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10 Blissful Hotel Lunches to Enjoy in Kyoto - Course, Buffet, etc.

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.

1.[The beautiful and gorgeous chirashi sushi at Hotel Granvia Kyoto (Japanese Cuisine Ukibashi) is enchanting.

The Japanese restaurant at Hotel Granvia Kyoto offers traditional Japanese cuisine served with locally brewed sake. Recommended for lunch is the Kaisen Chirashizushi Gozen (sushi with rice and other ingredients) for 5,500 yen, which features about seven kinds of seasonal seafood. Not only does it look beautiful, but you can also enjoy a variety of fish at one time and fully appreciate the taste of each fish.

pontoon bridge

Kaisen Chirashizushi Gozen: 5,500 yen (reservation required by the day before)

Kaisen Chirashi Sushi Gozen
Period of offer / November 1, 2024 (Friday) - December 31, 2024 (Tuesday)
Price/5500 yen
<Contents.
Deep-fried walnut tofu with a delicious dashi broth
grilled yellowtail with yuzu miso, boiled komatsuna and enoki mushrooms with crab meat, mushrooms and fu
steamed egg custard (liliy burb with ginkgo) with shrimp and minced chicken
Deep-fried prawns (one), three kinds of vegetables, Tendashi (soup stock)
Seafood Chirashi Sushi
Tome soup - clear soup with crab, mijo, three leaves and ginger
Yuzu Strawberry Cake

pontoon bridge

Same-day reservations/not available (reservations required at least one day in advance)
Children are allowed in the store/allowed
Private room / Available only for 4 persons or more and kaiseki meals from 12,500 yen
Reservations arehere

Japanese Cuisine Ukibashi

  • Japanese-style restaurant with a float on the top of a wooden bridge
  • Hotel Granvia Kyoto M3F, 901 Higashi Shiokoji-cho, Shiokoji-sagaru, Karasuma-dori, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • Directly connected to JR Kyoto Station
  • Tel.075-342-5527
  • 11:30-15:00 (LO/14:00)
  • 7 days a week
  • Parking available (common to all station buildings)
  • https://www.granvia-kyoto.co.jp/restaurant/ukihashi/

2.[Weekly lunch at Hotel Okura Kyoto Cafe Reccoat / in front of Kyoto City Hall

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.

Hotel Okura Weekly Lunch

Weekly lunch 3,200 yen. Clockwise from top left: Seafood Paella, Lightly Braised Pork Shoulder Blanquette Style, Cod Pershade with Rice Sauce, Grilled Rolled Chinese Cabbage with Demi-glace Sauce.

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

Hotel Okura Interior

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

Hotel Okura Kyoto Cafe Reccoat

  • Hotel Okura Kyoto Cafe Rec Court
  • Hotel Okura Kyoto 1F, Kawaramachi Oike, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
  • Directly connected to Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae subway station
  • Tel. 075-254-2517 (direct)
  • 11:30-14:30 (LO)
  • 7 days a week
  • 200 parking spaces
  • https://www.hotel.kyoto/okura/restaurant/lec-court/

3.[Kyoto Brighton Hotel Terrace Restaurant Ferrier" is a restaurant where you can enjoy the pleasure of creating a course to your own taste / Gosho Nishi

This Western-style restaurant on the first floor of the Kyoto Brighton Hotel offers a casual atmosphere with a high quality feel typical of a hotel. The lunch menu, mon dejeuner, offers a buffet of a wide variety of hot dishes and lovely desserts, as well as a special course of soup or pasta and one main dish of your choice, such as seafood or meat. Your heart will surely be filled with a menu of original combinations chosen according to your mood of the day. Enjoy your own special course to your heart's content. Advance reservations are recommended.

Brighton Hotel Kyoto Lunch

An example of a dish from 4,800 yen for mon dejeuner. The chef is proud of his tender roast beef, which is slow-cooked to perfection. The beautiful presentation is also an attraction.

Mont Desgenais
Period of offer / December 1 (Sun.) to 30 (Mon.), 2024 and January 6 (Mon.) to February 28 (Fri.), 2025
Price/ 4,800 yen and up
<Contents.
Soup or pasta (choose one of the following)
Potage of sweet potato and espresso flavored apple
Aglio Olio of Ine Yellowtail and Mibuna Vegetables
Potato and mozzarella wrapped in crepe

Choice of main dish (choose one of the following)
Grilled sea bream with yuzu butter sauce
Bouillabaisse with scallops and shrimp
Saikyo marinated pork confit with kujo leek genovese
Japanese Beef Hamburger Scotch Egg Mustard Demi-glace
Grilled Australian lamb with herb sauce (add ¥800)
Grilled Fillet of Black Wagyu Beef Chez Soie Style (add ¥2,500)
Roast Japanese beef thigh with hot vegetables (weekday only)

Buffet Corner
Cold hors d'oeuvres / hot dishes / cold desserts / baked sweets / strawberry millefeuille / bread / coffee / tea
Roast beef (Saturday, Sunday and holidays only)

Brighton Hotel Interior

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

Terrace Restaurant Ferrier

  • Kyoto Brighton Hotel 1F, Shinmachi-dori Neutral Sell (Gosho Nishi), Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto
  • 8 minutes walk from Exit 6 of Imadegawa Subway Station
  • Tel. 075-441-4411 (main)
  • 11:30-15:00 (LO/14:30)
    Saturday, Sunday and holidays: two 90-minute sessions from 11:30am and 1:30pm
  • 7 days a week
  • 103 parking spaces
  • https://kyoto.brightonhotels.co.jp/restaurant/feerie/

4.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 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.

Kyoto Tokyu Hotel Lunch Menu

Lunch Course Xiang Xian, 6,000 yen. From the front, four kinds of appetizers, Japanese pork belly with black vinegar vinegar, tender braised beef tendon with rice. Photo shows the December menu.

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

Interior view of Kyoto Tokyu Hotel

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

Chinese Cuisine Hoshigaoka

  • Chinese food
  • Kyoto Tokyu Hotel B1F, 580 Kakimoto-cho, Gojo-sagaru, Horikawa-dori, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 12 min. walk from Exit 4 of Gojo Subway Station
  • Tel. 075-341-2633
  • 11:30~14:30 (LO/14:00)
  • 7 days a week
  • 80 parking spaces
  • https://www.tokyuhotels.co.jp/kyoto-h/restaurant/hoshigaoka

5.You can choose a main dish and enjoy the buffet as well [Dawa Yuraku Kyoto GRILL 54TH] / Sanjo

[The grill restaurant at Darwa Yuraku Kyoto. The theme of the restaurant is based on the three "D's" of "Delightful," "Dynamic," and "Delectable." In the stylish open kitchen, the chefs serve dishes that bring out the best of the ingredients. For lunch, you can enjoy a buffet-style Christmas menu that includes healthy appetizers, salads, and desserts that also have a Kyoto-like flavor. For the main course, the chef's signature grilled dishes are prepared with exquisite heat to bring out the best of the ingredients. Enjoy a special moment in the spacious restaurant with the bamboo garden spread out in front of you.

GRILL 54TH Christmas Lunch

Christmas Lunch Buffet ¥5,500. Festive Seasonal Lunch Buffet lineup to set the mood for Christmas!

Christmas Lunch Buffet
Period of offer / December 14, 2024 (Saturday) - December 25, 2024 (Wednesday)
Serving time/11:30-15:00 (90 minutes)
Price/ ¥5,500, 7-12 years old ¥2,000

<Main Dish of Choice
Scallops and Brussels sprouts pancakes
Candy Salmon with Red Leaf Salad and Cherry Blossom Vinegar
Truffle flavored Carbonara with Mushrooms and Pancetta
Roasted Black Maitake Mushrooms with Grilled Chestnuts and Mushrooms in Almond Milk Sauce
Roast beef with seasonal vegetables, chimichurri and shaliapin sauce (+¥1000)
Smoked Chicken Leg with Pomegranate Sauce Viegalato

<Appetizers
Chrysanthemum greens and pomegranate salad with octopus and cucumber
Salad of pears and grilled ham with wasabi sauce
Tarte flambée with kujo leeks and red beans
Kyoto Vegetable Tortilla with Smoked Paprika Mayonnaise
Passion Marinated Smoked Salmon and Foam Foam
Red Fruit and Pumpkin Salad
Salad of Fukashi sweet potato and purple cabbage
Deep-fried taro salad
Shrimp bisque soup

<Salads
Romaine lettuce, mixed greens, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers and onions
Broccoli, Quinoa, Carrot Rapée, Provence, Mixed Olives
Crouton, dried raisins, dried cranberries, dried mangoes
Almond slices, walnuts, hazelnuts, pine nuts, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds
Olive oil, Vinegar, Mustard, etc.
Lemon dressing, Shogoin turnip dressing, Kyo Kurenai dressing
Shibazuke dressing, Saikyo miso dressing, etc.

<Smoothies
Soy milk smoothie with mandarin orange and Chinese cabbage
Pineapple Ginger Sweet Sake Smoothie

<Bread basket
Bagels, focaccia, milk bread, croissants, etc.

<Dessert
Strawberry and pistachio cake
Pudding
Cheesecake
Fruit Tart
Chocolate cake, etc.

GRILL 54TH 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

6.[Warming winter lunch of Kyoto vegetables at GOOD NATURE STATION Hyssop / Kawaramachi

[Located in the GOOD NATURE STATION, the café/restaurant Hyssop is a vegan/vegetarian-friendly casual restaurant where you can enjoy healthy vegetable-based dishes in a lush green space that resembles a botanical garden. The Japanese-based lunch plate, which offers the taste of winter, is lavishly prepared with seasonal Kyoto vegetables such as kintoki carrots, Shogoin daikon radish, and turnips. The main dish, prepared in the style of a bowl with white miso paste, is simple and seasoned with a gentle flavor that allows you to enjoy the charm of the taro and Shogoin turnip ingredients. This vegetable-packed lunch will help you get through the harsh Kyoto winter.

Hyssop Lunch

Hyssop's Choice Set Meal regular 2,800 yen. This lunch plate, consisting mainly of small bowls of food, offers a rich variety of deep flavors.

Hyssop's Choice Set Meal <regular
Period: Year-round *Contents change seasonally.
Price/2,800 yen
<Contents.
Plate of 6 kinds of small bowls and soup
Sweet Potato and Soymeat Croquettes
Tofu paste with lotus root
balsamic-roasted burdock
fried tofu with garland chrysanthemum sauce and wasabi
Marinated carrots and mandarin oranges with yuzu
Autumn Poem with Black Sesame Sauce
Sustainer Soup

PLATTER
bowl of taro and shogoin kabura with white miso paste
fu or steamed chicken

RICE
Rice ball with cereals, homemade tsukudani (food boiled down in soy) or bucket

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

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

7.Fusion of French and Kyoto Cuisine [Dominique Bouchet Kyoto "Le RESTAURANT", Westin Miyako Hotel Kyoto] / Higashiyama

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.

Westin Miyako Hotel Lunch Course

Generaciones 1000 yen. Crab and Celery Remoulade with Mango

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

The Westin Miyako Hotel Interior

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

Dominique Bouchet Kyoto "Le RESTAURANT

  • Dominique Boucher, Le Restaurant, Kyotte
  • The Westin Miyako Hotel Kyoto 3F, 1 Awataguchi Katei-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 4 min. walk from Exit 2 of "Keage" subway station.
  • Tel. 075-771-7158 (restaurant reservations)
  • 11:30~14:30
  • 7 days a week
  • Parking available
  • https://www.miyakohotels.ne.jp/westinkyoto/restaurant/153028/

8.Ace Hotel Kyoto KŌSA" (Karasuma Oike)

[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.

kosa Lunch Course

Festive Lunch Course: 6,500 yen

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)

kosa introspection

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

KŌSA

  • kousa (African flowering plant, Hagenia abyssinica)
  • Ace Hotel Kyoto 3F, 245-2 Kurumaya-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • Directly connected to the south ticket gate of Karasuma-Oike Subway Station
  • Tel. 075-229-9005
  • 11:30-15:00 (LO/14:30)
  • 7 days a week
  • No parking
  • https://www.kosakyoto.com/

9.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 / 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

Fauchon Hotel Interior

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

Restaurant Grand Café Fauchon

10.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. 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.

Rihga Royal Hotel Kyoto Lunch

55th anniversary lunch manege 6325 yen. A variety of dishes prepared by Chef Terada, trained in France.

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

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
*Please note that the information contained herein is subject to change without notice.
*Since this site uses automatic translation, the translation may differ from the original Japanese content.

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