Best Nabe (hot pot) & French Restaurants in Kyoto and Osaka Area

Dinner: 10,000 JPY / Lunch: 6,000 JPY

[Tuesday-Sunday, National Holidays, Day Before National Holiday] Lunch 11:30 am - 4:00 pm Last entry 2:00 am / Dinner 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Monday

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

5-minute walk from Sannomiya Station on each line

Dinner: 8,000 JPY / Lunch: 4,000 JPY

[Weekdays] Lunch: 11:30 - 3:30 pm (L.O. 2:30) *Cafe and shop on the second floor is open all day. Dinner: 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm (L.O. 8:00 pm), [Saturday] Lunch: 11:30 am - 4:00 pm, Dinner: 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm (L.O. 9:00 pm), [Sunday, National Holidays] 11:30 am - 9:00 pm (L.O. 8:00 pm)

Irregular

English menu available.

2 minutes on foot from Shintetsu Flower Town. 10 minutes by taxi from JR Sanda Station. 6 minutes from the Chugoku Expressway Kobe Sanda Interchange.

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

[Monday, Thursday-Sunday, National Holidays, Day Before National Holidays] Lunch 11:00 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:30 pm) / [Friday-Sunday] Dinner 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm (L.O. 8:30 pm)

Tuesday, Wednesday

English menu available.

3-minute walk east from the Kitano Tenmangu Shrine / Head north on Higashi-Imakoji street, and you'll find the restaurant

Dinner: 6,000 JPY / Lunch: 3,500 JPY

Lunch 11:00 am -3:00 pm (L.O. 2:30 pm) / Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 9:00 pm)

Irregular

English menu available.

2-minute walk from Sannomiya Station on the JR Kobe Line /  2-minute walk from Sannomiya Station on Kobe Municipal Subway Seishin-Yamate Line

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

Lunch 11:30 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:30 pm) / Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:30 pm (L.O. 9:00 pm)

Monday

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

5-minute walk from [Sannomiya Station]. On the 2nd floor of the building next to Ikuta Shrine.

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

Lunch 11:00 am - 2:00 pm / Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Irregular

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

Go east on Chuo Odori Street from Exit 12 of Hommachi Station. Turn right onto Dobuike Suji, and the building is on the second floor on the left.

Dinner: 20,000 JPY / Lunch: 8,000 JPY

[Weekdays] Lunch 11:00 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) / [Saturday, Sunday, National Holidays] 11:00 am - 11:00 pm (Food L.O. 21:30 pm, Drink L.O. 10:00 pm) *A 10% service charge will be added separately.

Follows the facility's holiday schedule.

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

Directly connected to the west exit gate of JR Osaka Station

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

 [Wednesday-Sunday, National Holidays, Day Before National Holidays] Lunch 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm *Last Entry 1:00 pm, [Tuesday-Sunday, National Holidays, Day Before National Holidays] Dinner 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm *Last Entry 7:30 pm

Monday

English menu available.

Approximately 5-minute by taxi from Kokusaikaikan Station, 5-minute walk from Nishihataeda (Entsuji-mae) Bus Stop on the Kyoto Bus

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

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

Irregular

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

2-minute walk from Kitashinchi Station on JR Tozai Line

3,500 JPY

[Monday, Wednesday-Sunday] Lunch 11:30 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:30 pm), [Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday] Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 9:30 pm), [Friday, Saturday] Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:30 pm (L.O. 10:00 pm)

Tuesday

English menu available.

4-minute walk from Namba Station on Municipal Subway Lines, 4-minute walk from Kintetsu-Nippombashi Station on Kintetsu Namba Line

Dinner: 15,000 JPY / Lunch: 5,500 JPY

11:00 am - 9:00 pm (L.O. 8:00 pm)

None / Closed from Tuesday, August 12 to Thursday, August 14

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

2-minute walk from Exit 16 of Karasuma Station on Hankyu Kyoto Line *In front of Nishiki Exit of Daimaru Kyoto Store

Dinner: 10,000 JPY / Lunch: 6,000 JPY

11:30 am - 10:30 pm (Food L.O. 8:30 pm, Drink L.O. 10:00 pm)

Irregular

English menu available.

3 minutes walk from Osaka Metro Shinsaibashi Station

Dinner: 23,000 JPY / Lunch: 13,000 JPY

Lunch 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm (L.O. 12:30 pm) / Dinner 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm (L.O. 7:00 pm)

Irregular

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

Go west from the site where the Tokyu Hands used to be. Turn the corner of the hotel, the b kobe, and walk 3 minutes to the mountainside. It is on the first floor of a white-walled apartment building at the corner of a cross street.

Dinner: 35,000 JPY / Lunch: 35,000 JPY

[Monday, Tuesday, Thursday-Sunday, National Holidays, Day Before National Holidays] Dinner 5:00 pm - 12:00 am Only one monthly course is available / Reservations are required by the day before, [Saturday, Sunday, National Holidays] Lunch 11:30 am - 3:00 pm (start at 11:30 am or 12:00 pm) / The menu is the same as the dinner course

Wednesday

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

8-minute walk from Fukushima Station on each line

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: 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

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.

Dinner: 20,000 JPY / Lunch: 15,000 JPY

[Weekdays, Saturday, Sunday, National Holidays]  Lunch 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm (L.O. 1:30 pm) *Reservations must be made at least 2 days in advance. / Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 8:00 pm)

Irregular

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

1 minute walk from West Exit 3 of Sannomiya Station on the Subway Yamate Line, 5 minutes walk from West Exit of Hankyu Sannomiya Station, 7 minutes walk from West Exit of JR Sannomiya Station (near Ikuta Shrine)