[2024] Overlooking Kyoto's Kamo River! Recommended Kawayuka Cafes 6...
Kyoto's kawadoko (riverbeds) have started again this year. Here are 11 recommended kawadoko lunches, including casual café lunches and luxurious course lunches using carefully selected ingredients. The chair and table seating is a great way to relax and enjoy your meal without worrying about your feet. Enjoy an elegant lunch time while sightseeing or on a special occasion.
This is a historic Kyoto-style restaurant where Hirobumi Ito once stayed. You can enjoy the aroma as well as the appearance of the dishes, such as grilled sweetfish served in a smoky charcoal fireplace and fu dengaku (wheat gluten dumpling). The dishes, which utilize broth made from well water and are prepared with delicate ingenuity, are the very essence of Kyoto-style kaiseki.
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Kawadoko lunch hours: 11:30-14:00
Kawadoko Period / Scheduled from May 1 to September 30, 2024. *Confirm details with the store.
Approximate budget: Lunch 7,000 yen and up
Service fee/15%
Reserve/Better
The restaurant offers Kyoto-style cuisine using homemade yuba (bean curd) and tofu, served on a riverbed in an atmospheric Kyoto machiya house with a spectacular view of the Kamo River and Higashiyama. The homemade bowls of tofu are particularly smooth, and the sweet, rich flavor of the soybeans will fill your mouth with delight. For lunch, the "Tofu Gozen" is popular, featuring the famous homemade yuba tofu and other specialties of the restaurant.
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Kawadoko lunch hours: 11:30-14:30 (LO/13:30)
Kawadoko Period / Scheduled from May 1 to September 30, 2024. For details, please contact the store.
Approximate budget: from 4,400 yen for lunch
A la carte / Noon
Seating fee/included
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This bistro, housed in a renovated 100-year-old machiya (townhouse), offers a Kyoto-like atmosphere. In addition to authentic local cuisine prepared by Italian and French chefs, the lunch courses offered during the kawadoko season are not to be missed. Ask the staff, who are certified sommeliers, to select wines that go well with the dishes from a carefully selected wine list.
Kawadoko lunch hours: 11:30-14:30 (LO/13:30)
Kawadoko period / Scheduled from May 1 to September 30, 2024. Lunchtime floors are open in May, June, and September. For details, please contact the store.
Approximate budget / Lunch: 2,800 yen and up
A la carte / Noon
Seating fee / 800 yen (with bread and butter)
Reserve/Better
Kawadoko, a café-restaurant overlooking the Kamo River, offers modern American cuisine such as wagyu beef burgers and buttermilk pancakes. The restaurant is open for brunch from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., so you can relax even if you visit after lunch.
Kawadoko lunch hours: Brunch 8:00-15:00 (LO), Cafe 15:00-17:00 (LO/16:00)
Kawadoko period / Scheduled for May 1 - September 30, 2024
Approximate budget: 2,000-3,000 yen for breakfast and lunch
Seating fee/ Yes (500 yen for brunch and cafe)
Reservations/Better (Reservations can be made on the web from 8:00 a.m. the day before)
Kawadoko lunch, where you can enjoy seasonal Italian cuisine, offers three types of courses. Ingredients vary depending on availability, but the appeal is that each course starts with three appetizers, and each main course includes seasonal pasta and seasonal meat dishes. Enjoy your meal slowly until the final dessert.
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Kawadoko lunch hours: 12:00 - 14:30
Kawadoko Period / Scheduled from May 1 to September 30, 2024. For details, please contact the store.
Approximate budget / Lunch: 5,500 yen and up
Seating fee/1,000 yen
Service charge / Included in the price of food
Reservations/Reservations required (at least 2 business days in advance)
The lunch-only course is a sumptuous seven-course lunch that incorporates an abundance of hamo (conger eel). You can enjoy hamo raw, grilled, or boiled, each with a different texture. The seasonal takikomi gohan (rice cooked with hamo) is also a treat. We also offer a course for celebratory occasions, so you can enjoy a peaceful time on a fine day.
Reservation at Ikyu.com restaurant
Kawadoko lunch hours: 11:30-14:30 (LO/13:30)
Kawadoko period / Scheduled from May 1 to September 2024. Lunchtime floors are open only on Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays in May and September. Please check with the store for details.
Approximate budget: Lunch 7,000 yen and up *Reservations required by 9:00 p.m. the day before for courses.
A la carte / 1100 yen ~ (only when ordering a course)
Seat fee/550 yen
Service charge/food and drink fee 5%
Reserve/Better
You can enjoy Thai cuisine with such authentic flavors that it has been selected as a restaurant certified by the Thai government by a Thai chef. The restaurant offers a variety of authentic Thai dishes such as Pad Thai, a Thai-style fried noodle with special sauce, Tom Yam Kung with large head prawns, and Yam Woon Sen, a salad of seafood and vegetables dressed with vermicelli. Enjoy the Pad Thai set for 1,800 yen, the Green Curry set for 1,800 yen, or the Sabai set of popular dishes for 2,300 yen with a cold Thai beer.
Kawadoko lunch hours: 11:30-15:00 (LO/14:00)
Kawadoko period / Scheduled from May 1 to September 2024. Lunchtime floors will be open from May to September (subject to change). Check with the store for details.
Approximate budget: Lunch: 1,800 yen and up
A la carte / 800 yen ~
*Limited to course orders. However, you can also order only a la carte with a table charge + 1 drink order on the night of the day.
Seating fee: 550 yen *A la carte, regular lunch order
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The quiche, served on a wooden plate, is filling and hearty, and goes well with coffee and soft drinks as well as alcohol. You can order until closing time, so even a late lunch is not a problem. Also, check out the tarts, crepes, and other sweets available.
Kawadoko hours/10:00-23:00
Kawadoko Period / Scheduled from May 1 to September 30, 2024. *Confirm details with the store.
Estimated budget: 1,600 yen~
Seating Charge/Charges apply
Reservations not accepted
We offer three lunch courses, the most popular of which is a course that allows you to enjoy both meat and fish. There is also a half course that allows you to choose between meat and fish as the main course, and a luxury lunch course that features gorgeous ingredients such as seasonal hamo (Japanese conger eel) and beef loin, making it perfect for special occasions. Enjoy a gorgeous lunch time with delicate French cuisine using local ingredients that are also delicious to the eye.
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Kawadoko lunch hours: 11:30-15:30 (LO/14:00) *Seating is available for 2 hours.
Kawadoko Period / Scheduled from May 1 to September 30, 2024. For details, please contact the store.
Approximate budget: Lunch from 4300 yen (excluding service charge)
Service charge/food and beverage fee 10%
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To bring out the best of Kyoto's fresh ingredients, we use simple cooking methods to bring out the best of the ingredients. The colorful and gorgeous dishes are also pleasing to the eye.
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Kawadoko lunch hours: 12:00-14:00
Kawadoko period / Scheduled from May 1 to September 30, 2024. Lunchtime floors are open depending on conditions. Check with the store for details.
Approximate budget / From 5,000 yen for lunch
Seating fee/500 yen
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From course menus to a la carte dishes, you can enjoy authentic Beijing cuisine that preserves the good old traditions and is not bound by trends, both day and night. Share and enjoy Beijing cuisine that makes the most of the ingredients.
Kawadoko lunch hours: Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays in May and September, 11:30 - 21:30 (LO/21:00), check with the restaurant for details.
Kawadoko period / May 1 to the end of September 2024
Estimated budget: 5,000 yen~
A la carte/approximately 1500 yen~
Service fee: 10% only when ordering a course
Reserve/Better
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