Yayoiken Shijo Karasuma — Restaurant in Kyoto

This chain is indicative of how “restaurant chain” isn’t something that one need lower one’s expectations for. Most of this chain open early for breakfast crowds and stay open through lunch and oftentimes dinner.

If you’re looking for a place where you can enjoy a traditional Japanese breakfast, this is a great starting point. The menu is diverse enough to offer options for those not up to it however.

You select your breakfast by choosing on the in-house vendo and yep, it has an English language option. You place your order, take your seat and within 5 minutes, presto! Breakfast.

I chose a grilled mackerel breakfast set with natto. It was beautiful. Fresh fish, moist and flavoursome; rice; miso soup; natto with a sachet of nori “leaves”. Such a satisfying breakfast. It doesn’t sit heavily, stodging up your guts. Fans of kippers will dig this set.

An aside, if you’re in for brekky, and you’d like to try the mackerel set, do choose the breakfast set menu option. It’s friendlier than the bigger grilled...

A great restaurant if you want to go for a quick meal. You order at the machine and there is an English menu. After you paid (by cash or card), just sit down and hand your tickets over to a staff member.

I had the grilled mackerel menu with an extra side salad and extra potato crocket. For rice you can choose plain white rice or barley riceand I went for the barley rice. The dish also comes with a miso soup and a small side of soft tofu. The mackerel was so juicy and flavorful. It had a crispy skin and comes with a slice of lemon and some grated radish. The radiah will cut through the fattyness of the fish. The salad was light and fresh with yuzu-sesamy dressing. Make sure to order ine to get your veggie intake in for the meal. The potato crocket was crispy and had good flavor. If you want, there is unlimited refill on white rice.

I would a 100% recomment this place! We had two dinner meals, a large glass of lemon shochu, 2 side salads, 1 potato crocket and a side of fried squid for less than...

We had dinner at this 24-hours shokudo restaurant near Shijo Station and ordered the special menu of spicy noodle soup and ton shogayaki teishoku set (ginger pork rice + soup set). The total costs were just ¥ 1,980 including a glass of lemon sour drink. The dishes taste good and portion are generous. Yayoi Ken is also available overseas, including in Australia (our home) so we are glad to be able to try their dishes in Kyoto. The dinner meal are great value for your money, especially if you want quick, tasty and available 24 hours / day.

You order using order & payment station with LED screen where you can set the language to English. The machine allows payment...