plot.

Deep in North-Kyoto’s Omiyahirakicho area on a forty minute bus ride from Kyoto center is a new stylish restaurant/café called ‘ plot. ‘. Plot. opened it’s doors on 25 November 2022 and is run by a very friendly young couple. The store’s name, plot, is an English word that means the concept or plot of a novel or play. It is a name given from the desire to become a place where such various ideas and scenarios are born.

The café sits in a white standalone corner building right next to Omiya Traffic Park and can be reached by bus #1, busstop Gentaku Shita. Inside, you will find a mostly white interior that is spacious and elegant with beautiful, high-quality wood furniture and lighting. The seating consisting of table seats for six persons and kitchen counter seats also for six persons uses beautiful Hans J Wegner Kennedy like chairs with leather seats that sit absolutely comfortable. A lot of money has been invested in the interior and you can see and feel that in the beautiful materials. Lighting consists of industrial style lamps that include Hermosa Compton pendant lamps , Hermosa Hunt Glass Shade pendant lamps and a Hermosa CE-002GD downlight .

Plot serves breakfast, lunch, dinner or sweets, and with the three main meals you can choose from pasta plates including Carbonara, Smoked salmon and spinach, Arrabiata or Squid ink pasta, salads (green salad or seasonal fruits salad) or soup (today’s soup). They also have various breads like toast (butter or orange butter), bread (original bread with ham, egg, salad and todays mini soup) and small breads (original small breads that can be ordered with pasta). There is also a la carte appetizers like carpaccio, beef tagliata, pickles, sausages, various cheese and mixed nuts.

For sweets the menu offers: “cheesecake, gâteau au chocolat (chocolate cake), Crème brûlée or apple cake”. A wide variety of drinks is also available including coffee, mandarin juice, ginger ale and even alcohol like wine, whisky, beer and and sparkling wine.

Plot is an elegant café run by a very friendly couple that serves delicious food and even though it might be far from Kyoto city center it’s definitely worth the trip.