The café facing the main lobby of Hotel Okura Kyoto, which was established in 1888, has been given a new lease of life with the appointment of Kei Hayasaki, a highly respected executive chef, as head chef in 2023. The popular lunch menu changes weekly, alternating between meat and fish dishes every other week. Soup, salad, bread or rice, and coffee or tea are included.

Weekly lunch (all year round: menu items are renewed every two months)
Period of service/~December 30 (Mon.) *Menus from January 4 (Sat.) are available at the hotel.Official site Confirmation of
Price/JPY 3,200
<Contents.
Monday, December 2 - Sunday, December 8, 2024 Seafood Paella
Monday, December 9 - Sunday, December 15, 2024 Lightly braised pork shoulder, blanket style
Monday, December 16 - Sunday, December 22, 2024 Cod Pershade Rice Sauce
Monday, December 23, 2024 - Monday, December 30, 2024 Baked rolled Chinese cabbage with demi-glace sauce

Same-day reservations/No reservations
Children are allowed in the store/allowed
Private room / No

Based on traditional Shanghai cuisine, the restaurant at Kyoto Tokyu Hotel combines the four major cuisines of China. Chef Yamada's originality shines through in his enticing dishes, which also skillfully incorporate elements of Japanese and Western cuisines. The cuisine also features premium ingredients such as rare Kesennuma shark fins shipped directly from Kesennuma. Enjoy the collaboration of different culinary cultures in the chic restaurant with its monotone color scheme, which is based on white plaster walls with a Kyoto-like feel, dark brown wood, smoked silver roof tiles, and white shoji paper screens.

Lunch Course Shang Xian
Period of availability/Year-round
Price/6000 yen
<December Menu
Four kinds of appetizers
Shark's fin dumplings and Cantonese-style fried rice
Steamed sea bream with seasoning flavor *Additional crowfish topping: 600 yen
Japanese pork belly with black vinegar and truffle topping: ¥1,000
Rice with tender braised beef sinew *Add ¥2,000 for rice in an earthenware pot with shark's fin
Apricot and maracao
Taiwanese Frozen Ting Oolong Tea

<January/February Menu
Four kinds of appetizers
Xiaolongbao
Wok-fried Shrimp with Salt and Daikon Rice Cake
Wok-fried Shredded Japanese Pork Loin with Beet Sauce
Chinese Rice with Shanghai Crab and Dried Shrimp
Apricot and maracao
Taiwanese Frozen Ting Oolong Tea

Same-day reservations/available
Children are allowed in the store/allowed
Private rooms / 3 completely private rooms (private rooms 5,000 yen/room)
Reservations arehere

Dominique Bouchet Kyoto "Le RESTAURANT" is a fine French restaurant under the supervision of French chef Dominique Bouchet, who has won a Michelin star in Tokyo. Dominique Bouchet Kyoto "Le Restaurant"]. The special lunch menu is based on Dominique's quintessential light and flavorful sauces and incorporates ingredients from Kyoto. Enjoy the cuisine and the view of Kyoto's mountains, which change with the seasons, to your heart's content in this elegant space.

LUNCH MENU December, January, February/Generacion
Period of offer / December 01, 2024 (Sun.) - February 28, 2025 (Fri.)
Price / 10,000 yen
<Contents.
Petit Saleh
Crab and Celery Remoulade with Mango

Select one of the following
Poached scallops with cauliflower purée and orange
Lobster parmentier with boule au caviar (add ¥2,000)

Select one of the following
Vapour Bouillon with Leatherfish and Clam
Chicken breast farcie jus de volaille
Wagyu beef filet roti, Art Brut style, "Winter" (add ¥4,500)

Chef Patissier's recommended desserts
Coffee, tea, herbal tea with small pastries

Same-day reservations/available
Children are not allowed in the restaurant/under elementary school age (only private rooms are available for children under elementary school age).
Private rooms / 2 completely private rooms (for 8 persons and 6 persons)
Reservations arehere

［KŌSA, located on the 3rd floor of Ace Hotel Kyoto, is a restaurant supervised by Chef Katie Cole, who hails from Los Angeles and is the owner of the popular Locale restaurant in Meguro, Tokyo. The limited-time festival menu 2024-2025 is a six-course lunch menu. The chef's creativity in using winter vegetables and other seasonal ingredients will warm up the cold Kyoto winter. Enjoy your lunch time in an open space with a view of the sky and greenery.

6-course festive lunch
Period of offer / Tuesday, December 31, 2024 - Sunday, January 5, 2025
Price/6500 yen
<Contents.
Hamachi Crudo
Winter vegetables with cashew nut sauce
Snow crab, winter orange, tomato water jus, avocado
Tortellini en brodo" with duck meat

Main courses are selected from the following
Wild boar confit, persimmon kimchi and leek bresse
Wagyu beef, crispy kikumo, sautéed winter vegetables (add ¥2500)

Same-day reservations/available
Entry with children/allowed
Private rooms / 3 rooms (from 11,000 yen / 2 hours)
Reservations arehere

Fauchon Hotel Kyoto is owned by FAUCHON, a gastronomic brand with over 130 years of history in Paris. On the top floor, overlooking the Higashiyama mountains, you can enjoy authentic French cuisine elegantly arranged at the gorgeous dining restaurant "Restaurant Grand Café Fauchon". The gorgeous champagne gold decorations hanging from the ceiling create an impressive sense of luxury, and lunch with a spectacular view will surely create a special moment for you.

Lunch Fauchon
Period of offer / December 1, 2024 (Sun.)
Price/6000 yen
<Contents.
Appetizers (choose one of the following)
Fauchon Hotel Kyoto Salad Auguste Style
Snow Crab with Krustian and Colorful Daikon Salad

Main dish (choose one of the following)
Fauchon Signature Cribillac with Beurre Blanc Sauce
Kyo Mochi Pork Roti Marinated with White Miso Sauce, Winter Vegetables and Black Garlic
Grilled Omi Beef Rib Eye and its Jus

Dessert Fauchon Signature Seasonal Biz Biz

Same-day reservations/available
Children are allowed in the store/allowed
Private room / No
Reservations arehere

［Located on the top floor of Rihga Royal Hotel Kyoto, French Dining Top of Kyoto is Japan's only French restaurant with a rotating observation deck. Chef Terada, who trained in France, creates French cuisine that combines his own sensibilities with recipes handed down at RIHGA Royal Hotel Kyoto over many years. Enjoy a lunch that can only be enjoyed during this season to your heart's content while taking in the spectacular view from the revolving restaurant that offers a 360-degree panoramic view of the Kyoto cityscape.

55th Anniversary Lunch Manege
Period of offer / November 1, 2024 (Friday) - December 30, 2024 (Monday)
Price/6325 yen
<Contents.
Kyoto Hararyoukaku: Coca and sansho (Japanese pepper) kneaded sable with black seven spice
Amuse bouche
Jambon Blanc with Kyo Tanba Poku and Kyo Bancha Tea Ragout with Tanba Shimeji Mushrooms and White String Beans
Potage of taro from Echie Farm in Kyotango, Japan, with aromatic peanut oil from Yamanaka Oil Store
Poached fish marinated in Tango Jersey ranch whey and Kotobiki salt malt with Kyoto Ohara red shiso sauce

Main courses are selected from the following
Roasted Kyoto Chicken with Saikyo Miso and lightly simmered momo meat.
ANAORI carbon-plated grilled fillet of prime Wagyu beef with Tanba wine Sumeragi-Emperor red wine sauce (add ¥3,795)

bread
Today's recommended dessert
Small pastries and after-dinner beverages

Same-day reservations/available
Children are allowed in the store/allowed
Private rooms / 2 completely private rooms
Reservations arehere