Santres — Restaurant in Kyoto

The joy of discovery ... Exceptional Spanish inspired cooking and perfectly curated wine list by the glass ... tasted a few ... from ¥600 house red to about ¥1000/glass

The lay back smiling chef gave us the run down of his menu ... can't believe what his charging, between ¥385 (roast onion) to ¥2178 (beef, not the tenderest but delicious nonetheless) for his simple yet potent dishes ... omelette, roast potatoes, Octopus, Shrimp Ajillo (the best of the evening if it have to pick one), and the cheese cake ... perfect closer ... small, simple, straightforward menu ... all that for around ¥12000 for two ... incredible value for money.

The young waitress, a literature university student from Tokyo, was just delighful, attentively, making sure that we enjoyed our dining experience, trying to explain food and wine with her English ... thank you and the very best future Itzuka ... hope we can meet again and enjoy a glass or two someday in Melbourne.

Always eat with the locals ... we need to explore Japan's culinary more in...

NOT recommended to any Asians. We stopped by the bistro to find something to eat at 9 pm. When we started to make order (after 9 pm), we were told there's no hot dishes available. But for politeness, we still ordered some drinks and desserts. My friend didn't order what the waiter recommended, so I ordered that dessert to avoid him feeling embarrassed, even I didn't feel like eating. Then a couple came in, they were told the same at first, BUT the bistro cooked them hot dishes later on. I don't want to emphasize their skin colour, but it's necessary here. Obviously they are white and we are Asians. When we were at the casher paying the bill, I asked why this thing happened and got no explanation but 'sorry'. I was curious whether they would serive their fellow Japanese countrymen with hot dishes after 9 pm. 😊The worst experience in Japan till now. It's weird. Is this kind of racist? At least we don't feel...

I’m extremely disappointed, I went here expecting decent food but the portion won’t feed a bird They were also out almost of everything I ended up ordering 5 pieces of small shrimps for 1000 yen and fries for 700 yen And the menu said bagette but I ended up with a single piece of bread by the time the other piece of bread that I ordered again arrived cause I was absolutely starving it arrived after my little 5 shrimps were out. So I spend 4000 yen and had to get something from the market to be full. Also the chef was testing all the food and dipping the spoons back in the food I was expecting disgusted when I saw that they should close it down for this act!! I didn’t ask for a saliva on the...