Japanese
Fast food
Take-out
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Japanese curry house chain with a vegan base of curry sauce "veggie" on the menu, which may be customized with toppings of choice. Curry is served with a portion of rice. Indicate spice level and portion size at the time of placing order. Open Mon-Sun 11:00am-12:00am.


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24 Reviews

First Review by CFBL

ritarao

Points +190

Vegan
23 Aug 2024

I love the vegan curry!

I was struggling to find a vegan spot open late in the evening, so came across this chain brand and absolutely loved the taste of the curry. It’s one pretty basic dish on the menu, but great for a quick, cheap option especially when you can’t find anything else around!

Pros: Open late , Cheap

ZacBell

Points +58

Vegan
07 Apr 2024

Simple, cheap and siblime

Delicious food for only ¥850 for a generous serving of their vegetarian curry with spinach. No wait at midday and easy ordering via tablet with an English menu. No options to add vegan protein but did not expect to have any from reading previous reviews. Would definitely recommend for a delicious and easy meal.

Rhea.L.M.

Points +1743

Vegan
02 Feb 2024

Bastion for hungry people

Vegan options and insofar as vegan food in Hiroshima, you get bang for your buck. The portions are generous for the price and it's basic but tasty.

There were two options on the padlet menu even though the paper menu only featured one.

Be sure to order the green label "Vege" based curry if you're vegetarian or vegan. The other ones, even if there are no pictures or mention of meat would contain pork fat in the broth.

It's also next door to No Gyoza No Life if you want vegetarian gyoza after so there you go! It's a good block for food.

Updated from previous review on 2024-02-02

Pros: Portion sizes! , Flavorful

ErinJordanna

Points +406

Vegan
12 Nov 2023

Filling vegan curry

Life saver after we tried two vegan option other restaurants at 6pm on a weeknight and were given 1.5 hour wait times. We walked in and seated straight away. We ordered vegetable curry with eggplant and Spinach curry. Both with 400gm rice (very large portion, I couldn't finish). Tasty and filling. You can select your spice level. This branch did not have the soy fake meat patty though.

Pros: Fast food, Filling, Vegan options

jalillywhite

Points +71

Vegetarian
27 Sep 2023

Very filling vegetarian curry

Struggling to eat in parts of Japan, so was very pleased to have a large portion of vegetarian curry. You order on a screen which is easier to navigate. Make sure to swipe to the curries that are labelled vegetarian, as some of the sauces have meat in them. Vegetarian curries are labelled with a green sticker. Very tasty and filling!

kiki4me

Points +57

Vegetarian
21 Jul 2023

Quick curry spot

This is basically a fast-food curry chain. The food was good the atmosphere was fine - good for people-watching. The ordering process was on an iPad so it made the selection easy - vegetable, eggplant or spinach curry were the options. Kids curry also available and not as spicy.

Pros: Kids veg options

ASierra

Points +620

Vegan
23 May 2023

Beautiful Japanese curry!

Confirmed - vegans / vegetarians can opt for the vegetable curry and add any veggie toppings you like. I loved the taste and the fact you can customise it to suit your own taste / needs (I like curry spicy).
BTW - the pickles are vegan too, no dashi in them as confirmed by the waiter.
Fairly inexpensive too! A must try if you are around the area

Iñaki72

Points +239

Vegan
23 May 2023

Great Japanese curry

Very tasty curry. Happy to have tried. They have the vegetarian version which does not have animal products. They also bring you for free water and pickles. The pickles were amazing, not too much vinagre. I have also an iced tea.
No much choices where to choose from this including the drinks. It was either iced tea or iced coffee.

miss_natnat

Points +382

Vegan
15 May 2023

Delicious curry

Really love that place. Delicious and cheap curry! The staff is very kind and fast. The restaurant is also clean and easy to find. Please try😄

Updated from previous review on 2023-05-09

Pros: Many vegan options , Friendly and helpful staff, Cheap and big portions

HenryBeeby-Zeier

Points +52

Vegan
07 Mar 2023

A good place to eat curry.

Just like other locations, this Coco Ichibanya did a good vegan curry that you can adjust to your liking.
One thing to keep in mind is that the ordinary spice level at this restaurant was more spicy than others. It is only a bit spicier but if you are expecting a similar level to other restaurants in different places such as Tokyo or Nagoya, you might be surprised.
I did only eat one meal here but I think it is likely based on a regional difference rather than a chance happening.

Pros: Customisability

StephZ

02 Apr 2023

Thanks for the info that the food is more spicy than the other Coco Ichibanya restaurants.

Ruzha

Points +3645

Vegan
17 May 2021

Always Reliable

No matter where you travel in Japan, CoCo Ichi is a savior if you find yourself in a pickle. Always reliable to get delicious curry. There are excellent vegan options in Hiroshima, but even as short-term visitors, we just wanted a good curry. And CoCo Ichi did not disappoint.

OliviaGal

Points +23

Vegetarian
17 Feb 2020

Good for cheap veg curry

This place is great as they have a while vegetarian menu and the menu is in English too! Super cheap, so so fast, great service and you can choose the amount of rice you want.

Rosebuda15

Points +189

Vegan
26 Nov 2019

Good curry

They have some 5 types of curry, with vegeatbles/mushrooms /eggplant or spinach.
Price is from 600 yens to 850 yens for the curry.
Ok for Japan

iHansz

Points +162

Vegetarian
23 Oct 2019

For a quick bite

If you search for a quick bite for a reasonable price, this is the place to be.

Kinslayer

Points +28

Vegan
29 Apr 2019

Staff said entire vegetarian menu has egg

Even though the Vegetarian Menu says "no animal derived ingredients", the staff said all the options there contain egg, so I had to get the "allergy free" curry, which is premade and comes in a sealed foil bag. Convenient if you have nowhere else to go, but not a great first choice.

GaliGalipette

Points +35

Vegetarian
20 Apr 2019

5 étoiles

Très bon restaurant de curry, pas cher et ouvert jusque tard le soir. Attention à bien utiliser la carte spéciale pour plat végétariens (qui semble plus vegane que végétarienne)

Pros: Très bon curry pas cher, ouvert tard le soir

JonnotheFusspot

Points +69

Herbivore
03 Apr 2019

Eggplant and Spinach Vegan Curry - Yum!

Just loved this curry - was exactly what I needed, and so tasty. Although my photography skills (or lack of) don't show it that well, the dish did actually look pretty similar to the photo on the menu, and tasted pretty damn good!

Pros: looks as good as the photo, tastes as good as photo makes you think it will!, Menu especially for Vegetarian/Vegan

Cons: none that I can think of

SophieHevin

Points +107

Vegetarian
05 Mar 2019

Bon rapport qualité prix

Bon rapport qualité-prix. Possible de choisir le poids de ton plat. Et prendre à emporter. Plusieurs options véganes. Simple et efficace.

konradson

Points +447

Vegetarian
03 Mar 2019

nice!

you can decide on the size of your rice in gramm and on the spicy-level (1 is still super spicy) - also have a look in the non-veggie menu for salads, naan and other vegetarian dishes.

Pips

Points +1559

Vegan
16 Oct 2018

Delicious Japanese Curry

Cheap, delicious and satisfying. Love this place. My favourite is the mushroom curry with eggplant on top. Make sure you order off the vegetarian menu.

as2610074

Points +36

Vegan
24 Jul 2018

yummy curries, good portions

Good value curries that taste good, big portion. very friendly staff too

Pros: all the vege-menu curries are vegan, good price, big portion

JStephens

Points +106

Vegan
09 Jun 2018

vegetarian curry!

This is a chain with many locations throughout Japan, not all locations offer the vegetarian menu though. Its a separate menu that states no animal ingredients. As others have said you can adjust spice level and amount of rice to your liking. I always get the eggplant curry and add mushrooms and spinach!

Pros: big portions,inexpensive,long hours

Cons: not available in all locations, possibility of cro

jojoinbrighton

Points +1283

Vegan
23 May 2018

Vegan Friendly Chain

It's great that chain restaurants in japan are finally jumping on the vegan bandwagon! You need to ask for the vegetarian menu as the allergen free curries contain meat but from there everything is vegan. We tried the aubergine curry with tomatoes and the vegetable curry and they were both great. You can adjust the spice level to your taste and adjust how much rice you want depending on how hungry you are!

CFBL

Points +340

Vegetarian
08 Apr 2018

Tasty curry!

Nationwide Japanese curry chain. Most branches in cities have a vegetarian menu, including this one. Call to ask for other branches.

Friendly staff and tasty food. Cheap and quick. Lots of vegetable options and can customise by adding extra veg - see the separate international / meat menu for details. Make sure you order from the vegetarian menu as vegetable curries on the main menu all contain meat.

No fake meat / tofu options but still filling and tasty.




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