Vegan
Japanese
Beer/Wine
Take-out

Traditional vegan Japanese restaurant, which specialises in chazuke, a simple Japanese dish made by pouring green tea, dashi, or hot water over cooked rice. Accompany dishes may include stewed shiitake mushrooms, housemade nijiya seaweed, and nama-fu, grilled gluten in a vegan dashi stock. Address in Japanese: 中京区南車屋町287 木屋町会館1階. Open Mon-Sat 5:30pm-10:30pm.


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172 Reviews

First Review by pareman

gbruce19

Points +55

Vegetarian
13 Apr 2023

Cute and cosy spot

Nice little spot with a variety of tasty options. The staff are super friendly and the owner is vegan. Limited seating outside, and inside is standing only but it’s part of the atmosphere. I had gyoza and their specialty (which the name escapes me - a rice dish with broth), both tasty.

Pros: Tasty options, Friendly staff, Cosy and warm atmosphere

Cons: Limited seating

jadeeeeechen

Points +196

Vegan
12 Apr 2023

Great place for a late dinner or a quick bite

The owner is fun to talk to, and it’s interesting to be able to dine at a standing bar. The ochikyatsuke and soup dumplings are yummy and relevantly inexpensive.

Pros: Inexpensive , Fun experience of standing pub, Open till late

Vegan.honey

Points +964

Vegan
06 Apr 2023

Great service, nice food.

I really enjoyed the service, the food was good and cheap but small. The venue is very small and they only offer standing space, no chairs. It’s nice for a good quick cheap yum snack and a drink.

kashany

Points +22

Vegan
31 Mar 2023

המלצה חמה ביותר

A delightful surprise in the Kyoto culinary scene. The intimate and energetic atmosphere puts a spell on you. The staff knows their business.

Pros: איכותי , טריות

Cons: מעט אפשרויות , …, טטטט

Raininvan

Points +15

Vegetarian
31 Mar 2023

Fab modern vegan spot!

vegan cafe run by 2 luvly ladies. Food is amazing. Food is creative and very tasty!

Mirela6

Points +66

Vegan
31 Mar 2023

Great!

Nice servers who will try to talk to you even if you don’t speak too much Japanese.

The broth for the ochazuke and gyoza is really good. Has a bar and small plates kind of feel. Open late. Nice location for a walk afterwards. Overall, recommend!

JordanCambridge

Points +16

Vegan
28 Mar 2023

Great Small Eats, Excellent Sake

Great staff, who chatted with us as we stumbled through Japanese. Good food, though standing and small portions. Definitely a grab and go eating situation but would recommend for a quick pick-me-up.

Pros: 2 vegan options , Friendly staff , Quick efficient service

moreveganthanyou

Points +43

Vegan
17 Mar 2023

Fun and delicious

More of a bar than a restaurant. Great food I have never tried before. Friendly staff with generous pours of sake. The restaurant is very small with standing room only.

I ordered the obonzai and dashi chazuke, both Kyoto-native dishes I had never tried before visiting. One of the servers showed me how to eat dashi chazuke, which was fun. Also offers a vegan tasting menu that requires a reservation in advance.

Edited review to remove note about incorrect location - it’s been fixed.

Updated from previous review on 2023-03-16

Pros: All vegan, Friendly staff

Cons: No seating

HappyOtter

Points +297

Vegan
20 Dec 2022

Delicious and congenial

6 seat bar/restaurant with a chatty bartender.

It’s a very simple menu- a dashi chazuke plate, or you can buy the individual components of the plate, and there’s a small bar menu. The plate is the chazuke, a fried onigiri, and a traditional “obanzai” pickle set.

The flavours are excellent, and the bartender was happy to confirm that none of my food intolerances were included. Pricing is totally reasonable for the set, at about 1000 JPY, drinks are normal bar prices.

pareman

Points +28

Vegetarian
16 Nov 2022

Cozy place, excellent dashi

Friendly staff, all vegan menu (currently only one item though), serves vegan wine as well. The dashi was too good. Would like to buy some.

Pros: The dashi was too delicious., Open till 2 am. Friendly 店長, Serves vegan wine as well

Cons: A bit Expensive for dashi rice and a bit of sides., Presently only one menu. Will increase in future., Place is small:4人. So, can't cater to large crowd.




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