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[2023] 9 authentic Kyoto breakfasts to aim for

Restaurants where you can eat a solid meal from the morning are increasing in the city recently. From set meals prepared by Japanese chefs, to limited breakfasts started by popular restaurants. We will introduce carefully selected spots that make you want to wake up early!

1.Feel French at [ETRA] along the canal / Okazaki

This cafe was opened by the owner, Mr. Terada, who worked as a pastry chef at starred restaurants and luxury hotels. French toast and butter waffles are popular for all-day brunch. The large glass-enclosed windows are fully open on sunny days, and the open terrace has a comfortable atmosphere.

Breakfast plate with choice of ETRA French toast or waffle

A breakfast plate with a choice of French toast or waffles costs 1,200 yen. French toast is based on a recipe he met in Paris

ETRA store

ETRA

  • Etra
  • 19-2 Shogoin Rengezocho, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 7 minutes on foot from Keihan Jingu Marutamachi Station
  • Tel.050-7107-9593
  • 9:00-16:30 (LO)

2.[Nishiki Plain] Morning set with fragrant dashi / Nishiki Sakaimachi

A popular Japanese restaurant with 50 seats in Nishiki Market, the kitchen of Kyoto. For breakfast, you can choose from two main dishes, either fish or meat, which are perfect for starting the day. The dashimaki, which contains plenty of bonito flakes and kombu dashi, as well as the kinpira burdock root and hijiki simmered dishes, are all handmade in-house.

Fish set meal 1050 yen. It comes with salt-grilled mackerel, 8 side dishes such as dashimaki and namafu dengaku, and miso soup with properly seasoned dashi.

Nishiki Plain

  • Nishikihira
  • Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City, Nakagyo Ward, Nishikikoji Street, Sakaimachi Higashiiriru, Nakauoyacho 489-1
  • 7-minute walk from Subway Shijo Station and Hankyu Karasuma Station
  • Tel.075-221-6318
  • Breakfast 8:30-10:15 (LO)

3.[Utsuwa and cafebar mokumoku] Indian breakfast set that cares for the body / Higashiyama

A cafe in the middle of the slope leading to Yasaka Pagoda. Indian cuisine is featured in the morning menu. In addition, the set includes croquette-like wada made from mashed chickpeas and a soy milk (yoghurt) version of buttermilk that is good for digestion.

Breakfast set meal is 1000 yen, hot coffee is 200 yen as a set (480 yen for single item). Moong dal, khichuri cooked with brown rice and spices. It's mild and thick, but if you eat it with the crispy papad, you can enjoy the change in texture.

Utsuwa and cafebar mokumoku

  • Utsuwa and Cafe Bar Mokumoku
  • Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City, Higashiyama Ward, Higashioji Street
  • 2 minutes on foot from the bus stop "Kiyomizu"
  • Tel.075-754-8805
  • Morning Wednesday-Friday 9:00-11:00 (LO)
    *Reservations required on Saturdays and Sundays

4.Satisfy your stomach and heart with a morning at Cafe Madrag / Oshikoji Nishinotoin

From May 2023, the long-awaited morning will start. There are 3 types of menus, including the famous Corona egg sandwich. The set with skillet purgatory eggs is only available in the morning and has a stable volume. It is better to make a reservation for what you can use if there are seats available. Reservations can be made from 8:00 and 9:30, so you want to secure a luxurious time to relax at a famous cafe from the morning.

Morning B set 1700 yen. Luxurious with egg and cheese iron pot tomato stew purgatory egg, toast, deli, soup, dessert, etc. Cream soda is also available for drinks

Cafe Madrag

  • Kissa Madrag
  • Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto City Nakagyo Ward
  • 4-minute walk from Subway Nijojo-mae Station
  • Tel.075-744-0067
  • Morning 8:00-11:00

5.[creperie cerisier] Authentic 100% buckwheat galette / Demachiyanagi

Galette and crepe specialty store. The galette, which was completed while listening to the opinions of French regulars, is an authentic 100% buckwheat flour from Fukui Prefecture. The thinly stretched batter is grilled over a gas fire, then shaped into beautiful triangles to wrap around the ingredients and served to the table. The sweet galettes and crepes are all freshly baked, and you can enjoy the fragrant dough and ingredients before they cool down.

creperie cerisier morning set

Meal galette set 1300 yen comes with your favorite galette, salad and drink. The photo is a ham, egg, and cheese complete from [Kawakitaya]. You can also add crepes for an additional 600 yen.

Inside creperie cerisier

creperie cerisier

  • creperie sliege
  • 1-3 Shimoyanagicho, Tanaka, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 2 minutes on foot from Keihan "Demachiyanagi Station"
  • Tel.080-6175-2670
  • Morning 8:30-10:30 (LO)

6.Enjoy the basics of Japanese cuisine at [Dashi Ryori Ju -Jifu-] / Shirakawa Kitaoji

From 7:00 in the morning, you can enjoy a relaxing time with a set of pasta, rice, and nyumen, as well as dishes made with our prided dashi stock, such as ohitashi with seasonal vegetables. The owner, Mr. Inoue, says, "I want you to stop by and use it as a stand to drink only dashi." You can choose not only the standard katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes), but also the rare tuna flakes for the dashi rice, which is unique to this place.

Dashi Cuisine 10 - Jifu Nyumen

The new nyumen set with dashi, egg, and egg over rice starts at 2,000 yen. Homemade noodles accented with salted raw pepper

Dashi Ryori Ju -Jifu- Appearance

Dashi Cuisine 10 -Jifu-

  • soup stock
  • 27 Hinokuchi-cho, Ichijoji, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 12 minutes on foot from Eiden "Chayama/Kyoto University of the Arts Station"
  • Tel.075-585-4425
  • 7:00-17:00
    Sunday 8:00-16:00

7.Gorgeous plate of [ki [ki:]] where you can enjoy the taste of foreign countries / Kiyamachi Gojo

A Lebanese restaurant on the banks of the Takase River. “It would be ideal for customers to gather at this table from the morning and communicate with nature just like at the dining table at home,” says Mr. Nagano, the owner and chef. They will entertain you with a plate of falafel, which is a chickpea or fava bean croquette. Breakfast must be reserved online.

Mixed plate with soup and pita bread (chicken and falafel) 1800 yen. Fill the pita bread with your favorite ingredients, sauces, pastes, herbs, etc. and enjoy. Mango drink 600 yen

steam [ki:]

  • Ki [ki]
  • Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City, Shimogyo Ward, Kiyamachi Street, Gojo Shimoru City Town 149
  • 4-minute walk from Keihan Kiyomizu-Gojo Station
  • Tel.075-585-4224
  • Morning 8:00-10:30 (LO/9:45)

8.[Seasonal Cuisine Japanese] Authentic breakfast / Oikehorikawa

We are proud of our dishes that use only wild fish that we go to the market to purchase. "I want you to feel free to use it from the morning like a coffee shop's morning", and offers dishes that make use of craftsmanship at a reasonable price. In addition to the popular sashimi set meal, there are more than 10 types of breakfast menus, such as teppanyaki rice bowls and fried chicken set meals. It's open from early in the morning, so it's perfect for people who have just finished their night shift or just before they go to work.

Seasonal cuisine Japanese sashimi set meal

Sashimi set meal from 1,500 yen (depending on stock). The seafood is an assortment of 5-6 kinds, including tuna, conger eel, and clams on this day. A set of 3 to 4 other side dishes, miso soup made with homemade koji miso, and rice.

Seasonal cuisine Japanese restaurant

Seasonal Cuisine Japanese

  • Number of Kisetsu recipes
  • Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto City Nakagyo Ward Sanbo Inokuma Town Kitagumi 375-1 2F
  • 3-minute walk from Subway Nijojo-mae Station
  • Tel.090-5069-1353
  • Breakfast Wednesdays and Sundays 6:30-9:30
    Thursdays and Saturdays 7:30-9:30

9.Saturday only! [il PiAtto Kamiyagawa] Morning Italian / Ichijo Nishioji

At the Italian [il PiAtto Kamiyagawa] along the Kamiyagawa River, the restaurant opens at 9:00am on Saturdays only. The menu is the same as the lunch menu, and you can enjoy dishes such as salads and appetizers, pasta, pizza, and meat dishes using vegetables directly from the farm. Deck seats along the river and authentic Italian food will definitely make your holiday start even happier.

il PiAtto Kamiyagawa's B reputation plate and mini pasta

B reputation plate and mini pasta 1600 yen. Several appetizers, a salad with plenty of vegetables from Higashiomi City, mini pasta using fresh pasta from [Awaji Mengyo], and homemade bread are included.

Exterior of il PiAtto Kamiyagawa

il PiAtto Kamiyagawa

  • Il Piatto Kamiyagawa
  • 22-1 Daishogun Kawabata-cho, Kita-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto House Hananoki East room
  • 4 minutes walk from Randen "Kitano Hakubaicho Station"
  • Tel.075-285-4189
  • Saturday 9:00-13:30 (LO/13:00)
*Please note that the information contained herein is subject to change without notice.
*Since this site uses automatic translation, the translation may differ from the original Japanese content.

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