Best Taverns & Italian/French Restaurants in Kyoto and Osaka Area

Dinner: 6,000 JPY / Lunch: 2,000 JPY

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

None

English menu available.

4-minute walk from JR Sannomiya Station/Hanshin Kobe-Sannomiya Station

5,000 JPY

[Monday, Tuesday, Thursday-Sunday, National Holidays, Day Before National Holidays] 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Wednesday

English-speaking staff available.

Come out the north side of the east exit of Motomachi station and walk east for one minute, turn left at the 7-Eleven, and from there it is a 2-minute walk.

Dinner: 3,000 JPY / Lunch: 750 JPY

[Tuesday - Sunday, National Holiday, Day before Nationsl Holiday] Dinner 5:00 pm - 11:30 pm (L.O. 10:00 pm, Drink L.O. 11:00 pm) [Wednesday - Friday] Lunch 11:30 am - 2:00 pm

There may be irregular Monday holidays.

English menu available.

A 1-minute walk from Marutamachi station on the Karasuma subway line

Dinner: 18,000 JPY / Lunch: 9,000 JPY

[Wednesday - Sunday, National Holidays, Day before National Holidays] Lunch 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm (Reservation accepted untill 1:30 pm) / Dinner 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm (Reservation accepted untill 7:30 pm)

Monday, Tuesday (open on National Holidays and closed on the following day)

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

5 minutes walk to the north from Ashiya station on JR Kobe Line. 6 minutes walk to the east from Ashiyagawa Station on Hankyu Line

Dinner: 5,000 JPY / Lunch: 1,000 JPY

[Weekday, Saturday] Lunch 11:30 am - 2:00 pm (L.O. 2:00 pm) / Dinner 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 10:00 pm)

Sunday

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

2 minutes walk from Tanimachi Yonchome Station on Osaka Municipal Subway Tanimachi Line or Chuo Line. After exiting from exit 3, turn left at the first signal along Honmachi-dori.

Dinner: 13,000 JPY / Lunch: 7,000 JPY

[Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, Holidays] Lunch 11:30 - 15:00 (last order 14:30) [Tuesday - Sunday, Holidays] Dinner 17:30 - 22:30 (last order 21:00)

Monday

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

3-minute walk from Shinsaibashi Station (Midosuji Line). Right out of South number 8 exit from the Crysta Nagahori parking lot.

3,000 JPY

[Monday-Thursday] Dinner 6:00 pm - 2:00 am (L.O. 1:00 am), [Friday, Saturday, Day Before National Holidays] Dinner 6:00 pm - 5:00 am (L.O. 4:00 am)

Irregular 

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

4-minute walk from Keihan Sanjo Station, 7-minute walk from Hankyu Kawaramachi 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: 4,000 JPY / Lunch: 4,000 JPY

[Monday-Friday] Dinner 4:00 pm - 11:00 pm (L.O. 10:30 pm) / [Saturday, Sunday, National Holidays] 12:00 pm - 11:00 pm (L.O. 10:30 pm)

Irregular

English menu available.

About 6-minute walk from the Nishinotoin Exit of JR Kyoto Station / About 10-minute walk from the Central Exit of Kyoto Station on the Kintetsu Kyoto Line

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

[Weekdays except Monday, National Holidays, Day before National Holidays] Lunch 11:30 am - 4:00 pm (L.O. 3:00 pm) / Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:30 pm (L.O. 9:30 pm)

Monday

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

2 minutes walk from Sannomiya Station on JR Kobe Line. Walk along the nothern street of Tajima Kobe Bldg. towards west and turn right at the first corner

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

[Monday, Wednesday - Sunday, National Holidays, Day Before Holidays] Lunch 12:00 - 13:30 (last order 13:30) / Dinner 18:00 - 00:00 (last order 00:00)

Tuesday

Unknown.

5 minutes on foot from Fukushima Station. Follow the main street (Naniwasuji) north, cross the “Fukushima 6 Minami” Intersection, and take the next right. You will come upon the restaurant shortly thereafter.

Dinner: 4,000 JPY / Lunch: 1,000 JPY

[Wednesday-Sunday, National Holidays] Lunch 11:00 am - 2:00 pm [Tuesday-Sunday, National Holidays] Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:30 pm

Monday (except for National Holidays on Monday)

English-speaking staff available.

5 minutes on foot from the Central Exit of JR Himeji Station

5,000 JPY

[Weekdays] 3:00 pm - 11:00 pm (L.O 10:30 pm) [Saturday, Sunday, National Holidays] 11:30 am - 11:00 pm (L.O 10:30 pm)

Irregular

English menu available.

4 minutes walk from Gion-Shijo Station on the Hankyu Main Line, 2 minutes walk from Kyoto-kawaramachi Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line

Dinner: 3,500 JPY / Lunch: 1,200 JPY

Lunch 11:00 - 14:00 / Dinner 18:00 - 23:00

Monday

Unknown.

From Keihan Main Line, Owada station take the Keihan Bus for Kadoma-Danchi, get off at the Minaminoguchi bus stop, and it is immediately after you pass under the Daini-Keihan Highway.

3,500 JPY

[Weekdays] Lunch 11:30 am - 2:30 pm (L.O. 2:00 pm) / Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:30 pm (L.O.10:00 pm) [Saturday, Sunday] 11:30 am-10:30 pm (L.O. 10:00 pm)

Irregular

English menu available.

3-minute walk from Karasuma Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line or 3-minute walk from Shijo Station on Kyoto Subway Karasuma Line

4,000 JPY

[Tuesday-Saturday] Dinner 6:00 pm - 3:00 am (L.O. 2:00 am) [Sunday] Dinner 6:00 pm - 2:00 am (L.O. 1:00 am)

Monday

English menu available.

3 minutes walk from Exit 6 of Shinsaibashi Station on the Osaka Metro Midosuji Line

Dinner: 6,000 JPY / Lunch: 2,000 JPY

[Tuesdays-Sundays/Holidays] Lunch 11:00-15:00 (last order 14:00) / Dinner 18:00-23:00 (last order 21:30)

Monday

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

1 minute walk from Kintetsu Nara station; go straight down Konishi Sakura street, and it will be on your right.

10,000 JPY

[Wednesday - Friday] Dinner 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 9:00 pm) [Friday - Sunday, National Holidays] Dinner 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm (L.O. 8:00 pm)

Monday, Tuesday

Unknown.

On the B1F of Piazza Hotel, immediately from the front exit of JR [Nara Station]

Dinner: 32,000 JPY / Lunch: 20,000 JPY

[Tuesday - Saturday] Lunch 11:30 am - (L.O. 1:00 pm) [Tuesday - Saturday] Dinner 5:30 pm - (L.O. 7:30 pm)

Monday, Sunday, National Holidays

English menu available.

Keihan Railway Yodoyabashi Station, in front of the central ticket gate, directly connected to Exit 15. Moved to Nihon Seimei Yodoyabashi Building since December 2022.

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

[Breakfast] 07:00 - 10:30 (Last order: 10:00) [Lunch] 11:30 - 15:00 (Last order: 14:00) [Dinner] 17:30 - 22:30 (Last order: 21:00)

None (excludes events and private parties)

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

Ten minutes by taxi (about 1000 yen) from JR Sannomiya Station and Hankyu, Hanshin, and Subway Sannomiya Station.