Kyoto — Places to eat
Torii tunnels at dawn, lantern-lit Gion lanes by night.
- Gyukatsu Kyoto Katsugyu (Teramachi) — Rare beef cutlet you finish yourself on a little hot stone
- Menya Inoichi (main shop) — Clear dashi ramen topped with bonito shaved at the counter
- Honke Daiichi-Asahi (main shop) — Soy ramen by Kyoto Station, open 6 a.m. to 1 a.m.
- Omen Ginkakuji (main shop) — Thick udon dipped with seasonal vegetables, by Ginkakuji
- Izuu — Kombu-wrapped mackerel sushi in a Gion lane since 1781
- Nanzenji Junsei — Yudofu courses beside a listed study hall and garden
- Unagiya Hirokawa — Eel grilled to your booking time; reservations open a month out
- Mishima-tei (main store) — Wagyu sukiyaki in an 1873 townhouse under a big lantern
- Sohonke Nishin Soba Matsuba (main shop) — Where herring soba began, just over Shijo Bridge
- Katsukura Sanjo (main shop) — Kyoto tonkatsu with sesame you grind yourself; cabbage refills
- Gyatei — A tray of a dozen Kyoto home-style dishes by the station
- % Arabica Kyoto Arashiyama — Kyoto Latte on the riverbank by Togetsukyo; expect a line
- Saryo Tsujiri (Gion main shop) — Matcha parfaits from an 1860 Uji tea house, upstairs on Shijo
- Nakamura Tokichi Honten (Kyoto Station) — Uji tea-house parfaits and green-tea jelly at Kyoto Station
- Smart Coffee — French toast and pancakes at a kissaten open since 1932
- Honke Owariya (Honten) — Soba since 1465, famous for its five-tier box
- Kikunoi Honten — Three-star kaiseki, a benchmark of high-end Kyoto dining
- Hyotei — Teahouse-garden kaiseki, known for its soft-boiled egg breakfast
- Juu-go — Bib Gourmand soba: soba-gaki and soba, nothing else
- Shigetsu (Tenryu-ji) — Zen temple vegan meal inside Tenryu-ji
- Ippodo Tea Kyoto Main Shop (Kaboku Tearoom) — Matcha and a sweet inside a tea shop from 1717
- Inoda Coffee Honten — Kyoto morning coffeehouse since 1940