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Set Meals & Bento

Looking for an affordable or portable meal in Hiroshima? Whether in the yoshoku (western influenced) or the washoku (traditional) style, what Hiroshima set meals have in common is a distinctly Japanese sense of culinary organization at budget prices. Discover your next bento lunch of wagyu beef over rice and enjoy it on a bench under the autumn leaves along the Motoyasu River. Find a place to sit down in a time-worn, Showa-era restaurant, elbow to elbow with the locals while you enjoy a teishoku set meal featuring a Japanese hamburger steak (hambagu). Eat in or take out Japanese home cooking with our selection.

Machi no Gohan-ya Chidori (街のごはん屋千鳥)

Just a one-minute walk from the Chuden-mae Hiroden streetcar stop and situated within the Daiwa Roynet Hotel’s first floor, Machi no Gohan-ya Chidori is a Japanese restaurant operated by a popular local catering and bento business that sells teishoku (定食 – set meals). During breakfast hours, it also serves as the breakfast venue for the Daiwa Roynet Hotel. The restaurant the old-timey system of purchasing meal tickets from a vending machine and handing them to the staff to place their orders. Customers can pay with cash or with credit card.

Moment of Joy

At Chidori, customers can enjoy the flavors of a bento establishment that has been beloved in its hometown of Hiroshima for over 60 years, served here as set meals. There is a wide variety of main dishes—spanning Japanese, Western, and Chinese cuisines—alongside options like rice bowls and curry. You can also upgrade to a large portion of rice, making Chidori a great choice for those looking to fill up on steamed rice.