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[2025] Within a 10-minute walk from Kyoto Kawaramachi Station! 27 recommended lunches

From Kyoto's typical Japanese set menus to Western cuisine loved by men and women of all ages to international gourmet food, we introduce 27 recommended lunch restaurants in the Kawaramachi area. Enjoy your lunch time in the vicinity of Kawaramachi and Gion-Shijo Stations, which have easy access to various train lines.

Contents of this article

1.
Enjoy a healthy bamboo steamer lunch packed with seasonal ingredients at [Fujitora]
2.
[Minced meat and rice Kyoto] hamburg steak that you want to chew on the rice
3.
Voluminous yet healthy! Burrito & Taco Shop [SIESTA]
4.
A new type of sushi roll specialty restaurant in Gion [gion Ippo]
5.
Overpriced! [Pork Kakuni Set Meal with Sashimi at Setsu
6.
Charcoal-grilled eel and rice topped with eel, a masterpiece of craftsmanship at Gion Eel Kawafuji.
7.
Duck hittomabushi at Gion Duck Rice, where you can taste the moist and tender flavor of duck.
8.
[Cafe Madrag Fujii Daimaru] Have a kid's lunch that even adults can enjoy
9.
At [Gion Soymilk Ramen Unoyukiko], enjoy healthy ramen that does not use animal ingredients or wheat.
10.
Grilled [Salad Shop Sancho Kawaramachi Main Store] where you can eat plenty of vegetables
11.
White omelet rice of [Shokudo Days] that is both beautiful and delicious
12.
Seasonal kaiseki cuisine at Gion Yamakishi, which is particular about its soup stock and ingredients.
13.
Feel the direct flavor of the meat in the "Meat & Western Cuisine Ootake's" Arabiki hamburger steak.
14.
A famous hamburger steak at Nagago, a Western-style restaurant that appears at the end of an alley.
15.
Kyoto Kamo Soba Tada's gorgeous tsuke-soba dishes are also noteworthy in their presentation.
16.
Gourmet Ochazuke Gozen at MATAKICHI to be savored with care
17.
Hitsumabushi set of [Kyoto Yakiniku Shin Pontocho] where you can taste selected Omi beef
18.
[Hahaha] soup set meal where you can meet new Korean cuisine
19.
[Steak House Hanamoto offers authentic steaks and rice bowls prepared by Ginza's best chefs.
20.
Japanese restaurant [Ri KOTOWARI] popular for greedy 3-kind rice bowl plate lunch
21.
Nostalgic taste of stand-up soba noodles at a soba restaurant with no signboard [Suba]
22.
SPICE GATE's richly spiced curry topped with fresh gibier.
23.
The meat mabushi of "Meat Magyo Kyoto Gyukoh Kawaramachi" can be enjoyed in a variety of ways.
24.
Y's BURGER's hamburger with special demi-glace sauce
25.
Kinshi-don with dashimaki protruding from the long-established eel restaurant [Kyogoku Kaneyo]
26.
A masterpiece of [Motoi Gyoza] with the essence of French cuisine
27.
Pad Thai from a Thai restaurant [Channoi Kayu Koji] provided by a local chef

11. White omelet rice of [Shokudo Days] that is both beautiful and delicious

[This restaurant is run by a chef who trained at the Kobe Kitano Hotel and the Kyoto Brighton Hotel, and who has delighted many Western food fans at the Seiyo Shuro Rokuhori. The restaurant serves rice omelets by day and Western-style taverns by night. One of the most popular dishes is the (white) omelette rice, which is made with a white egg from Hokkaido, with the yolk of a Shiga Prefecture egg meltingly flowing out of the omelette. The omelet is served with a demi-glace sauce filled with onions.

Shokudo Days (White) Omurice

Lunch (white) omelet rice 1760 yen. Ketchup is added to fried onions, chicken and rice. Freshly made omelette with 4 eggs is placed on top of the chicken rice. Excitement at the moment of inserting the special knife.

Cafeteria Days

  • Shokudo Days
  • Shikisai Kawaramachi Building 2F, 330-3 Inaricho, 2-chome, Shijoshitaru, Kawaramachi-dori, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 2 minutes walk from Hankyu "Kyoto Kawaramachi Station" Exit 2B
  • Tel.075-744-0191
  • Lunch 11:30-14:30 (LO/13:30)
  • https://www.instagram.com/shokudo_days/

12. Seasonal kaiseki cuisine at Gion Yamakishi, which is particular about its soup stock and ingredients.

Gion Yamakishi is a Japanese restaurant nestled among cobblestone pavement where you can enjoy kaiseki cuisine, which incorporates seasonal ingredients and cooking methods that are carefully selected, any time of day or night. The basic eight-course menu changes monthly and includes a bowl, sashimi, grilled dish, rice, and dessert. The chef, who has experience at a famous restaurant in Kyoto, is the chef of the restaurant.

Gion Yamakishi Lunch Kaiseki

Lunch Kaiseki is 11,000 yen

Gion Yamakishi

  • Gion Yamashishi
  • 570-154, South side of Gion-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 7 minutes walk from Exit 6 of Gion-Shijo Station, Keihan
    Hankyu "Kyoto Kawaramachi Station" Exit 1B, 9 min. walk
  • Tel. 075-551-0701
  • Lunch 12:00-15:00
  • https://www.instagram.com/gion_yamagishi/

13. Feel the direct flavor of the meat in the "Meat & Western Cuisine Ootake's" Arabiki hamburger steak.

The owner, Mr. Otake, who has loved hamburgers since childhood, trained not only as a Japanese or French chef but also at a butcher store before opening "Meat & Western Cuisine Otake". His famous hamburgers, which are made without any eggs, onions, or other glue, are so meaty that they are hard to cut with chopsticks, and the more you bite into them, the more the flavor of the meat overflows.

Meat & Western Cuisine Otake's Arabi Hamburger Steak

The Arabiki hamburger steak set (150g) for 1,650 yen also features an excellent homemade demi-glace sauce prepared from beef bones. Comes with rice, salad, miso soup, pickles, and a small bowl of cooked food.

Meat and Western Cuisine Otake

  • flesh-colored oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)
  • Relocated and opened on March 01, 2024
    5-345-3 Miyagawa-suji, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 5 min. walk from Exit 1 of "Gion-Shijo Station" of Keihan
    Hankyu "Kyoto Kawaramachi Station" Exit 1B, 9 min. walk
  • Tel. 075-708-6085
  • Lunch 11:30-14:00 (LO/13:30)
    *Ends when sold out
  • https://demi-hamberg.com/

14. A famous hamburger steak at Nagago, a Western-style restaurant that appears at the end of an alley.

Located in a corner of Momiji-no-michiji, a street where stores in traditional Kyoto townhouses are clustered, Nagago Western-style restaurant is run by Mr. Matsumoto, who served as manager at Bistro Sept, which regrettably closed its doors. The specialty is a hamburger steak based on the recipe from that time. It is made with a 50-50 blend of pork from Fukudome Kohjiro Farm in Kagoshima, which has excellent fatty meat, and domestic beef, and is packed with the deliciousness of the meat itself.

Nagago hamburger steak

Hamburger set 2,200 yen. Two types of sauces are available: demi-glace and Japanese taste. The demi-glace sauce takes time to develop a rich flavor. The set comes with a hearty vegetable soup, salad, and rice.

Western-style restaurant Nagago

  • fishwives and farmers
  • 682-4, Ishifudono-cho, Matsubara-dori Gokomachi Nishiiru, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • Hankyu "Kyoto Kawaramachi Station" Exit 10, 8 min. walk
    9 minutes walk from Exit 3 of "Kiyomizu Gojo Station" of Keihan
  • Tel.075-600-9655
  • Lunch from 11:30 a.m.
    Sold out soon. Reservations are recommended.
  • https://www.instagram.com/yousyokuyanakago/

15. Kyoto Kamo Soba Tada's gorgeous tsuke-soba dishes are also noteworthy in their presentation.

Kyoto Kamo Soba Tada was opened by the owner, Mr. Shibata, who wanted to create a restaurant that visitors to Kyoto could enjoy. The tsuke-soba noodles served in the stylish restaurant with antique Italian furniture are thick and impactful homemade noodles. The noodles are arranged on a large stone, and the visual appeal of the dish makes it a favorite for customers to take pictures of.

Kyoto Kamo Soba Noodle - TEN's Cuisine

Shio Kamo Tsuke Soba (hot) with salted duck (1,290 yen) and a bowl of rice topped with duck and eggs (500 yen). The duck meat is cooked at a low temperature to moisten the meat and lock in the flavor.

Kyoto Kamo Soba Noodle

  • Kyoto-Kyoto Soba
  • January 20, 2024 open
  • 203 Shimokoriki-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 4 minutes walk from Exit 1A of Hankyu "Kyoto Kawaramachi Station".
    5 min. walk from Exit 4 of Gion-Shijo Station, Keihan
  • Tel.Not listed
  • 11:00-21:00 (LO/20:30)
  • https://www.instagram.com/kyotokamosoba_den/
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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