Kiyomizu Yanaginobambahonke

fantastic food prepared in front of you...an interesting selection, apparently "local" to Kyoto. Good value (£60 for 3)

Visited May 2025

It was a really disappointing experience : the personnel was not really polite, which is extremely rare in Japan. The meals served were not always the ones ordered. The general impression is bad and quality to price ratio finally bad. It is not a good restaurant as it tries to pretend. There are tho...usand better places to eat in Kyoto rather than here.

Visited April 2025

A taste of authentic Japanese cuisine. If you visit this restaurant, be prepared to use your Google Translate because they only speak Japanese. However, they do have some partial menus in English, and the waitstaff are so eager to help that they will do everything to understand you. Also, stretch b...efore you come because you will be eating on tatami mats. The 7-course menu offers an overview of various dishes. The "bonito sashimi" is outstanding! Highly recommended!

Visited August 2024

AVOID! This place is the typical touristic trap. They ask you to pay tourists for a fixed menu with microscopic portions and are very unclear about their pricing. Sneaky. This is the first time that I post a review about a bad experience hoping that it will help other people being cheated just beaca...use they are tourists.

Visited March 2019

Found this little place in a small side road and we were amazed. You eat japanese style, take of your shoes etc you it in front of the chefs almost like teppanyaki. They only got one menu of like eight dishes. Everything was amazing. My favorites were the black sesame ice cream dessert, best tempura... ever tried and a salad with an amazing balsam vinegar?? I asked the chef for the vinegar recipe but communication was limited to japanese and laughters (:

Visited April 2017