Best Restaurants in Kyoto & Osaka

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

11:00 am - 8:00 pm (L.O. 7:00 pm) The last order is at 7 pm; however, the restaurant can accommodate until 8 pm with prior contact.

Irregular

English menu available.

1 minute walk from JR Saga-Arashiyama Station, 1 minute walk from Randen-Saga Stop on Randen Arashiyama Main Line

3,500 JPY

[Weekdays, Saturdays, Day Before Holidays] Opening hours 17:30 - 00:00 (last order 23:00)

Monday

English menu available.

From the central exit of JR Kyoto station walk to Karasuma-dori. Cross the Karasuma-Shichijo intersection and continue west for 20M.

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

[Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, Holidays] Lunch 11:30 - 15:00 (last order 14:30) [Tuesday - Sunday, Holidays] Dinner 17:30 - 22:30 (last order 21:00)

Monday

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

3-minute walk from Shinsaibashi Station (Midosuji Line). Right out of South number 8 exit from the Crysta Nagahori parking lot.

Dinner: 3,000 JPY / Lunch: 750 JPY

[Tuesday - Sunday, National Holiday, Day before Nationsl Holiday] Dinner 5:00 pm - 11:30 pm (L.O. 10:00 pm, Drink L.O. 11:00 pm) [Wednesday - Friday] Lunch 11:30 am - 2:00 pm

There may be irregular Monday holidays.

English menu available.

A 1-minute walk from Marutamachi station on the Karasuma subway line

Dinner: 25,000 JPY / Lunch: 15,000 JPY

[Monday, Tuesday, Friday - Sunday, National Holidays, Day Before National Holidays] Lunch from 12:00 pm (L.O. 1:30 pm) / Dinner from 6:00 pm (L.O. 9:00 pm)

Wednesday, Thursday

English-speaking staff available.

Five-minute walk from Exit 6 at Gion-Shijo Station on the Keihan Main Line.

Dinner: 22,000 JPY / Lunch: 15,000 JPY

[Tuesday - Saturday] Lunch 11:30 am - (L.O. 1:00 pm) [Tuesday - Saturday] Dinner 5:30 pm - (L.O. 7:30 pm)

Monday, Sunday, National Holidays

English menu available.

Keihan Railway Yodoyabashi Station, in front of the central ticket gate, directly connected to Exit 15. Moved to Nihon Seimei Yodoyabashi Building since December 2022.

Dinner: 15,000 JPY / Lunch: 6,000 JPY

[Opening hours] 17:00 - 23:30

Monday

English-speaking staff available.

About a 7-minute walk from Keihan Line, Gion-Shijo station.

25,000 JPY

[Weekdays, Saturday, National Holidays, Day Before National Holidays] Dinner 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Sunday, National Holidays

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

4-minute walk south from Shinsaibashi Station on the Osaka Metro lines. Proceed about 200m east at the Midosuji Hachiman-cho intersection.

2,500 JPY

10:00 am - 9:00 pm

Depends on the establishment.

English menu available.

2 minutes walk from the central exit of JR Kyoto Station, in Kyoto Tower

Dinner: 15,000 JPY / Lunch: 5,000 JPY

[Monday - Saturday, Holidays, Day Before Holidays] Lunch 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm / Dinner 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm (L.O. 7:00 pm)

Sunday

English menu available.

Fifteen-minute walk from Esaka Station on multiple lines.

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

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

Sunday

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

2 minutes walk from Tanimachi Yonchome Station on Osaka Municipal Subway Tanimachi Line or Chuo Line. After exiting from exit 3, turn left at the first signal along Honmachi-dori.

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

[Monday - Wednesday, Friday - Sunday, National Holidays] Lunch 11:30 - 14:30 (last order 13:30) / Dinner 17:30 - 22:00 (last order 21:00)

Thursday

English menu available.

7 minutes on foot from Karasuma Station of the Hankyu Kyoto Main Line. Located along Sakaimachi-dori Street.

3,000 JPY

[Monday-Thursday] Dinner 6:00 pm - 2:00 am (L.O. 1:00 am), [Friday, Saturday, Day Before National Holidays] Dinner 6:00 pm - 5:00 am (L.O. 4:00 am)

Irregular 

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

4-minute walk from Keihan Sanjo Station, 7-minute walk from Hankyu Kawaramachi Station

Dinner: 6,000 JPY / Lunch: 980 JPY

Lunch 11:30 am - 2:00 pm (L.O. 1:30 pm) / Dinner 5:30 pm - 11:00 pm (L.O. 10:00 pm)

Irregular

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

A five-minute walk from neighboring stations.

Dinner: 2,500 JPY / Lunch: 1,000 JPY

11:00 am - 11:00 pm

None

English menu available.

2 minutes walk from the central exit of JR Kyoto Station, in Kyoto Tower

5,000 JPY

[Weekdays] 3:00 pm - 11:00 pm (L.O 10:30 pm) [Saturday, Sunday, National Holidays] 11:30 am - 11:00 pm (L.O 10:30 pm)

Irregular

English menu available.

4 minutes walk from Gion-Shijo Station on the Hankyu Main Line, 2 minutes walk from Kyoto-kawaramachi Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line

Dinner: 7,500 JPY / Lunch: 7,500 JPY

Lunch 12:00 P.M.-3:30 P.M. (Last order 1:00 P.M.) Dinner 6:00 P.M.-11:00 P.M. (Last order 8:00 P.M.) (Weekdays, Saturday, holidays, the days before holidays)

Sundays

English menu available.

5 minute walk from Watanabe-bashi Station on the Keihan Nakanoshima Line, or a 10-minute walk from Higobashi Station on the Osaka Municipal Subway - Yotsubashi Line

6,000 JPY

11:30 am - 10:00 pm

None

English menu available.

4 minutes walk from Namba Station on Osaka Municipal Subway. Exit to the Dotonbori side, then in the west of [Round One Sennicchimae branch]

Dinner: 5,000 JPY / Lunch: 2,000 JPY

Breakfast 7:00 am - 12:00 pm (L.O. 11:30 am) / Lunch 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm / Cafe 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm / Dinner and Bar 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm (L.O. 10:00 pm)

None

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

From Gojo Station on the Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line, take Exit 2 and head north. It is located just past Manjuji Street.

Dinner: 20,000 JPY / Lunch: 7,000 JPY

Lunch 11:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M. (Last order 1:30 P.M.) Dinner 5:30 P.M.-11:00 P.M. (Last order 8:30 P.M.) (Weekdays, Saturday, holidays, the days before holidays)

Sundays

English-speaking staff available.

7-minute walk from Yodoyabashi Station on the Municipal Subway - Midosuji Line and from Minami-morimachi Station on the Municipal Subway - Tanimachi Line and the Municipal Subway - Sakaisuji Line