Kaiyoutei — Restaurant in Kyoto

I came for dinner without a reservation around 6:50. I was greeted and seated quickly! The food was delicious!! おいしい!!! I ordered the grilled ginger pork, the sauce was tasty and the meat was tender!

The food menu had translation underneath outside by the door, and the ones they gave you. My drink menu was in Japanese but I just translated it with my phone and ordered a coke. I personally felt I was underdressed and truly apologize, everyone else dinning was in sport coats or nice sweaters and I came in, in ripped jeans and a fitted tshirt, tattoos out, sorry to the older generations enjoying their meal!! I’m notorious for forgetting to take a picture before I start...

Have to just mention how poor the service was here

Finally ordered one of the preset meals after waiting 15 minutes for the lady to even bring us a menu. There was only 2 other groups in the restaurant as well.

The whole experience was bad, very overpriced, brought out my partners main 20 minutes before mine. We left before they brought out the desert/coffee because that no doubt would have added another half an hour to the meal

Food was at best ok, portions tiny. Inside was like being at an operating table it was super bright. Deff not a date spot, would avoid plenty of better...

White rice, miso soup, a main dish, and salad are the most common meal in Japan. When you open the tiny red lunch box, you can see that the main dish is not Japanese (for example tempura, sashimi or grilled fish) but Western (fried seafood, pork cutlet, beef steak and so on). This lunch style, which combines a Japanese-style meal with Western-style main dishes, is originated in the history of Kyoto. Although there is a lot of fried food, it is made with good quality oil, so you won't...