Gozenbo Shito — Restaurant in Kurashiki

The best dining experience we had in all of our 3 week trip to Japan. Just beautifully presented, perfectly executed traditional food. The owners are the sweetest couple who took such great care of us. We don't speak the language but we managed to understand each other with Google translate so don't make that stop you from coming here. The next day we were walking in the historical district and the lady stopped us to say hi 😊 These kind of moments is what you remember for years after a...

Delicious and friendly restaurant run by an old couple.

When I said I'm not Japanese, the lady waitress explained the menu for me. She asked what kind of things I liked or hated and gave me free tempura and shirako.

When I was eating the chef came to talk and asked if I wanted anything else.

It felt like visiting your grandparent's house. The dinner I had at this place really...

Amazing food! They have an omakase option, but since we weren't that hungry, we just had some sashimi, tempura, and sake. Since our Japanese skills are very limited, we relied on Google translate to do the heavy lifting and had some very nice exchanges. The chef recommended a great local sake for us based...