Boulangerie Rauk — Restaurant in Kyoto

This bakery served as my breakfast for the 4 days I was in Kyoto. The little pizza buns are a great kickstarter for the mornings and the buns and sweets offer a taste of Japanese baking.

The bakery calls itself a traditional French bakery and while some of the pastries do approach their originals they are still far too bready.

Despite this I strongly recommend visiting this spot if you have a sweet tooth that...

The bread is awful, sadly. Very dry and tough breads. The bean and chestnut filings taste pretty good. I had to eat them because I didn't have much other food with me, but would rather have thrown them away. They were more expensive than other bakery items we found in Japan and much worse. They are not fluffy at all. We won't go...

Sold me a meat sandwich when i asked for vegetarian(specified no meat, no fish and she confirmed she understood).my last day in Japan ruined by this bakery. Never had this issue when I travelled all across the country. Had bought a croissant, apple pie and egg sandwich as well, all tasted stale (i went there around 8:30 in...