308.9 km
Kyo no Okazu

There are two restaurants in Yaoichi; Savory, on the third floor, looks out onto the rooftop garden, and Okazu is one floor below. Both restaurants use the produce from the year-round vegetable garden. I can only imagine the costs of bringing a vegetable garden ...

317.4 km
Tokuyamazushi

Review excerpt: Depending on the season, the meat at Tokuyamazushi, will be either grilled or cooked in bubbling, warming hot pots as the culmination of multicourse meals that are heavy with local vegetables, wild herbs, mushrooms and fruit.

360.4 km
Soba Dokoro Sasaki

Review excerpt: The standard ¥1,460 zaru-soba set (cold soba served on a basket accompanied with a dipping sauce) at Soba Dokoro Sasaki becomes a hearty meal with extra toppings such as tempura prawn, eggplant and perilla, as well as sides including pickled radish and ...

361.9 km
58 Diner

58 Diner's isn't a gimmick, but a good burger: a thin homemade meat patty made from lean beef and accompanied by red cabbage, fried onions and a layer of scrambled egg all enclosed in a bun.

361.9 km
Weekenders Coffee

Over the past five years, Weekenders Coffee has transformed from a conventional sit-down cafe into a dedicated roastery. In 2011, owner Masahiro Kaneko removed all the window seats to make room for a Probat roaster, drawing a few grumbles from customers who liked to ...

362.1 km
Hyotei

Hyotei is one of Kyoto's essential dining experiences, for lunch or dinner. Founded around 400 years ago, Hyotei may not be the oldest restaurant in the city -- venerable soba specialist Owariya claims that title -- but it's certainly among the most atmospheric. It ...

362.6 km
Shokudo Marushin

Review excerpt: Kyoto's Shokudo Marushin has "teishoku" meals that are a classic combination of rice, miso soup, vegetables, and a main dish of meat or fish.

362.7 km
Tan

Review excerpt: Tan, a new restaurant opened by Yuko Kuwamura, the doyenne of Kyoto cooking, the experimentation extends from the kitchen to the dining room, where there’s only one table and patrons share plates.

362.7 km
Taiyo Curry

Review excerpt: Chef Akihiro Seto makes the most fragrant and punchy Japanese curry at Kyoto's Taiyo, dressed with a soaring combination of vegetables and delivering a symphony of taste.

363 km
Second House

The slogan of this retro-styled cafe is terse: pasta and cakes. There's actually more of the former on the menu than the latter. I went with carrot cake covered in crushed almonds and topped by a tiny little carrot made of sugar. Sweet and ...