Souden — Restaurant in Kyoto

Interesting type of small round sushi. This was originally made for Geishas so they do not have to open their mouth wide to get in a full piece of traditional sushi. I feel like we were pushed into purchasing the most expensive lunch set, which had way too much food for 1 person. There was not an English menu which is why we just went with what the waitress recommended. Even my husband could not finish it. There was 14 pieces of this sushi, tempura, egg custard with salmon, pickled veggies/squid, and Japanese green tea and a small dessert. For 2 of these sets, 1 alcoholic drink, and sake we paid 9,200 yen. The sushi itself was creative, but was too fishy for me. The space is...

Souden is a restaurant that specialises in 2 things: Temari sushi and Japanese green tea.

Originating from Kyoto, Temari sushi are shaped like a ball and smaller in size than your usual sushi. These bite-sized sushi were originally created so that geishas can eat sushi without fully opening their mouths.

We went for the month's special which comprise Obanzai (appetiser), tempura, 14 pieces of Temari sushi, green tea (Kabuse-cha variant) and a macaron for dessert.

Overall it was quite a pleasant experience - if recommend this place if you're in Kyoto and hunting for Temari sushi, or if you're a Japanese green tea...

While the food was presented well it lacked much substance or flavour.

The toppings were overwhelmed by the size of the rice portion. And to be honest the food wasn't fresh and appeared pre-prepared.

This was well overpriced and I would be comfortable in saying that much better options exist at a lower price point.

The hightlight was the deecor and setting. Otherwise I give this place a heavy miss.

This is a restaurant more focused on attracting instagram fame than serving...