Kyoto, Japan｜Matsuya Kawaramachi

The food is delicious and very affordably priced. The original gyudon is flavourful with fatty and tender beef slices. The portion is quite standard but honestly you can’t complain with the price you are paying for it. Moreover, you can always request for a larger portion at an additional cost. The gyudon with spring onion and onsen egg would be my go to dish. If I was a Japanese man I would eat this everyday!

Incredible value for the amount you pay. For only about 500 to 600 yen, you get a full meal including Miso soup. This is a self service type of station where you order at a kiosk (the kiosk supports multiple languages). It also accepts credit card payments. Once you've ordered, just take your ticket number and wait for it to appear on the screen. Once it's ready, you go fetch your own food and sit at an eating station. There's free water and tea at the self service station. Once done, just take your tray to the cleaning station and drop it off. I got the beef rice bowl with egg and Miso Soup. Again, a lot better taste and quality than I was expecting and you get quite a bit of value for the price!

Cheap, fast and tasty. Ticket machine does have an English option.