Vegan
Japanese
Organic
Beer/Wine
Take-out
Bakery
Gluten-free
Breakfast

Fully vegan restaurant est. Sept 2024. Serves vegan karagge (fried "chicken"), sushi rolls, kimpa, baked goods and desserts. Franchise location of MERCY Vegan Factory from Osaka. Located on B1F of the Elite Inn Kyoto Station hotel. 10 mins walk from JR Kyoto Station. Open Mon 8:30am-5:00pm, 6:00pm-10:00pm, Wed-Thu 8:30am-5:00pm, 6:00pm-10:00pm, Fri 8:30am-10:00pm, Sat-Sun 8:30am-5:00pm, 6:00pm-10:00pm. Closed Mon, Tue & public holidays. Last order taken at 9:00 pm.


140 Reviews

First Review by rllev

RobyneTops

Points +104

Vegan
20 Jul 2026

Best vegan egg salad I've ever had

I had the lunch sandwich special and although the potato salad and the tuna salad were good, the egg salad really blew my mind

valc.

Points +136

Vegetarian
05 Jun 2026

Hidden Gem

Great service, good vibes and fresh vegetables. The fried cauliflower and vegan curry rice were awesome

Updated from previous review on 2026-06-05

einahpets65

Points +312

Vegan
30 May 2026

Solid food

This restaurant is not actually at Kyoto station, though it is close. You go down some stairs to get to the restaurant itself. There is a lunch and dinner menu, though they let us order from the lunch menu for dinner. It was a variety, including simba, fried kuruma (a very tasted wheat gluten product), salad, and potato salad. For dessert I tried the sweet potato pudding. It was a good texture, very lightly sweetened, with a mild sweet potato flavor.

FlowRyan

Points +209

Vegan
23 May 2026

Super lecker!

Ich kann euch das Restaurant sehr empfehlen. Alles wird frisch zubereitet.
Mein Highlight war definitiv der Matcha Pudding. 🤩

Updated from previous review on 2026-05-23

Pros: Frisch zubereitetes Essen, Matcha Pudding

UsagiKun

Points +375

Vegan
22 May 2026

Cute restaurant with wide menu

Mercy is a chain, but still feel very local and cute. They have a wide range of vegan options in their menu, including set menus. It’s a good overall experience, but my favorites were the «egg» sandwiches outside of the set menu. It’s slightly expensive compared to other places.

Updated from previous review on 2026-05-22

Pros: Delicious «egg» sandwiches , Many options in the menu, Set courses to try out various dishes

Cons: Just ok overall experience , Expensive

SirHappalot

Points +368

Vegan
22 May 2026

Taaaasty egg sandwich, Oishi desu indeed

Envious of your fellow non vegan travellers constantly snacking on those Lawson egg sandwiches while you devour the 20th tofu bar?

Let the worries step aside and a new day be born in which you can partake in the egg sandwichiness!

Tastes super good. Could be more, it is jot a full meal, but worth its price.

Updated from previous review on 2026-05-22

uguriko

Points +61

Vegetarian
20 May 2026

Good Asian food

Overall I liked the food but the star element was chicken-y looking kurumafu. It was so yummy!
The other things were slightly above average!

Updated from previous review on 2026-05-20

Pros: Kurumafu

EKC

Points +123

Non Veg
17 May 2026

Very good

Not outstanding but very nice butter roll, cinnamon roll and chocolate chip melon bread.

Updated from previous review on 2026-05-17

jagustd6

Points +59

Vegan
10 May 2026

Incredible food and great service

Amazing experience. The restaurant is chill and relaxing. Food was amazing and waitress was very mind. She spoke enough English for communication to be a breeze. Additionally for how much food you get it's very affordable and a great option for a tight budget! Highly recommend! It was a beautiful walk as well to reach the location.

Updated from previous review on 2026-05-10

Pros: Amazing food, Great service, Affordable

zpenglis_87

Points +94

Vegan
18 Apr 2026

Egg Sandwich!

Got the egg sandwich and a slice of cake. Both were absolutely delicious. Food was ready to go within 5 minutes.

NJay25

Points +38

Vegan
16 Apr 2026

Fantastic

The best meal I've had in kyoto. Everything was amazing

Pros: Delicious food, Quick service, Nice staff

AmeyaB

Points +63

Vegetarian
10 Apr 2026

Mercy deserves all your attention!

We tried their gimbap, egg sando, kumarafu, shoujin curry. We visited here 2 times and just loved this place. The kumarafu is especially delicious, though a dipping sauce with it would be great.

Pros: Perfectly located from a bus stand, Variety of vegan options, Price is reasonable

Heathos

Points +154

Vegan
09 Apr 2026

Japan has MERCY

It can be hard to find decent places that serve good, filling vegan food. This is certainly a great option. Smallish in size - seats about 16 people, Mercy has an All Vegan menu and lots of tasty options.

Updated from previous review on 2026-04-09

Pros: Egg Sandwich , Vegan Gimbap

biglex

Points +102

Vegan
08 Apr 2026

Life changing egg sandwich!

Cozy atmosphere near Kyoto station. Egg sandwich is a must try!! Sells out for a reason

Updated from previous review on 2026-04-08

casrobins

Points +325

Vegan
08 Apr 2026

Wow🤩

The vegan egg is soooooo delicious. This is a must eat place whilst in Kyoto!!!

Updated from previous review on 2026-04-08

Pros: Taste - amazing , Chilled vibes

NathaliaBermudez

Points +482

Vegan
22 Mar 2026

A gem

Had a fab dinner here, where I ate every crumb. Delicious flavors, lovely presentation, great service. The matcha pudding was criminally good. It’s located downstairs so look for the sign by the wooden facade.

Updated from previous review on 2026-03-22

Pros: Egg sandwich!, Fast service, Yummy flavors

Sixteenjones

Points +410

Vegan
14 Mar 2026

Feels like home. Eggy sandwiches 👌

Love the eggy sandwich, a simple staple that we don't get as vegans. Eaten them twice and will come back for more. Very cozy lovely place.
Matcha pudding is perfect.
Secretly obsessed with fried kurumafu.

Updated from previous review on 2026-03-14

Pros: Deep-fried Kurumafu, Eggy Sandwich , Matcha Pudding

HollieWise

Points +482

Vegan
11 Mar 2026

Amazing vegan egg sando!

Came for the vegan egg sando & it did not disappoint! The chocolate melon bread was also lovely

Updated from previous review on 2026-03-11

Gijspeters

Points +308

Vegan
08 Mar 2026

Great vegan lunch

Great vegan lunch consisting of many great Asian dishes. We had a kimbap, cauliflower and a nice sandwich set as well as awesome sweets. Recommended!

snakeonacake

Points +192

Vegan
25 Feb 2026

Super delicious

Vegan egg sandwich and match pudding are super yummy. Staff is very friendly.

Buggie

Points +38

Vegan
01 Feb 2026

INCREDIBLE. Absolutely must visit

The food was out of this world. I’m from Denver Colorado in the US and we have great vegan options. This was better than most of them. I would eat here every week! We ordered egg salad sandwiches, miso soup, gimbap, chocolate cake and several to go items. Every item was tasty and fu of flavor.
**there’s a sign by the entrance to the building . It’s very obvious once you see it**

Updated from previous review on 2026-02-01

Pros: Taste, Options, Service

Cons: Sort of hard to find

Nameless_Demon

Points +391

Vegan
29 Jan 2026

Worth it

I had the "egg" sandwiches, the melon bread and a croissant. The sandwiches and melon bread were amazing, the croissant not so much.

"Factory" describes the place well, as it has an industrial feel to it. Not a place to stay and enjoy the vibe, but the food is worth it.

Andarica

Points +60

Vegan
26 Jan 2026

Comida deliciosa cerca de la estación

Un restaurante con bastante variedad de platos, buena cantidad de comida y un sabor genial.
Además, tienen meronpan vegano. Yo lo pedí para llevar, me recomendaron calentarlo unos segundos en el microondas cuando lo fuera a comer y todo un acierto.
La aplicación no me llevó a la ubicación correcta pero si se poner la dirección en el Maps sí te lleva. Está en el -1 de un edificio

Pros: Meronpan, Cerca de la estación

steveveg

Points +3237

Vegan
24 Dec 2025

Excellent!

We highly recommend this restaurant. Our dinners and lunches, and the take out bento boxes, were all great. We had the Shoujin Sushi dinner course, and both the Lunch Plate and Lunch Deep-fired Kurumafu set. The service is very helpful. The place is decorated sparingly. There is an elevator that can take you up to exit through the inn upstairs, but entry back to the inn would likely be locked.

asy137

Points +2665

Vegan
24 Dec 2025

Vegan course 10/10

Today we visited Mercy and we tried the ‘grilled chirashi sushi course’.

It was delicious and the staff was super friendly.

We also ordered some food for take away so as to eat on the Shinkansen.

Highly recommend.

Updated from previous review on 2025-12-24

laurenjach

Points +488

Vegan
19 Dec 2025

A must try in Kyoto

Incredible restaurant near Kyoto station. I had the sandwich sampler, which included the egg salad, tuna salad and potato salad sandwiches. The tuna and potato were good but the egg blew my mind. I can’t understand how they made the egg so realistic. I ordered another egg sandwich because it was so amazing. They have these egg salad sandwiches at all of the 7 Elevens (not vegan obviously) so it was really special that I could have a vegan version.

Updated from previous review on 2025-12-19

Heike.St

Points +2101

Vegan
18 Dec 2025

Tasty!!

We went there for lunch: the gimbap was good; the fried kurumafu (a little bit like seitan) was very good, and also the fried cauliflower was super tasty.

Also got the fruit sandwich (strawberry) and the chocolate melon bread which were very satisfying.

Great are also there opening hours!
They have breakfast, lunch and dinner menus, also a large take-out-menu.

The restaurant is located in the “basement” of a hotel. Only accessible via stairs.

Updated from previous review on 2025-12-18




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