Best local restaurants in Kyoto - Gion and Shijo

Restaurant: Chojiro (チョウジロウ)

Phone: 075-708-2037

Address: 103-2, Hashimotocho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto B1F

Nearest Station: Hankyu Kawaramachi Station East 3-A Exit

Open Hour: [Mon - Fri] 12:00 - 15:00, 17:00- Next 1:00 

[Sat, Sun, Hol] 12:00- Next 1:00

Close: N.A

Price Range: [Lunch]￥1,000～￥1,999, [Dinner]￥2,000～￥2,999 

Credit Card: VISA, MASTER, JCB, AMEX

Seats: 37 seats (10 counter seats, 12 table seats, 15 seats for separate room tables)

What makes it so great about Chojiro perhaps is its deep understanding of the customers' desire to offer what they truly want.  English menu in iPad, for example, is a simple yet brilliant ...

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Address: 578-5 Shinkyogoku Shijo Agaru Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto

Phone: 075-231-3628

Open Hour: 17:00 to 24:00 (L.O.23:30)

Close: Thursday

Price: [Dinner] 3,000- yen 3,999 yen [Lunch] 2,000- yen 2,999 yen

Nearest Station: Hankyu Kawaramachi Station 3-minute walk

Credit Card: Possible (VISA, MASTER, JCB, AMEX)

Seats: 40 seats

Located in the alley of Shijo area, Tomisushi is a popular sushi restaurant from the locals. Here you can enjoy good sushi with reasonable price. An at home atomsphere is something to enjoy in the country side of Japan.

Restaurant: Sushiden Kenzan (すし田 乾山)

Address: Kyoto Takashimaya 7F, 52 Shincho Kawaramachi Nishi iru Shijo Dori Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto

Phone: 075-222-1310

Open Hour: From 11:00 to 22:00 (L.O.21:00)

Close: No fixed holiday

Price: [Dinner] 3,000- yen 3,999 yen [Lunch] 2,000- yen 2,999 yen

Nearest Station: 75m from Kawaramachi Station

Credit Card: (VISA)

Seats: 42 seats

Edomae style sushi you can enjoy in Kyoto. Located in Takashimaya, the department store, it is clean and the stable taste is guaranteed.

Restaurant: Torisuke (とりすけ)

Address: 347, Gionmachi Kitagawa, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto

Phone: 075-551-4399

Open Hour: 19:00-05:00

Close: Sun/Holiday

Price: [Dinner] 4,000- yen 4,999 yen

Nearest Station: 5 minutes from Gion-Shijo Station

Credit Card: N.A

This restaurant is only recently becoming popular. It is in the alley of Gion, a little bit difficult to find.

The freshness of the chicken here is guaranteed, if ...

Restaurant: Torishin (とり新)

Address: Gion Nawate Shijo Agaru, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto

Phone: 075-541-4857

Open Hour: 12:00 to 14:00, 18:00 to 22:00 (L.O)

Close: Thursday

Price: [Dinner] 3,000- yen 3,999 yen [Lunch] - 999 yen

Nearest Station: 2-minute walk from Gion Shijo Station

Credit Card: N.A

Seats: 14 seats

A restaurant specialized in Oyakodon (rice bowl with chicken and egg). In the evening, the restaurant also offer some yakitori, but during lunch time, it only offer oyakodon, and you ...

Restaurant: Gion Mimio (祇園みみお)

Address: 354 Kiyomotocho Shijo Agaru Hanamikoji Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto

Phone: 075-525-3304

Open Hour: Mon-Sat 19:00 - 2:00AM

Close: On Sunday

Price: [Dinner] - 999 yen [Lunch] - 999 yen

Nearest Station: 342m from Gion-Shijo Station

Credit Card: N.A

Seats: 16 seats

Very standard Chinese style ramen, but the soup is very profound based on fish, chicken and soy sauce.

There are only 2 menus, ramen and charshumen ...

Restaurant: Ramen Itsuwa (ラーメン いつわ)

Address: Hitosujime Kado Shijo Nawate Agaru Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto

Phone: 075-551-5027

Open Hour: Mon-Thu 18:30 to 3:00AM, Fri-Sat 18:30 to 4:00AM

Close: Sunday and holidays

Price: [Dinner] - 999 yen [Lunch] - 999 yen

Nearest Station: 4 minute walk from Gion-Shijo Station

Credit Card: N.A

Seats: 20 seats

A Chinese style ramen in Kyoto. You may have noticed, unlike Tokyo, the traditional style or Chinese style ramen is more popular in ...

Restaurant: Kurita (くりた)

Address: Shijo Sagaru Nishi Kiyamachi Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto

Phone: 075-344-0456

Open Hour: 11:30 to 14:00, 17:30 to 21:00

Close: Wednesday

Price: [Dinner] 8,000- yen 9,999 yen [Lunch] 5,000- yen 5,999 yen

Nearest Station: 3 minute walk from Hankyu Kawaramachi Station

Credit Card: (VISA, MASTER, JCB, AMEX, Diners))

Seats: 20 seats

Kyoto style cuisine restaurant uses seasonal food, but this restaurant is always in search of the best way to fully utilize the seasonal food...

Restaurant: Kakure (隠)

Address: 570-8, Gionmachi Minamigawa, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto

Phone: 075-532-3033

Open Hour: From 17:00 to 24:00

Close: N.A

Price: [Dinner] 6,000- yen 7,999 yen

Nearest Station: 400m from Gion-Shijo Station

Credit Card: (VISA, MASTER, JCB, AMEX)

Seats: 35 seats

Kakure, or Kakurega is a word that stands for "hide-away". The rich and the authority in Japan in the old days, had hide-aways, and one of it was restaurants that from outside, you can not recognize that it is a restaurant...

Restaurant: Hachiokian (八起庵)

Address: Kyoto Takashimaya 7F, 52 Shincho Kawaramachi Nishi iru Shijo Dori Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto

Phone: 075-221-8811

Open Hour: From 10:00 to 21:00

Close: No fixed holiday

Price: [Dinner] 2,000- yen 2,999 yen [Lunch] 1,000- yen 1,999 yen

Nearest Station: Hankyu Kawaramachi Station 2 minute

Credit Card: (VISA, MASTER)

Seats: 27 seats

Restaurant specilized in chicken. The chef tries to use the full potential of the original taste of chicken by using less seasoning, and also to maximize it's ...

Restaurant: Konnamonja (こんなもんじゃ)

Address: 494 Nakauoya Nishiki Kouji Agaru Sakaimachi, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto

Phone: 075-255-3231

Open Hour: From 10:00 to 18:00

Close: N.A

Price: [Dinner] - 999 yen [Lunch] - 999 yen

Nearest Station: 8-minute walk from subway Shijo Station

Credit Card: N.A

A donut shop using soy milk. Next to a Tofu store, the shop uses soy milk to make donuts, ice creams, and corn dogs.