20 Popular Chinese Restaurants in Kyoto - From Machichuka to Fine Dining -

Leaf KYOTO 20 Popular Chinese Restaurants in Kyoto - From Machinaka to Fine Dining

2024.12.18

20 Popular Chinese Restaurants in Kyoto - From Machinaka to Fine Dining

Kyoto is home to numerous Chinese restaurants. This article introduces some of Kyoto's best Chinese restaurants, from Machichuka, beloved by locals, to Michelin-listed upscale restaurants. In the cold winter, warm your body and soul with hot Chinese food. (TEXT/Saori Yoshikawa, EDIT/Miki Tamura)

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1.: Heartwarming and exquisite Chinese cuisine that carries on the spirit of its predecessors [Hwasyo]/Mototanaka

2.: Wei Mei Gyoza, a specialty restaurant where you can enjoy gyoza and Taiwanese small dishes prepared by a leading Kyoto Chinese chef / Karasuma Oike

3.: Shrimp noodles (撈麺) are popular! Hosen" offers Cantonese cuisine with a gentle taste.

4.: The hometown taste of a mother from Harbin [Raksenro] / Karasuma

5.: Marushin Chinese Restaurant: Lines of people waiting in line day and night / Dongshan

6.: Available year-round! Unique cold noodles with many fans from other prefectures [Misonobashi Sakai] / Misonobashi

7.: Gyoza x Sauna x Beer" proposal! A unique gyoza diner with a public bath [Isikawa Gyoza Nakajima] / Marutamachi

8.: Popular among Chinese living in Japan and locals! Enjoy cuisine from all over China [Lao Shokai Sanjo Branch] / Kyoto Sanjokai Shopping Street

9.: Enjoy a wide variety of menu items made with Kyoto ingredients [Hohan Hohan Saga Arashiyama] / Saga Arashiyama

10.: Chef with special kitchen qualifications [TOHOKU-YA] / Higashiyama

11.: Authentic dim sum restaurant where each dish is handmade by authentic Hong Kong dim sum chefs [Hong Kong Yum Cha Hoshi-Gai Kawaramachi Sanjo Branch] / Sanjo, Tokyo

12.: Authentic Cantonese cuisine with an at-home atmosphere [Shihtouka, Guangdong Cuisine] / Gosho Nishi

13.: Famous Peking Duck! Enjoy Chinese court cuisine in a traditional Kyoto townhouse [Zensho Hanpochi Kyoto] / Karasuma

14.: Traditional authentic Beijing cuisine at the eye-catching Spanish Baroque restaurant To Hua Catering / Kawaramachi Shijo

15.: Sosaku Zhonghua Ichinofunairi, a creative Kyoto-style Chinese restaurant that makes the most of the flavor of soup stock.

16.: Course meals that reflect the chef's insatiable inquisitiveness, and that have even the most discerning gourmets awed [Kyo, Seika] / Okazaki, Japan

17.: ［New Chinese cuisine with the essence of Kyoto cuisine at SUMIYOSHI / Kiyomizu Gojo

18.: High-quality Chinese restaurant with a chef from a famous restaurant [Shuka] / Ichijyoji, Tokyo

19.: A Chinese restaurant with a hidden gem that is difficult to reserve [一盘菜田中 (ee-panzai tanaka)]/Mototanaka

20.: ［A unique course meal that overturns the concept of Chinese cuisine at Hirozawa / Karasuma

21. ［A unique course meal that overturns the concept of Chinese cuisine at Hirozawa / Karasuma

After passing through the tasteful approach in the alleyway of Takoyakushi-dori, you will find [Hirosawa], which is housed in a machiya (townhouse) that is over 100 years old. At the counter, where you can simultaneously admire the elegant Japanese garden and the chef's cooking, you can relax and enjoy dishes made with seasonal ingredients. The menu is limited to the 25,000-yen course, which is a combination of French and Japanese techniques based on modern Chinese cuisine, and is a perfect reflection of the chef's experience. Drinks include wine, Shaoxing wine, and Chinese tea that is brewed in two days. Reservations can be made online one month in advance.

Hirozawa's Cuisine (Asashu-boiled Wagyu Beef)

The dish is an example of an omakase course from 25,000 yen. Chaozhou-ni Wagyu Beef is a dish of beef cooked with aromatic vegetables and spices, fried cabra, and a broth bean paste cooked with beef.

⚫︎ Chef Profile / Owner Chef Masaya Hirosawa. Born in Aichi Prefecture. After training at Akasaka Rikyu in Tokyo, he worked as a chef at Renka in Kyoto and Renshin in Kitashinchi, Osaka, before expanding his knowledge in Hong Kong and fresh fish restaurants.

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183 Fudo-cho, Takoyakushi-dori Shinmachi Nishi-iru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
8 minutes walk from Exit 24 of "Karasuma" station on Hankyu line
Tel. 075-200-9783
Open in two parts: 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. *Open only in one part at the beginning and end of the month and on Saturdays
*Changed to two sessions on Saturdays from 12:00 p.m. and 17:00 p.m. starting January 2025.
Closed on Sundays, national holidays, and other irregular holidays
All seats non-smoking No private room No parking
https://www.instagram.com/hirosawa_official/

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