Hanabishi - Koya

Great shojin ryori, one of the best we tried! Especially the eggplant was heavenly. High quality ingredients. Very much recommended! They have different sizes of shojin ryori menus to choose from, we had the smallest ones and it was definitely enough for lunch!

There are two set options for vegans. One is 2,000¥ and the other is 5,000¥. We went for lunch so we went for the 2,000 set which has less food than the more expensive one. This set was plenty of food IMO, it came with many dishes that were all delicious and vegan plus it came with two teas, a little glass of sake, and a soy dessert. The aubergine/eggplant dish called nasu dengaku that is in the middle is one of my fave Japanese foods so I really enjoyed this meal. I’m sure the larger more expensive meal is also great and would recommend it to anyone wanting to try good monks food. I personally think it’s worth the price for this special meal, you can’t get this kind of food anywhere. Plus it’s made up of so many tiny different dishes with various flavours and textures that I can only imagine takes TIME to prepare.

Even at a low 2000 yen, the cheaper vegan set menu was delicious. If you enjoy -or want to discover- traditional Japanese cuisine, go for it!

Found this place thanks to Happy Cow When we arrived we were asked to wait in line for a table; but were quickly seated at the only free table once I indicated,using Google Translate, that we had a reservation. As with most places in Japan their spoken English was rather rudimentary Being the only vegan I chose the the vegetarian menu (Shojin Ryori) which in fact is vegan. I opted for the second of the three set menus (5000 yen). Expensive compared to the set menus chosen by my family (2800 yen) but so worth it. The food was refined, tasty and plentiful. HIGHLY recommended. Definitely deserves five stars Updated from previous review on 2019-08-02

There are two set options for vegans. one is 2,000 ¥ and the other is 5,000 ¥. we went to lunch, so we went for the 2,000 set that has less food than the more expensive. this set was a lot of eating imo, it came with lots of dressing that all delicious and vegan plus it came with two tees, a little glass of love, and a soy dessert. the Aubergine/Eggplantat court called nasu dengaku, which in the middle is one of my fave Japanese food, so I really enjoyed this meal. I am sure the greater more expensive meal is also great and would recommend it to everyone to taste good monks. I personally think that it is worth the price for this special meal, they can get this type of eating nowhere. Moreover, it consists of so many tiny different dresses with different aromes and textures that I can only imagine taking time to prepare.