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Eel special feature

[2022]You must eat at least once in Kyoto! Six Eel Restaurants in Kyoto

Saturday, July 23, 2022 and Thursday, August 4, 2022 are the days of the Ox! Why not replenish your stamina to survive the summer heat with nutritious eels?
Recently, eel specialty restaurants have been popping up one after another in Kyoto. In this issue, we pick up new and old eel dishes such as unaju and hitsu-mabushi recommended by our editorial department for the day of the Ushi.

1.[Onionya Nyorosuke Pontocho] Kabayaki and Shirayaki double weight / Pontocho

Negi-ya Heikichi, where leeks are the star of the show, has been renewed. You can enjoy a large-sized eel for 4,180 yen for one eel, 6,160 yen for 1.5 eels, and 7,590 yen for two eels. We also recommend the luxurious "Gokujo" eel-jyu, which features one broiled eel and one grilled eel.

Open as usual on Midsummer Day of the Ox (however, reservations are not possible on a first-come, first-served basis). Reservations required for takeout by the day before.

Negiya Nyorosuke Pontocho's Unaju

Served locally grilled without steaming. You can enjoy the original taste of eel, the fat, and the texture of the meat. Unajyu from 4,180 yen (takeout from 4,104 yen)

Negiya Nyorosuke Pontocho

Negiya Nyorosuke Pontocho

  • Negiya Nyorosuke Pontocho
  • February 6, 2021 open
  • 201-4 Shimokicho, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 5 minutes walk from Keihan "Gion Shijo" station
  • Tel.075-256-8808

2.[Pumpkin seed] eel bowl set meal carefully grilled over Binchotan charcoal / Gion

Thick domestically produced eels are carefully grilled over Binchotan charcoal. As the owner, Mr. Yamada, says, ``The food is steamed and then grilled after you order it, so you'll have to wait about 20 minutes, but the freshly steamed food is exceptional.''As the owner says, the taste is fluffy.

Reservations are required for Doyo no Ushi no Hi. Takeout is also possible on the same day.

Lunch-limited eel bowl set meal 2,420 yen (takeout only eel bowl of the same size is 2,200 yen). Steaming removes excess fat, making Edo-yaki eels light and fluffy. Yuba and liver soup, small bowl, with pickles

pumpkin seeds

  • 1F Gion Ryokaku Building, 267 Gioncho North Side, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 3 minutes walk from Keihan "Gion Shijo" station
  • Tel.075-525-2963

3.Unaju (eel) at Kyoto Charcoal Grilled Eel, Doi Katsudo Eel, where the deliciousness of the eel and the sweetness of the egg are intertwined / Gion, Kyoto

An eel specialty restaurant [Kyoto Charcoal-grilled Eel Doi Ikatsu Eel] will open in Fushimi in 2018 and in Gion in 2021. The thick eel is kept alive in a low-temperature cooling circulator, and grilled on the same day over charcoal for about 15 minutes. The meat is plump and soft enough to melt in your mouth.

Take-out only on Saturday, July 23; reservations required by Tuesday, July 19.
Normal business hours on Thursday, August 4. Take-out available.

Unaju-ordinary 3,000 yen (2,700 yen for takeout) with fluffy broiled egg topping for an additional 200 yen. The deliciousness of the eel and the sweetness of the egg intertwine, and the chopsticks just won't quit!

Kyoto Charcoal Grilled Eel Doi Live Eel

  • Kyoto Sumiyaki Eel Dokatsuman
  • June 1, 2021 open
  • Sansan Yasaka 1F, 492-3 Kiyoimachi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 15-minute walk from Keihan Gion-Shijo Station
    3 minutes walk from bus stop "Higashiyama Yasui"
  • Tel.075-746-6689

4.[Usuya] Freshly processed eel in a luxurious stacked box / Sanjo Omiya

This Japanese restaurant offers authentic eel dishes in a café-like atmosphere. The freshly processed eel has no odor, and its crispy skin and plump meat are irresistible. In addition to a wide variety of eel dishes such as shiroyaki, eel rolls, and tempura, the restaurant also serves a wide variety of obanzai.

Open on regular Ox days. Better to make reservations for take-out at least one day in advance.
*On the day of the Ox and two days before and after the day of the Ox, only eel menus such as bowl of rice topped with a half-eel (2,310 yen) or bowl of rice topped with a top-grade eel (4,400 yen) will be served. No uiju (rice-jyu) is offered.

The two-tiered rice stacks are appetizing, and the Uiheiju (eel and rice) is 1,760 yen. Eels are mainly from Mikawa-Ishiki, and the owner has 15 years of experience as a chef.

mortar

  • thin (paper, cloth) shop
  • 58 Kamigawaracho, Omiya Nishiiru, Sanjo-Dori, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto
  • 7 minute walk from Subway Nijojo-mae Station
  • Tel. 075-823-0033

5.The rolls that stick out from the bowl are amazing! [Kyogoku Kaneyo] Kinshidon/Kawaramachi

A long-established eel restaurant that has been watching over Kyoto's townspeople for more than 100 years. An indispensable part of Edo yaki eel, which is steamed and then grilled over binchotan charcoal, is the large dashimaki, which protrudes from the bowl.

In-store dining and takeout are both available on Doyou-no-Ushi (day of the Ox) *Reservations not accepted
On Saturday, July 23, the restaurant will be open from 11:30 to 21:00 (LO/20:30). (Closed when all items are sold out).
Normal business hours on Thursday, August 4

Kyogoku Kaneyo's kinshidon (regular)

Kinshidon (regular) 2,800 yen (2,900 yen for takeout). A simple yet powerful combination of Kyoto-style dashi rolls and Edo-style grilled eel. Enjoy the change of taste with Oi sauce and Japanese pepper

Kaneyo Kyogoku

Kaneyo Kyogoku

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  • Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto City Nakagyo Ward
  • 6 minutes walk from Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae subway station
  • Tel.075-221-0669

6.Gorgeous unaje (eel stew) at Unashige, which focuses on the taste and size of eels / Gosho area

Live eels are in the tank set behind the counter. Steaming starts after an order is placed, so you can enjoy the Kanto-style deliciousness. After steaming, it is dipped in a less sweet sauce and then broiled three times. It doesn't feel greasy at all, and only the rich flavor spreads in your mouth.

Normal business on the day of the Ox in Doyo.
Take-out is available only for regular eel bento (4,000 yen for 1 eel), large eel bento (5,500 yen for 1.5 eels), and umaki (eel cakes) (2,350 yen).
*Early reservations are best for both dine-in and take-out.

Nosage

Unaju (large): 6,000 yen; while the average portion of one eel is enough to satisfy the appetite, the large portion with one and a half eels is even more luxurious. The rice is Shiga Kinuhikari (price subject to change).

Nosage

Nosage

  • March 01, 2022 open
  • Glassed Gosho 1F, 180 Shinkarasumagami-cho, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 7 minutes on foot from Keihan Jingu Marutamachi Station
    3 minutes walk from Kawaramachi Marutamachi bus stop
  • Tel.075-741-8435
*Please note that the information contained herein is subject to change without notice.
*Since this site uses automatic translation, the translation may differ from the original Japanese content.

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