[Large wine selection] Best Restaurants in Kyoto & Kawaramachi/Kiyamachi/Pontocho (Downtown Kyoto)

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

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

None

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

Leave Karasyma Oike station and walk west along Oike-dori, then turn north into Nishinotoin-dori and the restaurant is located a short way down the west side (two doors south of Mikane shrine).

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.

6,000 JPY

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

Monday

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

3-minute walk from Kawaramachi Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line, 3-minute walk from Gion-shijo Station on the Keihan Main Line

9,000 JPY

Lunch 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm (L.O. 3:00 pm) *Food L.O. 3:00 pm/Drink L.O. 3:30 pm / Dinner 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm (L.O. 10:00 pm) *Food L.O. 10:00 pm/Drink L.O. 10:30 pm

None

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

3-minute walk from Gion-shijo Station on Keihan Main Line (The restaurant is located 300m away from the Station), 10-minute walk from Exit 1 of Kyoto-kawaramachi Station on Hankyu Kyoto 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.

4,000 JPY

[Monday, Wednesday to Sunday, public holiday, day before public holiday] normally 18:00 to 02:00

Sundays

Unknown.

A 6-minute walk from Gion-Shijo station on the Keihan Main Line/A 5-minute walk from Karasuma station, or a 4-minute walk from Kawaramachi station on the Hankyu Kyoto Main Line

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.

6,000 JPY

Normal hours: 17:00-00:00 (last order at 23:30)

None

Unknown.

Seven minutes on foot from Karasuma Oike Station. Located two blocks north of Kyoto Oike Junior High School.

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

7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Irregular

Unknown.

Keihan Main Line, 10 minutes from Gion-Shijo Station (if you're coming by car, it's very close to the Higashiyama-Yasui traffic light)

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: 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: 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: 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