James Kitchen

Choose a sauce for your hamburg steak, then decide how much you want to eat. At James Kitchen in the Hyakumanben area, you can put together a meal to suit your taste and appetite. The options include classic demi-glace, basil tomato, garlic butter, Japanese-style grated radish, sesame and miso, curry, yakiniku-style and mentaiko mayonnaise. Start with demi-glace, perhaps, then try a sauce that catches your eye next time as you find your favourite.

One diner described the garlic-butter hamburg steak with fried garlic as a combination that went especially well with rice. They also enjoyed the potato fries with meat juices and ordered a large portion of rice. It is an option to bear in mind when you want a hearty meal. Another diner chose the mentaiko-sauce hamburg steak and found the M size filling, which may help if you are unsure what size to order. For a sauce with plenty of presence, mentaiko mayonnaise is another tempting choice.

Portions range from S to L, with W and W Special options for a double serving; the menu identifies L as its most popular size. M is the standard option, while a larger size or W may suit a bigger appetite. Diners have also mentioned being able to choose the amount of rice, making it easier to adjust the meal to suit. Hamburg steak comes with rice, miso soup and salad, and both rice and miso soup can be refilled. You can make a meal of a generous serving of rice or add another bowl of miso soup.

This Western-style restaurant is in the Hyakumanben area near Kyoto University, at Tanaka Monzencho in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto. It serves lunch and dinner, with both dine-in and takeaway available. The restaurant is also described as suitable for solo dining, making it an easy option for a casual hamburg steak meal.