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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

16. Adult wine bar in a modern Kyoto townhouse [Waindo] / Karasuma

Budoshukudo (Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture) is a 150-year-old machiya townhouse with a modern atmosphere. This is a diner and wine store opened by the owner-sommelier, who carefully selects local wines from all over Italy, and a chef who honed his skills in Kyoto cuisine. Vintage wines play a leading role in the selection of dishes, and wines are paired with artisanal Japanese cuisine. You can enjoy the free combination only at this restaurant.

Interior view of the wine cellar
Budoshudo Duck Roast

Kyoto duck loin cooked at low temperature: 2,420 yen. Cooked at a low temperature to preserve the tenderness of the meat. The final dish, with the surface grilled to a savory finish, is also available as part of the course.

wine cellar

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  • 47-12, Motoyakuoji-cho, Higashinotoin Shijo-sagaru, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 2 minutes walk from exit 19 of "Karasuma" station on Hankyu line
  • Tel. 075-708-8888
  • 11:30-14:30 (LO/14:00), 17:00-24:00 (LO/23:30)

17. Machiya Bar [Vegetables and Fish en] / Karasuma

Opened as a sister restaurant to the popular bar Ashioto, located in an alley near Shijo Station. Inside the renovated machiya (townhouse), a large U-shaped counter surrounds the kitchen, where you can enjoy food and drinks while watching the lively chefs. The restaurant offers creative dishes using seasonal fish and vegetables, as well as a wide selection of sake to match the dishes.

Vegetables and Fish en Interior
Vegetables and Fish en Cuisine

Five kinds of today's sashimi assortment, 1,700 yen per person (from 2 persons). Sardine, kanpachi, squid, salmon roe, and shime saba. Sesame soy sauce in a dropper to taste. Sake "Joyo" 120ml 580yen or more to go with the sashimi.

Vegetables and fish en

  • Vegetables and Fish En
  • 153-10 Nagahara-cho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • Tel.090-9233-5173
  • 16:30-22:30 (LO/21:30)

18. The appetizing aroma of sauce at "All Teppan Atsutsu..." in a back alley in Hanamachi / Miyagawa-cho

Mr. Tanabe, who has studied at a famous restaurant in Higashiyama, presents teppan food at All Teppan Atsuku... (Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture). The appetizing yakisoba with the aroma of sauce, tonpei, grilled kama-age shirasu with green onion, ahi jogyo that never gets cold, and other entrée dishes that will make you want to stop drinking cold beer will be served at the counter, which is full of a sense of a hiding place.

All-iron plate, atsuki...
All Teppan Attsu...'s Yakisoba

Yakisoba Hoso, 1100 yen. The owner recommends Wagyu Hoso, which is not greasy and has a delicious plumpness and flavor.

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  • All teppan, Attsu...
  • 458 Nishigomon-cho, Matsubara-sagaru, Shingu Kawacho-Dori, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 4 minutes walk from Exit 5 of "Kiyomizu Gojo Station" of Keihan
  • Tel. 075-744-0601
  • 18:00 - 4:00 (LO / 3:00)
    Sundays and holidays - 24:00

19. Izakaya where you can finish your meal with excellent noodles [Kakuuchi to menmen Banzan] / Gojo

Kaku-uchi and Noodles Banzan (Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto) is located inside Yuasa Kaikan, a hot bar complex. The self-pouring style of kaku-uchi is enjoyable, with customers pouring their own sake or choosing from a showcase. The signature menu item is ramen with the theme of "noodles after sake for tomorrow. The soup is a blend of bonito, chicken stock, shijimi clam, and clam broth, and is characterized by its healthiness, making it a perfect ending to a night of drinking.

Interior view of Kakunouchi and Noodles Ban-san
Kaku-uchi to Men Ban-san no Ramen

Ramen: 1,200 yen. The ramen is topped with chicken chashu pork tenderized by low-temperature cooking and shinjyo, a special artisanal pork belly. You can choose between Kondo Seimen's ramen noodles and hand-pulled Handa Somen noodles.

Kakunin and Noodles Banzan

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  • 1F Yuasa Kaikan, 172 Kameya-cho, Gojo-agaru, Takakura-dori, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 4 min. walk from Exit 1 of Gojo Subway Station
  • Tel.080-9049-1011
  • 15:00-23:00 (LO)

20. [Enjoy freshly fried skewers with a glass of wine at Gion Shimogawara Orijin/Higashiyama

Gion Shimogawara Orijin (Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto) is a shish-kebab and wine restaurant located at the end of a narrow alley that you might easily pass by. In the relaxed atmosphere of a machiya townhouse, you can enjoy a la carte Western-style appetizers such as crab cream croquettes and special Japanese beef cutlets, in addition to shish-kebabs deep-fried in rice oil. The selection of wines to go with the artist's vessels and shish-kebabs is also excellent. Come and join us at the counter where Kyotoites relax.

Kushi-age and wine - Interior view of Orijin
Skewered Fried Rice and Wine Orijin Skewers

5 pieces of skewered fried rice from 2,000 yen. Each day's recommended ingredients such as shrimp, chicken wings, and seasonal vegetables are served freshly fried.

Gion Shimogawara Orinin

  • Gion-Shimogawara Woman of the West (name of a prominent woman in the Edo period who worked as a prostitute)
  • 435-2 Kamibentencho, Shimogawara-dori Yasaka Torii-mae Shimoru, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 3 minutes walk from bus stop "Higashiyama Yasui"
    12 minutes walk from Exit 6 of Gion-Shijo Station, Keihan
  • Tel.075-551-5577
  • 15:00 - 24:00
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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