Best Italian & French Restaurants in Kyoto and Osaka Area

Dinner: 7,000 JPY / Lunch: 3,500 JPY

Lunch 11:00 am - 2:30 pm (L.O. 2:00 pm) Dinner: 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 9:00 pm)

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English menu and English-speaking staff available.

8-minute walk north from JR, Hankyu, and Hanshin Sannomiya Station, Approximately 8 minutes walk from West Exit 2 of Sannomiya Station (Kobe Municipal Subway) on the Yamanote Line

Dinner: 10,000 JPY / Lunch: 6,000 JPY

[Tuesday-Sunday, National Holidays, Day Before National Holiday] Lunch 11:30 am - 4:00 pm Last entry 2:00 am / Dinner 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Monday

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

5-minute walk from Sannomiya Station on each line

Dinner: 10,000 JPY / Lunch: 5,000 JPY

[Tuesday - Sunday] Lunch 11:30 am - 2:30 pm (L.O. 1:30 pm) *Lunch reservations are accepted by phone call only. / Dinner 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm (L.O. 8:30 pm)

Monday

English menu available.

8-minute walk from Jingu-marutamachi Station. Cross the Kamo River, head west, and turn left onto Teramachi Street. The restaurant will be on your right side.

Dinner: 6,000 JPY / Lunch: 3,500 JPY

Lunch 11:00 am -3:00 pm (L.O. 2:30 pm) / Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 9:00 pm)

Irregular

English menu available.

2-minute walk from Sannomiya Station on the JR Kobe Line /  2-minute walk from Sannomiya Station on Kobe Municipal Subway Seishin-Yamate Line

Dinner: 15,000 JPY / Lunch: 6,000 JPY

[Tuesday-Sunday, National Holidays, Day Before National Holiday] Lunch 11:30 am - 2:30 pm (L.O. 1:30 pm) / Dinner 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 8:30 pm)

Monday

English menu available.

Located along Tominokoji-dori Street, southward from Marutamachi-dori Street

Dinner: 15,000 JPY / Lunch: 5,000 JPY

Lunch 11:30 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:30 pm) / Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:30 pm (L.O. 9:00 pm)

Monday

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

5-minute walk from [Sannomiya Station]. On the 2nd floor of the building next to Ikuta Shrine.

Dinner: 8,000 JPY / Lunch: 4,000 JPY

[Weekdays] Lunch: 11:30 - 3:30 pm (L.O. 2:30) *Cafe and shop on the second floor is open all day. Dinner: 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm (L.O. 8:00 pm), [Saturday] Lunch: 11:30 am - 4:00 pm, Dinner: 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm (L.O. 9:00 pm), [Sunday, National Holidays] 11:30 am - 9:00 pm (L.O. 8:00 pm)

Irregular

English menu available.

2 minutes on foot from Shintetsu Flower Town. 10 minutes by taxi from JR Sanda Station. 6 minutes from the Chugoku Expressway Kobe Sanda Interchange.

Dinner: 22,000 JPY / Lunch: 14,000 JPY

[Monday, Tuesday, Thursday-Sunday] Lunch 11:30 am - 2:30 pm / Dinner 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Wednesday

English menu available.

A 1-minute walk from Exit 6 of Gion-Shijo Station on the Keihan Main Line, located on the 4F of the Shimaya Building next to the Minami-za Theater

Dinner: 15,000 JPY / Lunch: 5,000 JPY

Lunch 11:30 am - 2:00 pm (L.O. 2:00 pm), Dinner 5:00 pm - 9:30 pm (L.O. 9:30 pm)

Irregular

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

2-minute walk from Kitashinchi Station on JR Tozai Line

1,500 JPY

Lunch 11:00 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:30 pm) / Dinner 5:00 pm - 8:30 pm (L.O. 8:00 pm)

English menu available.

3-minute walk from Sannomiya-Hanadokeimae Station on Kobe City Subway, 5-minute walk from JR Sannomiya Station/ Kobe Sannomiya Station on Hankyu Railway and Hanshin Electric Railway

Dinner: 20,000 JPY / Lunch: 12,000 JPY

[Wednesday - Sunday, National Holidays] Lunch 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm (L.O. 1:00 pm) / Dinner 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 7:30 pm)

Monday, Tuesday

English menu available.

5-minute walk from Exit 6 of Gion-shijo Station on the Keihan Main Line

Dinner: 6,500 JPY / Lunch: 1,800 JPY

Dinner 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm (L.O.10:00) / Lunch 11:00 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:00 pm)

Irregular

English menu available.

5-minute walk from Exit 4-1 of Karasuma Station on Kyoto Muncipal Subway Karasuma Line

15,000 JPY

[Weekdays, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Day Before National Holidays] 6:00 pm - 2:00 am (L.O. 10:00 pm for both courses and a la carte)

Sunday, National Holidays. *Closed during the New Year's Period, summer vacation

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3-minute walk from Exit 1 of Oebashi Station on the Keihan Nakanoshima Line

Dinner: 10,000 JPY / Lunch: 2,500 JPY

Lunch 11:30 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:30 pm)  / Dinner 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm (L.O. 10:00 pm) Drink L.O. 10:30 pm Also available as a wine bar

Irregular

English menu available.

1-minute walk from Exit 5 of Shinsaibashi Station on the Osaka Metro Midosuji Line and Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line, 3-minute walk from Exit 7 of Nagahoribashi Station on the Sakaisuji Line

Dinner: 8,000 JPY / Lunch: 1,200 JPY

Wednesday

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5-minute walk from Shin-Fukushima Station on JR Tozai Line

Dinner: 20,000 JPY / Lunch: 10,000 JPY

Lunch 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:00 pm) / Dinner 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm (L.O. 8:00 pm)

Wednesday

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

14-minute walk from Keage Station on Kyoto Municipal Subway Tozai Line / 1-minute walk from Okazaki Jinja-mae bus stop

Dinner: 5,500 JPY / Lunch: 3,500 JPY

Lunch 11:30 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:30 pm) / Dinner 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 9:30 pm) *Rooftop Bar is open until 11:00 pm on Friday, Saturday, and the Day Before National Holiday (L.O. Food 10:00 pm, Drink 10:30 pm), [Saturday, Sunday, National Holiday] Tea Times 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm (L.O. 5:00 pm)

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English menu and English-speaking staff available.

1-minute walk from Karasuma Oike Station on Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line and Tozai Line. It's located on the 3rd floor of Ace Hotel Kyoto.

Dinner: 10,000 JPY / Lunch: 4,000 JPY

[Tuesday - Saturday, Holidays, Days Before Holidays] Lunch 12:00-15:00 (L.O.13:00) [weekdays, Saturday, Holidays, Days Before Holidays] 17:00-23:00 (L.O. 21:30)

Sunday

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5 minutes walk from Sannomiya Station, between Kitanozaka and Flower Road, 1 road to the east from shabushabu restaurant [Tokeiya]

Dinner: 20,000 JPY / Lunch: 15,000 JPY

[Weekdays, Saturday, Sunday, National Holidays]  Lunch 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm (L.O. 1:30 pm) *Reservations must be made at least 2 days in advance. / Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 8:00 pm)

Irregular

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

1 minute walk from West Exit 3 of Sannomiya Station on the Subway Yamate Line, 5 minutes walk from West Exit of Hankyu Sannomiya Station, 7 minutes walk from West Exit of JR Sannomiya Station (near Ikuta Shrine)

Dinner: 23,000 JPY / Lunch: 13,000 JPY

Lunch 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm (L.O. 12:30 pm) / Dinner 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm (L.O. 7:00 pm)

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English menu and English-speaking staff available.

Go west from the site where the Tokyu Hands used to be. Turn the corner of the hotel, the b kobe, and walk 3 minutes to the mountainside. It is on the first floor of a white-walled apartment building at the corner of a cross street.