BALCOOK -Grill & Beer Pub — Restaurant in Kyoto

Read previous reviews & tried to get here one night but got lost so made an extra effort the next night -on a 2km walk went past an Indian Nepalese & Italian restaurants to finally make it! The waiter was lovely but by himself. The food was very average & came out in stages eg 4 of us & the last meal arrived after the previous 3 meals were finished. Not cheap the bill was 22900 yen for garlic bread, 2 pizzas, 1 pork & 1 fish & chips, 2 gin & tonics, 2 beers & 2 bottles of wine. Worth the 4km round trip & the cost -...

The service started great and friendly, she took our order and kept in touch, but then we had a guy that came in after and then it went down, I finish my beer and he never checked up if I needed more, my sister also finished hers and never showed up, I'm not sure if he didn't like that I asked for salt for my steak but it did need it. Overall, I do recommend it. It might be a hit and miss, and I had a miss, but the initial service was great. The food also was good and good...

We were a group of 4 who arrived just after opening, so had the place to ourselves for a while. Three of us had the steak, and one had the four cheese pizza, and everything we had was delicious. I had the chocolate fondant for dessert, and it was really yummy. Once it started to get busy, the staff were a bit stretched but still really...