Nakau - Karasuma Ebisugawa — Restaurant in Kyoto

About JPY950 for my fried chicken rice bowl, including the add on for spring onions, egg and chili oil and a salad. About JPY150 for the udon noodles soup. For the price, really can’t complain. Plus it was all really tasty anyway, so I really did have no complains! It’s affordable, easy to get to from our hotel. We stayed at Crowne Plaza Kyoto, it was roughly 10 mins away by foot. We were bored of the hotel breakfast and wanted to try some local food on our last day. Most of the nearby restaurants only open at 11.30am which was too late for us. Thankfully, Nakau was open! I see other reviews stating that it’s open 24/7, but I couldn’t find the information in the restaurant itself. Ordering was easy through the self service kiosk. Payment was made at the kiosk itself, then you’ll be issued a ticket number. Your number will be called and displayed on the TV for self pick up from the counter when it’s ready. Don’t worry if you can’t read Japanese, they have an English...

Love this place! There is a large variety of food to choose from...I'd say there are Japanese comfort food. It stays open later at night than other restaurants. We could order food off a electronic kiosk, pay for our order, and a screen on a wall showed which number is ready for pick up at the counter. We didn't need to speak or understand any Japanese, and we could take our time to figure out what we wanted to eat. Zero pressure.

Food tasted good, too. Since this is not a full-service restaurant, the only service is when you pick up your order at...

Want good food, but don't feel like speaking to anyone? This place is perfect for that. Order your food on the kiosk. Don't be like me and maneuver to the website and put in an order for a reservation/takeaway. When you order, your number will pop up on the screen. When it moves from prepped to ready, just pick up your tray at the counter. My friend had eel and rice. I had the eel on top of egg & chicken rice. It was delicious. I also ordered the jelly latte and pudding. So good. I probably ate a bit too much for 9am, but...