Vegan
American
Pizza
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Fast food
Beer/Wine
Take-out
Vegan restaurant at 538-6 四条上る新京極通中之町中京区 serving burgers, pizza, pasta, salads, a few Japanese dishes, plus cocktails and drinks. Reported closed, Jan 2018.
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538-6 Shijyo Agaru Shinkyougoku Nakanocho Nakagyoku, Kyoto, Japan, 604-8042
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126 Reviews
First Review by rabbits_nom
Lemonly
Points +27
Tasty burgers - Edit
Went here twice while visiting kyoto. Burgers were delicious and come with chips and salad. Friendly staff. Would recommend!
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akila_r
Points +19
Great meal - Edit
It did require Google Maps to get here, but at once I was charmed by the old-world setting. The antique clock, cozy lights and laidback atmosphere was very inviting.
Read moreAnd it was a relief to walk into a restaurant and not become paranoid trying to figure out if the food had meat/fish.
I had the soy meat teriyaki burger which, though slightly chewy, was great.
And the soy milk icecream to top it off was a delight.
I'd definitely recommend this place to anyone looking for a good vegetarian meal in downtown Kyoto.
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Meggie and Ben
Points +1786
A taste of home! - Edit
My husband and I were very happy to find this place in Kyoto, it was like a taste of home! With burgers, fries, pasta, and pizza, this place was like a cafe you would find in New York or San Francisco with little Japanese twists. For example, the pizza had a tasty sesame dressing drizzled on it and I loved the dessert options like green tea ice cream and pancakes.
Read moreIt's also in a nice shopping area and close to Gion if you're around there. Overall, if you're looking for a taste of American food in Kyoto--this is the place!
Pros: American food (burgers, pizza, etc), Nice atmostphere, Good area
Cons: Slow service, Not very many seats
Guest
Hsin yu
Points +24
Vegan Hamburg & Pisa - Edit
Two young people cook.It is delicious.American-style restaurant is very comfortable.
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al30sh
Points +114
Good americanized food - Edit
For veggie burgers and fries, this was a great place. They were able to make something that my 4 year old would eat (pasta with vegan parmesan), which is always a plus. Good fries. Liked that it was totally vegan and I didn't have to worry about fish.
Read morePros: Vegan!!, Great for upscale burger and fries, Location
Cons: Menu is a little boring
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Ayane
Points +145
I agree with the comments before - Edit
I already went to this place a few times. The staff are friendly, the food is nice, but it's really expensive for a small plate. I mean. If you got already used to eat japanese size of dishes, it might be fine. You'll get hungry after 4-5 hours again, but it's not enough, if you are used to eat western sized meals.
Read moreI like the ambiance of the places, but in my opinion the place is a bit too dark.
Pros: nice burgers
Cons: expensive, small sized meals
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ajfischer
Points +31
So-so - Edit
I was really looking forward to eating here, but after eating at a bunch of excellent vegan restaurants in Kyoto, I wasn't really impressed.
Read moreI ate here twice. First, I got the burger set and while the sauce was tasty, the burger itself was quite dry. Afterwards I got the brownie and ice cream set, which was good and fudgy, but again, very very dry. Luckily it came with amazing whipped cream which really helped.
I decided to come back again and order different things. This time I got the pizza, which frankly wasn't good at all. The crust was thinner than any I've ever seen - it was nearly a cracker. The sauce was good, but I paid an extra 500 yen to get the cheese pizza instead of just sauce pizza, and the cheese was disappointing. It was great TASTING, but it wasn't completely melted at all - there were large, thumb-sized half-melted blocks all over the pizza. Half the cheese was melted and half was still in a gooey block-form, so that I was occasionally getting huge sticky mouthfuls of vegan cheese. I would have asked it to be cooked more if I hadn't been in a rush.
That said, I would recommend everyone go here for the Fried Yatsuhashi with Ice Cream. Yatsuhashi is a popular Kyoto sweet filled with anko, and they did a great job frying it. It tasted like a funnel cake with ice cream.
So, it's worth checking out if you're hungry and in the area, but I definitely wouldn't go out of your way to eat here for lunch/dinner. But definitely stop by for the Yatsuhashi dessert!
Updated from previous review on Sunday December 01, 2013
Pros: Good location, Friendly Staff, Excellent sauces
Cons: Dry food (burger, brownie), Unmelted cheese (on pizzas), Too-thin crust (on pizzas)
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syrupofipecac
Points +114
Love the burgers! - Edit
A small cosy pub/restaurant and i love the atmosphere! I tried a veggie burger that was divine! I really wish i could make burgers like that.
Read morePros: Delicious veggie burgers, Cosy place
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Ryn
Points +18
A Cozy Vegan Retreat - Edit
The moment I walked in the door, I was thoroughly impressed. The atmosphere was quaint, and the decor rustic and cozy. The menu was actually more extensive than the menu online, which was a nice surprise. I ended up ordering the vegan cheese pizza, house-made ginger ale, and two doughnuts. My first real vegan meal in Japan! (Seriously, living off rice, tofu, fruits, and veggies is really hard for someone who loves junk food.) The pizza had a nice, subtle taste, and was just the right amount of food. The doughnuts were great too. I would recommend the earl grey flavor over the green tea one. It literally melts in your mouth. My favorite though was probably the ginger ale. It had bite to it, yet was still refreshing.
Read moreWhat's also great about this place is that everything is vegan, down to the soap in the bathroom. It was such a nice surprise!
As a plus, my non-vegan friends that came with me ended up raving about this place after their meals, saying that the burgers tasted just like real burgers. It made me happy to know that this place can change people's perceptions about what vegan food is really like.
The only downside was that you had to call the waitstaff over when you wanted to order or get the check, since our waitress was very absorbed in fiddling with her smartphone.
But otherwise, it was a great, first-vegan-restaurant-in-Japan experience.
I would definitely recommend it to vegans and non-vegans alike!
Pros: Delicious Food, Extensive Menu, Cozy Atmosphere
Cons: Non-attentive Staff, A Bit Pricey
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arherron
Points +351
wide range of tasty vegan choices - Edit
The menu is in English and us all vegan. Staff speak English too and are friendly. There's a delicious range if choices. The portions might look small when they arrive but we both felt very full. Nice ambiance and in an interesting area. I would definitely return.
Read morePros: all vegan, wide range, friendly
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JesseD
Points +832
Vegan Pub with So-so food - Edit
This place is more a pub than a restaurant, with the bar being the dominant feature of the dining area and louder background music than most restaurants (though certainly not uncomfortably so - conversation was still easy). According to the staff and the menu the food is all vegan (to clarify from the review below - perhaps it has recently gone all vegan?). While it's great to have a vegan establishment in such a prime neighbourhood, I found the food to be not as good as other vegan restaurants in Kyoto, perhaps like the difference between a pub and restaurant anywhere else. The "cheese" pizza was very thin, and (besides the cheese) had few vegetable and lots of mochi, which sounds good but they were really just chewy and tasteless, and the fresh salad over it may have been healthy but I didn't think it really 'worked'. The burger was better, and the home-made ginger ale was quite refreshing. It's location is excellent, so close to Gion, so I would definitely recommend visiting for dinner while exploring Gion in the evening, but just don't expect it to be your best meal out in Kyoto.
Read morePros: great location close to Gion, perhaps recently become all vegan?
Cons: so-so food
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tyrannosaurusveg
Points +42
Good burgers - Edit
We stopped in at lunchtime for a couple of burgers which we really enjoyed (try the teriyaki burger). Would have gone back again if we'd been in the area longer.
Read moreMaybe not the cheapest or biggest servings but the food was delicious, location is convenient and a vegan restaurant in Japan is a rare find!
Pros: Good food, Good location, Vegan
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Tertia
Points +90
Nice place, but sometimes small size portions - Edit
If you walk into the Shinkyogoku arcade (the name is on the roof of the Arcade) it is the 3rd on your right (if you come from Shijo) and you will see the restaurant.
Read moreWe had both lunch en dinner during our last stay in Kyoto.
Lunch was very good, I had a daily special, with a rice dish, soup, salad, tofu and vegetables, and my husband had a burger set.
A couple of days later, we came back to have dinner. My dish (fried wheaten cutlet) was OK and yummie, but my husband, who had the Kyoto vegetable burger set, thought the portion size was really too small. They do have some side dishes on the menu, so when choosing a burger set for dinner, it is advisable to also choose some side dishes.
During dinner time, there was a large screen which played a cartoon film, which was a bit strange.
But the restaurant is easy to find, the staff is nice and speaks some English and also the menu is in English and completely vegetarian, so I would recommend this restaurant.
Pros: Vegetarian, Easy to find, English menu
Cons: Small portions
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Jan Hicks
Points +112
A welcome addition to Kyoto's veggie eateries - Edit
We ate at Cafe Matsuontoko on a Sunday at lunch time. It's a small place, so it was busy, with an interesting mix of people. There are a couple of vegan options, everything else is veggie. I had the avocado burger, my husband the Kyoto tofu burger. The accompanying salad was out of this world. If only we'd found it before our last day in Kyoto, we'd have eaten there more than once!
Read morePros: Tasty food, Good range of drinks, Friendly helpful staff
Cons: Small
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Mazapster
Points +93
Delicious!!! - Edit
Have been here atleast 6 times now it is divine!! try everthing :) nb. Burgers can be ordered for takeaway.
Read morePros: Delicious, Great service, English names on menu
Cons: not big for a large group, can get busy, no full translation of menu items
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jon active
Points +2987
Good food, but no English! - Edit
Hidden in an alley way off the shopping arcade (its the fourth alley on the right as you come north up the arcade). This place did fine posh vegan food but the menu was 98% in Japanese and the most the waiter could manage was to confirm that everything was vegan. So we just ordered two meals without knowing what we would get! They were good typically Japanese restaurant small size portions and relatively expensive but tasty!
Read morePros: Tasty, Central
Cons: No English spoken, No English menu, Tricky to find
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FlorenceButtons
Points +62
worth the search - Edit
We had a little trouble finding this cafe as our hostel had given us a map which had it marked on the wrong street! once we found it though it was so worth it! The menu was quite varied and it took us a while to decide.
Read moreI went for a bowl of Ramen, it was delicious! Quite creamy with a nutty flavor and plenty of veg too! It came as a set with a bowl of yummy brown rice and pickles as well.
My boyfriend went for the burger set, this came with quite a lot! The burger itself was delicious and it also came with a taster plate of side dishes! the set also included a frozen soya ice cream which I made him share! So nice!
Well worth the 2500 yen we payed, there were cheaper options available too. We were very full, which in Japan is unusual due to their small portion sizes! Try it!
Pros: variety, healthy, portion
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rabbits_nom
Points +15
Yummy gobo burgers - Edit
Located just off of the Shinkyogoku shopping arcade, this is a hip cafe for vegetarian burgers and pizzas. We ended up ordering the evening's special set meal, a gobo (burdock root) burger, fries, salad, and homemade ginger ale. The gobo burger was quite tasty, and the salad was nice to get in a city with few salad options. There isn't an English menu, though the staff tried to be helpful in translating menu items and we tried to use our limited Japanese. The set was about 1200-1500 yen.
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