Where to brunch in Kyoto. The morning rooms worth the queue, and the kitchens still doing it right at noon.
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Order Hotcakes with house-roasted blend and a tamago sando
A 1932 kissaten in Kyoto's Teramachi arcade. Pillow-thick hotcakes, house-roasted coffee and a tamago sando at the city's reference Showa-era breakfast.
Order Kyoto Morning set with egg, sausage and Arabian Pearl blend
Inoda's 1940 machiya kissaten in Karasuma, Kyoto, opens at 07:00. The Kyoto Morning set with egg, sausage, toast and Arabian Pearl blend at 1,100 yen.
Order Espresso tonic with daily-baked banana bread
Walden Woods' white-on-white brunch cafe in Shimogyo, Kyoto. Espresso tonics, lattes and a morning oat-milk programme; minimalist stepped-wood seating.
Order Self-whisked matcha bowl with seasonal namagashi pair
Ippodo's adjoining cha-shitsu in Kyoto, behind the tea shop. Self-whisk a bowl of matcha at the counter with a seasonal namagashi pair, walk-in any day.
Order Pour-over with daily-changing homemade cake
Akatsuki Coffee's no-laptops brunch room in Sakyo, Kyoto, husband-and-wife run. Daily cakes, a single Weekenders pour-over and a quiet morning room.
Order Bacon-and-egg breakfast plate with pour-over
Holly's Cafe in Daimaru Kyoto's basement opens at 08:00. American breakfast plate, hand-drip coffee and weekend stacks for a Western start at 1,200 yen.
Order Blue-jelly soda set with cheesecake
Soiree is a 1948 Showa kissaten on Nishikiyamachi in Kyoto, known for its blue-soda jellies, its cheesecakes and its neon sign from the 1960s.
Order Matcha-and-soba breakfast set with hojicha creme brulee
Fukujuen Kyoto's six-floor tea house on Shijo serves morning matcha-and-soba sets in Kyoto. Tea-blending workshop downstairs, brunch upstairs.
Order Beurre croissant and pain au chocolat with a coffee
Le Petitmec Oike opens at 08:00 in Kyoto with the anchor French boulangerie morning. Beurre croissants, pain au chocolat and take-away coffee at the door.
Order Pour-over and wagashi-pairing breakfast
Blue Bottle's Kyoto cafe by Nanzen-ji serves morning pour-overs in a converted machiya. Single-origin brews and a wagashi-pairing programme at counter.
Order House-blend espresso with seasonal milk pastry
Iolite in Nakagyo in Kyoto opens early; the morning is a hand-drip and toast set, cedar-beam machiya counter, single-origin pour-over from the in-house roast.
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