Kushiage Kotetsu — Local services in Kyoto

We looked forward to dining here but despite having many open seats they claimed the seats were reserved after pulling out a reserved sign suddenly. Even speaking with the staff in Japanese (I've lived and worked in Japan for more than a decade) I felt as if I was not being served due solely to the fact of looking like a foreigner. Decided to give the staff the benefit of the doubt on the reservation and returned later at 11:30pm to see if I could get a seat. This time all seats were open and they claimed to be closing at 12:00 (actually at 1:00 however) and would not allow me in. If the staff I spoke to on June 20, 2018 was the owner then you should be ashamed. I was truly looking forward to the good food but turned away rudely...

I’m sure the food is good but if you’re a foreigner, don’t bother, even if you have a reservation or there are open seats (and even if you know japanese) they will pull out a sign saying “reservations only” or just say no foreigners. I understand it, they’re allowed to serve who they like, so just a warning for other foreigners...

Yeah so we didn’t see the negative reviews on here before going so we went in expecting a cool little bar. Being European, our visit didn’t last long as we were immediately told to leave. Racist owner and grim...