Trattoria Primo Piano — Restaurant in Kyoto

We walked into this small and very simple restaurant. It’s long and narrow and you go through the kitchen, which we were a little wary of. No more than 6 tables and a smiley local Japanese-Italian speaking owner greeted us. In retrospect we mistakenly thought we are entering another restaurant for pizza, but at that situation, we did not know.

The menu was set for 3 types of lunch menus for pasta. Not a lot of options either… We took the simplest one being unsure of the place… It was a total surprise!! While the Caprease salad was very simple, the vegetables were fresh and crunchy. The pasta (tomatoes and black olives) was cooked to perfection and felt home-made. The small bread buns were delicious and straight from the oven. The pineapple sorbet was the best we have had in Japan (and in general one of the top).

The owner went out of his way to “host” us while preparing our lunch. He was extremely nice and friendly, despite exchanging very small amount of English words. We understood each other well.

Very good experience, a lesson in “don’t judge a book by its cover”. It was exactly what we needed and the teenagers more or less “licked” the plates at the...

今出川通りに面しており、ご夫婦でやってるこじんまりとしたお店。 スパゲティがめちゃ美味。 ランチは3コースでリーズナブル。 前菜も美味しい。自家製パンが美味しく、おかわりしたいくらい。 ピザも絶品ですが、夜しかやってません。 アクアパッツァも超美味しい。 とにかく何を食べてもハズレ無し。 観光客も少なく、おス...

ランチでも、ディナーでも訪れましたが、とても美味しく楽しい時間を過ごせました。 ランチの時に思ったのですが、休日だったからなのか、他の方も書いておられるように夫婦二人でやられているので、少々時間がかかりました。 それをのければ味、雰囲気とも...