14 brunch rooms in Kyoto we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Kyoto | Brunch across every city.
Kyoto's morning culture runs through its old coffee houses as much as its bakeries. Smart Coffee and Inoda Coffee Honten Morning anchor the kissaten breakfast around Karasuma-Kawaramachi, while Honke Daiichi Asahi near the station opens early for those after a bowl rather than a pastry. Walden Woods Kyoto and Blue Bottle Kyoto Brunch carry the lighter, third-wave end, and Ippodo Kaboku Cha-shitsu offers a tea-room version of the slow start.
Honke Daiichi Asahi ★ 4.4
kyoto-station · Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 600-8214, Japan
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.
Sizuya Carnet ★ 4.0
kyoto-station · Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 600-8214, Japan
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.
Nomura Showcase Breakfast ★ 4.1
karasuma-kawaramachi · Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8131, Japan
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.
Smart Coffee ★ 4.4
karasuma-kawaramachi · Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8082, Japan
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.
Inoda Coffee Honten Morning ★ 4.5
karasuma-kawaramachi · Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8118, Japan
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.
Walden Woods Kyoto ★ 4.2
karasuma-kawaramachi · Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 600-8445, Japan
Walden Woods' white-on-white brunch cafe in Shimogyo, Kyoto. Espresso tonics, lattes and a morning oat-milk programme; minimalist stepped-wood seating.
Ippodo Kaboku Cha-shitsu ★ 4.6
karasuma-kawaramachi · Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-0915, Japan
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.
Akatsuki Coffee Brunch ★ 4.4
demachiyanagi · Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8182, Japan
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.
Holly's Cafe Kyoto ★ 4.0
karasuma-kawaramachi · Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 600-8511, Japan
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.
Kissa Soiree ★ 4.2
karasuma-kawaramachi · Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8016, Japan
Soiree's 1948 Showa kissaten on Nishikiyamachi in Kyoto. iconic blue-soda jellies, cheesecakes and the city's most-photographed kissaten neon since the 1960s.
Fukujuen Kyoto Honten Brunch ★ 4.2
karasuma-kawaramachi · Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 600-8005, Japan
Fukujuen Kyoto's six-floor tea house on Shijo serves morning matcha-and-soba sets in Kyoto. Tea-blending workshop downstairs, brunch upstairs.
Le Petitmec Croissant Morning ★ 4.3
karasuma-kawaramachi · Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8094, Japan
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.
Blue Bottle Kyoto Brunch ★ 4.3
northern-higashiyama · Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8437, Japan
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.
Iolite Coffee Roasters Morning ★ 4.5
nakagyo · 422 Ikesucho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8242, Japan
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.