Best Italian & French Restaurants in Kyoto & Osaka

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

[Tuesday-Sunday, National Holidays, Day Before National Holiday] Lunch 11:30 am - 2:30 pm (L.O. 1:30 pm) / Dinner 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 8:30 pm)

Monday

English menu available.

Located along Tominokoji-dori Street, southward from Marutamachi-dori Street

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

[Tuesday - Sunday] Lunch 11:30 am - 2:30 pm (L.O. 1:30 pm) *Lunch reservations are accepted by phone call only. / Dinner 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm (L.O. 8:30 pm)

Monday

English menu available.

8-minute walk from Jingu-marutamachi Station. Cross the Kamo River, head west, and turn left onto Teramachi Street. The restaurant will be on your right side.

Dinner: 20,000 JPY / Lunch: 12,000 JPY

[Wednesday - Sunday, National Holidays] Lunch 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm (L.O. 1:00 pm) / Dinner 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 7:30 pm)

Monday, Tuesday

English menu available.

5-minute walk from Exit 6 of Gion-shijo Station on the Keihan Main Line

Dinner: 6,500 JPY / Lunch: 1,800 JPY

Dinner 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm (L.O.10:00) / Lunch 11:00 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:00 pm)

Irregular

English menu available.

5-minute walk from Exit 4-1 of Karasuma Station on Kyoto Muncipal Subway Karasuma Line

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

Lunch 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:00 pm) / Dinner 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm (L.O. 8:00 pm)

Wednesday

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

14-minute walk from Keage Station on Kyoto Municipal Subway Tozai Line / 1-minute walk from Okazaki Jinja-mae bus stop

Dinner: 8,000 JPY / Lunch: 1,200 JPY

Wednesday

Unknown.

5-minute walk from Shin-Fukushima Station on JR Tozai Line

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

Lunch 11:30 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:30 pm) / Dinner 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 9:30 pm) *Rooftop Bar is open until 11:00 pm on Friday, Saturday, and the Day Before National Holiday (L.O. Food 10:00 pm, Drink 10:30 pm), [Saturday, Sunday, National Holiday] Tea Times 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm (L.O. 5:00 pm)

None

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

1-minute walk from Karasuma Oike Station on Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line and Tozai Line. It's located on the 3rd floor of Ace Hotel Kyoto.

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: 10,000 JPY / Lunch: 2,500 JPY

Lunch 11:30 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:30 pm)  / Dinner 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm (L.O. 10:00 pm) Drink L.O. 10:30 pm Also available as a wine bar

Irregular

English menu available.

1-minute walk from Exit 5 of Shinsaibashi Station on the Osaka Metro Midosuji Line and Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line, 3-minute walk from Exit 7 of Nagahoribashi Station on the Sakaisuji Line

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: 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.

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.

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: 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: 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).

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: 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.

Dinner: 8,000 JPY / Lunch: 2,900 JPY

[Monday-Wednesday, Friday-Sunday, National Holidays, Day before National Holidays] Lunch 11:30 pm - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:00 pm) / Dinner 5:30 pm - 11:00 pm (L.O. 10:00 pm)

Thursday, Irregular Closed on Wednesday

Unknown.

Four minute walk from Marutamachi Station (exit 7). Walk south and turn left at the first intersection onto Ebisu-gawa Dori. Turn left again at Higashinotoin Dori and you will see the restaurant on the right.