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

5,000 JPY

Dinner 6:00 pm - 12:00 am (L.O. 11:00 pm)

Irregular

Unknown.

4-minute walk from Exit 3 of Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station/ 6-minute walk from Exit 7 of Sanjo Station

Dinner: 7,000 JPY / Lunch: 6,000 JPY

[Monday - Friday] Dinner 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm (L.O. 10:15 pm), [Saturday, Sunday, National Holidays] 11:30 am - 11:00 pm (L.O. 10:15 pm)

None

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

2-minute walk from Gion-shijo Station on the Keihan Main Line. 4-minute walk from Kyoto-kawaramachi Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line.

5,000 JPY

2:00 pm - 12:00 am

Irregular

English-speaking staff available.

1-minute walk from Exit 1 of Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station on the Kyoto Municipal Tozai Line

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

Lunch 11:30 am - 3:30 pm (L.O. 2:30 pm) / Afternoon Tea 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm (L.O. 3:30 pm) *Afternoon Tea Course Only / Dinner 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 8:30 pm)

None

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

15-minute drive from Kyoto Station, 5-minute walk from Kiyomizu-michi bus stop

Dinner: 8,000 JPY / Lunch: 2,900 JPY

[Monday-Wednesday, Friday-Sunday, National Holidays, Day before National Holidays] Lunch 11:30 pm - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:00 pm) / Dinner 5:30 pm - 11:00 pm (L.O. 10:00 pm)

Thursday, Irregular Closed on Wednesday

Unknown.

Four minute walk from Marutamachi Station (exit 7). Walk south and turn left at the first intersection onto Ebisu-gawa Dori. Turn left again at Higashinotoin Dori and you will see the restaurant on the right.

Dinner: 6,000 JPY / Lunch: 980 JPY

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

Irregular

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

A five-minute walk from neighboring stations.

3,500 JPY

Normal hours: 5:00 pm - 12:00 am (last order 11:30 pm)

Sundays

Unknown.

A 5-minute walk from Exit 26 of Hankyu Karasuma Station. Turn right at the crossing by the Sumitomo Life Kyoto Building and go straight; it will be on your left.

Dinner: 33,000 JPY / Lunch: 12,650 JPY

[Weekdays, Saturday, National Holidays, Day before National Holidays] Lunch: 12:00 - 15:00 *Please come at 12:00 / Dinner: 18:00 - 20:00 (Last order: 20:00) *Food served at customers' pace.

Irregular

Unknown.

A seven minute walk from Kyoto City Bus Higashiyama-Yasui bus stop/ From Higashioji-dori, take Kodaiji-minamimon-dori, turn left on Shimogawara-dori and keep going for 50 meters. It is located on a back alley.

15,000 JPY

[Weekday/Saturday] Dinner from 18:00-00:00 (last order at 22:00) [Sunday/national holiday] Dinner from 18:00-22:00 (last order at 20:30) [Sunday] Lunch from 12:00-14:00 (last order at 13:30)

Mondays

English-speaking staff available.

From the station, walk up Shijou-dori towards Yasaka shrine (Gion), turn right on Hanami-koujidori towards Kenniji temple, turn right at the first corner, then make the first left.

Dinner: 19,000 JPY / Lunch: 7,000 JPY

[Weekdays, Saturday, Holidays, Days before holidays] Lunch 11:30-13:00 Customers can enter until 13:00/Dinner 17:00-20:00 To enter after 20:00, please call beforehand.

Sundays, Last Monday of every month

English menu available.

Keihan Main Line, 5 minutes walk from Gion-Shijo Station.

Dinner: 25,000 JPY / Lunch: 15,000 JPY

[Monday, Tuesday, Friday - Sunday, National Holidays, Day Before National Holidays] Lunch from 12:00 pm (L.O. 1:30 pm) / Dinner from 6:00 pm (L.O. 9:00 pm)

Wednesday, Thursday

English-speaking staff available.

Five-minute walk from Exit 6 at Gion-Shijo Station on the Keihan Main Line.

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: 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: 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: 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: 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

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

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

4,000 JPY

Dinner 3:00 pm - 12:00 am (Food L.O. 11:00 pm, Drink L.O. 11:30 pm)

None

English menu available.

Go north on Sakaimachi-dori Street from Exit 14 of Karasuma Station. Turn left on Nishikikoji Dori, and the building is on the left.