Two islands, two suns,
one harmony.

Hiraya is two people and one dream: Japanese seafood cuisine, lifted by the flavours of the Philippines. Catering and bespoke experiences for private clients and companies, where the freshness of the fish and the work on flavour remain our only demands.

The name Hiraya Manawari

Guests sharing salmon and white-fish nigiri around a beautifully laid table — Around the table

ヒラヤHiraya, in katakana

Hiraya Manawari in Baybayin

Hiraya comes from Hiraya Manawari, an expression in old Tagalog: “May your wishes come true.” Two islands, two suns, one harmony — Japan and the Philippines, at the same table.

01May your aspirations be fulfilled
02May your dreams take shape
03May your intentions come true

Film the mise en placeSeventeen seconds before the first course: the table, the knives, the sake. Press, and the film plays right here.

Fish first Philosophy

魚sakana — fish

Signature nigiri on a pale wooden board, black chopsticks alongside — Signature nigiri

The chef, in his white jacket, setting the table before service — The chef, before service

The chef’s devotion to fish borders on obsession — its freshness, its texture, the tide that carries it all the way to the plate. To him, sushi remains the truest gesture to reveal it: clean, precise, without artifice.

Filipino by birth, he carries that heritage into every bite: an echo of flavour and memory that warms Japanese rigour without ever clouding it.

The brigade, in white jackets, shaping sushi in the kitchen — In the kitchen

Guests at the table during an omakase at home, the chef at work in the background — Omakase, in a client’s home

The rigour of Japanese craft,

the warmth of a true welcome,

the flavours of the Philippines.

Two islands, two suns, one harmony.

Our story Samuel & John-Benedict

One of Hiraya’s founders, smiling in a white jacket, leaning on the counter — Two people, one dream

Two people, one dream.

Samuel Juaner, the chef. Classical culinary training, then Japanese restaurants and Michelin-starred omakase counters; travels through Korea, Japan and the Philippines.

John-Benedict Dimalanta. A background in business and events, and the wish to let his Filipino roots shine.

Hiraya — Paris, Île-de-France

Let us turn

your intention

into reality.

Hiraya Manawari — may your wishes come true.

Samuel & John-Benedict

Hiraya in Baybayin

Invite Hiraya
to your table.

Omakase in your home, for two to ten guests; catering for your events, from intimate gatherings to several hundred.

Omakase at home Catering