Shot Bar Sumizome 655 — Restaurant in Kyoto

Great drinks, Even better atmosphere and company!

Bar tender takes recommendations on how to make drinks if he doesn’t know how to make them and improves existing cocktails by using his own spin on them. They’re also the kind of staff to care about the people in it and make sure to take care of their customers. I drink alone, and as a girl I can sometimes feel unsafe, but not here. If the bartenders don’t have my back, the other people at the bar do.

The locals are incredibly kind, and if you speak any Japanese at all, they’re willing to help you practice, some will even help you study and learn. If you’re looking for a place to practice, this is a great spot. There’s some English-speaking locals who will likewise give you a warm welcome.

My two complaints are it’s a little small, holding less than 20 people, but with Covid, that can be a good thing, and it helps give it a friendly, warm atmosphere. Also, smoking is allowed inside, BUT the area to spoke is right by the open door, and there’s an air purifier inside, so as a non-smoker with asthma, I still feel safe if I mind what area of the...

One of the best and funny kind owners i have ever seen. Very entertaining, lobe to talk to the guests and have really some interests in his customers.

Drinks: Specialized on cocktails he can mic you whatever you want. From all around the world. The whole bar is full of different spirits. Beer is represented by japanese classics and some guiness.

I just recommend it, nice and...

Found this extremely cozy bar near my airBNB in Sumizone and thought about giving the Japanese bar experience a try. I went on Nov. 3 a friday, and the bar already had 4 regular patrons enjoying themselves to great drinks and the jazzy old American music playing in the ambient warmly-lit rustic bar.

I asked for a cocktail a previous reviewer posted here, and Takahashi-san, the owner was happy to explain the mixture and prepare it for me. Despite it being my first time at a bar such as this and a foreigner at that, Takahashi-san made sure I enjoyed my drinks and my time with his company. Even the regulars were very kind to chat. Seeing I enjoyed the dried grapefruit, he even offered tasty dried pineapples to try and even a free sake tasting when I asked for sake recommendations!

Encouraging fellow visitors of Sumizone/Fushimi to drop by Takahashi-san’s beautiful bar and try this wonderful experience. But maybe prepare some passion Japanese...