Japanese Food Spots in Around Kyoto Station Area

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Around Kyoto Station

Category

Gourmet / Alcohol

Japanese Food

Awomb, Nishikiya-machi

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Shimogyou-ku Nambachou 405

Seating at Awomb, a sushi restaurant located in Kyoto's Shimogyo Ward, is by reservation only. This restaurant is noted for its typical Kyoto atmosphere and the painstaking care it takes with fresh fish. Sitting in a remodeled traditional machiya townhouse building, customers can enjoy a so-called Koromo meal, a selection of seasonal local vegetables, seafood, and fruit for making do-it-yourself sushi. This is a favorite spot for both local residents and tourists.
Moritaya JR Kyoto Isetan Branch

4.0

116 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto Downtown Shimogyo-ku Karasumaru Salt Allufuro Down Close Higashi Salinkocho Town 901JR Kyoto Isetan 11 F in Eat Paradise

Moritaya is an old sukiyaki restaurant established in 1869 in the Meiji period before Japan’s Westernization movement was fully underway. It is distinctive for its beef which comes in from a directly-managed ranch in Tanba, Kyoto Prefecture. Since it handles everything from production to sales, it can take responsibility and provide safe meat for its customers. The meat is so high in quality that it was selected as one of the offerings for the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Taisho. The restaurant is in the “Eat Paradise” on the 11th floor of the Isetan Kyoto store in the JR Kyoto Station building, and from the window one can see Kyoto Tower as well as Kyoto’s Five Zen temples.

Bad experience, staffs attitude shows they are not welcoming customers or maybe I’m tourist? I never met any Japanese rude like this. At first, the reception don’t allow us to get the ticket for...
Yamayoshi Shijo Kawaramachi Store

3.0

25 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto-shi Shimogyo-ku Nishikiya Machi Tooru Matsubara Kami 2-chome Temmachi 272

This crab restaurant is located in Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto. You can taste dishes centered on fresh crab that is not frozen. They feature a rich menu using the entire crab, including hot pot dishes, tempura, chawan-mushi (savory egg custard) and kani-miso (crab paste). They also offer plans for lunch-only set meals and for banquets. In addition, the Shijo Kawaramachi store is open only in the winter during the crab season from October to March.

We did not have time to go to Fukui, so we went to Yamayoshi in Kyoto to try the Matsuba crab. The service was reasonably good. The waiter explained to us our options and tailored the courses to...
Shirukou

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Shimogyou-ku Shijoukawaramachi The upper part of the upper part of the east

This miso soup specialty shop is in Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto City. Established 1932, they make amazing dashi broth from ingredients like bonito and kelp, giving it a deep and delectable flavor. Choose from white miso, red miso, mixed miso, and sumashijiru clear soups. Set meals with side dishes to accompany the miso soup such as seasonal vegetables and fish are popular, as is their rikyu bento box.
Kyoto Wakuden

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoto-shi Shimogyo-ku Karasuma-dori Shiokoji Sagaru Higashi-shiokojicho JR Kyoto Isetan 11F

A restaurant connected to Kyoto Station. Come enjoy reasonably priced authentic Japanese cuisine in a gorgeous fancy restaurant. The restaurant enjoys high popularity due to its seasonal dishes and famous chef who loves to flex his originality. Two of their many different course meals cannot be reserved in advance during the lunch period so please confirm before visiting. The restaurant features an open kitchen and from the counter seating you can watch the skills of the chefs from up close.
Ganko Kyoto Eki-biru

4.0

109 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Shimogyou-ku Karasumashiokouji Kyoto Station Building 2F Kyoto Theater

This kaiseki restaurant is in Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto city. They offer dishes like healthy pork shabu shabu with broth made from dattan soba tea and fine kaiseki cuisine with fresh fish. They have private rooms and banquet halls for rent for parties large and small. Kaiseki cuisine is available at lunch time, too.

A very nice restaurant near Kyoto station. We didn’t do a set menu, instead we used the tablet (available in different languages) to order individual sushi and tempura dishes. The restaurant is...
Hashitate

4.0

126 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoto-shi Shimogyo-ku

A Japanese restaurant in the station building at Kyoto Station. We recommend their monthly changing Hashitate Don rice bowl which combines seafood and wild vegetables from the Tango region along with homemade vegetables pickled in miso. During the evening you can enjoy a hot pot meal. They also sell popular souvenirs including Sea bream sushi with miso and sesame paste.

I did not have a lot of time to explore for my dinner before my Shinkansen trip back to Tokyo. But, here this restaurant is at really convenient place, 3rd foot of building in front of exit of JR...
Kitenya

5.0

17 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoto-shi Shimogyo-ku Takakuradori Ayanokoji Nishi Iru Shinmeicho 230-9

Tempura is a steamed meal that pulls the flavor from seasonal fish and vegetables and captures it in a robe. The simplicity of the dish allows the skills of the craftsmen at this shop to shine. They offer four different tempura meals and three different chef's choice meals and reservations are required so please contact them before visiting.

Excellent tempura. Very friendly chef. Great sake list and draft beer. Very reasonable prices. Hidden gem!
Tsukimura

4.5

4 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Shimogyou-ku Nishikiyamachishijou Daaru-machi 198

This is a kamameshi (rice, meat and vegetable dish served in a small pot) restaurant in a backstreet of Shijo-Kawaramachi, around a five-minute walk from Hankyu Kawaramachi Station. Established in 1945, the place has a coziness that stirs feelings of nostalgia. The menu features traditional Kyoto home cooking including ebi-imo (shrimp-shaped taro) and sanzokuyaki (fried chicken). The set menu is kamameshi, which is cooked in a ceramic pot after the order is received. The popular “Tori-Kamameshi” is fluffy rice cooked in their inherited traditional dashi soup stock then mixed with chicken fat to bring out its rich flavor.

四条河原町から至近なのに喧騒がまるでない落ち着く小料理屋。ご主人と女将さんとお姉さんの3人で切り盛りしているが店がこじんまりしているのでオーダーも料理がでてくるのもスムース。お酒も美味しい。少人数でゆっくり話したい時にお勧めの店。
Ryoriya Otaya

5.0

14 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Shimogyou-ku Tenmachou 456-2

This restaurant, featured in the Kyoto and Osaka Michelin Guide as well as other information magazines, is a seven minute walk from Kiyomizu-gojyo Station on the Keihan Railway and offers traditional Kyoto cuisine. Lunch is from 12:00 to 14:00 and reservations are required. In the evening entry to the restaurant is between 17:00 and 22:30. There are counter seats, table seats looking out onto the scenery, as well as seats on the floor Japanese-style in the calm atmosphere of the restaurant, so you can leisurely enjoy the cuisine and drinks. Evening course menus begin with eight items including appetizers, light soups, fresh seafood etc. You can also enjoy an a la carte menu of seasonal dishes. Guests are also able to purchase the soup stock used in the cuisine only available here.

Hidden quietly in a secluded alley, and romantically facing the canal, this is a peaceful gem. There are two tables, four counter seats and a tatami room. The three cooks and charming waitress all...
Mimasuya MONAMI

3.5

31 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto shi Izumiya cho 160 Ramblas hall 1F

This restaurant for creative Japanese dining along the Kamogawa River of Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture is known for its delicate Kyoto cuisine with integrated French essence. Kyoto obanzai and Kyoto vegetable dishes, tofu cuisine and wheat starch cuisine are some of the unique Kyoto foods popular with tourists. The rice cooked on an old okudosan kitchen range and the local sake are also popular. Inside there are stylish Western style table seats and counter seats, as well as platform seats overlooking the Kamogawa River in summer.

We had a long family evening here, great location, friendly staff, they let us finish our beer after closing time, so happy and relaxed place at the river
Kyoto Kotokoto (The CUBE shop)

3.5

28 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto Ward Karasuma Salinous Road Down Le Le Higashi Salokoji Town 901 Kyoto Station Building Specialty Store District TheCUBE 11F

This Japanese restaurant is located on the 11th floor of the Kyoto Station Building Specialty Mall (The CUBE) in Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto City. Its guests dine on Kyoto's traditional obanzai (home cooking) made with locally grown vegetables. At lunchtime there is an all-you-can-eat obanzai set menu that's popular with the locals and tourists who come to enjoy Kyoto.

Had a quick dinner here on way back to Osaka. Very poor food and for non-Japanese tourists the staff were not very helpful in terms of how to prepare the food served at the table.
Kinobu

4.5

45 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto City Shimogyo-ku Shin-mura street Buddha Temple light temple Le Iwatoyama cho 416

This veteran restaurant specializing in Kyoto cuisine is just five minutes on foot from Karasuma Station on the Hankyu Line in Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto City. You can dine on elegant kaiseki cuisine, and their Rakuchumi, made with fresh, seasonal ingredients, has been handed down since the restaurant's founding. With private rooms and a large hall, it's also a popular venue for banquets and entertaining.

But I could not stop thinking what I could have done with the money spent here. It is an experience and you are served in by a member of staff very meticulously, but it was not miles ahead of many...
Kyoto Cuisine Honke Tankuma (Main Shop)

4.5

49 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto City Shimogyo-ku Kuya-machi Traditional Buddha Temple Down Izumiya cho 168

Honke Tankuma is a venerable restaurant, founded in 1928, and located in Kyoto's Shimogyo Ward. Here is where you can enjoy the flavors of traditional Kyoto-style kaiseki cuisine. Seasonal ingredients are carefully selected and prepared in such a way as to bring out their essential flavor. From May to September, customers may dine on a terrace overlooking the Kamo River and enjoy the flavors of summer. There are also individual rooms for entertaining business associates and celebrating special occasions. The restaurant can also let you inspect the premises ahead of time and arrange for parties with maiko (apprentice geisha) and other traditional entertainment.

Eat the real thing in Kyoto. It is a restaurant where you can enjoy kaiseki cuisine by a chef who knows Japanese traditional tea ceremony. It is a well-known restaurant for famous Suppon dishes. In...
Katsukura Kyoto Station Building

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoto-shi Shimogyo-ku Karasuma-dori Shiokoji Sagaru Higashi-shiokojicho 901
SUSHIRO Gojo Shichihonmatsu

4.0

31 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoto-shi Shimogyo-ku

Normally I would avoid chain restaurants I am far too snobbish), but this was recommended to me and I am delighted to report that it is excellent. You are seated in a private booth and you order...
Yamamotomambo

4.0

24 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Shimogyou-ku Shiokoujitakakura Shitaru Municipal in a house

I chose to have dinner here on a Tuesday evening and luckily I got in without a reservation. Even though it took a while to have my dinner ready I was mesmerized by looking at every one at work. I...
Kaji

Gourmet / Alcohol

Authority of Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto Matsubara Shinmachi 185, Nakanonocho, Higashi-iru, 600-8435
Tokuwo

Gourmet / Alcohol

It is ru Tennocho 151 in Kiyacho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto Street Buddha light temple, 600-8013
Ginnan

Gourmet / Alcohol

114-2 Nakai-cho, Kita-gawa, Shichi-jo Nishi Hairu, Karasuma-dori, , Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto

Kyoto Around Kyoto Station

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Kyoto Areas

Its wooden tea houses, shuffling geisha, and spiritual sights have seen Kyoto hailed as the heart of traditional Japan, a world apart from ultramodern Tokyo. Despite being the Japanese capital for over a century, Kyoto escaped destruction during World War II, leaving behind a fascinating history which can be felt at every turn, from the fully gold-plated Kinkakuji Temple down to traditional customs such as geisha performances and tea ceremonies, which are still practiced to this day.