not waste a trip here in the summer. This restaurant is located on the U Penn campus and during summer hours it is not open on weekends. This information definitely needs to be added to this Unilocal page so others do not waste a trip — especially one of an hour and a half on public transportation from a distant food desert part of the city!!!

The chef looked at me like I had asked him to murder his own children when I requested an extra topping. Other than that, the chicken and honey mustard crêpe was pretty tasty. Good bang for your buck!

Best. Place. Ever. This places is amazing. Huge portions and food is always fresh. They are very quick and if there is a line it always moves super fast. Highly recommended.

The chicken crêpe with honey mustard was SO GOOD I got it two days in a row. You get tons of food which makes sense for the price. I order my crepes with all the fixings even though it’s extra. The taste is worth it.
They DO NOT do salsa well. I wanted throw my Chicken Salsa crêpe away cause it tasted more like a homemade pasta sauce.

The best thing about these crepes are their large sizes and the convenience for students who frequent Houston hall. Personally, I think the sweet crepes are much more delicious than the savory, but it’s too big (at least for me) to eat so much sugar by myself in one sitting. The savory crepes are a solid meal, but in my opinion, the taste vacillates depending on the sogginess of the veggies. Overall, it’s nothing fancy but the food is good overall and there’s usually plenty of space to eat around Houston hall.
Heads up for Penn students, they don’t take dining dollars!

Food is fine; customer service in general and from the owner are both terrible. Please be warned.
Some background: I work at the University of Pennsylvania, where Pari Café Creperie is located. I represent a student group that plans a number of events per semester. We normally have one event per year where we order a large amount of crepes and I use my university credit card. The university is a tax exempt organization, which means any purchases made with my university card have to have the tax removed. I’ve had a number of issues with the owner about this. Today he told me that he will not take university cards anymore. When I tried to discuss this with him further he was very rude. I asked him if he was willing to lose business over this and he said ‘yes, that’s fine’ and hung up on me. I will not be patronizing this establishment again personally or for my department.

I’ve tried a number of the crepes here, and overall, I would say they are satisfactory. Definitely not authentic French crepes or anything, but they’re a filling but affordable meal if you’re on Penn’s campus. I usually can’t even finish a whole one for a meal.
Of the sweet crepes, if you like cheesecake, I would definitely recommend getting one of the ones that has cheesecake in it. I also really enjoy the strawberry/​nutella ones. I’ve tried a number of the turkey and chicken savory crepes, and all of them are good when they’re hot — they do get soggy if you keep them for later.

Let me first say, you get a whole lot of Crêpe for your buck, that is for sure!
Pari Café is a little Crêpe shop located inside Houston Hall at University of Pennsylvania. Don’t let its size fool you, it has quite a lot to offer. Don’t worry about not having a UPENN ID as I wasn’t asked to show anything to get into Houston Hall, at least during business hours. They had a blackboard dedicated to breakfast crepes, savory crepes, and sweet crepes. We decided to give a sweet crêpe a shot, going with #6 (New York cheesecake with mixed berries). There be a whole lot of crêpe with plenty of cheesecake and fruit for $ 6.50 that came our way after merely a short wait! And no, it wasn’t a quantity for quality trade off, as the fruit was fresh.
My advice, make sure you beat the line (not sure if/​when they get lines) as it appears they only have a small cooking area and everything is made to order. Otherwise, comes hungry and prepare to enjoy!

Definitely a solid 3. The crepes are surprisingly big and for only $ 6.50. We spit the mixed berry cheesecake crêpe. It would be nice so have fresh fruits vs. frozen. The blueberries kind of tasted funny, but it could just be the fact that they’re frozen. Overall, it was surprisingly good for college food. This is not to say it’s a ‘blah’ place overall, I have just had crepes from a lot of other places that happens to surpass this one.
If anything had my head was the girl manning the cash register. Long story short, I could not decipher her logic and will not sit here and try to do so. Let’s just say that as long as that register is opened, there is no reason why I cannot give you exact change without any ifs/​ands/​buts.

Campus favorite.
I haven’t come here in a while and this past weekend made me realize how much I missed it. Originally a food truck, the popularity was too much for the business so they decided to move into Houston Hall, a student center.
You won’t be disappointed by the service, the servings, or the food. The savory crepes are a great lunch option and they have tons of choices (pesto, salsa, honey mustard, etc) and I’m always stuffed afterwards. I would suggest splitting the sweet crepes because they can be too much, even for the biggest sweet-​tooths. If you’re looking to go big, try the Fred’s Special, a combination of basically every sweet crêpe on the menu. It’s a challenge, but the whole time eating it, you will feel like you’re in heaven. I can’t promise how you’ll feel after the fact haha.