Wine and Japanese Cuisine Mikuri — Restaurant in Kyoto

This was one of the best meals of my life. My partner arranged the reservation for my birthday. On arrival the owner had arranged a flower as a birthday gift, which was very thoughtful.

We purchased the wine pairing to go along with dinner. For each course the owner/somm explained the relationship between the wine and the food. He gave us translations on his phone because he said his english wasn't good (for which he apologized, which was very unnecessary). His explanations were thoughtful. When we expressed excitement at trying japanese wine for the first time he gave everyone a glass from an off-menu bottle as a gift.

The food was incredible as well. Everything was very bright and light but also hearty - we felt extremely satisfied when we left. There was a really beautiful venison sandwich midway through - we were pleased and impressed that the deer came from Kyoto. Their ingredients really highlighted Kyoto very well.

Everyone was a pleasure, the food was incredible and the wine was great. If I could give this more than 5...

I really wanted to love this meal, unfortunately it didn’t meet my expectations. Our hotel made the reservation on our behalf and the restaurant was able to accommodate my fish allergies.

We were seated on the second floor. The only other diner on this floor was a solo diner. Food was delicious but the experience was subpar. We got a the wine pairing with the meal. The explanations of the wine were minimal. The sommelier forgot the wine for one course and got the wine origin wrong for another. They did discount one of the glasses of wine that was forgotten.

Our server was lovely and tried her best to explain each dish to us. Timing was off for some courses. For one of the courses, we were given small pickled dishes. The accompanying rice did not show up till 5 minutes later. They were mindful of my allergies until the end when they’ve started offering me tuna for my last dish. All the dishes had great flavors, just wished the overall experience matched the...

Essentially the food was good but ultimately not worth the price. I feel like I have eaten at other places with better food for much less. A huge caveat here is that our reservation was for an upstairs table, not the downstairs counter. I feel like this made a difference. We the 8 wine pairing which I would recommend and we enjoyed the wine, but while the staff was very attentive they did not seem super knowledgeable about the wine or dishes. I’m not sure what the other reviews are talking about as far as a sommelier goes, we got very minimal information about food and wine. This may have also been a language barrier. Overall we enjoyed our experience and the wine and food were decent but not...