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

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: 3,000 JPY / Lunch: 1,500 JPY

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

Irregular

English menu available.

7-minute walk from West Exit 2 of Kenchomae Station, 10-minute walk from East Exit of Motomachi Station

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

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

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.

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

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.

11:00 am - 11:00 pm

None

English menu available.

2 minutes walk from JR Kyoto Station

Dinner: 2,000 JPY / Lunch: 1,000 JPY

11:00 am - 11:00 pm

Irregular

English-speaking staff available.

2 minutes walk from the central exit of JR Kyoto Station, in Kyoto Tower

Dinner: 2,500 JPY / Lunch: 1,000 JPY

11:00 am - 11:00 pm

None

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

2 minutes walk from the central exit of JR Kyoto Station, in Kyoto Tower

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.

3,500 JPY

[Weekdays, Saturdays] Normal hours 17:00 - 03:00 (last order 02:00)

Tuesdays

English menu available.

A one minute walk from Fukushima Station Exit 2. Go straight toward south on Naniwa-suji Street, turn left at the first corner, and turn right on the alleyway. You'll find us in the back of the alley.

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

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.

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.

4,000 JPY

[Tuesday - Saturday, Day before National Holidays, National Holidays] 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm

None

Unknown.

15 minutes walk from the Ujiyamada Kintetsu Station or 10 minutes walk from Isuzugawa Subway Station. 200m west of the traffic lights in front of the Furuichi tennis courts.

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

Lunch 12:00 P.M.-3:30 P.M. (Last order 1:00 P.M.) Dinner 6:00 P.M.-11:00 P.M. (Last order 8:00 P.M.) (Weekdays, Saturday, holidays, the days before holidays)

Sundays

English menu available.

5 minute walk from Watanabe-bashi Station on the Keihan Nakanoshima Line, or a 10-minute walk from Higobashi Station on the Osaka Municipal Subway - Yotsubashi Line

Dinner: 10,000 JPY / Lunch: 4,500 JPY

[Monday/Tuesday/Thursday - Sunday/national holiday/eve of national holiday] Lunch from 11:30-14:00, dinner from 18:00-21:00

None

English-speaking staff available.

Take the Osaka municipal subway Sakaisuji line to the Kitahama station. It is a five-minute walk (327 meters from Kitahama station).

Dinner: 15,000 JPY / Lunch: 4,500 JPY

[Tuesday-Sunday, National Holidays, Day before National Holidays] 6:00 pm - (L.O. 9:00 pm) / Lunch 11:30 am - (L.O. 2:00 pm)

Monday

English-speaking staff available.

Go to the north from Kitanozaka, turn west on the street 1 block before Ijinkan Dori Street, then immediately on the left