Sushi Taka — Restaurant in Kyoto

RUN don’t walk, to this lovely little sushi joint that welcomes you like family and serves sushi so good, we came back the very next night! We are going to be so sad to leave tomorrow, because I could have eaten here every day for a week and still wanted more. We tried whale bacon, fatty tuna, regular tuna, miso soup and olive salmon in various forms (rolls, sashimi, nigiri etc). The pricing is outstanding for the quality and serving sizes. The sushi chef, per our request, recommended a whisky for my husband that he said was to die for. Bonus points, it was a lower price point option on the menu and a similar whisky in the US would have cost us 4x that amount. 5 stars for quality, ambience, service, portion size and pricing. The olive salmon was...

We loved our dinner at Taka’s.

We did not have reservations as we just came across the restaurant while looking for another one. Nice cozy atmosphere, sat at the bar watching the masterful chef prepare our plates.

We ate a lot of sushi in our trip, this was one of the better ones. In Japan, everything is fresh, that is a given. What is not a given, is the variety so what we really loved here was the originality.

Never had salt sea eel (most are fresh water eels) but we discovered it here. And did we say fresh wasabi? Never seen this at any other restaurant in Japan. High praise to the chef for offering different.

Service was professional and friendly.

Highly recommended place.

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A tiny hidden gem tucked away in a little side street of central Kyoto with arguably the best sushi I've ever had the pleasure of eating, all served by a wonderfully hospitable team. Would highly recommend the fatty tuna sashimi and hot sake. For a light dinner for two, we spent around 12,000 yen (c. £64 at the time of this review) in total, including drinks.

My partner and I arrived and were seated at 4pm, therefore being the first ones there - but the place was full by 4:30pm, so be willing to wait a while if you visit during peak hours. Also note the restaurant reserves the right to stop service if food runs out!

A couple of other things to note - this is cash-only, and the team does speak English.

A must-visit in Kyoto. Kudos to the team at...