Kyoto Restaurants
Food scene
This restaurant has a warm, retro atmosphere and specializes in Kyoto style sushi.
Arashiyama Daizen
This restaurant has a warm, retro atmosphere and specializes in Kyoto style sushi.
The restaurant's name is pronounced Shoraian. Elegant, Japanese style atmosphere, beautifully presented tofu based cuisine
松籟庵
嵯峨亀ノ尾町-官有地内 右京区The restaurant's name is pronounced Shoraian. Elegant, Japanese style atmosphere, beautifully presented tofu based cuisine
Restaurant Name: Osara To Spoon. Located in an atmospheric old Kyoto machiya house, this restaurant serves delicious western style food using local seasonal ingredients.
お皿とスプーン
Restaurant Name: Osara To Spoon. Located in an atmospheric old Kyoto machiya house, this restaurant serves delicious western style food using local seasonal ingredients.
Restaurant specializing in a style of cuisine using fu (wheat gluten) and yuba (soymilk skin) in varied combinations. This is the style of cuisine that grew out of Buddhist monks' historically vegetarian diet.
42 abantu bendawo batusa
Hanbeifu
433 ShōninchōRestaurant specializing in a style of cuisine using fu (wheat gluten) and yuba (soymilk skin) in varied combinations. This is the style of cuisine that grew out of Buddhist monks' historically vegetarian diet.
Yakiniku: Tabletop grill-it-yourself meats ranging from familiar cuts to tongue, intestine, and other innards. All delicious and served with a variety of dipping sauces, best with Japanese beer. (Please note that this is a local, hole in the wall type of place, and it can become very smoky with all the grills going.)
15 abantu bendawo batusa
Aje Kiyamachi Donguri
Tennocho-144-3 Shimogyo WardYakiniku: Tabletop grill-it-yourself meats ranging from familiar cuts to tongue, intestine, and other innards. All delicious and served with a variety of dipping sauces, best with Japanese beer. (Please note that this is a local, hole in the wall type of place, and it can become very smoky with all the grills going.)
Yakiniku: tabletop grill-it-yourself meats ranging from familiar cuts to tongue, intestine, and other innards. All delicious and served with a variety of dipping sauces, best with Japanese beer. (Please note that this is a local, hole in the wall type of place, and it can become very smoky with all the grills going.)
14 abantu bendawo batusa
Aje Matsubara Honten
西 Shimogyo WardYakiniku: tabletop grill-it-yourself meats ranging from familiar cuts to tongue, intestine, and other innards. All delicious and served with a variety of dipping sauces, best with Japanese beer. (Please note that this is a local, hole in the wall type of place, and it can become very smoky with all the grills going.)
Giro Giro Hitoshina
西木屋町 Shimogyo WardA modern take on traditional Kyoto kaiseki cuisine
Ten You
Tempura in an intimate counter-seating atmosphere
Shinrin Shokudo
西ノ京内畑町 中京区Delicious, creative curry in friendly and funky atmosphere.
Spice Curry MUJARA
832 BōmonchōDelicious curry, psychedelic atmosphere
Restaurant name: Katsukura. This is a chain restaurant, but it's a great way to try “tonkatsu” one of the classic Japanese interpretations of western style food. They have several other locations around Kyoto too.
11 abantu bendawo batusa
かつくら 三条本店
石橋町-16 中京区Restaurant name: Katsukura. This is a chain restaurant, but it's a great way to try “tonkatsu” one of the classic Japanese interpretations of western style food. They have several other locations around Kyoto too.
Very simple cafe serving healthy home cooked style Japanese and western food. There’s no sign outside, just a tiny handwritten menu in a frame hung on the wall by the entrance.
Culotte
Hashimotochō Nakagyo WardVery simple cafe serving healthy home cooked style Japanese and western food. There’s no sign outside, just a tiny handwritten menu in a frame hung on the wall by the entrance.
Taiho
149 Nishinokyō HoshigaikechōDelicious Chinese food near Nijo Station.
Good place to try Japanese craft beer and small plates of food for sharing.
19 abantu bendawo batusa
Bungalow
15 KashiwayachōGood place to try Japanese craft beer and small plates of food for sharing.
Deaijaya Osen
Japanese food in a tucked away restaurant near Kiyamachi Street
Restaurant Name: D and Department. Cafe with green tea, Japanese sweets, and healthy Japanese lunch sets, located inside the grounds of Bukkoji Temple.
ディアンドデパートメント 京都
Restaurant Name: D and Department. Cafe with green tea, Japanese sweets, and healthy Japanese lunch sets, located inside the grounds of Bukkoji Temple.
We love Hygge! It's right around the corner from our building, serves coffee, tea, sweets, and simple lunch dishes.
16 abantu bendawo batusa
Hygge
Nishishinyashiki Chudojicho-74 Shimogyo WardWe love Hygge! It's right around the corner from our building, serves coffee, tea, sweets, and simple lunch dishes.
Charming coffee shop with retro atmosphere, open since the 1940s. They have coffee and a Western style breakfast. There are multiple locations around the city but our favorite is the original location.
65 abantu bendawo batusa
Inoda Coffee Sakaimachi Sanjo Head Shop
140 DōyūchōCharming coffee shop with retro atmosphere, open since the 1940s. They have coffee and a Western style breakfast. There are multiple locations around the city but our favorite is the original location.
Lorimer Kyoto
143 HashizumechōJapanese breakfast with beautiful attention to detail.
Cafe Phalam
24 Nishinokyō HokuseichōCozy cafe with vegan-friendly options near Nijo Station.
Nice cafe atmosphere with a variety of dishes for lunch, plus drinks and sweets
52 abantu bendawo batusa
Cafe Bibliotic Hello!
650 SeimeichōNice cafe atmosphere with a variety of dishes for lunch, plus drinks and sweets