Kotowari Obanzai Lunch ★ 4.1
Kotowari's obanzai set in Kyoto under 1,500 yen lunch. Daily-changing five-plate, clay-pot rice option and the reliable downtown vegetable lunch.
Try: Five-plate obanzai set
Smart Coffee Hotcakes is a budget eat in Karasuma Kawaramachi, Kyoto.
Smart Coffee in Kyoto serves the city's best Showa-era hotcake morning set under 1,200 yen. Tamago sando, coffee and a pillow-thick pancake to start the day.
Address: Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8082, Japan
Kotowari's obanzai set in Kyoto under 1,500 yen lunch. Daily-changing five-plate, clay-pot rice option and the reliable downtown vegetable lunch.
Try: Five-plate obanzai set
Nomura's showcase obanzai counter in Kyoto opens at 07:00 for breakfast at under 1,500 yen. Pick three plates from the glass case; rice and miso included.
Try: Pick-your-plate obanzai breakfast
Kotowari's obanzai set in Kyoto under 1,500 yen lunch. Daily-changing five-plate, clay-pot rice option and the reliable downtown vegetable lunch.
Try: Five-plate obanzai set
Nomura's showcase obanzai counter in Kyoto opens at 07:00 for breakfast at under 1,500 yen. Pick three plates from the glass case; rice and miso included.
Try: Pick-your-plate obanzai breakfast
Ramen Koji on the Kyoto Station building's 10th floor. Eight counters serving regional ramen styles for 900-1,500 yen; the city's quickest ramen tour.
Try: Pick-your-bowl ramen alley
Kyoto's 1947-founded reference ramen counter under 1,200 yen a bowl. Open from 06:00 for breakfast ramen, the cheapest sit-down meal in the city.
Try: Shoyu-tonkotsu ramen with rice
Sizuya's local-chain carnet sandwich at Kyoto Station, the city's standby breakfast under 500 yen since 1948. Ham-and-onion bun, melon pan, sausage roll.
Try: Carnet ham-and-onion roll
Lunch in Kyoto for under 1,000 yen: walk Nishiki Market east to west grazing on tako-tamago skewers, yuba sticks, tsukemono samples and warabi-mochi cups.
Try: Tsukemono samples and snacks