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Local popular restaurant! Recommended Izakaya in Kyoto

[2025] Popular local restaurants! 21 recommended izakaya in Kyoto

If you want to have a drink in Kyoto today, this is the place for you. We pick up izakaya (Japanese style pubs) and bars with a reputation for delicious food as well as drinks. We introduce not only stylish hideouts in back alleys and machiya townhouses with a sense of history that are unique to Kyoto, but also restaurants in front of train stations that are easily accessible and noteworthy places where you can enjoy conversation with the owner. Some of the restaurants are also open for lunchtime drinking. Enjoy sake or wine along with the exquisite menu according to your mood of the day.

Contents of this article

1.
Rokkaku Ace] / Karasuma, where you can enjoy your favorite drinks and neo-Western food in a good mood.
2.
[Inoue is a small restaurant that is perfect for solo diners / Shijo Omiya
3.
Hashiya and Nakase] /Karasuma, where you can find a wide variety of dishes that go well with alcohol.
4.
Home-style cooking at Sambady where drinks go down a treat / Kyoto Gosho area
5.
[Ponchu-ya Santoku Roku Roku Mi Gojo Takakura Branch] for poka-poka chicken white soup oden / Gojo
6.
Enjoy a variety of dishes until late at night [Ohashi] / Horikawa Sanjo
7.
Enjoy Kyoto's delicious tofu in a casual atmosphere [Kitsune Biyori] / Kyoto Station area
8.
A popular stand-up drinking spot with excellent usability [Tsukinokoguma] / Karasuma
9.
Taste the marriage of Japanese food and wine [moku] / Kiyomizu Gojo
10.
A gem that brings out the best of the ingredients at the hidden bar [Niev] / Shijo Omiya
11.
[Mihara Laundry is a "back" bar for sake lovers! Gion
12.
COPPIE] / Shijo-Omiya, a must for both wine and sake lovers
13.
Enjoy the true taste of chicken at Yakitori Seri, located at the end of a back alley / Karasuma
14.
Various and free cuisine at [Cuisine & Wine Ibaraki] to enjoy with bio-wine / Kyoto Gosho area
15.
[A simple entrée that will make your eyes sparkle with the connoisseurship of Paris Honpo / Karasuma Oike
16.
Adult wine bar in a modern Kyoto townhouse [Waindo] / Karasuma
17.
Machiya Bar [Vegetables and Fish en] / Karasuma
18.
The appetizing aroma of sauce at "All Teppan Atsutsu..." in a back alley in Hanamachi / Miyagawa-cho
19.
Izakaya where you can finish your meal with excellent noodles [Kakuuchi to menmen Banzan] / Gojo
20.
[Enjoy freshly fried skewers with a glass of wine at Gion Shimogawara Orijin/Higashiyama
21.
Boasts a menu full of vegetable entrées! Shluv kyoto] / Nishiki Market area

1. Rokkaku Ace] / Karasuma, where you can enjoy your favorite drinks and neo-Western food in a good mood.

Rokkakuace (Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture), a sister restaurant of the popular Kyoto izakaya (Japanese-style bar) Sake-no-Bingo, has a casual Western-style atmosphere that attracts many repeat customers, including women. The menu includes such delicacies as potato salad topped with Ufumayo, extra-large fried horse mackerels, and thick Calbo-Meshi rice, all of which are sure to be delicious. The menu is full of "That's definitely delicious!

Hexagonal Ace Potato Salad

Ace's potato salad with uffu mayonnaise on top is 580 yen. Accented with Italian salami, this potato salad is a cut above the rest in both appearance and taste!

Interior view of Hexagonal Ace

hexagonal ace

  • hexagon ace
  • 102-2 Rokkaku-dori Yanagibaba Nishiiru Tsuchiya-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 7 minutes walk from Exit 13 of "Karasuma" station on Hankyu line
  • Tel. 075-746-4419
  • 17:00-23:00 (LO/22:00)

2. [Inoue is a small restaurant that is perfect for solo diners / Shijo Omiya

Inoue [Inoue] (Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture) is a small restaurant in a 90-year-old machiya (traditional Kyoto townhouse) with an atrium that offers a view of the unusual roof structure. Sisters Ai Inoue and Sayaka Inoue entertain diners with a la carte dishes using seasonal ingredients as well as standard dishes such as potato salad. Ai selects the sake that goes well with the dishes, so ask her for a recommendation.

Inouye, owner
Inouye's shumai

Shumai made with minced pork and chicken for 500 yen. The crunchy texture of the lotus root inside adds an accent.

Inoue

  • 568 Shimogawara-cho, Inokuma-dori Takoyakushi-shita-ru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 3 minutes walk from Exit 3 of Hankyu "Omiya" station
  • Tel: None
  • 17:00-23:00 (LO/22:30)

3. Hashiya and Nakase] /Karasuma, where you can find a wide variety of dishes that go well with alcohol.

Hashiya and Nakase (Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture) is a house tucked away in a quiet residential area off an alley off Higashinotoin Street. [The owner-chefs, Hashiya and Nakase, who met during their training at Il Ghiottone, aim to create a space between an Italian restaurant and an izakaya (Japanese-style pub). In a relaxed atmosphere, you can enjoy their high-quality cuisine prepared with their proven skills to your heart's content.

Hashiya and Nakase, owner
Hasiya and Nakase's slobbering bonito

Yodare Bonito (1,600 yen) is Chinese-style bonito with crispy grilled skin, sesame paste and tomato sauce, and homemade raayu (Chinese chili oil).

Hasiya and Nakase

  • 547-8 Oe-cho, Higashinotoin-dori Matsubara-sagaru, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 5 min. walk from Gojo Station exit, 7 min. walk from Shijo Station exit 5

  • Tel.090-7452-7487
  • 16:00-22:00 (LO/21:00)

4. Home-style cooking at Sambady where drinks go down a treat / Kyoto Gosho area

Sun Buddy (Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture) was opened by Mr. and Mrs. Wakisaka, former owners of a popular izakaya (Japanese-style bar) in the Kyoto Station area, to provide a bar that can be enjoyed from 2:00 p.m. They serve heartwarming home-style dishes while encouraging conversation over the counter. The menu includes dishes such as keiko tail stew, which is a recreation of their mother's specialty, homemade nukazuke (pickles), fried tulips, and other dishes that are sure to make your drinks go down a treat.

Interior view of Sambady
Braised Keiko's Tail in Sambadi

The secret to its delicious taste is to boil the fish for three hours and then leave it overnight to remove excess fat. Keiko tail stew (extra large) 2,200 yen and up

sambadi

  • 548-1 Komanomachi, Marutamachi Shimoru, Nakamachi-dori, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 4 minutes walk from Exit 1 of Jingu-Marutamachi Station, Keihan
  • Tel.075-278-3701
  • 14:00-22:00 (LO/21:00)

5. [Ponchu-ya Santoku Roku Roku Mi Gojo Takakura Branch] for poka-poka chicken white soup oden / Gojo

Ponshuya Santoku Rokumi (Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto), a standing bar with its main branch in Fukushima, Osaka, opened its Gojo Takakura branch as its second branch in Kyoto, following the Shijo-Karasuma branch. Responding to the request from customers who said, "I want to go there after a stroll in Kyoto if there are chairs available," the restaurant offers dishes using seasonal ingredients and a wide selection of sake while relaxing in chairs. The tasteful interior, housed in a Taisho era machiya (townhouse), is the perfect bar space with a mature yet lively atmosphere.

Interior view of Ponchuya Santoku Rokumi Gojo Takakura Store
Oden at Ponchuya Santoku Rokumi Gojo Takakura Store

Oden (various kinds of oden): radish (190 yen), cat-shaped hanpen (nyanpen) (290 yen), Kyoto red chicken tsukune (390 yen), and around 25 other oden dishes (190 yen and up).

Ponchuya Santoku Rokumi Gojo Takakura

  • Ponshuya Sankurokumi Mami, Ponshuya Sankurokumi Mami, Takakura Store
  • 170 Kameya-cho, Gojo-agaru, Takakura-dori, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 4 min. walk from Exit 1 of Gojo Subway Station
  • Tel. 075-744-6736
  • 17:00 - next day 1:00 (LO/24:00)
    Sunday, Holidays 16:00-23:00 (LO/22:00)
The information is subject to change. Please contact each store or facility directly for the latest information.
All prices include tax.
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