Bar Rocking Chair
Drink Smoked old fashioned
A speakeasy cocktail bar in a Nakagyo machiya in Kyoto, opened by ex-Saint Germain bartender Yamada-san. Counter seats nine; reservations strongly advised.
Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Kyoto for grown-ups.
Where to drink
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Bee's Knees Kyoto
Drink Cocktails with local spirits
A Prohibition-styled speakeasy bar in Nakagyo Kyoto, hidden behind a yellow 'Book Store' door. Cocktails built on local spirits and organic ingredients.
Stilllife at Ace Hotel Kyoto
- ★ 4.0
- Hotel bar
- ¥¥¥
- Karasuma and Kawaramachi
Drink Yuzu Negroni
Ace Hotel Kyoto's lobby bar inside the Shin-Puh-Kan complex. Yuzu Negroni and Japanese-spirit cocktails plus a small Japanese-wine list, open to non-guests.
Cocktail tastings, classes and tours in Kyoto
Ritz-Carlton Bar
- ★ 4.1
- Hotel bar
- ¥¥¥
- Karasuma and Kawaramachi
Drink Kyoto Sour
The bar at the Ritz-Carlton Kyoto on the Kamogawa, glass-walled toward the river. Kyoto Sour cocktail uses local plum wine; bar bento at evening service.
Before9
- ★ 4.2
- Beer and sake bar
- ¥¥¥
- Karasuma and Kawaramachi
Drink Local-craft tap flight with artisanal sake
A two-story bar in a Karasuma-Oike machiya in Kyoto serving craft beer and artisanal sake side by side. A small Japanese-spirit cocktail menu on tap rotation.
Bungalow Bar
- ★ 4.3
- Beer bar
- ¥¥¥
- Karasuma and Kawaramachi
Drink Japanese craft beer tap
A 10-tap craft-beer bar in a Shijo-Horikawa machiya in Kyoto. Japanese taps only, a French and European bistro plate menu, open from afternoon through late.
Kyoto Beer Lab Tap Room
- ★ 4.4
- Brewpub
- ¥¥¥
- Karasuma and Kawaramachi
Drink House IPA
The on-brewery tap room of Kyoto Beer Lab on the Takase-gawa in Shimogyo. Eight house taps, pizzas from a wood oven, riverside terrace seating in summer.
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Khaosan Kyoto Guesthouse
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Kyoto Guesthouse - Hostel
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Connect Hotel Kyoto
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