Vegetarian food can be sometimes hard to find, but it’s not impossible. In Shinjuku, Tokyo, and now also in Hiroo, you can find a small vegan/vegetarian burger restaurant named Ain Soph.Ripple which serves vegan burgers, fries and more for reasonable prices.
The restaurant is a bit hidden in a side street close to Shinjuku Station and not in the direction you usually go. You can get a hamburger set with french fries (or a soup) starting with 1300 Yen and can choose between different types (chicken burger, cheese burger, you name it). They also have some salads, burritos and desserts. I think the price is okay for what you get. I sometimes go there and have been there several times when I feel like eating burgers. The shop is not that big so that sometimes you have to wait for a seat. It always seems to be full of foreign people, Japanese people don’t seem to go here that much. Nevertheless I like the relaxed atmosphere and a burger set menu is always enough to get me full.
Ain Soph.Ripple
Website: http://ain-soph.jp/ripple/
Nisshou Buildung 1F, 2-46-8 Kabukicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Open: 11:00〜21:30 (Mon-Sun)
Prices: A normal hamburger 1.100 Yen, plus 200 Yen for a set menu with french fries or soup
Access: A 10-minute walk from JR Shinjuku Station (East Exit), 7 minutes walk from JR Okubo Station