Best Specialty Restaurants & Cafes In Kyoto-shi
Here're best Specialty Restaurants & Cafes in Kyoto-shi. We released a ranking of reviews about Specialty Restaurants & Cafes posted by travel influencers who have actually been to Kyoto-shi.
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A cafe named 'Walden Woods' with impressive lantern lights. The original style which has unified white interiors and no tables has become the center of attention just after it opened. Their homemade coffee and Chai Tea made one by one after ordered are very tasty!◎Open: 9:00-19:00 Irregular Holidays See the details in Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/waldenwoodskyoto/?hl=ja)
Name
Walden Woods Kyoto
Address
508-1 Sakae-cho Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
075-344-9009
Hours
9:00-19:00
How to get there
6 min walk from Gojo Subway Station, 10 min walk from Keihan Kiyomizu Gojo Station.

A long-established retro coffee shop in Shijo, Kyoto. Soiree's popular menu "Jelly Punch" is fantastic with the shop's blue lighting. The window seats on the second floor are especially recommended.
Name
Coffee Shop Soiree
Address
95 Shincho Shijo-agaru Nishi-kiyamachi-dori, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Hours
13:00-19:00
Closed
Mon
How to get there
2 min walk from Kawaramachi Station, or Keihan Shijo Station. By car or taxi, 15 min from Kyoto Station.
Parking
Free parking area is available

Double peach field newly released from Itoken. Two luxuriously fresh peaches. There is peach jelly inside the peach. Itoken's seasonal parfait makes me want to eat it every year.
Name
Karyo Itoken
Address
28-1 Fukagusa Taniguchi-cho Fushimi-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
0120-929-110
Hours
10:00-18:00
Closed
Wed
How to get there
25 min from Fujimori Station. By car or taci,
Parking
Parking area is available

FUKUNAGA901 is proud of its parfait with full of seasonal fruit. Specially, Ichigo Yama Parfait (Strawberry Mountain Parfait) with its lovely appearance is one of the best-seller one!!
Name
FUKUNAGA901
Address
8th floor 901 Higashi Shiokoji-cho, Sagaru, Shiokoji, Karasumadori, Shimogyo-ku , Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
075-342-0082
Hours
10:00-20:00
How to get there
Directly connected with Kyoto Station
Parking
Toll parking area is available

Piu's crispy mille-feuille is delicious. Peach season has arrived again this year. Juicy peach contains peach jelly. The whipped cream and nuts sandwiched in the pie also do a good job.
Name
Kamon Piu
Address
1st floor, KNOB Building, 131 Taishogun Nishi-machi, Kita-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
075-205-5109
Hours
8:30-18:00
Closed
Tue
How to get there
5 min walk from Kitano Hakubai-cho Station
Parking
No parking area

This café, opened in April 2017, offers us the taste and mood of KIKUNOI casually. You can eat delicious sweets in the hospitality same as Ryotei and beautiful Japanese garden.◎Café Time: 14:45~17:00 Lunch Time: lunch box 'Shigure-meshi Bento' starts at 11:00 and 13
Name
Mugesanbou Salon de Muge
Address
524 Washio-cho, Koudaiji Kitamonzen Shimokawara-dori, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
075-561-0015
Hours
11:00-12:30,13:00-14:30,14:45-18:00
Closed
3rd Wed
How to get there
10 min walk from Gion Shijo Station
Parking
Free parking area is available

Montblanc specialty store in Kiyamachi. The Montblanc that comes out of a sea urchin with a custom-made machine is artistic. Its thinness is 1 mm. This store is very popular every day.
Name
Saori
Address
170-1 Izumiya-cho, Shimojo-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
050-5456-0833
Hours
10:00-18:00
How to get there
5 min walk from Gion Shijo or Kawaramachi Station.
Parking
No parking area

A parfait with sweetened blueberry, pineapple and kiwi by mint syrup, mousse made from blueberry and two kinds of cheese, and berry jam, lemon mint jelly on the others. In addition, the berry sauce comes separately with it.
Name
KISSHOKARYO Gion Main Store
Address
306 Ishibashi-cho Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
075-708-5608
Hours
11:00-19:00
How to get there
5 min walk from Subway Higashiyama Station, 15 min walk from Keihan Gion Shijo Station. By car or taxi, 15 min from Kyoto Station.
Parking
Nearby toll parking area is available

The first floor is a shop of dried flowers and various goods and the second is a cafe. We can enjoy food and drinks with flowers, such as jelly punch with colorful fruit, elderflower and herbs, and non-alcohol drinks of flower liqueurs!
Name
Cachette Kita Shirakawa
Address
8-2 Hinokuchi-cho, Ichijoji, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
075-706-6033
Hours
11:00-19:00
Closed
Wed
How to get there
10 min walk from Ichijoji Station. By car or taxi, 25 min from Kyoto Station.

Just started also this year, 'Nyanko Parfait Being In Love' has a good design for Valentine's Day and White Day. A sitting cat with flowers and heart-shaped ornaments is lovely so much! It'll be on sale till the end of March.
Name
Secondhand Book & Café KOTOBA-no HAOTO
Address
34 Daikokuya-cho Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
075-414-2050
Hours
11:30-19:00
Closed
Mon・Tue
How to get there
12 min walk, from Kuramaguchi Station

A café with refreshing greens, located by the approach of Fushimi Inari Shrine. The specialties are coffee popular in Kyoto and sweet with illustration of torii. You can feel easy by greens on its terrace. Here's a lesser known place with fewer people than the approach.◎You can gather tourist information in English. They use 'WEEKENDERS COFFEE' which is popular in Kyoto city.
Name
Vermillion - cafe.
Address
5-31 Kaidoguchi-cho Fukakusa Fushimi-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Hours
10:00-17:30 [Sat・Sun・Holidays]9:00-17:30
How to get there
10 min walk, from Inari・Fukakusa Station

Well sold at handmade market, mitarashi dango (rice cakes with sweetened soy sauce) named 'Pan-dango'. This shop offers freshly grilled one on the original panda plate, which makes it cuter. Not only its cute looks, I recommend it because of the deliciousness.◎Open: only Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Only available while the stocks last. There're no seats, but you can eat freshly grilled soft ones. Also they have ordinary mitarashi dango.
Name
Panda no Sampomichi
Address
202 Shimoyoko-cho Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
090-8652-4220
Hours
[Thu・Tri・Sat]12:00-
How to get there
2 min walk from Taishogun bus stop. 6 min walk from Kitano Hakubai Station.

After passing through the stately gate, there was a cafe and a garden in a renovated storehouse, and a garden spread out on the way to the detached building through the mansion. The creek flows and I am excited to leave. Five-tiered afternoon tea in May and June, Kyoto and KASANE. It seems that the five-tiered jug is an image of a five-storied pagoda. The green leaves that spread out in front of me were beautiful, swaying in the wind.
Name
Salon de KANBAYASHI Kanbayashishunsho-Main-Store
Address
400-1 Kanazono-cho, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JapanGoogle Map
Tel
075-551-3633
Hours
11:30-17:00
Closed
Tue
How to get there
15 min walk, from Gojo Station

Kissa Zou is a cafe with good-old atmosphere that has just opened on 4/11! Their best-seller ice cream soda has a variation of red, blue and green, and has a lovely 'cookie of Zou (elephant)' as a topping. An-butter Toast (azuki bean jam with butter) for only this Kyoto store is best for breakfast!
Name
Kissa Zou
Address
3-440-3 Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Hours
9:00-18:00
Closed
Mon,1st・3rd Tue
How to get there
12 min walk from Imadegawa Station
Parking
No parking area

ioa's new autumn menu "Shine Muscat and Honey Lemon Panna Cotta" Shine Muscat and Panna Cotta in a cute glass with a colon. The refreshing jule and Panna Cotta go well together. It seems that you can go with Perori even after lunch * Please see the account for reservations and reserves
Name
Cafe Ioa
Address
663-10 Taidokatahara-cho, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JapanGoogle Map
Tel
075-468-1263
Hours
11:00-17:00
How to get there
15 min walk, from Kitanohakubaicho Station

Nice wonderful Western-style cafe Nagarakukan in Maruyama Park, Kyoto. Sakura Eklan is a limited-time sweet only in spring. It's made of yuzu sauce, chocolate-painted, and embroidered with a cherry blossom-colored candy. The staff made it in front of me.
Name
Chorakukan
Address
Gionmachi 507-1, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
075-561-0001
Hours
11:00-18:30
How to get there
10 min walk from Gion-Shijo Station.
Parking
Parking area is available

I drank a spring-only rose latte at Ladurée Kyoto. It was healed by fragrant rose and pink hot milk. Please note that the limited time only for spring and the quantity seems to be limited.
Name
LADUREE Kyoto Shijo
Address
371 Naramonocho, Nishiiri, Miyukicho, Shijodori, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
075-548-1076
Hours
11:00-20:00
How to get there
1 min walk, from Kawaramachi Station

ROCCA & FRIENDS TRUCK is a must-visit cafe when we travel in Kyoto. They offer dessert latte with full of Kyoto scenes. You can take pictures of them against the background of Yasaka Pagoda.
Name
ROCCA & FRIENDS TRUCK
Address
370 Yasaka Kamimachi Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Hours
9:00-18:00
Closed
Wed
How to get there
15 min from Gion Shijo Station. By bus, 15 min from Kyoto Station to Higashiyama Yasui, then 5 min walk.
Parking
No parking area

LITT UP . KYOTO is a fashionable cafe like a Korean Cafe. Their foods are lovely and delicious! The nearest station is Shichijo Station.
Name
Litt Up Kyoto
Address
2nd floor, 6-14 Honmachi Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Hours
10:00-16:00
How to get there
2 min walk from Shichijo Station. 8 min by car or taxi from Kyoto Station.