
[2025] A must-visit destination! Excellent Japanese Lunch in Kyoto
This time, we will introduce popular Japanese lunches that you can casually enjoy in the city centering on the Kyoto Station, Kawaramachi, and Karasuma areas, which are the center of Kyoto!
You can enjoy delicious food before going sightseeing, or you can enjoy lunch during your travels. From well-established restaurants to popular casual Japanese restaurants, enjoy delicious lunches to your heart's content.

Pick up recommended lunches that can be enjoyed around Kawaramachi, such as hearty lunches and colorful plate lunches

It's also good to go sightseeing after tasting delicious food around Kyoto Station! Introducing carefully selected recommended lunches
A Japanese food and miscellaneous goods shop based on the concept of "clothing, food and shelter." The signboard menu is "Teori Sushi" where you can eat seasonal obanzai, sashimi, condiments, etc. centered on Kyoto vegetables in a style similar to hand-rolled sushi. The moment a plate with about 50 kinds of ingredients is brought to you, you will definitely be excited by its beauty.
"Teori sushi" 3630 yen. Choose ingredients such as obanzai that use a lot of seasonal Kyoto vegetables and enjoy original combinations. Comes with a seasonal bowl.
In the cozy space of a townhouse, you can taste rare Kyoto Kuroge Wagyu beef that is rarely seen in the market. For lunch, we recommend the "Gion set". You can enjoy plenty of high-quality Kyoto wagyu beef, including 8 kinds of side dishes using meat, and you will be satisfied with the appearance and taste.
"Gion set" 3850 yen. Eight kinds of meat banzai such as sirloin sukiyaki, soup, [Hachidaime Gihei] rice, fruit and vegetable sour or vegetable tea, and dessert Mizu Shingen mochi are included.
A casual-style Japanese restaurant attached to a specialty store that sells and repairs leather bags. A veteran chef with more than 20 years of experience in Japanese cuisine is particular about the season and offers the most delicious food in the best condition. The most popular lunch item is the "Lunch 3 Kinds of Rice Bowl". Even if you eat 3 bowls, you will be happy that it is a size that is easy to eat, about 1 bowl.
"Lunch 3 kinds of rice bowl" 2200 yen. On this day, three types of rice bowls appeared: whitebait bowl, seafood chirashi, and roast beef. Comes with miso soup, salad and 5 side dishes.
A small restaurant with a white curtain facing the street. At the counter where you can feel the warmth of wood, the owner has 16 years of cooking experience. The "Hiru Gozen", which has 8 types of small plates, has unlimited refills of earthenware pot rice. You can enjoy the taste of dashi stock and the dishes sprinkled with seasonal ingredients.
"Hiru Gozen (delicious rice and 8 kinds of small dishes)" 1870 yen (limited to 10 servings per day). Small dishes such as sashimi, grilled dishes, and simmered dishes are served with rice cooked in an earthenware pot with free refills.
At [Zuke x Koji Haccomachi], which was born from the desire to "live a rich life through fermentation," you can enjoy a set meal using fermented ingredients for all dishes. Dishes served in colorful small bowls are beautiful to look at, and the meat, fish, and vegetables are perfectly balanced in terms of nutrition.
Fermented gozen 1,690 yen. Fermented foods are used in all menus, and the dessert comes with a special pudding made with soybean flour, mirin, and soy sauce.
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