Sir Thomas Lipton - Shijo — Restaurant in Kyoto

We had lunch and cakes. I took the curry and rice which was nicely presented and delicious with a green salad a few broad beans and a potato. My friend had mackerel pasta which he enjoyed. Then we had tea and cakes. Its likely the most expensive cup of tea in Kyoto at 600 yen for a pot with barely two cups. The cakes were delicious - the Dari-k chocolate gateaux, and the Strawberry dome cake. They were creamy and not too sweet (which I really like about Japanese cakes vs American which are way too sweet) with big chunks of strawberries surrounded by cream then a spongecake which was light and not dry as a previous reviewer experienced. They have a great selection and it was hard to choose. Anyways I would recommend if you are not...

I would expect a nicer location and cleaner glasses and screens between tables (there was visible dust). Food is good though pricey, full tea set is available from 2pm and comes with only 1 tea while the food is good for 2 people, so it's not really convenient. You will need to use Google translate as waiters don't speak English, which is ok of course. Service is rather slow considering that there wasn't as much people. Overall it's a very interesting experience and good sweets but nothing surprising or extremely good that makes it a must have experience. Food plus tea set ended up being almost 10,000 yen which is way more than you would pay in a good...

Expected more. Dining is upstairs. We were left sitting for a few minutes when we arrived , then they decided to walk us to one of the seven empty tables I could see. Blueberry madeleine was nice. Victoria sponge was dry and wasn’t light and fluffy like it should be. Came with either a marmalade or apricot jam (undecided) in the middle rather than the traditional raspberry or strawberry. Tea was not great. There were no leaves in the teapot just the already brewed tea. Tea was stewed/bitter. Two cakes and two teas ¥3,000 Menu available in...