Kyoto, Japan｜Hanamaru Udon - Kyoto Nishiki

Great udon meal. Under 1k yen for a huge bowl. Fried chicken sides if you like. Spoke English as well which made ordering easy. Would recommend

Quick, cheap, tasty. Be aware that can be very busy during lunch, and the line will move quickly. Pay basically for small, medium, or large of 6 different noodle dishes. Then take tempura from a warming rack and pay. Only a few tables seating 4, chairs not moveable. Very good value for money.

Top tier food for bottom tier money. There's really no reason to queue for hours and hours for food in Japan like all of these tiktok influences try and entice you to. Food in Japan is excellent almost everywhere. Places like this are no exception. The food was great and the portion size was absolutely massive compared to regular Japanese places. I'm a fatty fatty fat fat and almost couldn't finish the large portion of udon. From what we could tell, all of the staff spoke great English too.