Best Restaurants in Kyoto and Osaka Area

Dinner: 125,000 JPY / Lunch: 125,000 JPY

Lunch 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm, Dinner 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

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English menu available.

Go south on Shinsaibashi-suji Shopping Street, turn left at the first traffic light, and you'll be on Suomachi-dori Street. Turn right at the first traffic light and right again after 15 meters. The restaurant is located in a black-walled building on the left at the back of the alley.

1,000 JPY

[Monday - Saturday] 2:00 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 9:40 pm) / [Sunday, National Holiday] 12:00 pm - 8:00 pm (L.O. 7:40 pm)

Irregular

English menu available.

3-minute walk from Namba Station on each line

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

[Tuesday - Saturday, Holidays, Days Before Holidays] Lunch 12:00-15:00 (L.O.13:00) [weekdays, Saturday, Holidays, Days Before Holidays] 17:00-23:00 (L.O. 21:30)

Sunday

Unknown.

5 minutes walk from Sannomiya Station, between Kitanozaka and Flower Road, 1 road to the east from shabushabu restaurant [Tokeiya]

10,000 JPY

Dinner 5:30 pm - 2:00 am (L.O. 1:00 am)

Sunday

English menu available.

1-minute walk from Exit 11-21 of Kitashinchi Station Exit. Go up to the ground and turn left. At the end of the street, turn right and walk 40 meters. The restaurant is on the second floor of the building on the left. 

Dinner: 13,000 JPY / Lunch: 7,000 JPY

[Monday, Tuesday, Thursday-Sunday, National Holidays, Day Before National Holidays] Lunch 11:30 am - 1:00 pm (L.O. 1:00 pm) / Dinner 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm (L.O. 8:00 pm)

Wednesday

Unknown.

2-minute walk toward Muromachi-dori Street from Marutamachi station on Kyoto City Subway Karasuma Line

Dinner: 3,000 JPY / Lunch: 2,500 JPY

[Weekdays, Saturday, Sunday] Lunch 11:00 am - 3:00 pm / Dinner 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm *The restaurant does not accept reservations for lunch, evenings on weekends and holidays. They do not accept online requests for take-out. Please call the restaurant directly. Closed for evening hours from December 31st to January 3rd.

Irregular

English menu available.

3 minutes walk from Fushimi-Inari Station on the Keihan Main Line. Go north along Shidan Kaido road. Turn left, and there is Howa Mansion. It is on the 1st floor of the building

Dinner: 4,000 JPY / Lunch: 1,250 JPY

11:00 am - 10:00 pm (L.O. 9:30 pm)

None

English menu available.

3 minutes walk from JR Kyoto station. Located in the 11F of Kyoto Station Building.

Dinner: 4,000 JPY / Lunch: 2,500 JPY

Lunch 11:30 am - 3:00 pm / Dinner 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Irregular

Unknown.

10 minutes walk from Gion-Shijo Station on the Keihan Main Line

2,000 JPY

[Weekdays] 11:00 am - 8:00 pm [Saturday, Sunday] 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

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Unknown.

A 5-minute walk from Higashi-Yogi bus stop on the main bus route

1,250 JPY

10:00 am - 12:00 am

Irregular

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

10-minute walk from Namba station

Dinner: 22,000 JPY / Lunch: 10,000 JPY

[Tuesday-Sunday, National Holidays] Dinner (course) 6:30 pm - 11:00 pm / [Friday - Sunday] Lunch (course) 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Monday

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

Opposite The Ritz-Carlton Kyoto. The 4th house to the east of the Kiyamachi Nijo Intersection. 

Dinner: 10,000 JPY / Lunch: 5,000 JPY

Lunch 11:30 am - 3:30 pm (L.O. 2:30 pm) / Afternoon Tea 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm (L.O. 3:30 pm) *Afternoon Tea Course Only / Dinner 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 8:30 pm)

None

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

15-minute drive from Kyoto Station, 5-minute walk from Kiyomizu-michi bus stop

Dinner: 3,000 JPY / Lunch: 750 JPY

[Weekdays] Lunch 11:00 am - 2:00 pm (L.O. 1:30 pm)  [Weekdays, Saturday] Dinner 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm (L.O. 10:30 pm)

Sunday, National Holidays 

Unknown.

1-minute walk from Kitahama Station on the Osaka Metro Sakaisuji Line. 5-minute walk from Yodoyabashi Station on the Osaka Metro Midosuji Line. 4-minute walk from Yodoyabashi Station on the Keihan Main Line.

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)

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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: 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)

4,000 JPY

[Weekdays] 3:00 pm - 12:00 am *L.O. Food 11:00 pm Drinks 11:30 pm [Saturday, Sunday, National Holidays] 12:00 pm - 1:00 am *L.O. Food 12:00 am Drinks 11:30 pm

Irregular

Unknown.

1 minute walk from Kobe Sannomiya Station on the Hankyu Kobe Line. 2 minutes walk from Sannomiya Station on the Kobe Municipal Subway. 2 minutes walk from Sannomiya Station on the JR Kobe Line

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

Morning 7:00 am - 11:30 am (L.O. 10:30 am) / Lunch 11:30 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:30 pm) / Cafe 7:00 am - 10:00 pm (L.O. 9:30 pm) / Dinner 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 9:30 pm)

None

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

6-minute walk from Exit 20 of Karasuma Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line, 9-minutes walk from Exit 5 of Kyoto Kawaramachi Station

Dinner: 20,000 JPY / Lunch: 10,000 JPY

[Tuesday-Sunday, National Holidays, Day Before National Holidays] Lunch 12:00 pm - 3:30 pm (L.O. 3:15 pm) Last entry 1:30 pm / Dinner 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm (L.O. 9:00 pm) Last entry 7:00 pm

Monday

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

15-minute drive from JR Kyoto Station/ 5-minute walk from the city bus stop,  Nishi-Sumizomedori

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: 5,000 JPY / Lunch: 1,000 JPY

[Weekdays] Lunch 11:30 am - 2:00 pm [Saturday, Sunday, National Holidays] Lunch 11:30 am - 3:00 pm / Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 9:30 pm)

Unknown.

10 minutes walk from the Chaya-machi exit of Hankyu [Umeda Station] / 10 minutes walk from the exit No.5 of [Umeda Station] on the Subway Midosuji Line / 10 minutes walk from the central north exit of JR [Osaka Station]