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Calories · Japanese

Calories in gyudon

A typical restaurant serving of gyudon (one regular-size nami bowl, about 350 g) is about 630 calories, usually 470–1,010.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called beef bowl, Japanese beef rice bowl.

~630
Gyudon

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein20 g
  • Carbs88 g
  • Fat24 g

One serving

Serving
one regular-size nami bowl
Weight
~350 g
Per 100 g
~181

The dish

About gyudon

A gyudon is rice topped with fatty beef and onion simmered in a sweet soy broth. At Yoshinoya Japan a regular bowl is about 630 kcal, and the bowl size you pick changes the total more than anything else.

What moves the number

Why one plate is 470 and another 1,010

  • Thin-sliced fatty beef simmered in sweet soy
  • A deep bed of rice
  • Bigger bowl sizes (large and extra-large add 200–400 kcal)

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Order the small size
  • Ask for less sauce (tsuyu) on the rice
  • Add a side salad instead of a raw egg

Side by side

Next to other Japanese dishes

Japanese · typical restaurant servingAll about Japanese food →

  • Miso soup~50one bowl with tofu and seaweed · usually 30–90
  • Salmon nigiri~110two pieces, one plate · usually 70–150
  • Salmon sashimi~220about 100 g of sliced raw salmon, roughly six to eight slices · usually 150–340
  • Shrimp tempura~240five pieces of shrimp tempura, dipping sauce and rice not included · usually 180–400
  • California roll~300one roll cut into 8 pieces · usually 230–420
  • Udon noodle soup~300one bowl of plain kake udon in dashi broth, no tempura or extra toppings · usually 250–650
  • Chicken karaage~310five pieces of fried chicken karaage · usually 230–500
  • Gyoza~310six pan-fried pork gyoza, dipping sauce not included · usually 200–480
  • Tonkatsu~420one fried pork cutlet, without the rice, soup and cabbage · usually 330–600
  • Oyakodon~590one bowl of rice topped with chicken, egg and onion · usually 480–780
  • Gyudon~630one regular-size nami bowl · usually 470–1,010
  • Shoyu ramen~710one restaurant bowl with broth, noodles, chashu and egg · usually 520–1,000

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How these numbers were made

Method and sources

Last reviewed

Restaurant portions and cooking vary, so these are typical estimates for one serving, built from the sources below. Treat it as a rough number: your plate may land anywhere in the range.

If you manage a health condition, ask a doctor or registered dietitian.

AI helped draft this page; every number was checked against the sources.

  1. Yoshinoya Japan — menu allergen and composition table (PDF), gyudon by size
  2. Yoshinoya America — menu facts table, gyudon beef bowls

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in gyudon?

A typical restaurant serving of gyudon (one regular-size nami bowl, about 350 g) is about 630 calories, usually 470–1,010. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

How many calories are in a large gyudon?

Yoshinoya's larger sizes add about 200–400 to the regular bowl's 630, so an extra-large bowl lands near 1,000.

Is gyudon a light meal?

It is mostly rice and fatty beef: a regular bowl is about 630, close to chicken adobo with a cup of rice.

What changes the calories in gyudon?

Thin-sliced fatty beef simmered in sweet soy. A deep bed of rice.

How can I order gyudon lighter?

Order the small size. Ask for less sauce (tsuyu) on the rice.

Can PlateDiary show calories for the dishes I eat out?

Yes, if you want it to: calories in PlateDiary are off unless you turn them on. Switch them on and each dish you save from a photo of the table gets one rough “~” number you can accept or change.