Vegetarian Cafe Ren Horikawa — Restaurant in Kyoto

Wow!! I was so surprised to stumble upon this humble vegetarian vegan catering restaurant. The staff were super kind and explained the menu to me. It is run by a super lovely and knowledgable Taiwanese obasan, who will happily talk to you about all the nutrition in the food!

The atmosphere is really calm and you can relax while eating and after eating too, whether you’re alone or with other people. There is a wide variety of food to choose from, and of course you can take away too.

All the prices are very reasonable, a lot cheaper than the vegan places in the city centre. It’s also a great place to find neighbourhood events and find a community of other vegans - they were advertising vegan cooking classes and had magazines etc. You can also buy frozen vegan food from here to take home and cook yourself if you need. There are two other shops in Kyoto if you can’t make it to this one.

This time I took away vegan gyoza and soy milk ice cream, but next time for sure I will bring my family and friends. More people need to know about this place!! 100%...

Outstanding vegan food in Kyoto, easily best vegan experience in Japan over 3 weeks. Absolutely no comparison to anything else we've eaten. Everything feels and tastes home made and is of high quality. We lived in Sydney for over 19 years and this is top 5 vegan restaraunts for us. If your palate craves salt and sugar please be mindful that this food is wholesome and balanced. We had the karage, fried dumplings, unagi-don, radish cakes, chocolate cake, two drinks and bought some packet ramen for take away and it was less than 5500¥. If youre palate is evenly slightly refined and can appreciate wholesome home cooking, it's worth travelling from Tokyo or...

A bit off the beaten tracks but a beautiful small vegan cafe. My partner had the curry which he said was delicious, and I had the soymeat cutlet rice bowl. It had some fruit in the rice (apple salad) which I really enjoyed and it gave it a nice fresh flavour. Not exceptional food but very homely, warming and felt very traditional flavours or influence of other cultures.

We also had the donuts (not photoed) but these were amazing! Absolutely loved them.

Water by default was barley tea when we went.

Service - like all vegan places in Japan - was slow as there was only one chef but they were very friendly....