Kikunoi Honten

The food is amazing and the setting is beautiful. Each guest/group gets a private room and the service is exceptional. If you are looking for a super whimsical Michelin 3 star then this is not for you, but if you want to experience quintessential Japanese hospitality with beautiful and culturally ri...ch food then I think this will exceed expectations.

Visited February 2024

My partner and I were so excited to come here based on the reviews and the 3-star rating. If you want to dine at a place with very kind service and cute Japanese decore this is it! But if you want to eat great food stay far away. I would say the food at its best is bland. After bland, some of the fo...od is inedible. It was so sad after all the anticipation. We had to laugh it off and pretend we were too jet lagged to finish each dish. I wish I could say differently, but save yourself the time and money.

Visited November 2023

When in Kyoto, you must have a kaiseki dinner. Google and Tableall listed this as a top kaiseki place with 3 Michelin stars. We booked for their premium dinner. Total was about CAN$1000 prepaid. I have had kaiseki dinners in North America but never Japan. My ratings: Service 10/10 (very attentive, l...arge private room, waterfall garden in the backyard, personal server); Food 9/10 (the idea is to let the fresh ingredients speak for themselves, minimal salt, super fresh, abalone, uni, muscat grapes, are some highlights); Ambiance 10/10 (dine like royalty); more in my photos

Visited September 2023

I read the reviews, and I was worried about this booking. This place was absolutely wonderful. Fantastic cuisine. Really delicious, they wet so kind and the food was absolutely amazing. We will return. 👏 Arigato to the whole team. ❤️

Visited August 2023

A culinary tour de force. Three Michelin stars may not be enough. Sophistication and delicacy beyond belief. The Kaiseki dinner is a journey through a sensory and emotional universe. Subsrashi. Arigato.

Visited June 2023