Ine — Restaurant in Kyoto

The tofu itself was great and definitely worth the price. We got the Arashiyama Set and the Saga Set, both were delicious. Definitely recommend the Arashiyama set as it's got a really tasty Tofu Don.

It's worth nothing that the options are not vegetarian except the vegetarian set. Some dishes like Chawanmushi contain pieces of chicken.

However the big annoyance was the extremely long wait. It's not surprising, but I think the wait can be managed better. There are almost no seats in the entrance. The waiter takes your order early which is good, but even after that there was almost 30m of wait. Total waiting at the lobby exceeded 45 min, and on top of that, when we finally sat down, there was even more waiting of at least another 10-15min. By the time we got the food we were extremely hungry.

The store seemed extremely understaffed. I only ever saw one waiter, who was also managing the line at the front, handling payments, and even working in the kitchen itself. Perhaps that is one reason why the wait is so long.

Overall recommend if it's not a long line, otherwise it's too...

Went to Arashiyama on the second day and went to this tofu resto which my sis really wanna visit. . My bro and I got the Zaru Chilled Yuba Udon. Soaked in a bucket of ice, the udon was really refreshing. Dipping it with the specially-made sauce enhanced its savoury. The tofu egg was smooth and soft.

My sis got the Saga Set. Her set included a yudofu (boiled tofu) with condiments and tofu skin. She was happy that a wide array of tofu dishes were included and felt each tofu dish was delicious.

My dad got thr Kyo Yuba Ankake Set, while my mom got the Teoke Kumiage Yuba Set. My dad's set included tempura, while my mom's set had a bucket of tofu skin. Didn't try the two sets so I wont comment on them. . The taste was rather plain, so ppl who preferred heavy taste food may not like this resto. But if you love tofu, this resto may suit u. . Their menu included English and Chinese, so you wont face huge difficulties while ordering. They only accepted cash so rmb to bring sufficient cash while visiting. Also, we waited for quite a while to enter the resto, so one shd be mentally...

Yuba was very bland, if you want to try real yuba I highly recommend going to Nikko. Overall the flavor is lacking. I'm aware this kind of food is supposed to be subtle but subtle does not mean non-existent. I gave 2 stars because the tea was good and the view from the 2nd floor is nice. In regards to the food, it was painfully dull. As for the service, the waiter had an attitude which I've never seen in my 4 years in Japan. The waitress was also not careful when giving me the piping hot tea. I was removing my coat and she seemed in a huge rush. I felt she could've easily spilled it on me. I truly do not recommend this restaurant, their must be plenty of other, local shops that are very good, but...