Best Restaurants in Kyoto & Kawaramachi/Kiyamachi/Pontocho (Downtown Kyoto)

Dinner: 5,000 JPY / Lunch: 2,500 JPY

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

Irregular

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

6-minute walk from Keihan main Line [Gion-Shijo Station] No.7 exit / 9-minute walk from Hankyu Kyoto Line [Kawaramachi Station] 1-A exit

Dinner: 22,000 JPY / Lunch: 10,000 JPY

[Tuesday-Sunday, National Holidays] Dinner (course) 6:30 pm - 11:00 pm / [Friday - Sunday] Lunch (course) 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Monday

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

Opposite The Ritz-Carlton Kyoto. The 4th house to the east of the Kiyamachi Nijo Intersection. 

Dinner: 11,000 JPY / Lunch: 5,500 JPY

Lunch 11:30 am - 1:30 pm (L.O. 1:30 pm), Last entry at 1:30 pm / Dinner 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Irregular

Unknown.

Located near the Giontatsumi Bridge. It's down a narrow alley north of the Tatsumi Daimyojin shrine, just off Shinbashi Street.

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: 3,500 JPY

[Tuesday-Sunday, National Holidays, Day Before National Holidays] Lunch 11:30 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:00 pm) Dinner 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm (L.O. 10:00pm)

Monday

English menu available.

03-minute walk from Karasuma Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Main Line. It is located up Takakura-dori Bukkoji.

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

Lunch 11:30 am - 3:00 pm (Food/Drink L.O. 2:00 pm) / Dinner 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm (Food L.O. 9:30 pm, Drink L.O. 10:00 pm) [Sunday, National Holidays] Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Food L.O. 9:00 pm, Drink L.O. 9:30 pm) *Smoking room available

None

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

2-minute walk from Karasuma Station Exit 18

9,000 JPY

[Weekdays, Saturday] 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 9:00 pm)

Irregular

English menu available.

4-minute walk from Gion-shijo Station, 5-minute walk from Kawaramachi Station

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: 8,800 JPY / Lunch: 4,180 JPY

[Weekdays, Saturday, Sunday] Lunch 11:30 am - 3:00 pm / Dinner 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm (L.O. 8:00 pm)

Wednesday,New year's day

English menu available.

1-minute walk from Kyoto-kawaramachi Station / From Exit6, head East for 10meters, and you will find the restaurant next to LAWSON

Dinner: 28,000 JPY / Lunch: 11,000 JPY

[Monday, Tuesday, Thursday - Sunday, National Holidays] Lunch 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm (L.O. 1:30 pm) *Only Japanese tatami room is available at lunch time. / Dinner 6:00 pm - 11:00pm (L.O. 10:30 pm)

Wednesday

Unknown.

18-minute walk from Imadegawa Station on Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line

Dinner: 4,000 JPY / Lunch: 2,500 JPY

Lunch 11:30 am - 3:00 pm / Dinner 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Irregular

Unknown.

10 minutes walk from Gion-Shijo Station on the Keihan Main Line

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

Lunch 11:00 am - 2:00 pm (L.O. 1:30 pm) / Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 9:00 pm)

Irregular

English menu available.

3-minute walk from Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station on City Subway

15,000 JPY

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

Tuesday, Wednesday

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

6-minute walk from Exit 25 of Karasuma Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line and Shijo Station on the Kyoto Municipal Subway

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: 6,000 JPY / Lunch: 6,000 JPY

11:00 am - 10:00 pm (L.O. 9:00 pm)

Irregular

English menu available.

1-minute walk from Karasuma Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line. It's on the Store 8th floor of the Daimaru Kyoto Store, directly connected to the underground passage.

3,000 JPY

1:00 pm - 11:00 pm (L.O.10:00 pm)

Irregular

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

502m from Gion-shijo Station

1,500 JPY

11:30 am - 10:00 pm (L.O. 9:30 pm) Toppings such as the egg and green onions can be removed. Feel free to ask staff. 

None. May be closed during end of year holiday.

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

Get off at Keihan Sanjo Station and cross the Sanjo Ohashi Bridge, then go straight until Kawaramachi-dori Street. Go south down Kawaramachi-dori Street and walk 2 minutes on the left side. Close to Uniqlo.

4,000 JPY

11:00 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:30 pm)

Thursday

English menu available.

3-minute walk from Nijojo-mae Station on the Subway Tozai Line

24,200 JPY

[Monday-Saturday, National Holidays, Day Before National Holidays] Dinner 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Sunday

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

6-minute walk from Gion-Shijo Station on the Keihan Electric Railway Keihan Main Line. It is located on the corner straight ahead from the back gate of Ebisu Shrine.