Cafe / Coffee Shop Spots in Around Kiyomizu-Dera Temple Area

  • % Arabica Kyoto Higashiyama
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    4.5
    456 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Hoshinochou 87-5
    A coffee shop in Higashiyama. The first location in Japan for this chain which has shops in Hong Kong, Dubai, and Kuwait. Here patrons can enjoy coffee made with high quality equipment using beans from company farms in locations like Hawaii. One of the shop’s baristas is a former world latte art champion!

    Very tiny and rather crowded Cafeon even mis weekday. The coffee was really great and so was the sparkling lemonade!

  • Ichikawa Ya Coffee
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    4.5
    45 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Higashiyama-ku Shibutani Dori Higashi-oro Nishiiru Kaneicho 396-2

    Amazing place amazing breakfast! Fruit sandwich a must try! The coffee is artisan and the house blend is extraordinary! Need to queue up but definitely worth it!

  • Yumeji Cafe Goryukaku
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    4.0
    31 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Higashiyama-ku
    This cafe is inside a building combining Japanese and Western design to blend perfectly into the surroundings. The building, built in 1923, was once the manor of Meiji era entrepreneur Shofu Kajo, stands out for its tiled roof and ornamental shibi. The building interior is filled with the warmth of wood, and is the perfect atmosphere to enjoy their home made tofu dishes and sweets. Their popular Kyoto vegetable curry is filled with produce from the thousand-year old capital city itself flavored with an elegant mix of spices. Their dessert menu is full, and includes dishes like Kuromitsu Tofu, made with unpressed tofu and select black syrup and kinako soy flour. The western-style structure is filled with Taisho romance, and is a nationally registered Cultural Asset.

    Happened across this excellent historic restaurant by accident just walking off the crowded lane and eyeing the old stone architecture. Inside over 100 years old and not much changed. Had good lunch...

  • cafe Amazon
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto City Higashiyama Ward Shimomachi-dori Shichinmachi-cho Uplifting 235
    A venerable café with an old-fashioned brick exterior located a two-minute walk from Shichijo Station. Famed for its stuffed toasted sandwiches, the café is visited by large numbers of locals and tourists alike. One of the shop’s most popular menu items is its “mixed toast,” a sandwich of fluffy eggs and vegetables. The “wafu toast” is another popular menu choice uniquely Kyoto-esque in style and contains a thick dashi-maki omelet, nori, and bonito. Here patrons can enjoy an elegant morning with a cup of siphon-drip coffee.
  • Salon de Kanbayashi (Kanbayashi Shunsho Main Shop)
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    Kyoto prefecture Kyoto shi Higashiyama ku Kawagawara Todai Takaderaji Tower Takayuki Kannoncho 400-1
    This cafe is in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City. Guests enjoy sweets while sipping gyokuro and sencha green teas from Kanbayashi Shunsho, a veteran Uji green tea dealer. The menu is packed with Japanese sweets like shiratama zenzai, dessert pancakes hand-made by their pastry chef, and other desserts such as Mont Blanc chocolate cake.
  • Japanese Cafe and Gift Shop Ten
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    4.0
    5 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Kiyomizu 2-208-10
    Japanese Cafe and Gift Shop Ten is located in a space that also includes a gift shop in Kyoto's Higashiyama Ward. Customers enjoy food and drink made with matcha green tea, as well as matcha-flavored no-bake cheesecake and tarts, parfaits served in traditional pottery bowls and other popular sweets that take advantage of Kyoto-style ingredients. The gift shop sells handmade money envelopes and postcards, along with noren (shop door curtains), tapestries and other interior furnishings.

    Honestly I was only taken in by the goodness of the matcha cheesecake. It isn’t a fancy cafe because it is more of a cafe cum gift shop. However, the service is excellent. There are also some minimum...

  • Chuboku Chaya
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    4.0
    4 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Kiyomizu 1 in the precinct
    Chuboku Chaya is located on the grounds of Kiyomizu-dera Temple. The name, which means Loyal Servant, originated with Jusuke Otsuki, who served Gessho, the abbot of Seiju-in Temple at the end of the Edo period. Customers can enjoy sweets, such as warabi mochi (bracken jelly dusted with soy flour), zenzai (sweet red bean soup), or dango (mochi balls), or savory items, such as soba or udon noodles. This teahouse is a popular rest stop for tourists visiting Kiyomizu-dera.

    音羽の滝から買える時に通る茶店。ところてんや甘酒などの軽食が頂けます。観光地価格ではあるけど、特別高いという印象もありません。料金先払いです。

  • HANATOKAJUNOHIGASHIYAMAGADEN
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    3.5
    4 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Imagumanominamihiyoshichou 194-2

    ランチは、ボリュームともに満足できるオススメのランチです。自家製のドリンクや果実酒、ジャムがいただける店でもあります。食後の散策は、裏山の果樹園は、とても素晴らしい眺めです。

  • Penshonkotomu
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    4.0
    1 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    6-583-58, Gojohashihigashi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, 605-0846

    Petit restaurant dans la rue parallèle à la rue touristique, situé au 1er étage d’un bâtiment (seul une petite pancarte dans la rue annonce le restaurant à l’étage). Restaurant tenue par un couple de...

  • KARAKU
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    4-148-7, Kiyomizu, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, 605-0862
  • cafe 33
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    4.0
    98 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    644-2 Sanjusangendo-mawari Higashiyama-ku Kyoto
    Stylish, Modern and New Style dining restaurant A taste of home any time of the day in our comfortable and relaxing neighborhood locale. A great place to meet, eat well and enjoy good times. Delicious cafe cuisine artfully crafted from the best locally sourced produce.

    Get your day started off right with breakfast at the Grill. They offer an extensive menu and a buffet selection means you can be in and out in less than 30 minutes while enjoying a great meal.

  • LE UN AKAGANE RESORT KYOTO HIGASHIYAMA 1925
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    400-1 KInen-cho Shimogawara-dori Takadaiji Tounomae noboru Kyoto-shi Higashiyama-ku Kyoto
    "French cuisine to please all senses, mind & body together Akagane dining is a hidden French restaurant located in an old building in one of the famous areas of Kyoto - Higashiyama. Main concept of this place is """"Beauty & healthy"""". Here you can try seasonal vegetable potage, fresh fish dishes, and Japanese black beef loin."
  • Wheelchair cafe SPRING
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Higashiyama-ku Honmachi 22-516
  • Kourai Gallery Cafe
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    5.0
    12 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto-shi Higashiyama-ku

    Really nice place - All is Gluten free! (But I loved it even as a gluten person). Try the Mengo juice - it is 100% mango and soooo good and the nuts cookie is amazing. Also the back yard have a...

  • Cafe Arietti
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    4.5
    7 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Myouhouinmaekawachou 451-1

    We absolutely loved everything we ordered, including the plain pancakes (amazingly fat and delicious, made from scratch for us), mocha pancakes, chicken nuggets and chips, curry and rice, ‘yellow...

  • KEYS CAFE yasakanoto
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    4.5
    103 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto-shi Higashiyama-ku Shimogawarado Yasaka Torii Down 4 - Konencho Town 388

    Top location right under Yasaka Pagoda for a relaxing break in a friendly and easy atmosphere. The owner is particularly friendly and the coffe is the best in Kyoto! Five star+ !

  • Maeda Coffee Kyo Hiroshi
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Higashiyama-ku Chayacho 527
  • cafe kaneya
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    4.5
    4 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto-shi Higashiyama-ku Gojo-ku Higashi-ji Higashi entrance Shiraito cho 570

    何気なくふらっとランチしに入ったカフェ。外の喧騒とは別世界の落ち着いた雰囲気。 家族でカレー、オムライスのようなカフェ丼、焼うどんを頼みましたが、これがどれもおいしい!!特に焼きうどんは絶品! 値段もお手ごろで、大満足でした。

  • Kyo Yasaka Pudding
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    4.5
    4 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Higashiyama-ku Hoshinocho 87-4

    お店や清水寺界隈、二年坂とか三年坂とかのエリアでお店がこまこまあるエリア。通りからちょっと奥まったところにインスタ映えしそうなソフトクリームの看板の奥になります。夏なのでソフトクリームのうえに、おいりがのっているかわいらしいインスタ映えしそうなソフトも人気のようでした。プリンは瓶にはいっていて、これもインスタ映えしそうな感じのパッケージ。コロナ禍もあり、午前中なのもあって、お店はすいてました。

  • LITT UP.KYOTO
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Higashiyama-ku Honmachi 6-142F

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