Cafe Arrietty — Restaurant in Kyoto

We were visiting Kyoto for just one day. Suffering immensely from the blistering heat. Lo and behold, me and my girlfriend, near death, came across Cafe Arrietty, where we were greeted most hospitably, in fantastic English. We explained we were nearly dying from heat exposure and required something cold to drink. Minutes later we received the most heavenly nectar in the form of a strawberry and raspberry smoothie. Alas, we were saved. It was so good, we advised my parents to join us. In the end, when we needed a taxi, the host jumped to help us, and found us a taxi to take us where we needed to go. Thank you. Would recommend to a...

This place only accepts cash!!!! 💰

We got one seasonal fruit pancake and one plain pancake with vanilla ice cream which was very tasty. We also got chips as a starter with ketchup and mustard, which again was very tasty. However, this place only accepts cash or Alipay or another Japanese app. He told us these apps won’t work with an international card so we had to walk to a local ATM to bring him some cash. Be aware before entering!

Very surprising too seeing as it’s right next to four seasons hotel, I would assume that they would accept card . It was our last day in Japan, which is why we didn’t have any...

Wow wow wow, so delicious. We came after trying to go to another popular soufflé pancake place, which was too crowded. Somehow we got very lucky and Arrietty had no line!! I think this was a bunch better choice. Lovely people, cozy atmosphere, and fantastically delicious food. I had the roast beef bowl and my boyfriend had the loco moco. We ate them in about 3 minutes - so satisfying. But we still made room for the beautiful green tea pancake :) Highly...