Best Taverns & Italian/French Restaurants in Kyoto and Osaka Area

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: 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: 10,000 JPY / Lunch: 2,000 JPY

[Monday, Wednesday - Sunday, National Holidays, Day Before Holidays] Lunch 12:00 - 13:30 (last order 13:30) / Dinner 18:00 - 00:00 (last order 00:00)

Tuesday

Unknown.

5 minutes on foot from Fukushima Station. Follow the main street (Naniwasuji) north, cross the “Fukushima 6 Minami” Intersection, and take the next right. You will come upon the restaurant shortly thereafter.

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

3,500 JPY

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

Irregular

English menu available.

3-minute walk from Karasuma Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line or 3-minute walk from Shijo Station on Kyoto Subway Karasuma Line

Dinner: 3,500 JPY / Lunch: 1,200 JPY

Lunch 11:00 - 14:00 / Dinner 18:00 - 23:00

Monday

Unknown.

From Keihan Main Line, Owada station take the Keihan Bus for Kadoma-Danchi, get off at the Minaminoguchi bus stop, and it is immediately after you pass under the Daini-Keihan Highway.

4,000 JPY

[Tuesday-Saturday] Dinner 6:00 pm - 3:00 am (L.O. 2:00 am) [Sunday] Dinner 6:00 pm - 2:00 am (L.O. 1:00 am)

Monday

English menu available.

3 minutes walk from Exit 6 of Shinsaibashi Station on the Osaka Metro Midosuji Line

Dinner: 6,000 JPY / Lunch: 2,000 JPY

[Tuesdays-Sundays/Holidays] Lunch 11:00-15:00 (last order 14:00) / Dinner 18:00-23:00 (last order 21:30)

Monday

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

1 minute walk from Kintetsu Nara station; go straight down Konishi Sakura street, and it will be on your right.

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

11:00 am - 11:00 pm

Irregular

English-speaking staff available.

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

Dinner: 32,000 JPY / Lunch: 20,000 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: 5,000 JPY

[Breakfast] 07:00 - 10:30 (Last order: 10:00) [Lunch] 11:30 - 15:00 (Last order: 14:00) [Dinner] 17:30 - 22:30 (Last order: 21:00)

None (excludes events and private parties)

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

Ten minutes by taxi (about 1000 yen) from JR Sannomiya Station and Hankyu, Hanshin, and Subway Sannomiya Station.

4,000 JPY

[Tuesday - Saturday, Day before National Holidays, National Holidays] 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm

None

Unknown.

15 minutes walk from the Ujiyamada Kintetsu Station or 10 minutes walk from Isuzugawa Subway Station. 200m west of the traffic lights in front of the Furuichi tennis courts.

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

Dinner: 15,000 JPY / Lunch: 4,500 JPY

[Tuesday-Sunday, National Holidays, Day before National Holidays] 6:00 pm - (L.O. 9:00 pm) / Lunch 11:30 am - (L.O. 2:00 pm)

Monday

English-speaking staff available.

Go to the north from Kitanozaka, turn west on the street 1 block before Ijinkan Dori Street, then immediately on the left

Dinner: 5,500 JPY / Lunch: 3,500 JPY

[Monday, Tuesday, Thursday - Sunday, National Holidays, Day before National Holidays] Lunch: 11:30 - 15:30 (Last order: 14:30) Dinner: 18:30 - 22:00 (Last order: 20:30)

Mondays

Unknown.

A ten minute walk from Osaka Municipal Subway Midosuji Line's Esaka Station Exit 8.

Dinner: 15,000 JPY / Lunch: 8,000 JPY

Lunch: 11:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. (last orders at 2:00 p.m.); dinner: 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. (last orders at 9:00 p.m.)

Irregular

Unknown.

A 15-minute walk from the west exit of Sannomiya station on the JR Tokaido main line, or a 15-minute walk from the west exit of Kobe Sannomiya station which is served by the Tokyu Kobe main and Kobe high-speed lines.

Dinner: 7,500 JPY / Lunch: 4,500 JPY

[Tuesday - Sunday, National Holidays, Day Before Holidays] Brasserie Lunch 11:30 - 14:30 (last order 13:30) / French Restaurant Lunch 12:00 - 15:00 (last order 13:30) / Brasserie Dinner 17:30 - 21:00 (last order 19:30) / French Restaurant Dinner 17:30 - 22:00 (last order 19:30) *Reservations Required

Monday

English menu available.

397 meters from Iseshi Station of the JR Sangu Line.

Dinner: 10,000 JPY / Lunch: 4,500 JPY

[Monday/Tuesday/Thursday - Sunday/national holiday/eve of national holiday] Lunch from 11:30-14:00, dinner from 18:00-21:00

None

English-speaking staff available.

Take the Osaka municipal subway Sakaisuji line to the Kitahama station. It is a five-minute walk (327 meters from Kitahama station).

5,000 JPY

[Weekday/Saturday/Holiday] Normal hours 17:00 - 01:00 [Sunday/Holiday] Normal hours 17:00 - 00:00

Irregular

Unknown.

Five minute walk from JR Hankyu Hanshin Kobe Municipal Subway Line Sannomiya Station. Immediately after entering Higashimon.

Dinner: 5,000 JPY / Lunch: 2,500 JPY

[Tuesday - Sunday/national holiday/eve of national holiday] Lunch from 11:30-14:00 (last order at 14:00), dinner from 17:30-21:00 (last order at 21:00)

Mondays

Unknown.

20 minutes by foot from Kumeda station. 7 minutes by taxi. 1 minute by foot from Tajime-kita on the Nankai bus. We are close to the Tajimecho intersection of Prefectural Route 40.