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Cafe Morning Special

[2022] 10 recommended cafe mornings in Kyoto

To make the most of your day, it is essential to get a good start. To help you get an early start, our editorial department will introduce you to some cafes where you can go for morning breakfast!
We have collected unique mornings at fashionable cafes in Kyoto City. If you wake up early and go out, you will surely find new discoveries and delicious mornings.

1.French toast soaked in egg and maple at SCHOOL BUS COFFEE STOP KYOTO / Kawaramachi Marutamachi

Vintage style with the warmth of wood. As a showroom and café run by the renovation office SCHOOL BUS, it stands out even along Kawaramachi Street. The morning set includes a French toast plate with the gentle aroma of eggs and maple syrup, and a croissant plate.

French toast plate for 1,100 yen. Fluffy baguette soaked in egg mixture the day before. Flat white with fun latte art is +150 yen.

SCHOOL BUS COFFEE STOP KYOTO

  • School Bus Coffee Stop Kyouto
  • 244 Daimonji-cho, Kawaramachi-Dori Takeyacho Kamigami, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto
  • 7 minutes on foot from Keihan Jingu Marutamachi Station
  • Tel. 075-406-5002
  • Morning 9:00-11:00 (Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 8:00)

2.[Pancakes created by the veteran chef of Tsukuru / Nishijin

Mr. Ito, who has worked as an Italian chef for more than 20 years, opened this café, which mainly serves sweets. The sweets, such as pancakes with a gentle, traditional flavor and expressive doughnuts that are intentionally made in an irregular shape, will make you feel happy from the morning.

Sweets Tsukuru's Pancakes

Light and chewy pancakes for 850 yen, made with only safe ingredients. They are based on Chef Ito's wife's recipe.

making sweets

  • Making sweets
  • June 06, 2021 open
  • 36-2 Zuikoinmaecho, Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 2 min. walk from Tenjin Koen-mae bus stop by city bus.
    13 minutes walk from Kuramaguchi Subway Station
  • Tel.075-205-3878
  • Morning 8:30-11:00 (LO/10:15)

3.[Freshly made doughnuts for breakfast at Loose Kyoto / Kiyomizu-dera area

Located on the approach to Kiyomizu-dera Temple, the friendly Umeda Brothers warmly welcome you to this café, where coffee aroma wafts through the DIY-painted white space. Freshly dusted with millet sugar, the doughnuts are deliciously crispy and light with a rich wheat flavor. A sweet treat, a cup of coffee, and outstanding hospitality make for a wonderful morning.

loose kyoto

A 550 yen latte made with medium-roasted beans that are a blend of Brazilian and Guatemalan beans that go well with the sweetness of the milk. The dough is freshly sprinkled with cane sugar and has a rich flavor of domestic wheat for 250 yen. Custard top is +100 yen

loose kyoto

  • Ruth Kyoto
  • September 23, 2020 open
  • 4-163-6 Shimizu, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 4 minutes walk from bus stop "Shimizu-michi".
  • Tel.070-8364-3221
  • 9:00-18:00

4.Thick-sliced toast at Boushi Cafe, which energizes you in the morning/Kyoto Station

The café [bou café] is a 5-minute walk from Kyoto Station. Enjoying breakfast in an open space will make you feel like you are on a trip. There are six types of thick-sliced toast, including butter and pizza, all with visuals that will cheer you up in the morning. The popular green tea lattepresso, made with matcha green tea produced in Kyoto, is naturally sweet and perfect for a refreshing morning.

[Cheese & Eggs: 5 cm thick bread cut into thick slices, with a yolk that flows through the bread, ¥650.

Spin Cafe

  • Tsumugi Cafe
  • August 29, 2020 open
  • 684 Higashishioji-cho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 2 minutes walk from JR "Kyoto Station
  • Tel. 075-352-6400

5.Freshly baked bread at Hof Beckerlei Eddeger Tux, a restaurant recognized by the royal family / Okazaki

A bakery founded in Austria in 1569 and awarded the title of "royal warrant" is now in Kyoto. The unique and addictive pretzel with its firm texture can be enjoyed either as it is or as a sandwich. Enjoying freshly baked bread on the terrace with Lake Biwa Sosui running across the street will make you feel elegant from the morning.

hofbeckerei edegger tax

Pretzel sandwiches with rye and whole wheat flour, using a homemade flavorful yeast solution to bring it closer to the local flavor. 648 yen for pickled herring and 605 yen for a melange (cafe latte).

hofbeckerei edegger tax

  • September 19, 2020 open
  • 3-2 Seishojicho, Okazaki, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 8 minutes walk from Higashiyama Subway Station
  • Tel.075-746-6875
  • 10:00-18:00

6.Pancakes of Kimi to Shiromi, which are full of strawberries and good for beauty / Fushimi Momoyama

A restaurant specializing in egg dishes supervised by Cotelette, a popular Western-style restaurant in Fushimi Momoyama. The chef has made many prototypes of the pancakes, which are perfect for breakfast, and they are delicious even when cold, with an irresistible chewy texture. The signature dish, "Strawberry Whip - If it comes undone, just tie it back together again," is filled with strawberries and perfect for mornings when you want to replenish your vitamin intake.

You and Shiromi's Pancake

Strawberry Whip - If it comes untied, just tie it up again - 1,500 yen. Full of whip and strawberries, very satisfying.

You and Shiromi

  • You and Shiromi
  • November 28, 2020 open
  • 563 Uoya-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 2 minutes walk from "Fushimi Momoyama Station" of Keihan
  • Tel. 075-644-6412
  • 10:00-20:00

7.[Strawberry doughnuts at Koé Donuts make you happy.

A doughnut specialty store based on the concept of an interactive doughnut factory. It opens at 9:00 a.m., making it perfect for mornings when you want a sweet treat. The ingredients are organic, naturally derived, and locally produced for local consumption, making it easy on the body. Special seasonal doughnut melts are also available.

koé donuts kyoto donut melt strawberry

Donut Melt Strawberry 950 yen. An eat-in only menu item. The dough soaked in special syrup is moist and tastes like a doughnut!

koé donuts

  • Koe Doughnut
  • 557 Nakanocho, Shinkyogoku-dori Shijo-kamiru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 2 minutes walk from Hankyu "Kyoto Kawaramachi Station"
  • Tel.075-748-1162

8.[The galette at Bretz Cafe Kyoto tastes like authentic Brittany.

The creperie was loved in Sanjo Meitengai and moved to a new location in 2021 in an area where one can feel the richness of Higashiyama's nature. The interior of the store has a modern Japanese atmosphere and a tsuboniwa garden with a view of Eikando Hall. The galette, made of buckwheat flour 1001 TP3T, is baked at high temperatures, and ingredients such as eggs, ham, and mushrooms are woven into the dough, resulting in a chewy inside and a crispy, savory surface.

Galette at Bretz Cafe Kyoto

Galette with bacon, fried egg, cheese, tomato, and green salad ¥1,080

BREIZH Café KYOTO

  • Bret's Cafe Kyouto
  • October 20, 2021 open
  • 24-3 Wakaojicho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 15-minute walk from Subway Keage Station
  • Tel. 075-366-5161
  • Morning 9:30-11:30

9.Meat and bread melt together [Bread, espresso, and today's] beef cutlet sandwich / Kyoto Gosho area

A bakery café operated by the popular café Bread and Espresso. The most popular beef cutlet sandwich is made with bread that is as soft as the meat and has a great crispiness. There is also a morning menu that includes today's croque-monsieur, buttered toast with starchy sauce, and a drink.

Today's beef cutlet sandwich

Beef cutlet sandwich with drink 2500 yen. The 1.5cm-thick beef cutlet made with tenderloin, a rare cut of red meat, is full of volume.

Bread, espresso, and today's

  • bread, espresso and real food
  • September 4, 2020 open
  • 371 Sashimonoyacho, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 6 minutes walk from Subway Marutamachi Station
  • Tel.075-746-2995
  • Morning 9:00-11:00

10.[Lignum" serves open sandwiches perfect for mornings / Okazaki, Japan

The dazzling mornings suit the area with its greenery and Sosui canal. This bakery-cafe opens at 8:00 a.m. in Okazaki. The morning and brunch menu features a healthy lineup of fruit sandwiches, homemade granola, and Cobb salad. Pistachio croissants and cinnamon rolls lined up by the window are also available for eat-in.

Lignum open sandwiches

Avocado and poached egg open sandwich with a slice of avocado paste ON top for 1,430 yen. The bitterness of the kale salad is also perfect for the morning. Drink set + 330 yen

Lignum

  • lignum (Lignum lignum)
  • 1F, 36-1 Enshoji-cho, Okazaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 8 minutes walk from Higashiyama Subway Station
  • Tel. 075-771-1711
  • Morning 8:00-11:00
*Please note that the information contained herein is subject to change without notice.
*Since this site uses automatic translation, the translation may differ from the original Japanese content.

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