Kyoto's Best 11 Best Kaiseki/Kaiseki cuisine Restaurants in Japan 2024

We have prepared 11 of the most popular and recommended kaiseki restaurants in Kyoto for you. Discover the best restaurants Japan has to offer.

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1. Tominokoji Yamagishi

Kaiseki / Kaiseki cuisine
Kyoto prefecture Kyoto city

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While preserving the tradition of Kyoto cuisine, we offer dishes that allow you to feel the changes of the four seasons based on the spirit of hospitality of tea kaiseki. While using Kyoto ingredients such as Kyoto vegetables and river fish, we hope that you will enjoy the culture of Kyoto's saijiki that visits every month through our cuisine.

2. Iida

Kaiseki / Kaiseki cuisine
South side of Aneyokoji Tominokoji Nishiiriru, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture

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A shop located on Aneyakoji Street in Kyoto. Simple and elegant dishes based on cha-kaiseki have won the tastes of many gourmets, and won three stars in the 2018 Michelin Guide. It is a well-known restaurant that is so loved that regular customers who have been coming since its opening can hardly speak.

3. Yamagencha

Kaiseki / Kaiseki cuisine
347-96 north side of Gion-cho, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture

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A deeply nourishing dish that fuses Zen cuisine, the heart of the tea ceremony, and a unique world view captures the hearts of guests who visit. A famous Japanese restaurant filled with the joy of enjoying the four seasons. Both the eyes and the palate will be satisfied with the presentation by the owner, who is full of aesthetic sense and playfulness. The interior of the store has a gentle yet neat atmosphere, so it is recommended for high-quality entertainment and business negotiations.

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Kaiseki / Kaiseki cuisine
Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto City Higashiyama Ward

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A three-star Michelin restaurant representing Kyoto located in Maruyama Park behind Yasaka Shrine. The owner of the restaurant is Hitoshi Ishihara, who was recognized by Teiichi Yuki, the founder of Kitcho, and became head chef of Kitcho Arashiyama Main Store at the tender age of 38. The menu consists of a three-hour course devised by Mr. Ishihara himself. Cha-kaiseki, with its luxurious and flavorful Mizen-ryu menu, has impressed many gourmets.

5. Kiyama

Kaiseki / Kaiseki cuisine
136 Kinuyamachi, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture Verdor Imperial Palace 1F

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A kaiseki restaurant that received a Michelin star just one year after its opening. The owner is Mr. Yoshiro Kiyama, who used to be the head chef at Wakuden. At the counter seats, you can watch the "dashi performance" of making dashi, an essential part of Japanese cuisine, by shaving 3 types of dried bonito. The pure water from the well is used for cooking, and you can enjoy the taste of the water to the fullest. Please enjoy the essence of Japanese cuisine.

6. Gion Owatari

Kaiseki / Kaiseki cuisine
570-265 south side of Gion-cho, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture

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Masato Owatari, who trained at many famous restaurants in Osaka, opened Gion Owatari on his own in 2009. Acquiring one Michelin star in 2012 and two stars in 2018, Mr. Owatari's cuisine and hospitality are praised by gourmets all over the country. It is one of the pleasures of being able to enjoy Japanese cuisine in a space unique to Kyoto, which is housed in an old private house in Gion.

7. Takeyamachi Mita

Kaiseki / Kaiseki cuisine
Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City, Nakagyo Ward, Teramachi-dori Takeya-cho Shimoru, west side, 667-1 Kuoninmae-cho

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Even in Kyoto, where there are many difficult-to-reserve restaurants, this restaurant is famous for not being able to make reservations. Inside the store, there is only a 6-seat counter that is extremely simple with no waste. Just like the interior, the food is a Kappo restaurant that strips away unnecessary things and draws out the maximum potential of the ingredients. A restaurant you want to visit once in your life if you have the chance.

8. Ogata

Kaiseki / Kaiseki cuisine
726 Shinkamanza-cho, Ayanokoji Nishinotoin Higashiiri, Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture

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At "Ogata," you can enjoy exquisite kaiseki cuisine created by the owner, Toshiro Ogata, who was the executive chef at the prestigious "Wakuden." The bold and delicate use of carefully selected seasonal ingredients can only be served by the owner, and is called the skill of a craftsman. A famous restaurant loved by many gourmets.

9. Miyuki Town Tagawa

Kaiseki / Kaiseki cuisine
Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City, Nakagyo Ward, Ebisugawa-dori Goyukicho Nishiiri Matsumotocho 575-1

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This shop is located near Kyoto City Hall. The owner, Kisho Tagawa, worked as an engineer before becoming a chef at the age of 25. He trained at famous restaurants in Tokyo and Kyoto before going independent. The dishes prepared by the owner are all heartwarming dishes made with seasonal ingredients.

10. Gion Kida

Kaiseki / Kaiseki cuisine
570-192 South Gion-cho, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture

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"Gion Kida" won one star in the Michelin Guide 2018. A small shop with mainly counter seats and only one private room. You can see the special soup stock and how the food is prepared right before your eyes, and you will be thrilled by the performance. We would like you to savor the exquisite cuisine along with the atmosphere of Kyoto.

11. Maeda

Kaiseki / Kaiseki cuisine
Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City, Higashiyama Ward, Gioncho South Side 570-118 1F

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A Japanese restaurant located in an alley in the Gion neighborhood. The 3-hour omakase course, in which the apprentice and the chef Yujiro Maeda are in perfect harmony, will come to an end in no time. Reservations can be made relatively easily if you inquire in advance, so this restaurant is a blessing in Kyoto, where there are many restaurants where reservations are difficult.

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