Yamafuku

A real feast. We had very friendly and attentive service. Accommodating to our 11 year old. Quality of meat was very good. The noodles were outstanding.

Visited August 2024

We absolutely loved this restaurant. Our servers were very sweet. We were a party of five and didn’t fit their 4 tops, but they were happy to squeeze us in and it worked well for us. Their English was OK, but they had a script that described the food experience for us. Our service was timely and ver...y friendly. They also allowed us to only order 4 dishes for our party of five as we were not super hungry and had been overfed everywhere in Kyoto so far. It turned out to be the perfect amount of food. And the food itself was just amazing. Our first shabu shabu experience and wouldn’t change it for anything. Can’t recommend this place enough!

Visited June 2024

This was our best meal in Kyoto. The food and service was exceptional. Took about two hours. We had the pork, pork belly and beef set. Don’t be put off by the dead flying fish in the broth bowl that you will see in the covered bowl at your table if you lift the lid. It is used to flavor the broth ...but is removed before the broth is heated. I’m not a seafood person (other than sushi) so I was worried everything was going to taste fishy but it didn’t taste in the least bit fishy. This shabu shabu was way better than any I have had before and also better than any sukiyaki I’ve had. The meal included an appetizer, shabu shabu, a bowl of noodles after the shabu shabu and a bowl of ice cream at the end. Highly recommended!

Visited May 2024

I would not recommend this place as I felt we were treated differently from the locals at the table next to us. I still cannot believe it took 45 minutes for us to get our food, which consists of UNCOOKED beef and vegetables despite a reservation. The table next to us had no issue getting the se...rver’s attention or food in a timely matter. We didn’t even get the customary towels to clean our hands and had to ask for water, which took 15 minutes to even get. We did not get any cucumbers or fish that the other tables seemed to get as complimentary appetizers. There was also a separate English menu that did not list everything in the regular Japanese menu. Once we got the food which consisted of a few pieces of beef and vegetables, we finished it in less than 30 minutes as we were starving by then. No one ever came by to check up on us. This place left a bad taste of Kyoto.

Visited April 2024

We were treated very nicely and everything was explained. Food was good and price was reasonable. That's all you need to know.

Visited November 2023