Kyoto · Food & Drink

Best Restaurant in Kyoto

15 places, each checked by our team.

• Arashiyama Yoshimura 嵐山よしむらArashiyama — Handmade soba with an upstairs window view straight onto Togetsukyo Bridge and the Arashiyama hills. The view seat that every Arashiyama food reel…
• Ganko Takasegawa Nijoen がんこ 高瀬川二条苑Kiyamachi Nijo — Kaiseki, sushi and tempura in the former villa of a 17th-century merchant, whose garden is fed by the very source of the Takase canal. A garden walk…
• Hafuu Honten 肉専科 はふう 本店Kyoto Gosho south — Beef-focused yoshoku restaurant run by a former butcher, best known for its wagyu beef cutlet and steak.
• Hinode Udon 日の出うどんOkazaki / Nanzen-ji — Family-run noodle shop near Nanzen-ji and the Philosopher's Path, famous for curry udon.
• Hisago (Gion) ひさごGion / Higashiyama — A homely noodle-and-rice shop below Kodaiji famous for oyakodon so soft it trembles, with Kyoto's prized Kujo green onion and sansho pepper. A…
• Katsukura Sanjo Honten 名代とんかつ かつくら 三条本店Sanjo — The Kyoto-born tonkatsu chain's original shop: crisp cutlets, sesame you grind yourself into the sauce, and free refills of rice, cabbage and miso…
• Kyoto Kitcho Arashiyama 京都吉兆 嵐山本店Arashiyama — The Arashiyama flagship of Kitcho, a name synonymous with the highest form of kaiseki, holding three Michelin stars for years. Private tatami rooms…
• Mishima-tei Honten 三嶋亭 本店Teramachi Sanjo — Kyoto's classic sukiyaki house since the Meiji era, serving wagyu cooked at the table in tatami rooms.
• Nanzenji Junsei 南禅寺 順正Nanzenji — Yudofu (simmered tofu) in a garden estate at the gates of Nanzenji, where the dish was born as temple food. A Kyoto rite of passage, especially when…
• Okakita 京うどん 生蕎麦 岡北Okazaki — Udon and soba shop founded in 1940 by the Okazaki museums and Heian Shrine, known for Kyoto-style dashi.
• Okutan Nanzenji 奥丹 南禅寺Nanzenji — Founded in the 1630s, Okutan claims to be Kyoto's oldest yudofu house: one set menu, eaten on tatami overlooking a mossy garden inside Nanzenji's…
• Omen Ginkakuji おめん 銀閣寺本店Ginkakuji — Thick white udon dipped in hot sesame-rich broth with a tray of seasonal vegetables you tip in yourself. A cosy farmhouse-style favourite at the top…
• Shoraian 松籟庵Arashiyama — Tofu kaiseki in a former villa on the wooded bank of the Hozu River above Arashiyama, reached by a riverside path. One of Kyoto's most beautiful…
• Torisei Honten (Fushimi) 鳥せい 本店Fushimi — Yakitori and fresh-pressed sake in a converted Fushimi brewery storehouse run by Yamamoto Honke, makers of Shinsei. The neighbourhood's liveliest…
• Yamamoto Menzou 山元麺蔵Okazaki — Tiny udon shop near Heian Shrine whose burdock-tempura udon and chewy hand-made noodles keep it near the top of Kyoto's food rankings. Expect a…