Japanese
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Ask for vegetarian udon. The soups on the menu contain fish, but staff is familiar with vegetarian food (say "no meat, no fish") and will leave out the fish broth. The noodles are freshly made. Also offers vegetable tempura though maybe cooked in shared fryer. Open Tue-Thu 11:30am-4:00pm, 6:00pm-8:00pm, Sat-Sun 11:30am-4:00pm, 6:00pm-8:00pm.


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36 Reviews

First Review by Lyloox

chillseab

Points +27

Vegan
19 Apr 2025

Udon and tempura

Really great spot with vegan options that are clearly marked. Well worth it.

Pros: Tofu udon, Mixed veggie tempura, Green onion tempura

Muninn

Points +19

Vegetarian
12 Apr 2025

Cute place and delicious food !

They added a ''vegan option'' stamp on their menu, and even have some soy sauce and tempura sauce labeled ''vegan'' on the desk. There was a few people in front of me in queue, but it got pretty quick, and they took orders while I was waiting outside. The udon where delicious, and same for the tempura vegetables, I recommend a 100%

Pros: Food, Ambiance , Clear vegan options

RachelSarahFlint

Points +77

Mostly Veg
02 Apr 2025

Delicious udon and tempura

Go here!
Get there early, wait in the queue, it's worth the wait.
The food is delicious, with massive portions and clear vegan options and meat options (which my partner appreciates)
I got the tofu udon (not the vegan version as I eat fish) which was delicious, and huge and the spring green tempura (after the rave reviews on here)
The tempura is tricky to eat but so tasty, especially with the vegan tempura sauce - which is clearly labelled
Such a lovely atmosphere, really friendly staff, they even helped a man who'd lost his family charge his phone

Pros: Delicious food , Tempura , Clear menus

Nilita

Points +51

Mostly Veg
09 Mar 2025

delicious

small shop. Be sure to plan for a wait. Food was super tasty. vegan options.Plain and simple, yummy

Pros: product quality, The taste, Price

j828

Points +40

Vegan
26 Feb 2025

Delicious tempura

The Green Onion Tempura rice bowl was really good and the staff super nice.

anaellel

Points +688

Vegan
10 Feb 2025

Cute place

Cute place, nice udon and great pickles.

NatashaQuasar

Points +696

Vegan
28 Dec 2024

Delicious! Fresh!

Highly recommend this little place. We had the tofu noodle soup and 2 types of tempura. Really great! They have fresh leaves in their green tea, probably the best green tea I’ve ever had.

Updated from previous review on 2024-12-28

Pros: Traditional , Fresh, Caters well for vegans

annaviljalyydia

Points +19

Mostly Veg
27 Oct 2024

Amazing food for an amazing price

Excellent vegan udon and loved the vegetable tempura. Pricing is also very reasonable.

N.S

Points +13

Vegetarian
21 Oct 2024

Plain

Not so good.
Line is long, and the people that are waiting are standing just behind the people that eat, not pleasant

gemmaw9

Points +67

Vegetarian
15 Oct 2024

Yum!

This is a small place, with two tables for 4 and maybe 8 bar seats. We arrived at around 17:45 and waited around an hour to be sat. But the food was great! Vegetarian options were clearly marked on the menu.

take.it.itzi

Points +31

Vegetarian
22 Sep 2024

The vegan udon was great!

Good place to have vegan and non vegan dishes.

Updated from previous review on 2024-09-22

alsemmo

Points +213

Vegan
01 Jun 2024

Don’t miss the green onion tempura!

Had vegan udon noodles with tofu which were fine (needed some seasoning - they have vegan tempura sauce, soy sauce and curry salt) - but the veg tempura and especially the green onion tempura will be remembered as one of the food highlights of our trip. We arrived at 6pm exactly and got seated immediately but it filled up very quickly.

hen-rich

Points +84

Vegan
30 May 2024

Delicious Udon and stir fried onion!

It was very delicious and cheap.
The portion was really big.

bulbz

Points +50

Vegetarian
22 May 2024

Best noodles I've had so far

The tempura veg was amazing with vegan soy sauce

Pros: Tempura, Noodles

Cons: None

Onboarding-Solution

Points +196

Vegan
01 May 2024

Many vegan option

The good thing is on every menu you see picture and on one there an egg, but symbol vegan. (Ask before you order)

SangitaAgarwal

Points +13

Vegetarian
10 Apr 2024

Great vegetarian friendly restaurant in Kyoto

Multiple choices wait time could be long but completely worth it

Pros: Multiple options for vegetarians, Try their home style pickle , They have sauces which are vegetarian friendly

nelsonsgarden

Points +42

Vegan
03 Apr 2024

Udon was ok, tempura was great!

Arrived at the restaurant at about 18:20 and there was a 45 min wait to get a table. The food arrived quickly after we had been seated though.

The tempura with vegan tempura sauce was really good! We tried both the green onion and the vegetable kind, I recommend going for the green onion.

The udon was a bit of a disappointment after reading a ton of positive reviews. The soup was kind of bland and the noodles were a little chewy. With some extra spice and soy sauce the soup turned ok.

Updated from previous review on 2024-04-03

Pros: Tempura

Cons: Waiting time, Bland udon

annikaareyouok

Points +17

Vegetarian
13 Feb 2024

Delicious!!

Amazing vegetarian & vegan options. Delicious food, make sure to ask for vegan udon separately.

magerc

Points +39

Vegetarian
28 Dec 2023

Fantastic tempura!

I got the vegan lunch set with 6 vegetables and simple udon. They even have vegan sauces for dipping. Best veggie tempura I’ve had! It can get a bit busy- we had to wait for 10 mins- but they take your order in line.

saskas

Points +45

Vegetarian
23 Nov 2023

Schnell, lecker und gute Auswahl

Tolles Preis-Leistungsverhältnis und gute Auswahl an vegetarischen und sogar veganen Gerichten. Wir hatten Udon mit veganer Suppe und Gemüse-Tempura, Oishikatta desu!

Wir waren kurz nach Ladenöffnung dort und mussten nicht auf einen Platz warten, als wir fertig waren, war draussen eine längere Warteschlange vorhanden (früh sein lohnt sich).

Pros: Essen, Ambiente, Freundlichkeit

Maewin

Points +166

Vegan
16 Sep 2023

Very good vegan tempura

A lot of vegan choice with soup udon (hot or cold)

Pros: Tempura, Udon

Cons: Narrow and small place

VeganFox92

Points +556

Vegan
01 Jul 2023

Amazing tempura

This place is such an authentic lunch stop. You sit on a high table watching the chefs cook and then they hand you your food.
There were 3 options when we went. The udon soup was so lovely and there are spices on the table if you want to add more flavour.
The tempura Vegtable were amazing and the onion version was like a baji.
We didn't try, but there was also a vegan miso.
Clearly labeled vegan dipping sauces as well.
Bit of a queue to get in but so worth it.

Pros: Great vegan options, Authentic , Lovely staff

Cons: Little bit of a queue

veggie9902

Points +26

Vegan
09 Jun 2023

insane green onion tempura

We opted to go here instead of Omen for udon bc of the cheaper prices and got the tempura set (mixed veg & green onion) which came with a bowl of udon (huge portions for cheap) → the udon was alright, the vegetable tempura was great, and the green onion tempura was life changing. still thinking about her

Janson_91

Points +73

Vegan
22 May 2023

Amazing Tempura

2 options of vegan Tempura: a mix of vegetables and green onion Tempura.
Ask for the noodles if ther are vegan, I had the Ki-Jyoyu. Great taste, really cheap prizes

Pros: Vegan Tempura, Vegan noodles

Cons: None

KatherineWinter

Points +1658

Vegan
05 Apr 2023

Yummy tempura

The place is intimate. The servers are very nice. The vegan options are well labeled and so are the various sauces, soy sauce, tempura sauce, curry salt, and spicy pepper powder. We came at 12:30pm and there wasn’t a wait. I suggest the tempura and udon. The vegetable tempura was sweet potato, onion, kelp, egg plant, and Japanese yam.

Updated from previous review on 2023-04-05

Pros: Yummy options

Prady

Points +265

Vegetarian
15 Mar 2023

Good udon and tempura

It's a small place so I had to wait outside for about 30 mins but yeah, food was great

Jessicagjadams

Points +76

Vegan
08 Nov 2022

Best tempura I had in Japan

Clear vegan options. Had the udon and tempura. The tempura was delicious.




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