Cafe & Izakaya Marutaka — Restaurant in Koya

I had the chance to try most of the dishes at Marutaka Restaurant and everything was excellent! I like that they offer both Western food (like hamburgers or pizza) and pizza, but of course you can also choose from a variety of Japanese meals. I personally love Japanese cuisine, so that’s what I mostly went for.

The karaage and teriyaki chicken are always a great choice, If you’re open to trying something different, I really recommend to try eg. chicken gizzards, hearts, or tori kawaguchi (fried chicken skin). These are typical dishes for a Japanese-style evening dining experience (Izakaya).

The desserts are also very tasty, including their homemade “bublanina” – a traditional Czech dessert.

The restaurant is run by a Japanese-Czech couple, so you can easily speak both Japanese and English here. I also have to mention the lovely atmosphere and of course, the owners and staff who are so kind and always smiling.

Highly recommended –...

Food is plain. I am not very impressed The service is okay. My tea cup is empty all the time except beginning even I was the only person in the restaurant

It was a heavily snowy day. I ordered the food called hungry tiger and when finished eating, i noticed there is little food I bought from familymart in my bag so I ask the waitress if I can eat them so that it won’t turn cold. I got rejected sadly. It’s fine since it’s their written rule?

I was the only person in the restaurant during that time and I don’t see a big deal on this

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Great and cozy place to have lunch or dinner right outside of Dango Jaran next to convenience store. Restaurant is owned by Czech -Japanese couple and we simply loved anything we had there. Me and my daughter ate there three times during our stay in the Koyasan. I loved vegetarian curry and my soya burger (they do have meat variety of burger as well), my salads were very fresh an tasty, coffee was great, so were their cakes. I got valuable advice about bus to Kyouto, hospitality of both owners exceeded our expectation. We...