Tokiwa — Local services in Kyoto

A small soba eatery located right on the intersection of Kumano Shrine. The place is pretty small with 5 tables and 4 chairs on each table. We, a group of 2 adults and 2 kids, arrived at 1 PM, and luckily, we got the last available table. We ordered nishin soba (soba with herring fish), zaru soba (cold soba with dipping sauce), tempura soba (shrimp tempura on hot soba), kitsune udon (hot udon topped with fried tofu), and inari zushi (fried tofu pouch stuffed with sushi rice). Everything tasted good, and we enjoyed the relaxing atmosphere inside. The owner gave our kids a small plastic bowl, spoon, and fork. The inari sushi is the salty type, not the sweet type. We are used to eating sweet inari but enjoy salty inari too. We paid 3860 JPY for hearty meals for...

We were searching for cold soba after walking along the Path of Philosophy. It seemed like many soba places were closed on Thursdays, or for the summer. Tokiwa was exactly what we were searching for. The cold soba was delicious, the service was great, and we were revived by the cold green tea. Highly recommend this spot, as you will not be disappointed. They have an English menu, cold beer, and attentive...

Was thinking that all food in Kyoto was expensive then found this little gem, clean, good food, good service and portion sizes are good to share if all you want is to share a quick bite. Most combo's are 1000yen and single dishes are under that, haven't found another restaurant that...