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Recommended Lunch in Kyoto! 10 Hotel Restaurants You Can't Miss!

How about a luxurious lunch worthy of a reward at a hotel in Kyoto? For those rare occasions to get together with family and friends, or for those who have worked hard all year, the chefs have created special menus that will welcome you with open arms. We introduce a variety of restaurants, from luxurious courses to casual buffets. All photos are images, all prices include tax and service charge.

6. A fusion of Japanese and Western techniques with traditional Chinese cuisine [Kyoto Tokyu Hotel, Chinese Cuisine, Hoshigaoka] / Horikawa Gojo

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 dishes, which also skillfully incorporate elements of Japanese and Western cuisines. The restaurant offers Star Hill Lunch, a weekday lunch set that allows you to choose any combination of two dishes from the regular popular menu. Enjoy the collaboration of different culinary cultures in the chic monotone color scheme of the restaurant, which is based on the white plaster walls that are typical of Kyoto, with dark brown wood, smoked silver roof tiles, and white shoji paper screens.

Kyoto Tokyu Hotel, Chinese Cuisine, Hoshigaoka, Star Hill Lunch

Star Hill Lunch: 3,400 yen. From the front, Wok-fried beef with oyster sauce, Szechuan-style marbled tofu, and three kinds of appetizers.

Star Hill Lunch
Period of availability/Year-round
Price / 3,400 yen
<April Menu
Three kinds of appetizers
Soup with rape blossoms and minced pork
Dim Sum
Rice *Change to rice in an earthenware pot with shark's fin + ¥2,000
Apricot Kernel Bean Curd

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Wok-fried Shrimp with Chili Sauce
fried squid and celery with salt
Japanese Chicken Thigh Yulin Qi
3 grilled gyoza with yuzu kosho sauce
Wok-fried beef with oyster sauce
Upgrade to Szechuan style Marbled Bean Curd *Omi Beef in Oyster Sauce + ¥3,500

Interior view of Kyoto Tokyu Hotel

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

Chinese Cuisine Hoshigaoka

7. An exciting lunch in a glittering space [Fauchon Hotel Kyoto Restaurant Grand Café Fauchon] / Kawaramachi

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.

Fauchon Hotel Lunch Course

Lunch Fauchon 6,000 yen. The signature menu item, salmon in pie, served year-round, is a crispy pie wrapped with salmon, spinach, sautéed mushrooms, boiled eggs, and other ingredients.

Lunch Fauchon
Period of offer / - May 11, 2025 (Sun.)
Price/6000 yen
<Contents.
Appetizers (choose one of the following)
Fauchon Hotel Kyoto Salad Auguste Style
Tarte flambée of fresh onion with rape blossoms salad

Main dish (choose one of the following)
Fauchon Signature Cribillac with Beurre Blanc Sauce
Quail Roti with Spring Vegetables and Thigh Falci
Grilled Omi beef ribeye and its jus (+3000 yen)

dessert
Fauchon Signature Seasonal Biz Biz

Fauchon Hotel Interior

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

Restaurant Grand Café Fauchon

8. Top-ranked lunch with a view of the city of Kyoto [Rihga Royal Hotel Kyoto French Dining Top of Kyoto]/Kyoto Station

[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. The carefully selected wines paired with dishes that make the most of seasonal ingredients will bring out the best in your meal. Enjoy to your heart's content the gorgeous menu that will add color to your celebration of this season of new beginnings.

Example of Top of Kyoto Anniversary Course

Anniversary Lunch 8096 yen. Dessert can be personalized with a message of your choice.

Anniversary Lunch
Period of offer/~April 30, 2025 (Wed.)
Price/8096 yen
<Contents.
Gion Hararyokaku Coca and green shiso aromatic sablefish with black seven spice flavor
Amuse bouche
Bouquet Gift - Kyoto's Local Tofu - Hisajiya Handmade Fried Bean Curd and Kyo-Tango Mamato Hisami No Heshiko Pissaladiere Style
Tango Jersey Farm Gouda Cheese Accent

Potage of red haruka with Onojin koi murasaki accents, Gion Hararyokaku mixed spice and nut condiments
Fish marinated in Tango Jersey Ranch whey and Kotobiki salt malted rice Kojima Farm, Kameoka City Pistou-style with garland chrysanthemum

Main courses are selected from the following
Roasted chicken breast stuffed with miso flavored mousse and served with jus.
Kyotango Onojin Sake Hishio Aromatic Thigh Fritter
ANAORI carbon-plated grilled fillet of prime Wagyu beef with Daitokuji natto sauce *Additional ¥3,795
Recommended desserts
bread
Small pastries and after-dinner beverages

Rihga Royal Hotel Kyoto Interior view

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

French Dining Top of Kyouto

  • Rihga Royal Hotel Kyoto 14F, 1 Shomei-cho, Shiokoji-sagaru, Higashi-horikawa-dori, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 7 minutes walk from JR "Kyoto Station" Central Exit or 5 minutes by shuttle bus from Hachijo Exit
    Directly connected to "Kyoto Station" [Kyoto Porta] 9 min. walk from Exit C10.
  • Tel. 075-361-9221
  • 12:00-15:30 (LO/14:00)
  • Irregular holidays
  • 117 parking spaces
  • https://www.rihga.co.jp/kyoto/restaurant/list/top_of_kyoto

9. Main dish and buffet can be enjoyed to the fullest [Dawa Yuraku Kyoto GRILL 54TH] / Sanjo

[The grill restaurant at Darwa Yuraku Kyoto is themed around the three "D's" of "Delightful," "Dynamic," and "Delectable," with the chefs serving dishes that maximize the flavor of the ingredients in a stylish open kitchen. The chefs serve dishes that maximize the flavor of the ingredients in a stylish open kitchen. This season, a lunch buffet featuring strawberry sweets and a menu reminiscent of a Showa-era pure coffee shop is being held to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Showa period (2025), and features such nostalgic classics as Neapolitan-style spaghetti with ketchup, menchikatsu, and cabbage rolls. In addition, enjoy a blissful time with a lineup of strawberry sweets such as strawberry miruku agar and strawberry eclair.

Darwa Yuraku Kyoto Parlor and Showa Bistro Buffet

Strawberry Parlor and Showa Bistro Buffet
Period of offer / ~ May 31, 2025 (Sat.)
Price/JPY 4200, 7-12 years old: JPY 2000, children under 6 years old: free buffet food

<Main dish
Beef Curry Rice
Hamburger Steak
Crab Creamy Croquette
Neapolitan-style spaghetti with ketchup
Too mature fried shrimp + 2,000 yen

<Appetizers
Tomato salad with red onion vinaigrette
Fresh onions, smoked salmon and avocado
Asparagus Salad
Spring Cabbage Coleslaw
Potato Salad
Carrot Rapé
Macaroni Salad
Vichyssoise
Corn Potage
Croquette
Chicken Gratin

<Salads
Six types of mixed greens, cherry tomatoes, romaine lettuce, cucumbers, red onions, broccoli, etc.
9 dried fruits and nuts
4 kinds of dressings including red French dressing, Caesar dressing, green shiso dressing, and Japanese dressing

<Desserts
Strawberry eclair
Cream soda-like jelly
Milkshake Genmai Chai Strawberry
Crème brûlée and strawberry a la mode
Strawberry and milk dessert
Strawberry flavored Daifuku
Strawberry fu chocolat
Strawberry chocolate marshmallow
Strawberry-milk agar
Bavarois with strawberry sauce

Darwa Yuraku Kyoto Interior view

Same-day reservations/not available (reservations by phone)
Children are allowed in the store/allowed
Private rooms / 2 completely private rooms
Reservations arehere

GRILL 54TH

10. [Lunch plate at GOOD NATURE STATION Hyssop / Kawaramachi, Tokyo

[Hyssop, a café/restaurant in the GOOD NATURE STATION, is a casual restaurant where you can enjoy healthy vegetable-based dishes in a lush green space that resembles a botanical garden. The lunch plates are richly prepared with spring vegetables, including wild vegetables, and every small bowl of food will make you feel the taste of spring. You can enjoy an exquisite combination of Japanese and Western flavors, such as grilled seasonal bamboo shoots combined with a refreshing basil sauce, or fruity marinated strawberries and tomatoes seasoned with yuzu-flavored white balsamic. Feel the arrival of spring at this lunch where you can enjoy seasonal ingredients.

hyssop Spring Lunch

Hyssop's Choice Set Meal regular 2,800 yen. A rich variety of lunch plates consisting mainly of small bowls with deep flavors.

Hyssop's Choice Set Meal <regular
Period of supply / Scheduled for ~ end of June, 2025
Price/2,800 yen
<Contents.
plate
Dokkatsu and asparagus with sesame paste and vinegar
Marinated strawberries and tomatoes
Inca Awakening and Mung Beans with Spicy White Soybean Sauce
Grilled bamboo shoots with basil sauce
Sakura fu with white miso paste dengaku
Fritters with wild vegetables and kumquat salted malt sauce

PLATTER
Soy Meat Wontons or Chicken Tsukune Wontons with Roasted Tea and Vegetable Broth

RICE
Rice ball with cereals, homemade tsukudani or bucket

SET DRINK (choose from the following)
Coffee
Japanese black tea
Sencha green tea produced in Kyoto
Oyako Hojicha
Orange juice
Apple juice
Cafe latte (+250 yen)

Hyssop Interior

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

Hyssop

  • hyssop
  • 4F GOOD NATURE STATION, 318-6 Inari-cho, 2-chome, Shijo-sagaru, Kawaramachi-Dori, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 2 minutes walk from Hankyu "Kyoto Kawaramachi Station" Exit 4
  • Tel.075-352-3728
  • 11:30~14:30
  • Irregular holidays
  • Approx. 200 parking spaces
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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