Chinese Food / Yakiniku BBQ / Asian / Ethnic Spots in Kyoto Area

  • Tendan (Gion Main Shop)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Miyakawasuji 1-225
    Tendan is a yakiniku (broiled meat) restaurant located near Gion-Shijo Station along the Kamo River. Since its founding in 1965, it has been known to serve the same tare sauce, a fresh-tasting liquid with a base of beef bone broth that brings out the savory flavor of the meat. The popular loin uses only sirloin and rib loin, which go well with the tare and allow diners to enjoy the meaty flavors to the fullest extent. The restaurant also employs a sommelier, who selects the best wines to accompany meat dishes.
  • TOHKASAIKAN
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    4.0
    100 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Shimogyo-ku

    tohkasaikan restaurant, is old school Chinese. It reminds me of the old tea houses in HK. The ambience is classic, the view spectacular. Ive ate here cause after too many tempuras, too many...

  • Yakiniku Shio Horumon Aje Matsubara Main Restaurant
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    4.5
    10 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mimatsu Kaikan 1F, East Matsubara, Nishikiyacho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto
    "A horumonyaki offal barbecue restaurant located on the first floor of the Mimatsu Kaikan a short distance west from the Matsubara Bridge along Matsubara-dori Street. The restaurant is designed to be a place you can casually drop by and enjoy delicious horumonyaki offal barbecue. The shio (salt-based sauce) horumon is particularly popular and not just locals but people from across the country and even the world come to this popular establishment to eat it. In addition to shio, the restaurant also offers shoyu yuzu tare (soy sauce yuzu citrus sauce) and miso tare (miso-based sauce) horumon dishes. The restaurant's specialty, however, is its ""Hoso Shio,"" small beef intestine in a salt-based sauce. In addition, the establishment's kimchi, made according to a traditional method, is quite popular and is available for takeout. Other recommendations include the wagyu beef sirloin yukhoe and red meat assortment. The restaurant also offers limited quantity and seasonal dishes."

    ホルモン盛り合わせ、ホソを注文。評判通り素晴らしい歯ごたえで美味しい。半分もできるし、来るのも早い。そして安い。この値段でこの美味しさはなかなかない。開店すぐの16時台前半からにぎわっているのも納得である。

  • GYOZA OHSHO Karasuma Oike Branch
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    4.0
    74 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto City Nakagyo-ku Foreign exchange town Older sister Small Road Le Le Toukei-machi 430
    Opened in 2016, this is the first women-oriented location of the Chinese food family restaurant chain Gyoza no Osho. Designed around the concept of Japanese casual, the restaurant has an elegant, café-like atmosphere. In addition to Gyoza no Osho's familiar fried gyoza, the shop offers a variety of signature options such as handmade boiled gyoza, Japanese-style fried rice with Kyoto pickles, and vegetables and pork steamed in a bamboo steamer with cheese. Diners love the restaurant's healthy, nutritious, and creative cuisine. Closest station: Karasuma Oike Station.

    We were a party of 5, including kids 10 and 13. Its not alway easy to find a place that can accommodate a party of five, and a kid with allergies to all nuts can really complicate travel. The staff...

  • Tohen Chinese Restaurant
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    3.5
    16 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Sakyo-ku Iwakurahataedacho 1092-2 The Prince Kyoto Takaragaike 1F
    Located in the Grand Prince Hotel Kyoto, this Chinese restaurant has a bright and warm atmosphere with large windows and offers full-course and a la carte Chinese cuisine based on Beijing cuisine with a Kyoto-style twist, using only the finest ingredients.

    This was a reasonably cheap restaurant with beer and wine on the menu. The staff did not speak English, however, they did have English on the menu. Others went across the street and appeared to...

  • Chuka Ryori Kanton
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    4.0
    7 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kameoka-shi Yasumachi Nono
    This Chinese restaurant is popular for offering authentic Chinese cuisine at reasonable prices. The restaurant is equipped with private rooms and tatami mat seating, making it convenient for banquets and other events. The restaurant also offers a full selection of a la carte items as well as a number of full-course meals that include two hours of all-you-can-drink. The restaurant also makes Chinese party platters and bento boxes.

    お勧めはホイコーロー、春巻きも美味しい。 駐車場もあってお店も入りやすい。現金払いでカードは使用不可でした。

  • Heijyotei
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    4.0
    10 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kameoka-shi Shinocho Joboji Nakamura 35-5
    This authentic yakiniku restaurant offers a la carte items and set menus as well as three different full-course meals suited to a variety of settings. It also offers custom plans that suit your event and budget. The restaurant will even pick up and drop off parties of eight or above if they are within city limits.

    亀岡に住んでいた頃に開店したお店です! 当時から変わらず美味しいお肉をご提供してくださっています! 私のオススメは塩タンです! とても美味しいのでぜひお試しください! 他にも美味しいお肉が目白押し! 亀岡で焼き肉食べるなら平壌亭おすすめです!

  • Yakiniku no Meimon Tendan The Dining Yamashina Restaurant
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    4.0
    11 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Yamashina-ku Oyakekarasudacho 12
    This restaurant offers Kyoto-style barbecue, which is notable for being served with a broth-like dipping sauce called arai-dare. The recipe for this secret sauce hasn't changed since the restaurant opened in 1965. The sauce brings the grilled marinated meat down to the proper serving temperature while also further enhancing its savoriness. The two most popular items are the sirloin and ribloin. Cut into large thin slices, they pair incredibly well with the dipping sauce and fill your mouth with the sweetness of the meat. Conveniently for families with small children, the restaurant has a kid's room.

    18時くらいに入店。なんとか駐車場は停めることができました。 高くて、お会計をみて、子供がびっくりしていました。

  • Gion Moriko
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto-shi Higashiyama-ku Shirakawa Musoin Chisenin Hashiganto Le west side 556
    A venerable Cantonese restaurant which first opened in 1955 in Shijohorikawa and later moved to its current location along the Shirakawa River north of the Chion-in temple. The shop does not use the strongly flavored animal fats normally used in Cantonese food and adds a Kyoto twist to its dishes to create a cuisine that is gentler in taste. Making use of seasonal and rare ingredients from China and Taiwan, the restaurant is engaged in a constant search for new flavors. In addition to a la carte options, the restaurant also serves extravagant yet reasonable course menus. The restaurant’s thick, addictive annin tofu is a popular dessert which is also available for takeout. Closest station: Higashiyama Station.
  • Gihan Ebisudo Sanjo
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    4.0
    47 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto City Nakagyo-ku Sanjyori Horikawa Western Bridge Nishinomachi 661 (within the Sanjo shopping street)
    A popular Chinese restaurant opened by the proprietor, a Yokohama Chinatown local, who could not forget the flavor of his hometown xiaolongbao dumplings and invited a dim sum master from Shanghai to cook here. The skin of the shop’s piping hot, freshly prepared xiaolongbao is so thin, you can see the soup inside. In addition to offering standards such as Shanghai fried noodles and sweet-and-sour pork, the restaurant also offers a variety of unique items made with Kyoto ingredients. Situated inside a remodeled old miso shop, the unusual restaurant décor blends the essences of a Kyoto townhouse and Chinese restaurant. Closest stations: Shijo-Omiya Station and Nijojo-mae Station.

    We ate at this restaurant 3 times this week as it is just around the corner from our rental unit. The staff speaks no English and the young woman and I used a translation app to communicate. The...

  • Bussarakan
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    3.5
    25 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto-shi, Kimiya-ku, Kimiyacho Tsutomu Matsubara Koulu Minnoya cho 173-1
    This Thai restaurant recognized by the Thai government is located on the Kamogawa River and is around a six-minute walk from Kawaramachi Station. Remodeled from an old Kyoto town house with a charming atmosphere, the Thai chef uses mainly local Kyoto foodstuffs to create authentic Thai cuisine. Popular options matched to the more mild taste preference of Japanese customers include Tom Yum Goong, Green Curry and the special lunch plate. In the summer there is a viewing platform set up from which one can enjoy a course dinner in a refreshing riverside atmosphere.

    We enjoyed an excellent authentic Thai meal at Bussarakan. We stumbled on this place while exploring the picturesque area along the canal. The menu was not in English but we were very satisfied...

  • Tendan (Katsura-gojo Shop)
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    4.5
    10 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Nishikyou-ku Katsurainuichou 13-4
    This yakiniku Japanese barbecue restaurant is in Nishikyo Ward, Kyoto City. Working with the concept of eating out when the weather's good, guests dine on traditional yakiniku and Korean barbecue. They only serve large, thin cuts of sirloin and rib loin and their signature secret recipe dipping sauce has remained unchanged since their founding. They offer a lunchtime yakiniku menu as well.

    国道9号線の千代原口トンネル工事に伴って一旦休業していましたが、建て替え後はすっかり高級店の装いに。実際にはそれほど高額というわけではないですが、手頃な価格帯ではありません。「◯◯牛」と敢えて謳わず、店名を冠して勝負している「天壇ロース」がとてもおいしいです。ダシ風の透き通ったタレはこちらの看板です。

  • Hiro (Kiyamachi Shop)
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    4.5
    92 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Nakagyou-ku Kiyamachisanjou Crow
    This yakiniku restaurant is located in Nakagyo Ward in Kyoto. Located along a cobblestone path, you can enjoy choice grade wagyu beef while overlooking the Kamo River from within the comfort of this ancient renovated ryokan restaurant. You can rest assured of the top grade beef, as all beef is carefully selected and delivered directly from their meat shop. Yukke or vegetables are also available to be served with the beef. Hiro is available for small to large parties, according to your needs.

    We visited the restaurant on behalf of a recommendation that we received from a local we asked and were very pleased with the experience we had. It reminded me of Korean barbecue, only that it was...

  • Yakiniku YARUKI (Kawaramachi Shop)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto City Nakagyo-ku, Sanjo-dori Kawaramachi Higashi enter Ogaku-cho 67-3 FORUM Nishikiya-cho Building 1F
    This yakiniku barbecue restaurant is about five minutes on foot from Keihan Railway's Sanjo Station in Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City. Their all-you-can-eat yakiniku course with domestic and jukusei beef is popular. The stylish interior has dining spaces ranging from a counter to private rooms and is perfect for occasions like banquets and dates.
  • Kacto
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    133 Saito-cho Kyoto-shi Shimogyo-ku Kyoto
  • TIGER GYOZA HALL Shijokarasuma
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    4.5
    353 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Nakagyo-ku Uradeyamacho 314-1

    Found this place by accident, the best Gyoza we have ever had. Price is higher than average but well worth it

  • oraitarai Honten
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    4.5
    9 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kusegunkumiyamachou Mori Murahigashi 223-3

    あくまでもアラフィフの感想です。上牛肉セットを注文。ホルモンは連れが苦手なので、タレ付け肉に変更。どれも新鮮で上質なお肉たち。ただ、アラフィフには、上でも脂が多くて、途中でノックダウン状態に。冷麺はあっさりでした。普通セットでどうかな?アラフィフには上質な赤身肉じゃないと厳しかった。

  • JOJOEN Yugentei Kyoto
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto zero gate 7F, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto Shijo-dori Takakura 83-1, Tachiurinakanocho, Higashi-iru, 600-8435
  • 551 Horai JR Kyoto Sta.
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    4.0
    205 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Shimogyo-ku Higashishiokojitakakuracho 8-3 ASTY Kyoto 2F41 section

    We tried 551 Horai located at Kyoto station, but really you can find this stall selling 551 Horai everywhere in Kyoto and Osaka. We bought 2 pork butaman (steamed bun), 6 pork shumais and 10 pork...

  • Taiho
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    4.0
    27 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Nakagyo-ku Nishinokyohoshigaikecho 149

    お店の前を通る度に行列が出来ているので、期待して行きました。麻婆豆腐、酢豚、担担麺、炒飯を注文しましたが、どれも期待外れでした。麻婆豆腐は四川の本格的な味と評判ですが特別美味しくもなく普通、酢豚は甘酢の味だけでこれも普通、担担麺の胡麻風味も普通、最悪は炒飯で、パラッとしてないベタベタのしょうゆ味です。どこが美味しくて、行列が出来るのか全く分からない不思議なお店でした。

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