Gion Yata - Kyoto

The best meal we had in japan. from the interior to the service and ultimately the food was all so well valued felt warm and friendly and each dish was delivered attentively. the only place on our trip I can really say is not disappointed.

The best meal of our 3 weeks long slum week in japan. we chose the 6200 yen preset dinner from 9 curses and each cure was nice, tasty and much bigger in portion size than expected! the evening meal ended with peeled grapes covered in a harbour wine jelly. it was divine. the service was impeccable. we are coming back in definitiw!

4.5 stars. Kaseiki restaurant in Kyoto's Gion district. A bit difficult to find it's located on a bar district as opposed to the main restaurant district but this is a true hidden gem behind an obscure door. Inside, you will be asked to take off your shoes to sit in a traditional Japanese seating i.e. sit on the mat not chair (no worries it's very comfortable). We ordered several dishes sashimi, grilled chicken, pork belly stew, shrimp and broccoli in wasabi sauce, cold tofu, and seared eggplant. All were delicious in particular the grilled chicken a very simple but extremely well executed. The sashimi was probably the only let down only tasted ok the one we had in Tsukiji was much better. Service was prompt and warm and ambience was very nice. Well worth the price. Excellent meal.

Best dinner of the trip so far. 8-9.000 yen per person (set menu was 11.000). Delicious. Recommended for an special occasion

One of our fav Kyoto restaurants and thinking of making a 3rd visit! It’s special for a few reasons An Izakaya which offers Kaiseki seasonal menu a wide variety of dishes and various cooking styles (poached , grilled, sautéed, pickled, stewed, steamed just as many hot dishes as there are cold dishes (some top Kaiseki restaurants serve excellent food but usually cold! some unusual fare like turtle soup, Sakura rice with Sakura leaf in broth good selection of Kyoto sake I have yet to find another similar restaurant, still trying!