Ovo
Japanese
Beer/Wine
Take-out
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Udon and typical Japanese food. Has digital English menu. Reported that kitchen will use a plant-based soup broth for vegan noodle and make vegetable tempura without egg and in a clean pan. Many of the dishes can be made vegan friendly so please clarify vegan with staff. Uses produce from local regions. Sells reusable cutlery set. NOTE: Reported to be under new ownership March 2022. Open Tue-Sun 11:00am-3:00pm, 5:30pm-9:00pm. Closed on the last day of the month.


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123 Reviews

First Review by ConorD93

veganboi69420

Points +188

Vegan
28 May 2019

Worthy of the hype

We tried to walk in on a Saturday night and the place was booked our and we were turned away. So we made a reservation for Tuesday and our booking was cancelled due to a function. We were however contacted and invited in for lunch so we changed our plans to suit. It was worth it!

Think traditional Japanese counter meals more modern and with table service. I had the tempura noodle meal and the chef was attentive and understanding of vegans needs. A beautiful array of veges were provided and the noodles were amazing. My partner had the kitsune and the tofu was so flavourful.

Cheap, delicious and worth checking out. We even got complementary strawberries and tea after our meal

KatieGill

Points +15

Vegetarian
22 May 2019

I’d give this place 5 stars if I were able to on the app

Just had the best meal on my japan trip. The service is excellent, the food was incredible.

Pros: Great service, Food is so good

Koby

Points +277

Mostly Veg
21 May 2019

Good and cheap

Has the "Kake" udon. Only 420+tax, but very tasty and high quality. Great place with good atmosphere. Staff is extremely nice.

HannahFerry

Points +32

Vegan
19 May 2019

Excellent Soba!

Great service and delicious soba with fried tofu. Good drink options and a cool vibe! English menu via the tablet which makes life so easy after a long day of getting around on the subways. Good prices and great service😄

Pros: Delicious vegan soba, Easy ordering via digital tablet, English speaking staff

BramenDani

Points +59

Vegetarian
02 May 2019

Vegan broth udon

Nice restaurant with a separate vegan (English) menu. Udon made using vegan dashi, tasted very good. Also lot of other vegan (side) dishes (e.g., tempura, potatoes, onigiri). Free tea and sweets afterwards.

Pros: Vegan menu, Dashi is vegan, Complimentary tea and sweets

mailasilva

Points +110

Vegan
01 May 2019

Good udon

First place I went when I got to Hiroshima, they have a menu with vegan options: tempura and udon. I had the udon with fried tofu. Good meal, but not a lot of flavor. Tempura was great. Kitchen takes last order 1 hour before the restaurant closes.

Pros: Friendly staff

VeggieMon

Points +274

Vegetarian
27 Apr 2019

Taiko udon FTW

Anyone who knows my reviews can see I have very basic - but uncompromising - standards. I don't need or want fancy anything, or a bunch of pomp and circumstance. Fresh, at least marginally creative whole foods, prepared in a pleasing way and delivered with some attention to the customer is pretty much a bang on way to get me to give a good review.

Taiko hits all the right notes in all the right spots. They have quite a few vegan selections, which means they at least sort of "get it." I ordered the vegan oroshi which is udon with grated daikon and ginger. For kicks I also ordered their vegan tempura. Both were pretty much perfect. Hard to do a really great vegan "dashi" but they've managed to somehow make something delicate and flavorful. The tempura was just right. Not an extraneous drop of oil. The staff were outgoing and helpful from the moment I stepped in until the moment I left.

I don't give too many "don't miss this" reviews, but yeah, don't miss this. Definitely a highlight of my food experiences in Japan.

Pros: Best vegan udon around, for my money, Service excellence, Good menu for the veg among us

Cons: Shame it's not an exclusively veg restaurant! :-)

sanniili

Points +390

Vegan
25 Apr 2019

Yummy

There are a lot of vegan options and I really enjoyed the udon with fried tofu and some vegan springrolls.
The service is really good and they offer tea and japanese style kanten jelly dessert after the food.
You can have a large portion for 100 Yen extra. The bowl was huge and even my boyfriend who always hates japanese portions was satisfied.

Pros: Lord of vegan options, Friendly staff, Large portions possible

roadsgoeveron

Points +28

Vegan
22 Apr 2019

AMAZING

We were asked if we were vegan as we sat down (do we look like that lol?) and the waiter gave us a tablet and showed us the vegan section on the digital menue. You can easily scroll through it, click on the pictures and read the description. The food was so good! We will definitely go there again. Highly recommend!

Pros: Lots of vegan options, delicious, Nice staff, affordable, nice atmosphere

AnneLaust

Points +22

Vegan
14 Apr 2019

Great udonplace in hiroshima - reccomended!

would definitely recommend! I had a delicious bowl of udon with vegan broth and tofu/seaweed on top. Very friendly and helpfull staff. Authentic but modern place.

Pros: delicious food, friendly staff, resonably priced

Cons: would have liked more toppings on my udons, but th

jonathanmichel

Points +227

Vegan
09 Apr 2019

Tasty, reasonably priced and friendly staff

The staff is very friendly and we were directly offered the vegan menu. The food was great and cheap. If you are in Hiroshima a must go!

FionaBrutscher

Points +96

Vegan
05 Apr 2019

Modern restaurant, great for vegans

Really stylish and surprisingly reasonable. Great vegan selection, very friendly.

SvenMatzke

Points +27

Mostly Veg
04 Apr 2019

Friendly resteraunt

Pleasant resteraunt, Well organized and friendly. Would strongly recommend this one in Hiroshima.

Pros: Pleanty vegan options, Digital tablet for ordering , All dishes could easily ordered vegan

TeganMcNeish

Points +40

Vegan
02 Apr 2019

Friendly people and was very tasty

We got vegan tempura to share and a Udon bowl each, I had a tofu one which reminfed me of inari and it was really tasty and filling the do make it vegan for you. There is a cost change for the evening.

Pros: A few vegan options, Friendly staff, Nice atmosphere

Cons: Expensive

ShanikaBarker

Points +15

Vegetarian
30 Mar 2019

Taiko Udon Hiroshima

Taiko Udon was absolutely fantastic. Whilst we were in Hiroshima, we struggled to find an udon redtaurant that offered proper vegetarian options other than Kitsune udon. Taiko Udon offers really unique udon dishes that you wont find anywhere else! They have a proper English menu and the staff speak English. The atmosphere is really nice and the meals are cheaper than you would expect. I definitely recommend this place!

Pros: Vegetarian & Vegan, English menu , Sustainability




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