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Recommended Lunch around Kiyomizu Temple

17 popular lunch recommendations near Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto! From local specialties to cheap and tasty gourmet food!

The Kiyomizu-dera area is about to enter its full-blown tourist season. Since the area is expected to become even more crowded, it is important to find a good lunch spot in advance. The editorial department recommends 17 restaurants, including an old-fashioned diner loved by local residents, a yuba restaurant that specializes in yuba dishes made from soybeans, and a restaurant where you can enjoy Italian cuisine just as it is served in the area. Check them out!

1. Ichikawa-ya Coffee's omelette rice served in a traditional Kyoto townhouse

The owner, Mr. Ichikawa, welcomes customers with home-roasted coffee, popular fruit sandwiches, sandwiches, and other carefully handmade meals. Three types of coffee blends are on standby, starting at 500 yen, and refills are available for 250 yen.

Ichikawa-ya Coffee's Omelette Rice

Omelette rice 800 yen. Traditional thinly fried egg type. The rich demi-glace sauce matches the rich butter rice.

Ichikawaya Coffee

  • Ichikawa Coffee
  • 396-2 Kanecho-cho, Higashioji Nishiiru, Shibuya-dori, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan
  • 9 minutes walk from Keihan "Kiyomizu Gojo Station"
    Approximately 12 minutes walk from Kiyomizu Temple
  • Tel.075-748-1354

2. A place of rest and relaxation with a Showa-era feel [Tatou,] fried chicken set menus.

After the closure of "Cafe Suzuki," a pure coffee shop loved by locals for 53 years, the owner, Mr. Takenaka, opened a new store in the same location. The atmosphere of the store has remained unchanged since its opening, and it is still a place where former regular customers can gather for a chat. The menu offers a variety of items that are reminiscent of a pure coffee shop, such as soft omelet rice and pudding, and the old-fashioned coffee shop culture has been carefully passed down from generation to generation.

Toro Toward Fried Chicken

[The fried chicken set meal at Cafe Suzuki is 880 yen, made with a recipe taught by the wife of Cafe Suzuki. The large, juicy fried tofu has a gentle flavor with a hint of ginger.

Torrentially,

  • And then, "Doze.
  • 35 Yumiya-cho, Matsubara-sagaru, Yamato-oji-dori, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 7 minutes walk from Exit 5 of "Kiyomizu Gojo Station" of Keihan
  • Tel: None

3. The more you chew, the more flavorful the meat becomes.

The owner, Mr. Otake, trained not only in Japanese and French cuisine, but also at a butcher store before opening "Meat & Western Cuisine Otake. The specialty here is hamburgers made without using any glue such as eggs or onions, and the restaurant uses the shank of Danzan Kogen beef from Aichi Prefecture and Sanshu pork from Aichi Prefecture, which are coarsely minced in the restaurant. The hamburger steak is served hot, and the more you bite into it, the more you are impressed by the delicious flavor of the meat.

Meat & Western Cuisine Otake's Arabi Hamburger Steak

Arabi hamburger steak set (150g) 1,600 yen. Includes rice, salad, miso soup, pickles, and a small bowl of cooked food.

Meat and Western Cuisine Otake

  • flesh-colored oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)
  • 5-345-3 Miyagawa-suji, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 5 min. walk from Exit 1 of "Gion-Shijo Station" of Keihan
  • Tel. 075-708-6085

4. Enjoy 20 kinds of pickles at [Akoya Chaya] Ochazuke buffet.

[Akaya Chaya is an ochazuke buffet restaurant located not far from Kodaiji Temple and Kiyomizu-dera Temple. At this restaurant, you can freely eat 20 kinds of pickles with white rice, 16-grain rice, or rice porridge in a buffet style. There are also some unusual pickles such as potatoes and eringi mushrooms. Finish the meal with ochazuke-style pickles and enjoy the rich variety of tsukemono flavors that you cannot taste at home.

Akoya Tea House Ochazuke Buffet

The ochazuke buffet with colorful pickles is 1,800 yen per person. Miso soup and monaka with two kinds of bean paste are also included in the buffet!

Akoya Tea House

  • brothel fronting as a tea house, inn, restaurant, etc.
  • 3-343 Shimizu, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 7 minutes walk from bus stop "Shimizu-michi".
  • Tel. 075-525-1519

5. Gion Shimogawara Hisago's famous oyakodon with soft-boiled egg

Gion Shimogawara Hisago is a soba restaurant established in 1930. Among the many dishes on the menu, the most popular is the oyakodon, a bowl of rice topped with chicken and eggs in a broth made from natural kelp and saba-bushi (mackerel bones). The slightly sweet broth soaks into the Kujo leeks and chicken meat, and the aroma of the thick, half-boiled egg and broth is very appetizing. There is often a long line at lunchtime, so it is recommended to visit with plenty of time to spare.

Hisago chicken and egg on rice

A hearty bowl of oyakodon (rice topped with chicken and eggs) for 1,100 yen. The fluffy half-boiled egg and the slightly sweet broth are a perfect match and can be eaten in small portions.

Gion Shimogawara Hisago

  • Gion Shigiwara Hisago (second highest of the eight hereditary titles)
  • 484 Shimogawara-machi, Shimogawara-dori, Yasaka-torii-mae-gamoru, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 3 minutes walk from bus stop "Higashiyama Yasui"
  • Tel.075-561-2109
The information is subject to change. Please contact each store or facility directly for the latest information.
All prices include tax.
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