Katsukura Lunch Set ★ 4.0
Katsukura's tonkatsu set in Kyoto Station Porta basement at 1,300 yen lunch. Free refills of rice, miso and cabbage; pork loin or fillet on a single ticket.
Try: Tonkatsu set with free-flow sides
Issen Yoshoku Budget is a budget eat in Gion, Kyoto.
Gion's 1925 single-dish counter selling issen yoshoku pancake for 680 yen in Kyoto. Pre-war Showa atmosphere; eat-in counter or takeaway from the corner.
Address: Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0073, Japan
Katsukura's tonkatsu set in Kyoto Station Porta basement at 1,300 yen lunch. Free refills of rice, miso and cabbage; pork loin or fillet on a single ticket.
Try: Tonkatsu set with free-flow sides
Tentenyu's chicken-paitan ramen on Karasuma in Kyoto under 1,200 yen a bowl. House-raised Kyotamba bird boiled to a milky broth, finished with bright yuzu.
Try: Chicken paitan ramen
Kane-yo's lunch unaju is the cheapest eel lacquer-box in Kyoto around 2,000 yen. A Taisho-era counter on Kyogoku Shotengai with grilled-eel smoke.
Try: Unaju eel rice box
Omen's hand-cut udon under 1,600 yen at the Ginkaku-ji branch in Kyoto. Cold sesame Omen with a seasonal vegetable plate; the easiest northern lunch.
Try: Sesame Omen udon set
Salted-bean and azuki mochi for 220 yen at the city's most famous wagashi shinise in Demachiyanagi, Kyoto. Eat fresh on a Kamogawa bench across the road.
Try: Mame mochi sweet
Menya Inoichi's Michelin Bib Gourmand ramen under 1,200 yen in Kyoto. White-soy dashi broth, ajitama half-egg, and the smallest queue line at 11:00 sharp.
Try: White-soy ramen