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Featured Chinese restaurants in Kyoto City

Latest in 2022] 7 Recommended Chinese Restaurants in Kyoto City

We have collected recommendations for Chinese restaurants in a variety of styles, from a new restaurant where a talented chef has established his own restaurant to a popular restaurant where reservations are a must, and one that continues to be loved by the locals. Find your favorite Chinese restaurant in Kyoto City.

1.Elegant Chinese cuisine at Shuka that accentuates the flavor of the ingredients / Kitashirakawa

The owner, who trained for 11 years at the famous Chinese restaurant "Kyo Seika" in Okazaki, became independent in 2028. He set up his restaurant in Kita-Shirakawa, a quiet area that he loves. The restaurant offers a full lunch set menu at a reasonable price of around 2,000 yen so that customers can drop by casually.

Autumn flower fried rice

Rice fried to a crisp and seasoned simply with salt and pepper. The craftsmanship shines through. Fried rice with crab lettuce: 1,540 yen. In addition to a la carte dishes that are sure to be enjoyed with drinks, the restaurant also offers a 12,000 yen course featuring seasonal ingredients.

autumn flowers

  • clear autumnal flowers
  • 27 Hinokuchi-cho, Ichijoji, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 12-minute walk from Ichijoji Station on the Eiden Line
    4 minutes walk from bus stop "Ichijoji Kinomoto-cho".
  • Tel. 075-285-1140

2.[Chinese Restaurant Xi Xiang" offers hotel-style dishes for daily use / Aragamiguchi

[Chef Nishimura, who honed his skills at the Otsu Prince Hotel and the Kyoto Brighton Hotel, wields a wok and serves dishes based on light Cantonese cuisine with a touch of Hong Kong and Szechuan influences.

Chinese Restaurant Xixiang's Shrimp

The large prawns are a bold and eye-catching feature of this dish. Deep-fried chili peppers add just the right amount of spiciness. Xixiang's shrimp chili is priced at 1,320 yen. The hearty Xixiang Lunch for 1,650 yen is also recommended.

Chinese Restaurant Xi Xiang

  • Chinese spirits
  • 21-8 Higashisakura-cho, Kawaramachi-Dori Hirokoji-Sagaru, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto
  • 11 min. walk from Jingu-marutamachi Sta. of Keihan Co.
    2 minutes walk from bus stop "Aragamiguchi".
  • Tel. 075-255-6663

3.You will be captivated by the thickening and deliciousness of ankake! [Ankake Ya Kohachi / Katsura

A 7-minute walk from Katsura Station. After spending 18 years working in a Chinese restaurant in the city and five years training in Japanese cuisine, the owner, Mr. Kobayashi, started his own restaurant in his hometown of Katsura. The owner, who is fascinated by ankake (bean paste), is particular about making an ankake to suit each dish, such as sweet ginger ankake for fried rice and sweet and sour ankake for crab balls.

Ankakeya Kohachi's Tenchama Donburi

Fried rice wrapped in an egg in the style of Tenshindon and topped with a hot spicy bean paste sauce, Tenchamadon is 858 yen. The spicy hot and spicy starchy sauce is a popular menu item that adds a refreshing change of pace to the dish.

Ankake-ya Kohachi

  • Ankake-ya Kohachi
  • 8-6 Tatsumi-cho, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 7 minutes walk from Hankyu "Katsura" station
  • Tel. 075-754-6834

4.[Authentic Chinese cuisine at Shih Tung Cuisine / Gosho Nishi

The owner-chef, who trained at famous hotels in Tokyo and Kyoto, as well as at Ichinofunairi, aims to create an at-home restaurant where neighbors can casually drop by. We have chairs and tableware for children," he says, "so you can feel free to bring your children along.

Guangdong Cuisine - Shrimp Chili at Shih Tou Hua

The spiciness of the chili sauce is made mild with eggs, and the shrimp chili goes perfectly with white rice. Shrimp with chili sauce set 1,200 yen (example of lunch menu). Four types of evening courses are available from 3,300 yen.

Guangdong Cuisine Shihtouhua

  • Chinese-style vegetarian cuisine
  • 1F Sanki Building, 154 Kameya-cho, Shimochojamachi Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 13 min. walk from "Marutamachi" subway station.
    3 minute walk from Horikawa Shimocho bus stop.
  • Tel. 075-406-5115

5.Ate Chinese food prepared by a chef from a hotel [e-Pantsai Tanaka] / Mototanaka

This Chinese restaurant is located a little west of the Tanakasatomae intersection. The restaurant is tucked away from the street in an old apartment building, giving the impression of having wandered into downtown China.

Yee Pan Tsai Tanaka's Fried Rice

Three different flavors in one dish: mozzarella cheese and beef, pork tenderloin and onions, and spicy seafood. Three kinds of yaki-sai: 875 yen. Also recommended is the Yodarechicken, moist and plump chicken soaked in two kinds of homemade sauce for 1,200 yen.

Yipantsai Tanaka

  • Yipantsai Tanaka
  • 26 Tanaka Satonouchicho, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 3 minutes walk from Eiden Mototanaka Station
  • Tel.075-708-2793

6.Peking cuisine at Toka Catering, which brings out the best of the ingredients / Shijo Kiyamachi

This Western-style building with a spanish-baroque style stands out at the foot of the Shijo Ohashi Bridge. Built by Western architect Williams Merrell Vories, the building is said to have the oldest manually operated elevator in Japan still in service.

Sweet & Snack Pork at Donghua Catering

The restaurant offers Beijing cuisine that emphasizes dried ingredients, delicacies, and materials. A popular menu item is the sweet and sour sweet-and-sour sweet-and-sour pork for 1,650 yen. Courses start at 5,500 yen. The 11,000 yen and 13,200 yen courses also feature shark fin stew.

Toka Saikan

  • Tokasaikan
  • West end of Shijo Ohashi Bridge, Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 1 minute walk from Hankyu "Kyoto Kawaramachi Station"
  • Tel.075-221-1147

7.Closed] Szechuan cuisine with thinly sliced stir-fry [Zenpuku] / Kitadaiji

A creative Chinese restaurant in the Shin-Omiya shopping district that can be used on a daily basis. The renovated machiya house has a courtyard at the back, and the second floor is equipped with a private room overlooking the mysterious cherry blossoms that bloom all year round. You can forget about the time and enjoy a leisurely meal.

Mini-rich set of Zenfuku

The mini-rich set (1,300 yen) includes a choice of main dish, salad, appetizer, fried dish, soup, second helping of rice, mini dessert, and coffee. The main dish in the photo is the Fish and Sesame Meat Soup.

happiness

  • priest's garb
  • 21-3, Shino Kamimonzen-cho, Kita-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 15-minute walk from Subway Kitaoji Station
    9 min. walk from Kitaoji Horikawa bus stop.
  • Tel. 075-406-5188
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*Since this site uses automatic translation, the translation may differ from the original Japanese content.

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