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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
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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
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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

16. Gourmet Ochazuke Gozen at MATAKICHI to be savored with care

[A 3-minute walk from Kenninji Temple, Matayoshi is a sister restaurant of Gion Matayoshi where you can enjoy Japanese food in a casual atmosphere. At lunch time, you can enjoy ochazuke set menus. Ochazuke, which has the image of a simple meal, is a high-quality dish that is sure to surprise visitors with its taste and content when prepared by a chef from a ryotei (Japanese-style restaurant).

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Ochazuke set meal 4,000 yen. A variety of dishes including kobachi (small bowls of cooked food), takikomise, chawanmushi (steamed egg custard), and sashimi. Leave half of the sashimi for the final ochazuke.

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  • forked (road, river)
  • 1F Manji Building, 570-120, South side of Gion-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 4 minutes walk from Exit 1 of "Gion-Shijo Station" of Keihan
    8 minutes walk from Hankyu "Kyoto Kawaramachi Station" Exit 1B
  • Tel. 075-366-5177
  • Lunch 11:30-15:00
  • https://www.instagram.com/matakichigion/

17. Hitsumabushi set of [Kyoto Yakiniku Shin Pontocho] where you can taste selected Omi beef

This yakiniku restaurant serves Omi beef and other selected Japanese black beef, including "Certified Omi Beef," a title given only to the highest quality Omi beef. For lunch, available only on Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays, the restaurant offers four types of Hitsumabushi Gozen, a rare Omi beef dish prepared over a high charcoal fire, for each part of the beef. The yukke hitsu-mabushi set, which uses certified Omi beef and is only available at Shin, which prides itself on the freshness of its meat, is also very appealing.

Kyoto Yakiniku Shin Pontocho

Certified Omi beef lean meat Hitsumabushi set, 2,420 yen. First served as is, then with condiments and pickles, and finally finished off with a bowl of wagyu beef tail and tuna in a combined broth, served chazuke-style.

Kyoto Yakiniku Shin Pontocho

  • Kyoyakiniku Shinpontocho
  • 162 Matsumotocho, Shijo Agaru, Pontocho-dori, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 3 minutes walk from Exit 1A of Hankyu "Kyoto Kawaramachi Station".
  • Tel.075-708-8575
  • Lunch 11:30-15:00 (LO/14:00) *Open only on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays
  • https://proceed-kyoto.com/shin/

18. [Hahaha] soup set meal where you can meet new Korean cuisine

[This restaurant is owned by the owner who has established a series of popular Korean restaurants in Kyoto, including Pinyo Shokudo. The restaurant does not offer the Korean cuisine that many people associate with Jeju Island, but instead focuses on soup dishes that are local to the island. Kosari Yukkejang is a rich, thick soup of finely diced royal ferns and pork.

Ha ha ha Kosari Yukkejang Set Meal

Kosari Yukkejang set meal: 1,650 yen. Soup, rice, and three small plates are included. We also recommend serving it over rice with namul or gochujang (Korean red chili paste) to make a bibimbap-like dish.

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19. [Steak House Hanamoto offers authentic steaks and rice bowls prepared by Ginza's best chefs.

Steak House Hanamoto was opened in Gion by Chef Hanamoto, who has been attracting famous guests from Japan and abroad for 25 years in Ginza, Tokyo. The lunch special steak donburi is an unbeatable 2,000 yen, even though it is made from Japanese black beef. The tender red meat is grilled to perfection with charred butter, and goes great with rice.

Steak House Hanamoto's special steak bowl

Special steak donburi for 2,000 yen. A simple three-tiered bowl of rice, onions, and steak. Comes with salad, miso soup, and ice cream. Limited quantity.

Steak House Hanamoto

  • Steak House Hanamoto
  • Gion Bldg. 2F, 282-21 Gion Kitagata, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • Six-minute walk from Exit 7 of Gion-Shijo Station on Keihan Railway
    8 minutes walk from Exit 1A of Hankyu "Kyoto Kawaramachi Station".
  • Tel. 075-744-0329
  • Lunch 11:30-14:00 (LO/13:30)
  • https://steakhouse-hanamoto.com/

20. Japanese restaurant [Ri KOTOWARI] popular for greedy 3-kind rice bowl plate lunch

A casual-style Japanese restaurant attached to a specialty leather bag sales and repair store. The chef, a veteran of more than 20 years in Japanese cuisine, focuses on seasonal dishes and serves the most delicious food at the time in its best condition. The most popular lunch dish is the lunch three kinds of rice bowls. The bowl of rice is a nice, easy-to-eat size, about a bowlful even if you eat three bowls.

"Ri" KOTOWARI Today's Whimsical 3 Kinds of Rice Bowl Plate

Lunch 3 kinds of rice bowl 2200 yen. On this day, three types of rice bowls appeared: whitebait bowl, seafood chirashi, and roast beef. With miso soup, salad and 5 side dishes

KOTOWARI

  • Kotowari
  • Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City, Nakagyo Ward, Urateradori, Rokkakugaru, Matsugaecho 463
  • 7 minutes walk from Hankyu "Kyoto Kawaramachi Station" Exit 3B
    5-minute walk from Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Subway Station
  • Tel.075-366-4920
  • Lunch 11:00-14:30 (LO)
  • https://www.instagram.com/restaurant_kotowari/
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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