Gluten-free vegan restaurant located a short walk east of Keihan Sanjo station. Menu items include fermented vegan cheese (also for sale), veggie burgers, soups, brown rice risotto, organic pasta, quiche, pancakes, raw cake, smoothies, hot drink. No fried food. Open Mon-Tue 9:30am-3:00pm, Thu-Sun 9:30am-3:00pm. Last order for lunch 3pm, dinner 8:30pm.
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89-1 Sanjo Street, Ohashi-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan, 605-0009
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316 Reviews
First Review by jennjt
Chad_and_Emily
Points +2368
Good Kyoto option - Edit
A great vegan option for Kyoto. Extensive menu. The pizza was good, though a bit small. Service was good. Go for the cake instead of the soft serve ice cream.
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danielk168
Points +32
Full of Vegan books! - Edit
Cheese is good, lots of books in English or Japanese. Portions a bit small so you need a cheesecake to wrap up your meal! Would come back again, some of the books I don't have!
Read morePros: Excellent cheese, near train station, lots of good vegan books
Cons: few tables, small portions
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jadeeeeechen
Points +196
I think the chef might have forgotten to add salt to my penne😅 - Edit
It’s great that it’s vegan,
Read moreGluten free and everything, but I think they need to and make the food more tasty so people will want to comeback for it.
Pros: Lots of vegan dishes to choose from
Cons: Expensive , Not very tasty , Vegan cheese is not cheesy at all
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BasSpitters
Points +15
Excellent vegan cheese - Edit
Excellent vegan cheese
Read morePros: Fully vegan, Interesting of vegan cheese
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emesefabian
Points +687
Delicious cheese board - Edit
We had the burgers which were pretty tasteless, HOWEVER the cheese board was to die for. The place is nice and airy. They usually sell out of most things by the end of the day.
Read morePros: Amazing cheeses
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rubyr4
Points +66
Limited food options - Edit
Very limited food options, we were hungry so decided to go somewhere else
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PhilipFrech
Points +55
Satisfying Lunch - Edit
Especially the buckwheat penne with spinach and chlorella pesto are to mention, also the very dark roasted coffee beans, which make up to something more of a Spanish café solo than an Italian espresso. The double might lift your head literally! Everything else, smoothies and black pizza (a funny optical twist made with bamboo charcoal) was well prepared and tasted pretty good. Also, they have every reason for being proud of their homemade cheese variety.
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saoz
Points +18
Some are hit and miss - Edit
Their rice yogurt was a bit too strong in taste; I don’t think everyone would find this particularly appealing. But the muffin was really tasty and chocolate brownie was okay.
Read morePros: Vegan restaurants , Easy to find, No reservations needed
Cons: A bit expensive , Limited option for breakfast
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ErikvH.
Points +1612
Basic but good - Edit
Choice is a pleasant and reliable place to eat if you want something else than Japanese style food for a change. The menu has some pretty basic options with pizza and pasta’s but while the food is not exceptional, we always leave satisfied.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2023-03-13
Pros: Vegan pizza is always a good thing, Great service, All plant-based
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franjeria
Points +41
Healthy vegan food - Edit
Nice and quiet place, all vegan, varied menu, healthy options.
Read morePros: All vegan, Quiet place
Cons: More expensive than other vegan rest in Japan
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dangrossman
Points +130
Easy tasty chill - Edit
Sometimes in Japan you just need a break, something easy. This is that. Varied menu, several interesting things (BLACK charcoal-crust pizza), some home-made vegan cheese (try them both!), extremely fresh salad (on the day I went). Whew. Thank you.
Read morePros: All vegan, varied menu, Spacious, relaxed environment, Lovely service
Cons: Location pretty far off from tourist sites
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eatyryoung
Points +108
Better food elsewhere - Edit
Oof, this was our worst meal of our trip. Totally beyond their control, they were sold out of many, many things on the menu by the time we arrived at 1900hr. What we were able to order (quiche, onion soup and stroganoff) was not great. The quiche was the best item - flavorful, nice texture! The onion soup was watery and lacked any real flavor. The stroganoff was not good and I could not shake how much it tasted like ketchup.
Read moreAlso, when we ordered dessert, we were told they were sold out of chocolate cake, nbd, we ordered something else. We waited for 12 minutes and another person came and told us it was also sold out. So, that just ended on a low note.
Pros: All vegan! , Cool atmosphere
Cons: Bad food
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luciatazp
Points +1878
Delicious gluten free pizza! - Edit
Both the gluten free pizzas were delicious, with a crispy base and a fresh tomato sauce. You practically can’t tell they are gluten free! The only downside is that the portion size is very small for the price.
Read morePros: Tasty vegan pizza, Nice atmosphere, Cozy and warm
Cons: Small portion size
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Angelina-chan
Points +107
Yummy vegan omurice!! And raw cake!! :) - Edit
Yummy vegan omurice!! And raw cake!! :)
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egrepp
Points +116
Cozy and yummy - Edit
Do yourself a favor and have the cheese plate with some wine. So yummy!
Read morePros: Vegan and gluten free
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marlishields22
Points +141
Very delightful - Edit
Great space with delicious food! Delightful service. Would give 5 stars if they had more options. Limited menu but still great options.
Read morePros: All vegan options, Coffee and smoothies are fresh , Nice atmosphere
Cons: Small menu , Only soy milk option
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Blackzebra
Points +104
Cheese was good - Edit
Recommend the cheese platter, if you get it ask for more crackers though. The mains were the mains were ok not the best but still yummy enough to eat all of. We had the burger and the egg ok rice which was weird but surprisingly good even with the tomato sauce, who would have thought
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AnnaZirael
Points +216
All vegan, all gluten free! Recommend. Nice atmosphere, delicious food! - Edit
Been to CHOICE several times. I recommend! Vegan&gluten free! All menus are gluten free! So people with an acute allergy to gluten can come without fear.
Read moreThe facility is nice, clean, cozy atmosphere.
The food and desserts are delicious! OMU-RAISU was awesome.
You can also buy vegan elite cheeses, vegan dog food and Vibram shoes there.
I love Vibram! This is not my first pair of these shoes. It's good that the right size for me was in stock.
I will definitely come again!
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kylemcolucci
Points +56
Egg Sandwich FTW - Edit
Delicious, clean, gluten-free breakfast at this quaint restaurant. Got the vegan “Egg Sandwich Set” which came with a salad and beverage of your choice (I got an iced soy latte). Would definitely return.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2022-09-07
Pros: Vegan and gluten free, Cute space
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julialamour
Points +127
Not good😒 - Edit
After reading all the reviews we were so excited to try choice. Either everyone else is lying or genuinely have never had good vegan food in their life. We got the stroganoff with rice and a mozzarella pasta. Both were atrocious and we only ate a bite. The cheese board was the only saving grace, even with only 5 crackers. Check my reviews for good vegan food in kyoto, don’t waste your time going here..
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2022-08-03
Lawgistics
Taste is subjective my friend.
Read moreVeganEri
Hi Julialamour I am a regular customer at CHOICE and I am saddened by your use of the word "atrocious" to descrbe my favorite place. CHOICE's food is delicious and subscribes to the very healthy "plant-based whole foods" principles and use minimum oil and salt. Maybe it was too subtle for you? I think it is also sad that you chose to insult over 200 people who have given CHOICE good reviews by saying "they are either lying or have never had good vegan food". Like the other guy says, taste is subjective and you can't attack the place or the people who wrote good reviews before you just because you didn't like it. Just imagine how you would feel if someone else attacked your favorite restaurant and your reviews.
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Fossil
Points +32
Delicious! - Edit
So many delicious options on the menu, can't wait to visit again. Really recommend the strawberry cheesecake!
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Mere
Points +11
Tasty! - Edit
Went for dinner and the dinner was good but the highlight was the strawberry cocoa vegan cheese cake. So good!
Read moreThe staff were great too : )
Pros: Vegan AND gluten free!, Reasonable pricing, Nice atmosphere
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hisashis
Points +2495
Delicious cheeses - Edit
(English follows Japanese)
Read moreチーズがどれもすごく美味しかったです。ワインととても合いました。ランチやディナーはもちろん、一杯だけ飲みにくるのもいいと思いました。
The cheeses were all so delicious, very good with wine. I thought it would be nice to come here for lunch or dinner, or even just for a drink.
Pros: delicious cheeses, atmosphere
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ForAnimalsJapan
Points +5242
Yum! - Edit
English 👇 『Choice』は、京都の三条駅から歩いてすぐのところにあるオールヴィーガンレストランです😄
Read more以前、美味しいヴィーガンチーズを食べたことがあったので、他の料理も食べてみようと思っていました😍
店内は広くておしゃれで、お値段もそれなりにします。私たちはチーズの盛り合わせを注文し、私はチーズバーガー、竜二はサラダそばを注文しました🤤
前菜として頂いたチーズの盛り合わせも美味しく、楽しく食べることができましたが、私にとっての本当の主役はチーズバーガーでした。グルテンフリーのバンズも、今まで食べてきたバンズとは違っていて、予想外に美味しかったです。また注文したいです。竜二はサラダそばがとても気に入ったようです😙
ちょっと高いけど、とても楽しい食事でした。京都に行った際は是非お試しください‼️
Choice is an all-vegan restaurant located a short walk from Sanjo station in Kyoto. We had tried their delicious vegan cheeses before, and were ready to sample some of their other dishes!
The restaurant is spacious and fancy-looking, with fancy prices to match. We ordered the cheese platter to share, along with a cheeseburger for me and salad soba for Ryuji.
The cheese platter was delicious and fun to eat, but the real star for me was the cheeseburger. The gluten-free bun, while not being like any other bun I’ve had, was surprisingly good too. I’d happily order this again. Ryuji really liked his salad soba too.
All in all, though it was a little expensive, we really enjoyed our meal here. Check it out when you’re in Kyoto.
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irisheyes317
Points +1002
My favorite in Kyoto! - Edit
Best vegan cheese in Japan and incredible menu selection💗Will definitely re-visit
Read morePros: Mini mart, Variety!, Easy access
Cons: ...can't think of anything!
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JeanSolano
Points +70
Vegan cheese and butter - Edit
My food was tasty and it was served fast. I’ll return here for more cheese.
Read morePros: Lots of vegan cheese and butter, Tasty, Great ambience
Cons: Expensive
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digitalmimi
Points +1904
Best vegan soft cheese I’ve ever had - Edit
Great restaurant, quiche and pizza are delicious. The soft cheeses are delicious although a tad expensive. A must go.
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